Sikorsky
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Sikorsky is an English-language respelling of the Slavic surname Sikorski. Derived from the Polish word sikora – meaning "chickadee/tit" – it was originally the name of a noble Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth family.
Sikorsky or Sikorski may refer to:
[edit] People with the surname
- Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American inventor and founder of the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- Brian Sikorski, Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball relief pitcher
- Radosław Sikorski, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister of National Defence
- Roman Sikorski, Polish mathematician
- Rudolf Sikorski, a fictional character in Boris and Arkady Strugatsky's series of novels
- Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and Prime Minister in exile during World War II
[edit] Other uses
- Sikorsky (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Sikorsky (crater), a lunar crater named after Igor Sikorsky
- Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, also known as the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Company
- Hans Sikorski, a music publishing house in Hamburg, Germany
- Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London, named for General Władysław Sikorski
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