Kowalski

Kowalski (Polish pronunciation: [kɔˈvalskʲi]; feminine: Kowalska, plural: Kowalscy) is the second most common surname in Poland (140,471 people in 2009).[1] Kowalski surname is derived from the word kowal, meaning "[black]smith".

For a song by Primal Scream, see Kowalski (song).
Look up Kowalski or Kowalska in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

"Jan Kowalski" is used as a placeholder name in Poland to mean "Average Joe", much as "John Smith" is used in English-speaking countries (though a more direct translation would be "John Smithson").

Notable people
  • Alexander Kowalski (1902–1940), Polish ice hockey player killed in the Katyn massacre
  • Aleksander Kowalski (1930–2009), Polish Nordic combined skier
  • Alexander Kowalski (musician) (born 1978), German DJ, electronic music artist
  • Alfred Kowalski (1849–1915), Polish painter
  • Aneta Kowalska (born 1982), Polish pair skater
  • Annette Kowalski (born 1936), American producer, business partner of Bob Ross
  • Bernard Louis Kowalski (1929–2007), American director
  • Bronisława Kowalska (1955–2020), Polish politician
  • Chana Kowalska (1899-1942), Polish Jewish painter and journalist
  • Craig Kowalski (born 1981), American ice hockey player
  • Daniel Kowalski (born 1975), Australian Olympic swimmer
  • Faustyna Kowalska (1905–1938), Polish Catholic saint, nun and mystic
  • Frank Kowalski (1907–1974), American US Army soldier and United States Representative
  • Gary A. Kowalski (born 1953), American author
  • Grzegorz Kowalski (disambiguation)
  • James Kowalski (born 1954), United States Air Force Lieutenant General, Commander of Air Force Global Strike Command Barksdale AFB
  • Janusz Kowalski (born 1952), Polish cyclist
  • Jerzy Kowalski (disambiguation)
  • Jochen Kowalski (born 1954), German singer
  • John Kowalski (born c. 1951), American soccer coach
  • Józef Kowalski (1900–2013), Polish supercentenarian and second-to-last Polish-Soviet war veteran
  • Józef Kowalski (1911–1942), Polish Roman Catholic priest killed at Auschwitz, beatified
  • Józef Wierusz-Kowalski (1866–1927), Polish physicist and diplomat
  • Kasia Kowalska (born 1973), Polish pop rock singer and songwriter
  • Katarzyna Kowalska (born 1985), Polish long distance runner
  • Kazimierz Kowalski, Polish singer
  • Ken Kowalski (born 1945), Canadian politician
  • Kerstin Kowalski (born 1976), German rower
  • Ludwik Kowalski (born 1931), Polish-American nuclear physicist and professor emeritus
  • Łukasz Kowalski, Polish footballer
  • Manja Kowalski (born 1976), German rower
  • Lech Kowalski (born 1951), American film director
  • Maria Kowalska, Polish alpine skier
  • Marian Albertovich Kowalski (1821–1884), Polish astronomer
  • Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), Catholic saint
  • Myron Kowalsky (1941–2022), Canadian politician
  • Natalia Kowalska (born 1989), Polish racing driver
  • Natalia Kowalska (1918–unknown), Polish chess master
  • Piotr Kowalski (1927-2004), French-Polish artist
  • Richard Kowalski (born 1963), American astronomer
  • Robert Kowalski (born 1941), British logician
  • Sharon Kowalski, subject of groundbreaking disability and LGBT legal rights case
  • Tadeusz Kowalski (1889–1948), Polish orientalist, expert on Middle East Muslim culture and languages
  • Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski (1949–2013), German composer
  • Wacław Kowalski, Polish actor
  • William Kowalski (born 1970), American author
  • Wladek Kowalski (AKA "Killer" Kowalski) (1926–2008), Polish-Canadian professional wrestler, trainer
  • Władysław Kowalski (politician) (1894–1958), Polish trade union activist, writer and politician (PSL, ZSL)
  • Yelizaveta Kovalskaya (1851–1943), Russian revolutionary
  • Stanisław Kowalski (1910–2022), Polish supercentenarian masters athlete.

Fictional characters

See also
  • All pages with titles containing Kowalski
  • All pages with titles containing Kowalska

Other uses
  • Kowalski's Markets, supermarket chain

References
  1. Ministry of Interior (Poland). Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009 Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009). Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  2. "Roxanne (1987)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  3. Maslin, Janet (2007). "Roxanne (1987)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2010.


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