Famous People with Name Waclaw

Waclaw Z Szamotul            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Waclaw Z Szamotul: (b. c. 1520 in Szamotuly near Poznan - c. 1560 in Pinczów), also called Waclaw Szamotulski or Venceslaus Samotulinus, was a Polish composer.

Waclaw Szymanowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Waclaw Szymanowski: i (August 23, 1859, Warsaw – July 22, 1930, Warsaw) was a Polish sculptor and painter. He is best known for his statue of composer Frédéric Chopin in Warsaw's Lazienki Park.

Waclaw Michal Kuchar            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Waclaw Michal Kuchar: born September 16, 1897 in Lancut — died February 13, 1981 in Warsaw) was a Polish sports champion, olympian, and multiple soccer, track and field and ice skating champion of the country.

Waclaw Krzeptowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Waclaw Krzeptowski: was one of the leaders of the Goralenvolk during World War II. Before the German occupation he had been chairman of the Peasant Party in Nowy Targ. In the early years of the war, he lobbied Hans Frank in favor of his plan to establish an independent state for his ethnic group in southern Poland. This project proved to be a failure due to lack of support among the local population.During the German-Soviet war, Krzeptowski tried to recruit soldiers for his "Goralen legion" (also referred to as Goralische Division SS) to fight alongside the Axis Powers. The attempt ended in a complete fiasco as out of the initial 300 able bodied recruits (from the entire Podhale region) all but twelve deserted within a short time or were sent to concentration camps by the Germans for insubordination. At the end of the war, he refused to flee to Germany and instead hid out in the Tatry mountains of his native region. In December 1944 he was tracked down and captured by the Home Army. He was tried for high treason, sentenced to death by hanging by his own brother, Julian Krzeptowski, a Home Army member, and executed.

Waclaw Michal Zaleski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Waclaw Michal Zaleski: was a Polish poet, writer, researcher of folklore (folklorist), theatre critic, political activist, governor of Galicia (1848).Zaleski collected and published in Lviv Piesni polskie i ruskie ludu galicyjskiego (Polish and Russian songs of Galician nation; 1833), which contained about 1500 works, including 160 with piano accompaniment composed by Karol Lipinski. It was the largest collection of folk-songs published in Poland before Oskar Kolberg.Zaleski was an author of patriotic songs, paraphrases, translations of Ukrainian dumas and never published stage works.