Janowicz ( ) is a
Polish language
Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In a ...
surname, equivalent to English
Johnson
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. Notable bearers include:
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Jerzy Janowicz
Jerzy Filip Janowicz Jr. (; born 13 November 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. Janowicz is best known for becoming the first Polish man to reach a major semifinal at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.
Noted for his very powerful serv ...
(born 1990), Polish professional tennis player
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Mikolaj Janowicz Kiezgajlo, lt, Mykolas Kęsgaila Valimantaitis (died c. 1450), Lithuanian nobleman from Deltuva
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Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz
Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz (17 May 1932, in Lwów – 1 February 2004, in Kraków) is a Polish luger who competed from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a complete set of medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in the men's doubl ...
(1932,
Lwów
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– 2004,
Kraków
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), Polish luger
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Stanislaw Janowicz Kiezgajlo (died 1526), Lithuanian nobleman
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Victor Felix "Vic" Janowicz (1930–1996), American football halfback
{{surname, Janowicz
Polish-language surnames
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Surnames from given names