Around the globe, Boleslaw (Bolesław 
, Болеслав 
, Boleslaw 
) is a common masculine given name. The first name Boleslaw is habitual in Poland, where it is quite a common boy's name, Ukraine, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Kazakhstan. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Eastern Europe, particularly Poland, Ukraine, and Russia. More frequently, Boleslaw is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Bolesław | Poland, Lithuania, United States, United Kingdom, Germany |
| Болеслав | Kazakhstan, Russia, Bulgaria, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Boleslaw | Poland, France, United States, United Kingdom, Germany |
| בולסלב | Israel |
| boleslaw of sweden Contender to the Swedish throne (b. 1200) |
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| boleslaw von kossowski German politician (1839-1892), DE (b. 1839) |
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| boleslaw platowitsch (b. 1839) |
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boleslaw barlog German theatre director and film director (1906-1999), DE (b. 1906) |
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| boleslaw gryf-marcinkowski (b. 1856) |
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| boleslaw korneliewitsch mlodziejowski (b. 1858) |
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| boleslaw g. novak American politician – Minnesota -- "Bill, B.G." House 1915-18 (District 38); Senate 1935-58 (District 38), US (b. 1887) |
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| boleslaw pilars (1897-1959) (b. 1897) |
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| boleslaw szczeniowski Canadian composer, CA (b. 1898) |
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| boleslaw kupiecki Polish Righteous Among the Nations, PL (b. 1909) |
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| boleslaw faust Victim of the Holocaust, DE (b. 1910) |
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| boleslaw pressen prisoner of a Nazi regime, CZ (b. 1914) |
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| boleslaw senderowicz Polish-born Argentine fashion photographer, AR (b. 1922) |
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| boleslaw kozankiewicz Polish physicist (b. 1948) |
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| boleslaw sliwicki (b. 1966) |
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