Famous People with Name Wieslaw

Wieslaw Jan Maniak            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wieslaw Jan Maniak: was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metre dash.He competed for Poland at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where he won the silver medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Andrzej Zielinski, Marian Foik and Marian Dudziak. In his younger days, Maniak lived in England and competed for a local Athletics club under the name of Vic Manning

Wieslaw Adam Berger            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wieslaw Adam Berger: was a Polish writer connected with the Zaolzie region of Cieszyn Silesia.Berger lived from 1927 to 1940 (and also several years after World War II) in the village of Dolní Bludovice. During World War II he was deported to Nazi Germany. Later he attended Cyprian Norwid Polish Liceum in Villard-de-Lans and another Polish school in Houilles, France; and after the war Juliusz Slowacki Polish Gymnasium in Orlová. Berger worked since 1948 as an electrician in the theatre in Ostrava. He was a member of PZKO (Polish Cultural and Educational Union) and several literary organizations.

Wieslaw Mysliwski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wieslaw Mysliwski: is a Polish novelist, twice the winner of the Nike Award (Polish equivalent of the Booker Prize) for Widnokrag (1996) and Traktat o luskaniu fasoli (2006).

Wieslaw Adamski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wieslaw Adamski: Polish sculptor.[1] He graduated from State High School fine arts in Szczecin and then studied at the Sculpture Department of the National Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. [2] He specialises in small sculptures, medals, portraits, and blacksmithing. Adamski's works have been exhibited in Helsinki, Poltava, Berlin, Madrid, Washington, Warsaw, Rotterdam and Paris.[2]

Wieslaw Glos            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wieslaw Glos: is a Polish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.