Kowalski

Kowalski

Kowalski (feminine: Kowalska, plural Kowalscy) is the second most common surname in Poland (139,719). It translates to blacksmith where it is the patronymic form of the name for Smith (see Kowal), other surnames such as Kowalczyk, and Kowalewicz were derived from the word Kowal.

Kowalski surname in Polish voivodships

Kowalski is:
* 1st in Masovia Voivodeship (26,270),
* 2nd in Silesian Voivodeship (11,811),
* 3rd in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (12,076),
* 2nd in Łódź Voivodeship (15,005),
* 2nd in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (9,429),
* 3rd in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (6,480),
* 2nd in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (6,345),
* 3rd in Lubusz Voivodeship (2,904).

Famous people

* Aleksander Kowalski (1908-1951) - Polish trade union activist
* Alfred Kowalski-Wierusz (1849-1915) - Polish painter
* Anna Kowalska (1903-1969) - Polish writer
* Bernard Louis Kowalski (1929 - 2007) - American director
* Bolesław Kowalski (1915-1944) - Polish trade union activist and underground fighter (AL)
* Daniel Kowalski (b. 1975) - Australian Olympic swimmer
* Danuta Kowalska (b. 1929) - Polish artist, designer of interior decoration
* Franciszek Kowalski (1799-1862) - Polish poet, insurgent of the November Uprising
* Grzegorz Kowalski (b. 1942) - Polish sculptor, designer of interior decoration
* Janusz Andrzej Kowalski (b. 1935) - Polish artist, designer of interior decoration
* Jerzy Kowalski (1893-1948) - Polish writer and classicial philologist
* Jerzy Bogdan Kowalski (b. 1923) - Polish professor of theory of state and law
* Jochen Kowalski (b. 1954) - German singer
* John Kowalski (b. 1951?) - American soccer coach
* Józef Kowalski-Wierusz (1866-1925) - Polish physicist
* Kasia Kowalska (b. 1973) - Polish pop rock singer and songwriter
* Kazimierz Kowalski (b. 1925) - Polish professor of zoology, ordination, mammals paleontology
* Kazimierz Maria Kowalski (b. 1926) - Polish writer and journalist
* Ken Kowalski - Canadian politician
* Kurt Kowalski (b. 1948) - German soccer player
* Marian Kowalski (1821-1884) - Polish astronomer
* Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) - Catholic saint
* Myron Kowalsky - Canadian politician
* Peter C. Kowalski (b. 1979) - American rugby player
* Robert Kowalski (b. 1941) - American logician
* Sharon Kowalski - subject of groundbreaking disability and LGBT legal rights case
* Stanisław Kozyr-Kowalski (b. 1936) - Polish professor of sociology
* Tadeusz Kowalski (1841-1904) - Polish agronomist, agricultural activist and educator
* Tadeusz Kowalski (1889-1948) - Polish orientalist, expert on Middle East muslim culture and languages
* Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski (b. 1949) - German composer
* Todd "The Rod" Kowalski - Member of Propagandhi
* William Kowalski (b. 1970) - American author of "Eddie's Bastard"
* Witold Cezariusz Kowalski (b. 1936) - Polish professor of geology
* Wladek Kowalski ("Killer" Kowalski) (1926-2008) - Polish-Canadian professional wrestler, trainer
* Władysław Kowalski (1883-1937) - Polish trade union activist, publicist and politician (KPP)
* Władysław Kowalski (1894-1958) - Polish trade union activist, writer and politician (PSL, ZSL)
* Włodzimierz Tadeusz Kowalski (b. 1935) - Polish professor of modern history and publicist
* Wojciech Kowalewski (b. 1975) - Polish football goalkeeper
* Zygmunt Kowalski (b. 1932) - Polish professor of chemistry
* Kowalski - German [Rock/Industrial] band formed in 1981, featuring Hans Bäär (bass), Rüdiger ”LC” Elze (guitar), Rüdiger Braune (drums) and Uwe Fellensiek (vocals).

Fictitious

* Stanley Kowalski - character in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams and 1951 film, "A Streetcar Named Desire"
* Leon Kowalski - character in the 1982 film "Blade Runner"
* Peter "Petey" Kowalski in the video game Bully
*Viktor Kowalski, member of the OAS in The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
* Detective Stanley Raymond Kowalski - character in the Gemini Award-winning television series Due South (named after the above "Streetcar" character )
* Kowalski - The Top Gun pilot in 1991 film "Hot Shots!", by Kristy Swanson
* Sophie Kowalski - Marion Cotillard's character in the 2005 French film Jeux d'Enfants, also known by its English title, Love Me If You Dare
* Kowalski - one of the penguins in the 2005 film "Madagascar"
*Sergei Kowalski, the titular character in the spaghetti western "The Mercenary" played by Franco Nero.
* "Kowalski" - song by British dance/rock band Primal Scream
* Kowalski - Supporting character in the Ren & Stimpy Show
* Major Charles Kawalsky - character in the popular science fiction television series "Stargate SG-1"
* Kitty Kowalski - Lex Luthor's companion in 2006 flim "Superman Returns", by Parker Posey
* Kowalski - main character in the 1971 film "Vanishing Point"
* Kowalski - on the "Seaview", the Submarine on the 1960s TV show Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
*Benjamin "Ben" Kowalski in the Comic series Templar, Arizona

ee also

* Kowalczyk
* Kowal
* "In re Guardianship of Kowalski"


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