Piasecki
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Piasecki is a Polish
family name
and may refer to one of the following.
Poles
thumb|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...
family name
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
and may refer to one of the following.
- Bolesław Piasecki (1915-1979), Polish politician
- Francis PiaseckiFrancis PiaseckiFrancis Piasecki is a French retired professional football midfielder.-External links:**...
(1951), French football midfielder - Frank PiaseckiFrank PiaseckiFrank Piasecki was an American engineer and helicopter aviation pioneer. Piasecki pioneered tandem rotor helicopter designs and created the compound helicopter concept of vectored thrust using a ducted propeller.-Biography:...
(1919-2008), an American engineer and businessman, founder of two aviation businesses: - Piasecki HelicopterPiasecki HelicopterThe Piasecki Helicopter Corporation was a designer and manufacturer of helicopters located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. The company was renamed Vertol Aircraft Corporation in the mid-1950s...
- Piasecki AircraftPiasecki AircraftPiasecki Aircraft Corporation was founded by American vertical flight pioneer, the late Frank Piasecki, to continue pursuing the development of compound helicopters and other advanced rotorcraft.-History:...
- Lech PiaseckiLech PiaseckiLech Piasecki is a Polish former racing cyclist. Born in Poznań, he became the first Polish cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, in 1987....
(1961), the first (and so far only) Polish cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France - Sergiusz PiaseckiSergiusz PiaseckiSergiusz Piasecki , was one of the best known Polish language writers of the mid 20th century. His crowning achievement, published in 1937, was the third most popular novel in the Second Polish Republic...
(1901-1964), a Polish writer - Zygmunt Piasecki, Polish general, recipient of Virtuti MilitariVirtuti MilitariThe Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war...
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