Famous People with Name Jozef

Józef Skrzek            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Józef Skrzek: is a Polish multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer, an important figure in Polish rock.Over the following decades, Skrzek consistently showed independence. He performed with a number of artist and ad-hoc created bands, but mostly involved himself with theater and church music, as well as movie soundtracks. He is well-noted for his live performances not only on conventional concerts but also in a variety of other venues (e.g., his improvisations on summer solstice nights in Silesian Planetarium). Currently, he is a friend of the elementary school in his hometown (elementary school number 13 in Michalkowice) where he often plays or sings.

Józef Peszka            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Józef Peszka: was a Polish painter.He studied painting in Warsaw under Franciszek Smuglewicz. From 1815 he was a professor of painting in Kraków Academy of Arts (Akademia Sztuk Pieknych w Krakowie).

Józef Ankwicz            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Józef Ankwicz: of Awdaniec coat of arms, also known as Józef z Poslawic and Józef Awdaniec, was a politician and noble (szlachcic) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He held the office of castellan of Nowy Sacz from 1782. He is known as one of the most prominent collaborators with the partitioners of Poland.A gambler, he quickly fell in debts and was recruited by Russian ambassador Yakov Bulakov[1]. In 1782 he received the office of castellan of Nowy Sacz. In 1784 he the Order of the White Eagle from king of Poland, Stanislaw August Poniatowski, as well as the title of count (hrabia) from Empress of Austro-Hungary, Maria Theresa of Austria; later, he also received the office of Chamberlain at the Austrian court.

Józef Biniszkiewicz            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Józef Biniszkiewicz: was a Silesian socialist politician. In 1891 he moved to Berlin, Germany, were he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). On July 3, 1895, he shifted his party membership to the Polish Socialist Party in Prussia (PPS zp) and would became the chairman of the PPS zp branch in Berlin, the 'Polish Socialist Society' (Towarzystwa Socjalistów Polskich). He was the editor of Gazeta Robotnicza ('Workers' Gazette') between May and October 1896. Towards the end of the 1890s he opened a workshop in Berlin.[1]

Józef Borzyszkowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Józef Borzyszkowski: is a historian and Kashubian activist. He was the chairman of the Kashubian-Pomeranian Association from 1986 to 1992.