Lewandowski (; feminine Lewandowska, plural Lewandowscy) 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 ...

. In other languages it may be transliterated as Lewandowsky, Levandovski, Levandovsky, Levandovskyy, Levandoski, Levandovskiy. It is the seventh most common

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

in Poland (93,404 people in 2009). It is derived from the place name ''Lewandów'', itself derived from the Old Polish word ''lewanda'' – ' lavender' (''lawenda'' in modern Polish). It is most frequent in mid-northern Poland, making up as much as 1.1% of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship'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

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Adolph J. Lewandowski Adolph J. Lewandowski (May 30, 1905 – November 18, 1961) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1943 to 1944, compiling a record of 4–12. Le ...

(1905–1961), American football and basketball coach * Corey Lewandowski (born 1973), American political consultant * Edmund Lewandowski (1914–1998), American artist *

Eduard Lewandowski Eduard Voldemarovich Lewandowski (born September 7, 1980) is a Russian born German professional ice hockey forward currently playing with Löwen Frankfurt in the DEL2. Playing career Lewandowski was drafted 242nd overall in the 8th round of th ...

(born 1980), German ice hockey player *

Gina Lewandowski Gina Loren Lewandowski (born April 13, 1985) is an American former soccer player. University career Lewandowski played her collegial soccer at Lehigh University, where she was named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year (2004, 2005) and ...

(born 1985), American soccer player * Grzegorz Lewandowski (born 1969), Polish footballer * Janusz Lewandowski (born 1951), Polish economist and politician * Janusz Lewandowski (1931–2013), Polish diplomat *

Jozef Lewandowski Józef Lewandowski (1923 in Konin – 17 November 2007 in Stockholm) was a Polish-born Swedish historian. In his youth he fought in World War II. After the war he studied at Warsaw University, with his doctoral thesis completed in 1961. He ...

(1923–2007), Polish-Swedish historian and writer *

Konrad T. Lewandowski Konrad Tomasz Lewandowski (born 1 April 1966 in Warsaw) (a.k.a. ''Przewodas'') is a fantasy and science fiction writer and journalist, doctor of philosophy, most known for two of his series: a science/political fiction series of adventures of a ta ...

(born 1966), Polish writer *

Louis Lewandowski Louis Lewandowski (April 3, 1821 – February 4, 1894) was a Polish-Jewish and German-Jewish composer of synagogal music. He contributed greatly to the liturgy of the Synagogue Service. His most famous works were composed during his tenure as ...

(1821–1894), German composer * Marcin Lewandowski (born 1987), Polish middle distance runner *

Mariusz Lewandowski Mariusz Lewandowski (; born 18 May 1979) is a Polish football manager and a former player. He currently manages Polish Ekstraklasa side Radomiak Radom. He was mostly a central defender and could also play as a defensive midfielder. He spent th ...

(born 1979), Polish footballer *

Mateusz Lewandowski Mateusz Lewandowski (born 18 March 1993) is a Polish former professional footballer. Playing mostly as a left-back throughout his career, he was also deployed in a midfielder role. Career statistics Club Honours Lechia Gdańsk *Polish Cup ...

(born 1993), Polish footballer *

Michał Lewandowski Michał Lewandowski (born 2 August 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for IV liga club Sokół Kolbuszowa Dolna. Club career Lewandowski started his football with polish club Stal Mielec before moving to Italy ...

(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 Mieczy ...

(1914–1990), French footballer *

Przemysław Lewandowski Przemysław Lewandowski (born 21 July 1975) is a Polish rower. He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 an ...

, Polish rower *

Ricardo Lewandowski Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski (; born May 11, 1948) is a Brazilian judge and a justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil. Lewandowski presided over the impeachment trial of president Dilma Rousseff, and controversially separated the cassa ...

(born 1948), Minister of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil * Robert Lewandowski (born 1988), Polish footballer * Sascha Lewandowski (1971–2016), German football manager *

Brothers Lewandowski Brothers Lewandowski (Hermann, Adolf, Max and David), sons of Jakob Lewandowski with the headquarter in Berlin produced in 1871 fabrics with own production facilities and more than 56 shops. The company used early any marketing possibilities. Besid ...

, royal court merchants to the Bavarian court for lingerie

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* Anthony Levandowski (born 1980), American engineer

Lewandowsky

Max Lewandowsky upPortrait of Lewandowsky Max Lewandowsky (28 June 1876 – 4 April 1916) was a German neurologist, who was a native of Berlin, born into a Jewish family. Personal life Lewandowsky studied medicine at the Universities of Marburg, Berlin an ...

(1876–1916), German neurologist *

Felix Lewandowsky Felix Lewandowsky (1 October 1879, Hamburg – 31 October 1921, Basel) was a German dermatologist. Biography In 1902, he earned his doctorate at the University of Strassburg. From 1903 to 1907, he worked at the dermatological clinic in Bern, where ...

(1879–1921), German dermatologist *

Stephan Lewandowsky Stephan Lewandowsky (born 3 June 1958) is an Australian psychologist. He has worked in both the United States and Australia, and is currently based at the University of Bristol, UK, where he is the chair of cognitive psychology at the School of ...

(born 1958), Australian psychologist *

Via Lewandowsky Volker Via Lewandowsky (born 7 March 1963, in Dresden) is a German artist who works with installation, sculpture, object art, photography, performance, painting and drawing. ;Poem for an Artist ''Born in Dresden in 1963'' ''lost an eye at t ...

(born 1963), German artist * Klaus Lewandowsky (born 1937), West German sprint canoer

Lewandowska

Iwona Lewandowska Iwona Lewandowska-Bernardelli (born 19 February 1985) is a Polish long distance runner Long may refer to: Measurement * Long, characteristic of something of great duration * Long, characteristic of something of great length * Longitude (abb ...

(born 1985), Polish athlete *

Janina Lewandowska Janina Antonina Lewandowska (22 April 1908 – 22 April 1940) was a Polish World War II pilot murdered in the Katyn massacre by Soviet forces. Early life Lewandowska (née Dowbor-Muśnicka) was born 22 April 1908, in Kharkiv in the Russian Empire. ...

, Polish pilot * Sandra Lewandowska (born 1977), Polish politician *

Sylwia Lewandowska Sylwia Lewandowska (born 4 January 1991 in Toruń) is a Polish rower. She is a World and Olympic medallist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's quadruple sculls. Career Lewandowska was part of the Polish quadru ...

(born 1991), Polish rower

Other

* Mikhail Levandovsky (1890–1938), Soviet military leader

References

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