Kossak

Kossak is a surname historically widespread in the land of Galicia, now divided between Poland and Ukraine. ^[1] Notable people with this surname include members of a famous family of Polish artists, writers and poets:

• Juliusz Kossak (1824–99), Polish painter from the partitions period, progenitor of the Kossak family
  • Tadeusz Kossak (1857–1935), Polish army officer and freedom fighter
    • Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968), novelist, daughter of Tadeusz Kossak
  • Wojciech Kossak (1857–1942), painter, son of Juliusz Kossak
    • Jerzy Kossak (1886–1955), painter, son of Wojciech Kossak
      • Gloria Kossak (1941–1991), painter and poet, daughter of Jerzy Kossak (1886–1955), sister of Simona Kossak
      • Simona Kossak (1943-2007), biologist, ecologist, and professor of forest sciences, daughter of Jerzy Kossak, sister of Gloria Kossak
    • Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska née Kossak (1891–1945), poet, second daughter of Wojciech Kossak
    • Magdalena Samozwaniec née Kossak (1894–1972), writer, third daughter of Wojciech Kossak
• Karol Kossak  [ pl ] (1896–1975), painter and illustrator

Other notable bearers of the surname:

• Hryhoriy Kossak  [ uk ] (1882-1939), commander of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and Ukrainian Galician Army ^[1]
• Ivan Kossak  [ uk ] (1879-1927), Ukrainian military officer, brother of Hryhoriy ^[1]
• Mykhailo Kossak (activist)  [ uk ] (c.1815-1890), Lviv burger and activist, head of the Stauropegion Institute's printing house ^[1]
• Mykhailo Kossak (actor)  [ uk ] (1874-1938), Ukrainian actor, brother of Vasyl Kossak ^[1]
• Vasyl Kossak  [ uk ] (1886-1932), Ukrainian actor ^[1]
• Zenon Kossak (1907–1939), Ukrainian nationalist activist

See also

• Kozak (surname)
• Cossack (disambiguation)

References

1. Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 3. 1994. pp. 1145–1148.