Witold (given name)
Witold is a masculine Polish given name. This name derives from the Lithuanian “Vytautas” composed of two elements: “vyti” (chase) plus “tauta” (the people), but It is also possible that it is a name of Germanic origin which means "ruling the forest". Notable people with the name include:
- Witold, nom de guerre used by Jan Karski (1914-2000), Polish resistance-fighter soldier and professor
- Witold Baran (born 1939), Polish middle distance runner
- Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969), Polish novelist and dramatist
- Witold Hurewicz (1904–1956), Polish mathematician
- Witold Kiełtyka (1984-2007), Polish drummer, founder of death metal band Decapitated (band)
- Witold Kieżun (born 1922) Polish economist, participant of the Warsaw Uprising
- Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994), Polish composer
- Witold Małcużyński (1914–1977), Polish pianist
- Witold Pilecki (1901–1948), founder of the Secret Polish Army (Tajna Armia Polska)
- Witold Pruszkowski (1846–1896), Polish painter
- Witold Rybczynski (born 1943), professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania
- Witold Tomczak (born 1957), Polish Member of the European Parliament
- Witold Wojtkiewicz (1879–1909), Polish painter
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