Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek (Polish: [ˈjurɛk]), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish.

People

• Jerzy, nom de guerre of Ryszard Białous, Polish World War II resistance fighter
• Jerzy Andrzejewski, Polish writer
• Jerzy Bartmiński, Polish linguist and ethnologist
• Jerzy Braun (disambiguation), several people
• Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer and manager
• Jerzy Buzek, Polish politician and former Prime Minister
• Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
• Jerzy Fedorowicz, Polish actor and theatre director
• Jerzy Ficowski, Polish poet and translator
• Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director and theorist
• Jerzy Hoffman, Polish film director, screenwriter, and producer
• Jerzy Jarniewicz, Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist
• Jerzy Janowicz, Polish tennis player
• Jerzy Jurka, Polish-American computational and molecular biologist
• Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director
• Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist
• Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountain climber
• Jerzy Kulej, Polish boxer and sports commentator
• Jerzy Owsiak, Polish social activist
• Jerzy Pilch, Polish novelist, journalist, and columnist
• Jerzy Pniewski, Polish physicist
• Jerzy Połomski, Polish singer
• Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest assassinated by the Security Service and beatified in the Catholic Church
• Jerzy Potz, Polish ice hockey player
• Jerzy Semkow, Polish conductor
• Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor
• Jerzy Urban, Polish journalist and commentator
• Jerzy Vetulani, Polish neuroscientist
• Jerzy Waldorff, Polish media personality

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Jerzy
• Jerzy the Giant, the second album by "The Terrible Twos"
• Jurek (disambiguation)
• Agnieszka Jerzyk