Famous People with Name Boleslaw

Boleslaw Prus            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Boleslaw Prus: August 20, 1847 – May 19, 1912), whose actual name was Aleksander Glowacki, was a Polish journalist and fiction writer. The leading representative of realism in 19th-century Polish literature, Glowacki took the pen name "Prus" from the name of his family coat-of-arms.

Boleslaw Lesmian            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Boleslaw Lesmian: (born Boleslaw Lesman; 18781-1937) was a Polish poet, artist and member of the Polish Academy of Literature. He was one of the most influential poets of the early 20th century in Poland and cousin of another notable poet of the epoch - Jan Brzechwa and a nephew of famous poet and writer of Young Poland - Antoni Lange.

Boleslaw I The Brave (or Valiant)            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Boleslaw I The Brave (or Valiant): (Polish: Boleslaw I Chrobry; Czech: Boleslav Chrabrý; 967 - June 17, 1025), in the past also known as Boleslaw I the Great (Polish: Boleslaw I Wielki), of the Piast Dynasty — son of Mieszko I and of his first wife, the Bohemian princess Dubrawka — ruled as Duke of Poland, 992-1025, and as King of Poland in 1025.

Boleslaw II The Bold            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Boleslaw II The Bold: 1042-1081 or 1082) was duke of Poland from 1058 to 1076, and king of Poland from 1076 to 1079.

Boleslaw III Wrymouth            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Boleslaw III Wrymouth: 1085 – 1138) was Duke of Poland from 1102. He was the son of Duke Wladyslaw I Herman and Judith of Bohemia, daughter of Vratislaus II of Bohemia.Boleslaw Wrymouth defeated the Pomeranians at the Battle of Naklo (1109) and took control of Pomerania (1119-1123), thus regaining Polish access to the Baltic Sea. The local government of the Pomeranians was left in place.

Ryszard Boleslawski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Ryszard Boleslawski: was a Polish film director, actor and teacher of acting.