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 skaterSeveral people named Aleksander Zawadzki (disambiguation)Angelica Zawadzki (born 1952), a Mexican sprint canoerAnna Zawadzka, Polish authorDariusz Zawadzki (born 1982), a football playerJolanta Zawadzka, Polish chess playerSeveral people named Józef Zawadzki (disambiguation)Lance Zawadzki (born 1967), American baseball playerMagdalena Zawadzka, Polish actressMarcelina Zawadzka, Polish modelSaturnin Zawadzki (1923–2003), a Polish soil scientistStanisław Zawadzki (1743–1806), a Polish architectStanisława Zawadzka, Polish singerStefan Zawadzki (born 1946), a Polish historianTadeusz Zawadzki (1921-1943), a Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) and lieutenant of the Armia KrajowaWłodzimierz Zawadzki (born 1967), a Polish sport wrestlerClay Zavada (born 1984), American baseball playerAndrzej Zawada (1928–2000), Polish AlpinistWacław Zawadowski (1891–1982), Polish painterWitold Zawadowski (1888–1980), Polish physicianRemarks: 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 playerGeorge Sawatzky (born 1942), Canadian-Dutch physicistHarry Leonard Sawatzky (1931 - 2008), Canadian scholar and writerJohn Sawatsky (born 1948), Canadian author and journalistRick Sawatsky (born 1976), Canadian curlerMary Sawatzky (born 1961), American politicianMichelle Sawatzky-Koop (born 1970), Canadian volleyball playerRick Sawatsky (born 1976), Canadian curlerEd Zawatsky (born 1968), Canadian hockey coachIn the 1990 American motion picture "Working Trash", George Carlin played the role of the protagonist, a janitor named Ralph Sawatzky.
GeographyLas Zawadzki, a village in central PolandZavodovski IslandSee alsoZawadzki coat of arms 