Nowack is a surname of
West Slavic origin, a Germanized spelling variant of
Nowak. There are 1936 people in Germany surnamed Nowack. Nowack was attested in 1596 in the locality of ,
Brandenburg
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Notable people with the surname include:
* (1868–1940), German historian and archivist
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Butch Nowack (1904–1952), American football player and coach
* (1891–1946), Austrian geologist
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Donald Nowack (1924–2008), American politician
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Wilhelm Nowack (1897–1990), German economist, journalist and politician
Fictional characters
*Georg Nowack, a character from the musical ''
She Loves Me'' inspired by ''The Shop Around the Corner''
See also
*
Noack
References
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German-language surnames
Germanized Slavic family names