Mieczysław

Mieczysław or Mečislovas (Lithuanian) is a Slavic name of Polish origin and consists of two parts: miecz "sword", and sław "glory, famous". Feminine form: Mieczysława. Alternate form: Mieszko.

This name may refer to:

Mečislovas

 * Mečislovas Birmanas (1900–1950), Lithuanian chess player
 * Mečislovas Davainis-Silvestraitis (1849–1919), Lithuanian activist
 * Mečislovas Gedvilas (1901–1981), Lithuanian Soviet politician, first Prime Minister of the Lithuanian SSR
 * Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (1834–1908), Roman Catholic bishop
 * Mečislovas Reinys (1884–1953), Lithuanian Roman Catholic archbishop and professor

Mieczysław

 * Mieczysław Bareja, a Polish judge and politician
 * Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer
 * Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz, a Polish military officer, a general of the Polish Army and a notable member of the post-war anti-communist opposition in Poland
 * Mieczysława Ćwiklińska, a Polish film actress, stage actor and singer. She was often nicknamed Lińska or Amiette.
 * Mieczysław Fogg, Polish singer
 * Mieczysław Garsztka, Polish aviator, flying ace in the German Air Force in World War I
 * Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, a Cardinal Ledóchowski
 * Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish pianist
 * Mieczysław Jagielski, Polish communist politician and economist
 * Mieczysław Janowski, Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament
 * Mieczysław Kalenik, Polish actor
 * Mieczysław Karłowicz, Polish composer and conductor
 * Mieczysław Kawalec, Polish officer in the anti-communist resistance
 * Mieczysław Mickiewicz, Polish-Ukrainian politician
 * Mieczysław Moczar, Polish communist who played a prominent role in the history of the Polish People's Republic
 * Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Polish Catholic archbishop
 * Mieczysław Morański, Polish actor, famous for cartoon voice-overs
 * Mieczysław Munz, Polish-American pianist
 * Miguel Najdorf, Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation
 * Mieczysław Niedziałkowski, Polish writer and activist executed during the German AB-Aktion in Poland
 * Mieczysław Nowicki, Polish Olympic medalist in bicycle racing and Minister of Sport
 * Mieczysław Połukard, Polish speedway rider and coach
 * Mieczysław "Mietek" Pemper, a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor who assisted Oskar Schindler in his rescue activities during World War II
 * Mieczysław Rakowski, Polish communist politician, historian and journalist
 * Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski, Polish army officer
 * Mieczysław Smorawiński, Polish general who died in the Katyn massacre
 * Mieczyslaw Solomonowicz, changed his name to Michael Sela (1924–2022), Israeli immunologist; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
 * Mieczysław Stoor, Polish film actor
 * Mieczysław Demetriusz Sudowski, writer on esoteric, spiritual and mystical topics
 * Mieczysław Weinberg, important Soviet composer of Polish-Jewish origin
 * Mieczysław Wolfke, Polish physicist
 * Mieczysław Zub, Polish serial killer

Fiction

 * Mieczysław "Mickey Doyle" Kuzik, from the television series Boardwalk Empire
 * Mieczysław "Stiles" Stilinski, a character from the 2011 television series Teen Wolf.