Famous People with Name Zdzislaw

Zdzislaw Ryszard Kapka            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Zdzislaw Ryszard Kapka: a retired Polish football player.He played mostly for Wisla Kraków and later briefly for Pittsburgh Spirit in the United States.He played for the Polish national team (14 matches) and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal.

Zdzislaw Kostrzewa            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Zdzislaw Kostrzewa: a retired Polish footballer. During his club career he played for Zaglebie Sosnowiec and Slask Wroclaw. He played for the Poland national football team and participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Zdzislaw Belsitzmann            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Zdzislaw Belsitzmann: was a Polish chess master.Belsitzmann lived in Warsaw, where he played several times in tournaments with top Polish chess masters. In 1913, he drew a match against Salomon Langleben (+1 –1 =2). He tied for 4-5th in 1916/17, and 3rd-4th in 1917, both with Alexander Flamberg, and both behind Akiba Rubinstein and Moishe Lowtzky.

Zdzislaw Stieber,            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Zdzislaw Stieber,: was a Polish Slavic linguist. He was born in Szczakowa, Poland, then part of the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. He died in Warsaw.Initially a student of chemistry, Stieber turned his attention to comparative Slavic linguistics at the University of Kraków in 1926. His interest in the dialects of border areas led him to the study of East Slovak and Ukranian dialects, where his work focused on toponyms, their etymology, and the history and settlement of the places where they are attested. He also carried out research on Sorbian and Belarusian, and was involved in producing linguistic atlases of Kashubian (1964-78), Polish (Nitsch 1957-70), and Lemkian (1956-64). Particularly valuable was his introduction of colors and symbols to dialect maps. Stieber's work in the 1930s represented some of the first studies of the dialect of the Lemko Rusyns. The deportation of this ethnic group in Operation Wisla after World War II underlines the importance of Stieber's work carried out while the community was still intact.

Zdzislaw Stieber            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Zdzislaw Stieber: was a Polish Slavic linguist. He was born in Szczakowa, Poland, then part of the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. He died in Warsaw.Initially a student of chemistry, Stieber turned his attention to comparative Slavic linguistics at the University of Kraków in 1926. His interest in the dialects of border areas led him to the study of East Slovak and Ukranian dialects, where his work focused on toponyms, their etymology, and the history and settlement of the places where they are attested.