The
PolishPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
surname
Dunin originated with the 12th century with Piotr Włost Dunin. He was Palatine of Poland and the castellan of Wroclaw (Silesia), as well as, Brother in law of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth (Boleslaw Krzywousty). The coat of arms is the Łabędź (swan).
- Piotr Włostowic, also known as 'Piotr Włost Dunin', a Silesian noble and voivodeof the king of Poland (1080-1153).
- Princess Mariya (Maria), daughter of Grand Duke Sviatopolk II of Kiev
Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich was supreme ruler of the Kievan Rus for 20 years, from 1093 to 1113. He was not a popular prince, and his reign was marked by incessant rivalry with his cousin Vladimir Monomakh...
and the Imperial Byzantine Princess Barbara Komnene (KomnenosThe Komnenos or Comnenus was a Byzantine Greek noble family and an important ruling Dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, as they are widely considered to have reversed the decline of the Byzantine Empire for over a century, from c.1081 to c.1185....
Emperors), she married Piotr Włostowic and co-founded the Dunin family.
- Piotr Dunin
Piotr Dunin was a Polish leader. Starost of Malbork 1478-1484, castellan of Sieradz from 1478, voivode of Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship from 1481....
(fl.1462), Polish military hero.
- Marcin Dunin
Marcin Dunin Sulgostowski of Łabędź coat of arms was archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno, primate of Poland....
(1774-1842), Archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno (1831-1842) #.
- Count Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz, Lithuanian Captain of the 1st Polish Lancers and Napoleon's loyal aide-de-camp during his 1812 Russian Campaign.
- Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz (January 23, 1808-1884), Belarus
Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel , Mahilyow and Vitebsk...
ian and PolishThe Polish people, or Poles , are a Western Slavic ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent. Their religion is predominantly Roman Catholic...
writer, poet, dramatist, social activist, humanist, is considered a founder of the New Belarusian Literature.
- Count Rodryg Dunin
Rodryg Dunin was a Polish noble , a hrabia , and an industrialist and agriculturalist. His work in agricultural industry, including pioneering new techniques, earned him recognition among the farming circles of early 20th century Greater Poland.- Biography :Rodryg Dunin was born in Marszewo,...
(1870-1928), Polish agriculturist.
- Count Casimir Dunin-Markiewicz (1874-1932), (also spelled Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz
Count Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz was a Polish portrait, category and landscape artist, a theatre director as well as a playwright....
) Polish painter.
- Count Antoni Dunin
Antoni Dunin was a Polish nobleman , a Hrabia , and an army officer who received the Virtuti Militari award.- Biography :...
(1907-1939), Polish army officer
- Ron Dunin
Ron Dunin . In 1977, he was elected to the San Luis Obispo City Council. In 1985, he was elected as a three-term mayor of San Luis Obispo, California, retiring in 1992....
, (1918-2004), mayor of San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. The city, referred to locally as "SLO" or "San Luis", is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County and is adjacent to California Polytechnic State University...
from 1985-1992
- Elsie Ivancich Dunin
Elsie Ivancich Dunin is a dance ethnologist , choreographer, professor and author specializing in folk dance from Croatia, Macedonia, and Romani in Macedonia. Her studies focus on Croatian diaspora communities and associated sword dances in both Old and New World contexts...
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The
PolishPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
surname
Dunin originated with the 12th century with Piotr Włost Dunin. He was Palatine of Poland and the castellan of Wroclaw (Silesia), as well as, Brother in law of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth (Boleslaw Krzywousty). The coat of arms is the Łabędź (swan).
- Piotr Włostowic, also known as 'Piotr Włost Dunin', a Silesian noble and voivodeof the king of Poland (1080-1153).
- Princess Mariya (Maria), daughter of Grand Duke Sviatopolk II of Kiev
Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich was supreme ruler of the Kievan Rus for 20 years, from 1093 to 1113. He was not a popular prince, and his reign was marked by incessant rivalry with his cousin Vladimir Monomakh...
and the Imperial Byzantine Princess Barbara Komnene (KomnenosThe Komnenos or Comnenus was a Byzantine Greek noble family and an important ruling Dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, as they are widely considered to have reversed the decline of the Byzantine Empire for over a century, from c.1081 to c.1185....
