Zawadzki

Zawadzki [zaˈvat͡ski] (feminine: Zawadzka, plural: Zawadzcy) is a Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian or German surname, originating in Silesia or the Sudetenland. Variant spellings include Zawadski, Zavadsky, Zavadski, Zawada, Zavada, Zawadowsky, Zawadowski, Sawadsky, Sawadski, Sawatsky, Sawatzky, Sowada, Zawatzki, and numerous others. It may refer to:

Zawadzki or Zawadzka

• Agnes Zawadzki (born 1994), an American figure skater
• Several people named Aleksander Zawadzki (disambiguation)
• Angelica Zawadzki (born 1952), a Mexican sprint canoer
• Anna Zawadzka, Polish author
• Dariusz Zawadzki (born 1982), a football player
• Jolanta Zawadzka, Polish chess player
• Several people named Józef Zawadzki (disambiguation)
• Lance Zawadzki (born 1967), American baseball player
• Magdalena Zawadzka, Polish actress
• Marcelina Zawadzka, Polish model
• Saturnin Zawadzki (1923–2003), a Polish soil scientist
• Sebastian Zawadzki, Polsh-born composer and pianinst
• Stanisław Zawadzki (1743–1806), a Polish architect
• Stanisława Zawadzka, Polish singer
• Stefan Zawadzki (born 1946), a Polish historian
• Tadeusz Zawadzki (1921-1943), a Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) and lieutenant of the Armia Krajowa
• Włodzimierz Zawadzki (born 1967), a Polish sport wrestler

Zavada or Zawada

• Clay Zavada (born 1984), American baseball player
• Andrzej Zawada (1928–2000), Polish Alpinist

Zawadowski

• Wacław Zawadowski (1891–1982), Polish painter
• Witold Zawadowski (1888–1980), Polish physician

Sawatzky or Sawatsky

Remarks: This version of the name is very prevalent among the German-speaking Mennonites who emigrated from Ukraine to Canada and the United States. Many hundreds or thousands of families with these spellings exist, thus it is likely the most numerous of the many versions listed in this article. Family history suggests it derives from a Pole who converted to Mennonitism and joined the Mennonites in the Vistula delta region. It is not connected to other similar-sounding German names like the Sudeten-German name Watzke or Watzky, with which it is sometimes confused.

• Darren Sawatzky (born 1973), American soccer player
• George Sawatzky (born 1942), Canadian-Dutch physicist
• Harry Leonard Sawatzky (1931 - 2008), Canadian scholar and writer
• John Sawatsky (born 1948), Canadian author and journalist
• Rick Sawatsky (born 1976), Canadian curler
• Mary Sawatzky (born 1961), American politician
• Michelle Sawatzky-Koop (born 1970), Canadian volleyball player
• Rick Sawatsky (born 1976), Canadian curler

Other variants

• Ed Zawatsky (born 1968), Canadian hockey coach

Fictional character in a motion picture

In the 1990 American motion picture "Working Trash", George Carlin played the role of the protagonist, a janitor named Ralph Sawatzky.

Geography

• Las Zawadzki, a village in central Poland
• Zavodovski Island

See also

• Zawadzki coat of arms