Zawadzki [zaˈvat͡ski] (feminine: Zawadzka, plural: Zawadzcy) is a Polish, Czech, 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:
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
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
Clay Zavada (born 1984), American baseball player
Andrzej Zawada (1928–2000), Polish Alpinist
Wacław Zawadowski (1891–1982), Polish painter
Witold Zawadowski (1888–1980), Polish physician
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
Ed Zawatsky (born 1968), Canadian hockey coach
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
