Piasecki is a Polish family name and may refer to one of the following.
Wiśniewski is the third most common surname in Poland. It is a toponymic surname derived from any of locations named Wiśniewa, Wiśniewo, Wiśniowa, Wiśniew. It is related to the following surnames in other languages:
Malinowski is a surname of Polish-language origin. It is related to the following surnames:
Lisowski, Lisowsky, Lisovsky or Lisovski is a surname with variants in multiple languages. It is derived from the Polish noun lisъ ("fox").
Rappaport is an Ashkenazi surname, with the individuals it being descendants of the Rabbinic Kohenic Rappaport family. Variants of the name include Rapaport, Rapa Porto, Rappeport, Rappoport and Rapoport.
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
Kovalchuk, Kavalchuk, Kowalczuk (Polish), Covalciuc (Moldovan/Romanian), also transliterated as Kowalchuk, is a common East Slavic surname. The Kovalchuk name extends back to before 1500 AD in Kievan Rus.
Grabowski, Grabovsky, Grabauskas, Hraboŭski, or Hrabovskyi is a surname with forms in various languages. The Belarusian and Ukrainian variants are generally transcribed beginning with an 'h' but may also be written with a 'g'.
Zagórski is a Polish surname. At the beginning of the 1990s there were approximately 7040 people in Poland with this surname.
Černý is a Czech language surname, which means "black". Like many other surnames, this originally made reference to a person's physical qualities, namely dark hair colour or perhaps darker complexion. Variants of the name include Cerny and feminine forms Černá in Czech, Čierna in Slovak, and Czarna in Polish.
Modzelewski is a Polish surname. It may refer to:
Makowski is a Polish surname with regional variations across Slavic countries, such as Makovsky in Russia.
Konieczny (masculine), Konieczna (feminine) is a Polish surname. A possible origin is a nickname for a person who lived at the edge of a village, from the archaic meaning of the word konieczny, 'last', 'final'
Borg is a common surname in the Nordic countries as well as in Malta. Borg may refer to:
Piekarski is a Polish surname. It may refer to:
Ferrari is an Italian occupational surname, the plural form of Ferraro, meaning blacksmith.
Żaczek and Zaczek are Polish surnames. "Żaczek" is a diminutive from "żak", an archaic term for "student"
Halszka Wasilewska, sometimes called Halina,, WW2 nom-de-guerre Krystyna, was one of the first women to attain the rank of Major in the Polish Armed Forces. She was a Legionnaire in the First world war and the subsequent Polish-Soviet War in 1920. She participated in the battle for Lwów and in the Polish - Ukrainian War. As an officer, she had special responsibility for training in the women's Polish Armed Forces during the interbellum. With the outbreak of WW2, she directed training for the women in the Polish Underground Army. She was captured and tortured by the Nazis and held in Ravensbrück concentration camp for two years. After liberation she rose to the rank of Major of the Women's forces in General Maczek's 1st Armoured Division in post-war Germany. She was the elder sister of the communist activist Wanda Wasilewska, who has overshadowed her in history.
Czerwiński is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Rola is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people that are known by this name include the following:
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