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    The first name Bolesław

    A unisex name.

    3 syllables Unisex

    Famous people named Bolesław

    16 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bolesław I the Brave
      First King of Poland (967–1025)
    • Bolesław III Wrymouth
      Duke of Poland between 1107 and 1138
    • Bolesław the Pious
      Duke of Greater Poland, 1225–1279
    • Bolesław Kominek
      Catholic cardinal (1903-1974)
    • Bolesław Filipiak
      Catholic cardinal (1901-1978)
    • Bolesław I, Duke of Cieszyn
      Duke of Bytom, Cieszyn, Głogów, Ścinawa and Siewierz, 1363–1431
    • Bolesław of Toszek
      Duke, died 1328
    • Bolesław of Bytom
      Duke of Koźle (1330–1355)
    • Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski
      Archbishop (1848-1903)
    • Bolesław Gładych
      American World War II flying ace (1918-2011)
    • Bolko I the Strict
      Duke of Jawor, 1253–1301
    • Bolko II the Small
      Bolko Wysoki, 1308–1368