Czajkowski

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Czajkowski (Polish pronunciation: [t͡ʂajˈkɔfskʲi], feminine: Czajkowska, plural: Czajkowscy) is a Polish noble family name for several coats of arms.[1] The name derives from several locations names Czajki, Czajków, or Czajkowo, all derived from the name of the bird czajka, 'lapwing'.

Tchaikovsky is a transcription in various languages.

People

  • Adrian Czajkowski (born 1972), real name of British author Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Andrzej Czajkowski (1935–1982), Polish classical pianist and composer
  • Antoni Czajkowski (1816–1873), Polish writer
  • James Paul Czajkowski (born 1961), real name of American author James Rollins
  • Jim Czajkowski (born 1963), American baseball player
  • Jorge D. Czajkowski (born 1961), Argentine-Polish architect, scientist and writer
  • Józef Czajkowski (1872–1947), Polish artist and architect
  • