Ziółkowski (feminine Ziółkowska, plural Ziółkowscy) is a Polish surname. It is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

Ziółków Ziółków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Spiczyn, within Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Spiczyn, west of Łęczna, and east of the regional capital Lublin ...

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citing Jan Siwik, ''Encyklopedia nazwisk i przydomków szlacheckich'', Warsaw, 2010, p. 784 It may refer to: *

Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm Alexandra () is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus ...

(born 1949), Polish author *

Andrew Ziolkowski Andrew Charles Frederick Ziolkowski (12 December 1963 – 12 April 1994) was an Australian politician. He served as a Labor Party Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1991 until his death in 1994, representing the electo ...

(1963–1994), Australian politician *

Fabrice Ziolkowski Fabrice Ziolkowski (born January 28, 1954) is a French-born screenwriter, best known for writing Cartoon Saloon's debut Oscar-nominated film '' The Secret of Kells'', the animated series '' Gawayn'', and directing and producing the avant-garde d ...

(born 1954), French-American screenwriter, director, producer, and voice director * Jan M. Ziolkowski (born 1956), American linguist and philosopher *

Janusz Ziółkowski Janusz Aleksander Ziółkowski (6 April 1924, in Sosnowiec – 5 April 2000) was a Polish sociologist and politician. He was a professor of sociology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and briefly (in 1981) its rector. He was a Sol ...

(1924–2000), Polish sociologist *

Jim Ziolkowski Jim Ziolkowski is the founder, president and CEO of buildOn, an international nonprofit organization that runs youth service learning programs in urban U.S. high schools and constructs schools and promotes literacy in developing countries. He is the ...

, American businessman *

Korczak Ziolkowski Korczak Ziolkowski (; September 6, 1908 – October 20, 1982) was a Polish-American artist and sculptor known for designing the Crazy Horse Memorial. Early life Ziolkowski was born September 6, 1908, in Boston to Polish parents. Orphaned at ...

(1908–1982), Polish-American designer and sculptor *

Marek Ziółkowski Marek Ziółkowski (born 1955 in Kętrzyn) is a Polish diplomat, ambassador of Poland to Ukraine (2001–2005), Kenya (2012–2015), and NATO (2017–2019). Life Marek Ziółkowski has graduated from philosophy at the University of Warsaw. He w ...

(born 1955), Polish diplomat * Richard W. Ziolkowski, American scientist and engineer *

Ruth Ziolkowski Ruth Carolyn Ziolkowski (née Ross; June 26, 1926 – May 21, 2014) was an American executive and CEO of the Crazy Horse Memorial, a South Dakota monument dedicated to Crazy Horse which was designed by her late husband, Korczak Ziolkowski. Ruth Z ...

(1926–2014), American director of Crazy Horse Memorial *

Szymon Ziółkowski Szymon Jerzy Ziółkowski (; born 1 July 1976 in Poznań) is a retired Polish hammer thrower and politician. An Olympic gold medal winner from Sydney 2000, he also won a gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton with a career be ...

(born 1976), Polish hammer thrower *

Theodore Ziolkowski Theodore Ziolkowski (September 30, 1932 – December 5, 2020) was a scholar in the fields of German studies and comparative literature. He coined the term " fifth gospel genre". Early life Theodore J. Ziolkowski was born on September 30, 1932, i ...

(1932–2020), American scholar in German studies and comparative literature

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