Mickiewicz is a Polish form of the Belarusian surname Mickievič. 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, professor emeritus of Russian Literature at Duke University and the founding conductor of the Yale Russian Chorus Jacek Mickiewicz, Polish road racing cyclist Maria Mickiewicz, Polish chess master Matt Mickiewicz, internet entrepreneur Mieczysław Mickiewicz (1879–1939), Ukrainian politician and lawyer of Polish descent, statesman of the Second Polish Republic