Głowacki, Glovatsky, Hlovatskyi, Golovatsky, or Holovatskyi is a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
derived from
''golva'' (
Slavic for "head"). Its Ukrainian and Belarusian forms are generally transcribed beginning with an 'H' but may also be written with a 'G'.
People
Notable people with the surname include:
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Aleksander Głowacki ( Bolesław Prus; 1847–1912), Polish novelist, essayist, and journalist
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Anton Glovatsky (born 1988), Russian ice hockey player
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Arkadiusz Głowacki (born 1979), Polish footballer
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Andrzej Głowacki, Polish philosopher, professor, and graphic artist
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Antoni Głowacki (1910–1980), Polish fighter pilot
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Dawid Głowacki (born 1987), Polish cyclist
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Jan Nepomucen Głowacki (1802–1847), Polish painter
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Janusz Głowacki (1938–2017), Polish-born American playwright, essayist, and screenwriter
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Jerzy Głowacki (1950–2022), Polish cyclist and Olympics competitor
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Krzysztof Głowacki (born 1986), Polish boxer
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Léon Glovacki (1928–2009), French footballer
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Marcin Głowacki (born 1973), Polish ice dancer and Olympics competitor
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Piotr Głowacki (born 1980), Polish actor
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Ryszard Głowacki
Ryszard Głowacki (born 1937 in Dukla
Dukla is a town and an eponymous municipality in southeastern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,017. The total area of the commune is . Dukla bel ...
(born 1937), Polish geological engineer, writer, and publicist
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Vadim Glovatsky (1970–2015), Kazakhstani ice hockey player and Olympics competitor
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Wojciech Bartosz Głowacki (1758–1794), Polish insurgent
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Yakiv Holovatsky (1814–1888), Ukrainian writer and academic
See also
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Bartosz Głowacki (armoured train) ('1919–1939), a Polish army train
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glowacki
Polish-language surnames