Mickiewicz is a Polish form of the Belarusian surname Mickievič.[1] It corresponds to Lithuanianized: Mickevičius, and Belarusian, Russian: Mitskevich. Notable people with this surname include:

  • Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, professor of Slavic literature, and political activist, regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus
  • Denis Mickiewicz (born 1929), Professor Emeritus of Russian Literature at Duke University and the founding conductor of the Yale Russian Chorus
  • Jacek Mickiewicz (born 1970), Polish road racing cyclist
  • Maria Mickiewicz (born 1984), Polish chess master
  • Matt Mickiewicz (born 1983), internet entrepreneur
  • Mieczysław Mickiewicz (1879-1939), Ukrainian politician and lawyer of Polish descent, statesman of the Second Polish Republic
  • Wincenty Mickiewicz (1882–1954), writer

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  1. ^ Унбегаун Б. Русские фамилии / Пер. с англ. Общ. ред. Б. А. Успенского. — М.: Прогресс, 1989. — C. 232. — ISBN 5-01-001045-3. Original: Boris Unbegaun, Russian surnames. — Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972, p. 303.