Zaleski (feminine Zaleska, plural Zalescy) is a Polish surname. At the beginning of the 1990s there were approximately 4322 people in Poland with this surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Anthony Florian Zaleski (1913-1997), American two-time world middleweight boxing championAugust Zaleski (1883–1972), Polish diplomat, historian, President of Poland in ExileBronisław Zaleski (1819 or 1820–1880), Polish writerJan Zaleski (1869–1932), Polish biochemistJerod Zaleski (born 1989), Canadian football playerJózef Bohdan Zaleski (1802–1886), Polish poetLadislaus Michael Zaleski (1852–1925), Polish prelate, Apostolic Delegate to the East-Indies and Latin Patriarch of Antioch, botanistLeon Zaleski (c. 1810–1841), Polish patriotic activistMarcin Zaleski (1796–1877), Polish painterMichał Zaleski, Polish politicianPhilip Zaleski, American writer and editorPiotr Zaleski (1850–1916), Polish traveller, astronomer, geodesist, officerWacław Michał Zaleski (pseudonym Wacław from Olesko; 1799–1849), Polish poet, researcher of folkloreWojciech Zaleski (1906-1961), Polish politicianZbigniew Zaleski (b. 1947), Polish politicianZygmunt Zaleski (1882–1967), Polish literature historian, poet