Lewandowski (; feminine Lewandowska, plural Lewandowscy) is a Polish-language surname. In other languages it may be transliterated as Lewandowsky, Levandovski, Levandovsky, Levandovskyy, Levandoski, Levandovskiy. It is the seventh most common surname in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

(93,404 people in 2009). It is derived from the

place name Place may refer to: Geography * Place (United States Census Bureau), defined as any concentration of population ** Census-designated place, a populated area lacking its own municipal government * "Place", a type of street or road name ** Often ...

''Lewandów'', itself derived from the Old Polish word ''lewanda'' – '

lavender ''Lavandula'' (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found in Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, and from Europe across to northern and easte ...

' (''lawenda'' in modern Polish). It is most frequent in mid-northern Poland, making up as much as 1.1% of the

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Cuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie, or Kujawy-Pomerania Province ( pl, województwo kujawsko-pomorskie ) is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divide ...

's population (the record of Poland). The surname was recorded for the first time in 1673, although ''Lavendowski'', which is probably its variant, is known since 1608.

People

Lewandowski

* Adolph J. Lewandowski (1905–1961), American football and basketball coach *

Corey Lewandowski Corey R. Lewandowski (; born September 18, 1973) is an American political operative, lobbyist, political commentator and author who is politically associated primarily with Donald Trump. He was the first campaign manager of Trump's 2016 presi ...

(born 1973), American political consultant *

Edmund Lewandowski Edmund Lewandowski (1914–1998) was an Americans, American Precisionism, Precisionist artist who was often exhibited in the Downtown Gallery alongside other artists such as Charles Sheeler, Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ralston Crawford, Georg ...

(1914–1998), American artist * Eduard Lewandowski (born 1980), German ice hockey player * Gina Lewandowski (born 1985), American soccer player * Grzegorz Lewandowski (born 1969), Polish footballer *

Janusz Lewandowski Janusz Antoni Lewandowski (; born 13 June 1951) is a Polish politician and economist belonging to the Gdańsk liberals group, and a former member of the European Parliament (elected on 13 June 2004), Chairman of the Committee on Budgets. On 27 ...

(born 1951), Polish economist and politician *

(1931–2013), Polish diplomat * Jozef Lewandowski (1923–2007), Polish-Swedish historian and writer * Konrad T. Lewandowski (born 1966), Polish writer * Louis Lewandowski (1821–1894), German composer *

Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Przemysław Lewandowski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 13 June 1987) is a Polish professional soldier and middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Personal life Lewandowski was born in Szczecin on 13 June ...

(born 1987), Polish middle distance runner * Mariusz Lewandowski (born 1979), Polish footballer * Mateusz Lewandowski (born 1993), Polish footballer * Michał Lewandowski (born 1996), Polish footballer *

Michel Lewandowski Michel Lewandowski (born Mieczyslaus Lewandowski; 28 May 1914 – 7 September 1990) was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played his entire career in France and was a French military international. Playing career Miecz ...

(1914–1990), French footballer * Przemysław Lewandowski, Polish rower * Ricardo Lewandowski (born 1948), Minister of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil *

Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski (; born 21 August 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Barcelona and captains the Poland national team. Recognised for his positioning, technique and finishing, Lewandowski is co ...

(born 1988), Polish footballer *

Sascha Lewandowski Sascha Lewandowski (5 October 1971 – 8 June 2016) was a German football manager. Managerial career Lewandowski was head coach of VfL Bochum II between 1 July 2006 to 31 December 2006. Lewandowski was appointed as head coach of Bayer Leverkus ...

(1971–2016), German football manager * Brothers Lewandowski, royal court merchants to the Bavarian court for lingerie

Levandowski

Anthony Levandowski Anthony Levandowski (born March 15, 1980) is a French-American self-driving car engineer. In 2009, Levandowski co-founded Google's self-driving car program, now known as Waymo, and was a technical lead until 2016. In 2016, he co-founded and so ...

(born 1980), American engineer

Lewandowsky

* Max Lewandowsky (1876–1916), German neurologist * Felix Lewandowsky (1879–1921), German dermatologist * Stephan Lewandowsky (born 1958), Australian psychologist * Via Lewandowsky (born 1963), German artist * Klaus Lewandowsky (born 1937), West German sprint canoer

Lewandowska

* Iwona Lewandowska (born 1985), Polish athlete * Janina Lewandowska, Polish pilot *

Sandra Lewandowska Sandra Magdalena Lewandowska (born 8 June 1977) is a Polish parliamentarian who served in the national Parliament (Sejm) of the Republic of Poland of the V Sejm cadency from September 2005 to October 2007. As a Member of Parliament, she was a Me ...

(born 1977), Polish politician * Sylwia Lewandowska (born 1991), Polish rower

Other

Mikhail Levandovsky Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky (russian: Левандовский, Михаил Карлович; May 15, 1890 – July 29, 1938) was a Soviet Komandarm 2nd rank. He fought in World War I in the Imperial Russian Army and in the Russian Civil War i ...

(1890–1938), Soviet military leader

References

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