Famous People with Name Ferdynand

Ferdynand Ruszczyc            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Ferdynand Ruszczyc: (1870-1936) was a Polish painter, printmaker, and stage designer. Ruszczyc originally studied law at the University of St. Petersburg, but then switched majors and began taking painting classes at the Academy of Fine Art.

Ferdynand Marek Arczynski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Ferdynand Marek Arczynski: was one of the founding members of Zegota (Council for Aid to Jews), an underground organization in German-occupied Poland from 1942 to 1945. Zegota's express purpose was to aid the country's Jews and find places of safety for them. Poland was the only country in occupied Europe with such an organization during World War II.[1][2]was a member of the Polish Democratic Party and a former editor of the Polish Daily in Kraków during Second Polish Republic. Born in 1900, he was also a veteran of the Silesian Uprisings. Arczynski was tireless in his work for Zegota, serving not only as treasurer but also as head of its legalization department, liaison with branches of Zegota in Kraków, Lwów and Lublin. He was an unofficial, but successful recruiting officer.

Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwill            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwill: was a Polish nobleman and Polish-German politician. He was the son of Ferdynand Radziwill and Countess Leontyna von Clary und Aldringen. Through his paternal grandmother, Princess Louise of Prussia, he was a cousin of the German Emperors. At the time Poland was partitioned, he lived in the German Empire, where he was a member of the German parliament (Reichstag) from 1874 to 1919. He was known as an important leader of the Polish minority and opponent of the Germanization and Kulturkampf policies. After Poland regained independence in 1918, he became a Polish citizen and a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm).

Ferdynand Zarzycki            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Ferdynand Zarzycki: was a Polish general and politician. He fought in the Polish Legions in World War I. From 1933 to 1934 he was a Minister of Trade and Industry in the Polish government. He retired in 1934.