Dunin (surname)
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Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe 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 KievSviatopolk II of KievSviatopolk 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 (KomnenosKomnenosKomnenós or Comnenus was the name of a ruling family of the Eastern Roman Empire , who halted the political decline of the Empire from c.1081 to c.1185.-Origins:...
Emperors), she married Piotr Włostowic and co-founded the Dunin family.
- Piotr DuninPiotr DuninPiotr Dunin was a Polish leader. Starost of Malbork 1478–1484, castellan of Sieradz from 1478, voivode of Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship from 1481....
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1462), Polish military hero.
- Marcin DuninMarcin DuninMarcin 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), BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
ian and PolishPolesthumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
writer, poet, dramatist, social activist, humanist, is considered a founder of the New Belarusian Literature.
- Count Rodryg DuninRodryg DuninRodryg 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-MarkiewiczKazimierz Dunin-MarkiewiczCount Casimir Dunin Markievicz was a Polish portrait, category and landscape artist, playwright and theatre director, and a member of the Russian nobility....
) Polish painter.
- Count Antoni DuninAntoni DuninAntoni Dunin was a Polish nobleman , a Hrabia , and an army officer who received the Virtuti Militari award.- Biography :...
(1907–1939), Polish army officer
- Ron DuninRon DuninRon 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, CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. Founded in 1772 by Spanish Fr. Junipero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of California’s oldest communities...
from 1985–1992
- Elsie Ivancich DuninElsie Ivancich DuninElsie 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...
(born 1935), Croatian-American dance ethnologist
- Kinga DuninKinga DuninKinga Dunin is a Polish writer, feminist, and sociologist. She is a columnist for the Wysokie Obcasy and academic teacher at the Medical University of Warsaw. Before 1989 she was active in the democratic opposition...
(born 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 DuninElonka DuninElonka Dunin is an American game developer at Simutronics Corp. in St. Louis, Missouri, where she has worked since 1990. She is Chairperson Emerita and one of the founders of the International Game Developers Association's Online Games group, has contributed or been editor in chief on multiple...
(born 1958), American cryptographer and game developer
- Rafal E. Dunin-BorkowskiRafal E. Dunin-BorkowskiProf. Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski is a British experimental physicist. He is currently Director of the Institute for Microstructure Research and the Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons in Forschungszentrum Jülich and Professor of Experimental Physics in RWTH Aachen...
(born 1969), director of the Center for Electron Nanoscopy (CEN)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 DenmarkTechnical University of DenmarkThe Technical University of Denmark , often simply referred to as DTU, is a university just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and is today ranked among Europe's leading engineering institutions, and the...
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See also
- Dunn (surname)Dunn (surname)Dunn is a surname in the English language. The name has several different origins. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Duinn, meaning "descendant of Donn"; the Gaelic Donn was originally a byname, meaning "brown-haired" or "chieftain"...
- Dunning (surname)Dunning (surname)Dunning is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:*Charles Avery Dunning, Canadian politician*Chester Dunning, Texas historian and specialist in Russian studies*Darren Dunning, English footballer*Debbe Dunning, American actress...