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Nowakowski ( ; feminine: Nowakowska; plural: Nowakowscy) 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 ...
. Derived from place names such as Nowakowo, it is related to the surnames
Nowak Novak (in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene; Cyrillic: ), Novák (in Hungarian, Czech and Slovak), Nowak or Novack (in German and Polish), is a surname and masculine given name, derived from the Slavic word for "new" (e.g. pl, nowy, cz, nový, s ...
and Nowakowicz.


People

* Anton Nowakowski (1897–1969), German organist and composer * Bożena Nowakowska (born 1955), Polish hurdler * Emil Nowakowski (born 1974) Polish football midfielder *
Ida Nowakowska Ida Victoria Nowakowska-Herndon (born December 7, 1990) is a Polish-American actress, dancer and television presenter. Early life and career She studied in New York City at the Professional Performing Arts School and Steps on Broadway and perfo ...
, Polish-American actress and singer *
Jan Nowakowski Jan Nowakowski (born 17 May 1994) is a Polish professional volleyball player, a bronze medallist at the 2015 European League and named the ''Best Middle Blocker'' of the tournament. At the professional club level, he plays for LUK Lublin. Pers ...
(born 1994), Polish volleyball player *
Karolina Nowakowska Karolina Nowakowska (born 17 May 1982 in Warsaw) is a Polish actress, dancer and vocalist. Known primarily with the role of Olga in the ''M jak miłość''. She played among others in the city law, ''Pitbull 2'', ''Na wspólnej'', ''Kryminalni''. ...
(born 1982), Polish actress *
Krystyna Nowakowska Krystyna Nowakowska (8 December 1935 – 15 November 2019) was a Polish female athlete. She represented Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 800 metres event. She also competed at the 1958 European Athletics Championships The 6th European ...
(1935–2019), Polish athlete *
Maria Nowakowska Maria Nowakowska (born 14 March 1987) is a student from Legnica, Poland who was crowned Miss Polonia Miss Polonia is a national beauty pageant in Poland to select the official ambassador of Poland at the Miss World, Miss Grand International, M ...
(born 1987), Polish beauty pageant *
Piotr Nowakowski Piotr Nowakowski (born 18 December 1987) is a Polish professional volleyball player, a former member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team. A participant in the Olympic Games (2012 Summer Olympics, London 2012, 2016 S ...
(born 1987), Polish volleyball player * Pola Nowakowska (born 1996), Polish volleyball player *
Richard Nowakowski Richard Nowakowski (born 27 September 1955 in Sztum, Poland) is a retired boxer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kg) at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he ...
(born 1955), retired Polish-German boxer * Waldemar Nowakowski (born 1950), Polish politician * Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (born 1986), Polish biathlete *
Zofia Nowakowska Zofia Nowakowska (born 25 February 1988, Kościan) is a Polish singer. She has been a leading vocalist of the Studio Buffo musical theater and has appeared on artistic presentations headed by the composer Piotr Rubik. Besides Polish performance ...
(born 1988), Polish singer * Aleksandr Yakovlevich Novakovsky, birth name of
Alexander Nove Alexander Nove, FRSE, FBA (born Aleksandr Yakovlevich Novakovsky; russian: Алекса́ндр Я́ковлевич Новако́вский; also published under Alec Nove; 24 November 1915 – 15 May 1994) was a Professor of Economics at the ...
, British economist


See also

* * * Novakovic


References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite web , url= https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=nowakowski , title= Nowakowski , website= ancestry.com *Powell, Kimberley. "Last Name: Nowakowski." The Internet Surname Database. About.com, 2003. Web. 10 Sept. 2014. Polish-language surnames