Emperors), she married Piotr Włostowic and co-founded the Dunin family.
- Piotr Dunin
Piotr Dunin was a Polish leader. Starost of Malbork 1478-1484, castellan of Sieradz from 1478, voivode of Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship from 1481....
(fl.1462), Polish military hero.
- Marcin Dunin
Marcin Dunin Sulgostowski of Łabędź coat of arms was archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno, primate of Poland....
(1774-1842), Archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno (1831-1842) #.
- Count Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz, Lithuanian Captain of the 1st Polish Lancers and Napoleon's loyal aide-de-camp during his 1812 Russian Campaign.
- Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz (January 23, 1808-1884), Belarus
Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel , Mahilyow and Vitebsk...
ian and PolishThe Polish people, or Poles , are a Western Slavic ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent. Their religion is predominantly Roman Catholic...
writer, poet, dramatist, social activist, humanist, is considered a founder of the New Belarusian Literature.
- Count Rodryg Dunin
Rodryg Dunin was a Polish noble , a hrabia , and an industrialist and agriculturalist. His work in agricultural industry, including pioneering new techniques, earned him recognition among the farming circles of early 20th century Greater Poland.- Biography :Rodryg Dunin was born in Marszewo,...
(1870-1928), Polish agriculturist.
- Count Casimir Dunin-Markiewicz (1874-1932), (also spelled Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz
Count Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz was a Polish portrait, category and landscape artist, a theatre director as well as a playwright....
) Polish painter.
- Count Antoni Dunin
Antoni Dunin was a Polish nobleman , a Hrabia , and an army officer who received the Virtuti Militari award.- Biography :...
(1907-1939), Polish army officer
- Ron Dunin
Ron Dunin . In 1977, he was elected to the San Luis Obispo City Council. In 1985, he was elected as a three-term mayor of San Luis Obispo, California, retiring in 1992....
, (1918-2004), mayor of San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. The city, referred to locally as "SLO" or "San Luis", is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County and is adjacent to California Polytechnic State University...
from 1985-1992
- Elsie Ivancich Dunin
Elsie Ivancich Dunin is a dance ethnologist , choreographer, professor and author specializing in folk dance from Croatia, Macedonia, and Romani in Macedonia. Her studies focus on Croatian diaspora communities and associated sword dances in both Old and New World contexts...
(b. 1935), Croatian-American dance ethnologist
- Kinga Dunin
Kinga Dunin is a Polish writer, feminist, and sociologist. She is a columnist for the Wysokie Obcasy . Member of the New Left intellectual milieu Krytyka Polityczna and of the Polish Greens 2004....
(b. 1954), "a literary critic and Poland's leading feminist", author, and cultural journalist. Author of Tao of a Housewife (1996) and A Pumpkin Coach (2000).
- Elonka Dunin
Elonka Dunin is a game developer at Simutronics Corp. in St. Louis, Missouri. She is one of the founders of the International Game Developers Association's Online Games group, and was editor in chief of an IGDA State of the Industry white paper.Dunin has published a book of exercises on classical...
(b. 1958), American cryptographer and game developer
- Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
Dr. Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski is a British experimental physicist. He is currently Director of the Center for Electron Nanoscopy in the Technical University of Denmark....
(b. 1969), director of the Center for Electron Nanoscopy (CEN)The Center for Electron Nanoscopy is a state-of-the-art center for electron microscopy at the Technical University of Denmark . Inaugurated in December 2007, the institute was funded by a donation of DKK100 million from the A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation...
in the Technical University of DenmarkThe Technical University of Denmark was founded in 1829 as the 'College of Advanced Technology' . The initiative was taken by the renowned physicist Hans Christian Ørsted who also served as its principal until his death in 1851...
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