Famous People with Name Wincenty

Wincenty De Lesseur            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wincenty De Lesseur: was an eighteenth-century Polish painter.He was from a family of French descent. He studied under Marcello Bacciarelli, and soon became a master painter in his own right. He mainly focused on portrait painting, and at one point painted the portrait of Stanislaw August Poniatowski. He also was a master of the portrait miniature.

Wincenty Niemojowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wincenty Niemojowski: was a Polish political activist in Congress Poland. Member of the Kalisz Opposition, later joined the revolutionary government during the November Uprising.

Wincenty Rzymowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wincenty Rzymowski: was a Polish politician and writer.In interwar Poland he was a member of the Democratic Party and a known publicist. In a controversy involving allegations of plagiarism, he was forced to resign his membership in the Polish Academy of Literature.During WWII he begun collaborating with the Soviets. He joined the Union of Polish Patriots, was a Minister of Arts and Culture in the Polish Committee of National Liberation and a Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Provisional Government of National Unity. He represented Poland during the signing of the United Nations Charter. He was also a deputy to the State National Council and Legislative Sejm. From 1947 till the end of his life he was a minister without portfolio in the Polish government.

Wincenty Lutoslawski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wincenty Lutoslawski: was a Polish philosopher, author, and member of the Polish National League[1]. One of the things he is most famous for is coining the term "stylometry".[2]

Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski: was a Polish politician and military commander, a notable member of the szlachta.The following year Gosiewski became the Grand Treasurer of Lithuania. At the same time he continued his military career and in 1654 he was promoted to the rank of Field Lithuanian Hetman, one of the two highest ranks in the Polish–Lithuanian armed forces. As such he took part in fights against the Cossacks during the Chmielnicki Uprising, - Battle of Loyew (1649). During the Swedish invasion of 1655, known as The Deluge, Gosiewski at first submitted his forces to the Swedish king Charles X, following the politics of de facto overlords of Lithuania, Princes Janusz Radziwill and Boguslaw Radziwill. However, afterwards he rebelled with his troops and joined the Polish forces fighting the Swedes.