Wiśniewski

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Wiśniewski (Polish pronunciation: [viɕˈɲɛfskʲi]; feminine: Wiśniewska, plural Wiśniewscy) is the third most common surname in Poland (111,174 people in 2009).^[1] It is a toponymic surname derived from any of locations named Wiśniewa, Wiśniewo, Wiśniowa, Wiśniew. It is related to the following surnames in other languages:

In Romania, it appears as Vișinescu (or Vișnescu), taking the Latin-derived suffix –escu.

History[]

• House of Wiśniowiecki, a Polish princely family of Ruthenian-Lithuanian origin

People[]

Wisniewski[]

• Andreas Wisniewski (born 1959), German actor and dancer
• Connie Wisniewski (1922–1995), American baseball pitcher
• David Wisniewski (1953–2002), British children's author
• Edgar Wisniewski (1930–2007), German architect
• James Wisniewski (born 1984), American ice hockey player
• John S. Wisniewski (born 1962), American politician
• Jonathan Wisniewski, French rugby player
• Keith Wisniewski (born 1981), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Leo Wisniewski (born 1959), American football player
• Maryan Wisniewski (born 1937), French footballer
• Paul Wisniewski (born 1949), British radio broadcaster and television reporter
• Stefan Wisniewski (born 1953), German member of the Red Army Faction
• Stefen Wisniewski, American football player
• Steve Wisniewski (born 1967), American football player
• Matt Wisniewski (born 1990), American artist

Wiśniewski[]

• Adam Wiśniewski (born 1980), Polish handballer
• Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg (1937–1995), Polish science fiction author
• Andrzej Wiśniewski, Polish football manager
• Jacek Wiśniewski (born 1974), Polish footballer
• Jan Wiktor Wiśniewski (1922-2006), Polish footballer
• Janek Wiśniewski, fictional name for Zbigniew Godlewski (1952–1970), Polish demonstrator
• Janusz Leon Wiśniewski (born 1954), Polish writer and chemist
• Józef Wiśniewski (1940-1996), Polish ice hockey player
• Łukasz Wiśniewski (born 1989), Polish volleyball player
• Michał Wiśniewski (born 1972), Polish pop vocalist
• Piotr Wiśniewski (born 1982), Polish footballer
• Przemysław Wiśniewski, Polish footballer
• Radosław Wiśniewski, Polish footballer
• Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski (1931–1994), Polish astronomer
  • 2256 Wiśniewski, an asteroid named in his honour
• Zenon Wiśniewski (born 1959), Polish politician

Wiśniewska[]

• Ania Wiśniewska (born 1977), Polish pop singer
• Ewa Wiśniewska (born 1942), Polish actress
• Jadwiga Wiśniewska (born 1963), Polish politician
• Joanna Wiśniewska (born 1972), Polish discus thrower
• Lucyna Wiśniewska (born 1955), Polish politician
• Marta Wiśniewska (born 1978), Polish dancer and singer, also known as Mandaryna
• Maria Pasło-Wiśniewska (born 1959), Polish politician

Wischnewski[]

• Anke Wischnewski (born 1978), German luger
• Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922–2005), German politician
• Siegfried Wischnewski (1922–1989), German actor

Wiśniowski[]

• Łukasz Wiśniowski (born 1991), Polish racing cyclist
• Michal Wisniowski (born 1980), Polish artist

Places[]

• Wólka Wiśniewska, a village in east-central Poland
• Wiśniew, Siedlce County, a village in Poland
• Wiśniew, Mińsk County, a village in Poland
• Wiśniewo (disambiguation), other places in Poland

See also[]

• All pages with titles containing Wisniewski
• All pages with titles containing Wisniewska
• Vishnevsky, similar Russian surname
• Vishnevetsky, similar Ukrainian surname
• Vyšniauskas, similar Lithuanian surname

References[]

Surname list

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