Kwiatkowski (Polish pronunciation: ; feminine: Kwiatkowska ; plural: Kwiatkowscy ) is the 15th most common

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(66,917 people in 2009). It comes from place names such as Kwiatków, Kwiatkowo, or Kwiatkowice, which are derived from the Polish word '' kwiatek'' ("

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"). Associated with this surname are the Polish noble families bearing the seals of Drogomir, Gryf, Jastrzębiec, Korab, Nałęcz, Nowina, Rola, Strzemię, Wieruszowa, or Własne.

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* Anita Kwiatkowska, Polish volleyball player *

Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass (1 June 1940 – 6 March 1995) was a Polish actress. Early life and career Barbara Kwiatkowska was born in Patrowo, a village near Gostynin in central Poland, then under Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German ...

(1940–1995), Polish actress * Bronisław Kwiatkowski (1950–2010), Polish military commander *

Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (30 December 1888, Kraków – 22 August 1974, Kraków) was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic. Biography He studied at the pr ...

(1888–1974), Polish politician and economist * Grzegorz Kwiatkowski (born 1984), Polish poet and musician * Halina Kwiatkowska (1921–2020), Polish actress *

Heinz Kwiatkowski Heinrich "Heinz" Kwiatkowski (16 July 1926 – 23 May 2008) was a German football goalkeeper. He was born in Gelsenkirchen. As a goalkeeper, Kwiatkowski's specialty was to fist the ball away, which earned him the nickname "Heini Fausten". Career ...

(1926–2008), German football goalkeeper * Henryk de Kwiatkowski (1924–2003), Polish-born aeronautical engineer and horse breeder *

Irena Kwiatkowska Irena Kwiatkowska (17 September 19123 March 2011) was a popular Polish actress, known in Poland for her many cabaret roles and monologues, as well as appearances in (mostly comedy) movies and television shows. Life Kwiatkowska graduated from th ...

(1912–2011), Polish actress * Joel Kwiatkowski (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player * Karen Kwiatkowski (born 1960), American Air Force officer and writer * Krzysztof Kwiatkowski (born 1971), Polish politician *

Ladimir Kwiatkowski Ladimir Kwiatkowski (July 13, 1928 – March 2, 1994), better known as Ladmo, was an American television personality who co-hosted ''The Wallace and Ladmo Show'', a daily children's variety show broadcast on KPHO in Phoenix, Arizona. The program f ...

(1928–1994), American television personality *

Łukasz Kwiatkowski Łukasz Kwiatkowski (29 May 1982 – 25 November 2018) was a Polish professional track cyclist. He represented his nation Poland in two Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), and also claimed numerous medals in track cycling at the UCI Track Cycling ...

(1982–2018), Polish cyclist *

Marta Kwiatkowska Marta Zofia Kwiatkowska (born 1957) is a Polish theoretical computer scientist based in the United Kingdom. Kwiatkowska is Professor of Computing Systems in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, England, and a Fell ...

(born 1957), Polish-British computer scientist *

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

née Kwiatkowska (1921 - 1982), Polish scientist, ethnographer, museum curator * Michał Kwiatkowski (born 1983), Polish singer known as

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in France *

Michał Kwiatkowski Michał Kwiatkowski ( , born 2 June 1990) is a Polish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Kwiatkowski is seen as a strong all rounder, with good sprinting, time-trialling and climbing abilities allowing hi ...

(born 1990), Polish cyclist * Mickey Kwiatkowski (born 1947), American football coach * Oskar Kwiatkowski (born 1996), Polish snowboarder *

Paloma Kwiatkowski Paloma Kwiatkowski (born May 29, 1994) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan#Thalia Grace, Thalia Grace in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (film), ''Per ...

(born 1994), Canadian actress *

Thai-Son Kwiatkowski Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (born February 13, 1995) is a Vietnamese American former tennis player. He played collegiately for the Virginia Cavaliers. On 29 May 2017, Kwiatkowski won the NCAA Men's Singles Championship. College career Coming out of hi ...

(born 1995), American tennis player *

Teofil Kwiatkowski Teofil Antoni Jaksa of Griffins Kwiatkowski (February 21, 1809 in PułtuskAugust 14, 1891 in Avallon, France) was a Polish painter. Life Kwiatkowski participated in the November 1830 Uprising. After its suppression, he emigrated to France. He ...

(1809–1891), Polish painter *

Tonia Kwiatkowski Tonia Sue Kwiatkowski (born February 12, 1971) is an American figure skating coach and former competitor. She is a two-time Figure skating at the Winter Universiade, Winter Universiade champion, a two-time ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Champio ...

(born 1971), American figure skater * Zbigniew Kwiatkowski (born 1985), Polish handballer * Aleksandr Kvyatkovsky (1853–1880), Russian revolutionary * Andriy Kviatkovskyi (born 1990), Ukrainian freestyle wrestler

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{{surname, Kwiatkowski Polish-language surnames

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