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Leszek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlɛʂɛk]) is a Slavic Polish given name, originally Lestko, Leszko or Lestek, related to Lech, Lechosław and Czech Lstimir.
Individuals named Leszek celebrate their name day on June 3.
Notable individuals with the name Leszek or variants
- Lestko
- Leszek I (disambiguation)
- Leszek II (disambiguation)
- Leszek III
- Leszek, Duke of Masovia (ca 1162-1186)
- Leszek I the White (1186/1187-1227)
- Leszek II the Black (1241–1288)
- Leszek Balcerowicz, a Polish economist, the former chairman of the National Bank of Poland and Deputy Prime Minister in Tadeusz Mazowiecki's government. He is famous for implementing the Polish economic transformation program, commonly known as shock therapy in the 1990s
- Leszek Bebło (born 1966), Polish long-distance runner, 1993 Paris Marathon champion
- Leszek Blanik, 2008 Olympic gold medalist in vault (gymnastics)
- Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009), Polish philosopher
- Leszek Miller, former Prime Minister of Poland
- Sir Leszek Krysztof Borysiewicz, British academic and university administrator
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