Famous People with Name Jaroslaw

Jaroslaw Pasnik            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Jaroslaw Pasnik: a Polish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Polish second-tier side Znicz Pruszków.

Jaroslaw Kukowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Jaroslaw Kukowski: Polish contemporary painter dealing with moral and social issues in a controversial manner. His works were displayed in The Department of The National Museum ”Królikarnia”, Salons of the Auction House Rempex, "Gallery BP", Gallery "Tamka", "Gallery SD", "Gallery Bellotto"- in Warsaw; Museum of Galicia, Bunker of Art, Gallery "Turlej Fundation"- in Krakow; Voergaard Castle, Gallery Herning, Gallery Kolding - in Denmark; Art Expo in New York, and many other galleries and museums. The majority of Kukowski’s paintings were catalogued in the albums published by the auction houses, galleries and publishing houses.

Jaroslaw Gowin            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Jaroslaw Gowin: is a Polish conservative politician. He was elected to Senate on September 25, 2005, candidating from Civic Platform. During the 2007 Polish parliamentary elections, he was Platform's leader in the Cracow constituency after Jan Rokita decided not to run. He was elected to the Sejm with 160,465 votes, which gave him second place, just short of Zbigniew Ziobro. Gowin has a PhD in philosophy and is the founder and dean of Cracow's Jozef Tischner Higher European School, which is named after his one-time professor and personal friend Józef Tischner. He is the former editor of the Znak monthly and is known to be an expert on the philosophy of John Paul II, having established the first graduate course in Poland dedicated to the field.

Jaroslaw Marek Rymkiewicz            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Jaroslaw Marek Rymkiewicz: is a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist and literary critic. He is a son of Hanna Baranowska (a physician) and Wladyslaw Rymkiewicz (a writer).As a poet, he is influenced by the traditions of classicism and the baroque. He has received multiple prizes for his novels, essays, and translations, including the Koscielski Prize (1967), S. Vincenz Prize (1985), and Polish PEN Club Prize. His volume of poetry Zachód slonca w Milanówku won the prestigious Nike Award in 2003.

Jaroslaw Szarek            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Jaroslaw Szarek: is a Polish journalist, writer and historian. Employee of the Bureau of Public Education of the Institute of National Remembrance. He specializes in the recent communist-era history of Poland.