Jastrzębski ( , feminine: Jastrzębska, plural: Jastrzębscy) is a

Polish-language surname Polish names have two main elements: the given name, and the surname. The usage of personal names in Poland is generally governed by civil law (legal system), civil law, church law, personal taste and family custom. The law requires a given name ...

. It is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

derived from one of the several Polish locations named Jastrzęby, Jastrzębie, Jastrząbki, etc. Ultimately derived from ''jastrząb'', or "

hawk Hawks are bird of prey, birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. They are widely distributed and are found on all continents except Antarctica. * The subfamily Accipitrinae includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, sharp-shinned hawks and others. Th ...

". Variants include Jastrzembski, Jastrząbski, and Yastrzemski. It is Russified as Yastrzhembsky/Yastrzhembskaya (russian: Ястржембский). Notable people with this surname include: * Andrzej Jastrzębski (born 1939), Polish jazz tuba player *

Maria Jastrzębska Maria Jastrzębska (born 28 March 1953) is a Polish-British poet, feminist, editor, translator and playwright. She has published five full-length volumes of poetry, two pamphlets and a play. She regularly contributes to a wide range of national ...

(born 1953), Polish-British poet *

Stanisław Jastrzębski Stanisław Jastrzębski is a Polish writer, lawyer and historian. Early life He was born in the village of Bubło, Rohatyn County, in Stanisławów Voivodeship (currently Ukraine). Jastrzębski is a survivor of the World War II massacres of Po ...

, Polish writer *

Włodzimierz Jastrzębski Włodzimierz Jastrzębski (born 3 September 1939, in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish historian, a retired professor of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz. He specializes in Polish history during World War II. He studied Bloody Sunday, a sequence of e ...

(born 1939), Polish historian and retired professor * (1920-1989), Polish ethnographer *

Mirosława Jastrzębska Mirosława Jastrzębska, née Kwiatkowska (born 21 March 1921 in Gąbin, Poland; died 24 October 1982) was a Polish scientist, ethnographer, and museum curator. She graduated from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in ethnography and ethnolog ...

(1921-1982), Polish ethnographer * Nikolaus von Jastrzembski, birth name of

Nikolaus von Falkenhorst Paul Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (17 January 1885 – 18 June 1968) was a German general and a war criminal during World War II. He planned and commanded the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in 1940, and was commander of German troops during ...

(1885-1968), German general *

Dennis Jastrzembski Dennis Jastrzembski (born 20 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Śląsk Wrocław. Born in Germany, he has represented both Germany and Poland at youth level. Club career Hertha Jastrzembski ma ...

(born 2000), German footballer *

Steve Jastrzembski Steve Vincent Jastrzembski (August 27, 1939 – January 14, 2009) was an American football end who played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers. He was selected in both the 1961 NFL Draft and 1962 AFL Draft, but did not play professionally ...

(1939–2009), American football player *

Sergey Yastrzhembsky Sergey Vladimirovich Yastrzhembsky (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Ястржембский, pl, Siergiej Władimirowicz Jastrzębski), born December 4, 1953, Moscow, is a Russian Federation politician and diplomat. He was Yelt ...

(born 1953), Russian politician *

Carl Yastrzemski Carl Michael Yastrzemski ( ; nicknamed "Yaz"; born August 22, 1939) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year Major League career with the Bost ...

(born 1939), American baseball player *

Mike Yastrzemski Michael Andrew Yastrzemski (; born August 23, 1990), nicknamed "Yaz", is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the grandson of Hall of Famer and Triple Crown winner Carl ...

(born 1990), American baseball player

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