Famous People with Name Wieslaw

Wieslaw Wernic            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wieslaw Wernic: popular Polish writer and journalist, best known for his series of Wild West books, sometimes called "Polish Karl May".During World War II fought in the Warsaw Uprising, after the war worked for a Polish daily Rzeczpospolita and weekly "Tygodnik Demokratyczny". His first stories were published in 1927, he returned to writing in the sixties when he wrote his fist Wild West book "Tropy wiodia przez prerie". Over the next 30 years he wrote 20 books about the adventures of Doctor Ian (his alter ego) and his friend Carl Gordon. Unlike Karl May to whom he was often compared, Wernic visited United States a number of times where he met with American Indians and was a leading authority on the history and customs of the Wild West.

Wieslaw Chrzanowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wieslaw Chrzanowski: is a Polish nationalist politician, lawyer, from 1991 to 1993 Sejm Marshal.

Wieslaw Rudkowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wieslaw Rudkowski: is a former boxer and Olympic silver medalist. He lost the gold medal match to Dieter Kottysch.

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.