Kowalski
Kowalski (feminine:
Kowalska, plural
Kowalscy) is the second most common
surname in
Poland (139,719). It is the
patronymic form of the name for
Smith (see
Kowal).
Kowalski is:
* 1st in
Masovia (26,270),
* 2nd in
Silesia (11,811),
* 3rd in
Kuyavia-Pomerania (12,076),
* 2nd in
Lodz Land (15,005),
* 2nd in
Lower Silesia (9,429),
* 3rd in
Warmia-Masuria (6,480),
* 2nd in
West Pomerania (6,345),
* 3rd in
Lubusz Land (2,904).
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Anna Kowalska (1903-1969) - Polish writer
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Aleksander Kowalski (1908-1951) - Polish trade union activist
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Alfred Kowalski-Wierusz (1849-1915) - Polish painter
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Bernard Louis Kowalski (b.1929) - American director
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Bolesław Kowalski (1915-1944) - Polish trade union activist and underground fighter (AL)
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Danuta Kowalska (b.1929) - Polish artist, designer of interior decoration
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Faustyna Kowalska (1905-1938) - Catholic nun
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Andrew Kowalski (b.1984) - American philosopher, creator of
Kowalski's Law*
Franciszek Kowalski (1799-1862) - Polish poet, insurgent of the
November Uprising*
Grzegorz Kowalski (b.1942) - Polish sculptor, designer of interior decoration
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Janusz Andrzej Kowalski (b.1935) - Polish artist, designer of interior decoration
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Jerzy Kowalski (1893-1948) - Polish writer and classicial philologist
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Jerzy Bogdan Kowalski (b.1923) - Polish professor of theory of state and law
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Jochen Kowalski (b.1954) - German singer
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Józef Kowalski-Wierusz (1866-1925) - Polish physicist
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Kasia Kowalska (b.1973) - Polish pop rock singer and songwriter
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Kazimierz Kowalski (b.1925) - Polish professor of zoology, ordination, mammals paleontology
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Kazimierz Maria Kowalski (b.1926) - Polish writer and journalist
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Kurt Kowalski (b.1948) - German soccer player
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Marian Kowalski (1821-1884) - Polish astronomer
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Robert Kowalski (b. 1941) - American logician
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Stanisław Kozyr-Kowalski (b.1936) - Polish professor of sociology
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Tadeusz Kowalski (1841-1904) - Polish agronomist, agricultural activist and educator
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Tadeusz Kowalski (1889-1948) - Polish orientalist, expert on Middle East muslim culture and languages
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Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski (b.1949) - German composer
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William Kowalski (b.1970) - American author of
Eddie's Bastard*
Witold Cezariusz Kowalski (b.1936) - Polish professor of geology
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Wladek Kowalski (b. 1926) - Polish-Canadian professional wrestler
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Władysław Kowalski (1883-1937) - Polish trade union activist, publicist and politician (KPP)
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Władysław Kowalski (1894-1958) - Polish trade union activist, writer and politician (PSL, ZSL)
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Włodzimierz Tadeusz Kowalski (b.1935) - Polish professor of modern history and publicist
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Zygmunt Kowalski (b.1932) - Polish professor of chemistry
Fictitious
* Kowalski - Crewman on the
Seaview. The Submarine on the 1960s TV show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series).
* Kowalski - main character in the
1971 film Vanishing Point* Kowalski - one of the
penguins in the
2005 film Madagascar* Leon Kowalski - character in the
1982 film Blade Runner* Major
Charles Kawalsky - character in the popular science fiction television series
Stargate SG-1* Stanley Kowalski - character in the
Pulitzer Prize-winning play by
Tennessee Williams and
1951 film, "
A Streetcar Named Desire"
* Detective
Stanley Raymond Kowalski - character in the
Gemini Award-winning television series
Due South (named after the above character)
* "Kowalski" - song by British dance/rock band
Primal Scream*
Kowalczyk*
Kowal*
In re Guardianship of Kowalski
