Jacek

Jacek is a Polish given name of Greek origin related to Hyacinth, through the archaic form of Jacenty. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto (Italian), Jácint (Hungarian) and Jacint (Catalan, shortened to Cint or Cinto following the Catalan tradition of hypocorising through apheresis). The name Jacek might refer to:


 * Saint Hyacinth (Święty Jacek, Jacek Odrowąż), Dominican friar and saint
 * Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz
 * Jacek Bąk, footballer
 * Jacek Bednarek, racewalker
 * Jacek Bogucki, politician
 * Jacek Bury, Senator
 * Jacek Cichocki, politician
 * Jacek Dehnel, poet and writer
 * Jacek Dukaj, science fiction writer
 * Jacek Falfus, politician
 * Jacek Gmoch, footballer
 * Jacek "Tede" Graniecki, rapper
 * Jacek Huchwajda, fencer
 * Jacek Jezierski, writer and businessmen
 * Jacek Jędruch, Polish-American nuclear engineer and historian
 * Jacek Kaczmarski, singer, songwriter, dissident
 * Jacek Karpiński, computer scientist and engineer
 * Jacek Komuda, historian
 * Jacek Kościelniak, politician
 * Jacek Krupa, politician
 * Jacek Krywult, politician
 * Jacek Krzynówek, footballer
 * Jacek Kuroń, historian, dissident
 * Jacek Kurski, politician
 * Jacek Lipiński, lawyer, mayor of Aleksandrów Łódzki
 * Jacek Łągwa, musician and actor
 * Jacek Majchrowski, mayor of Kraków
 * Jacek Malczewski, painter
 * Jacek Małachowski, szlachcic
 * Jacek Pastusiński, triple jumper
 * Jacek Poniedziałek, actor
 * Jacek Rostowski, politician and economist
 * Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, politician, diplomat
 * Jacek Stopa (born 1987), polish chess player
 * Jacek Wszoła, high jumper
 * Jacek Yerka, painter
 * Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (died 1902), Catalan poet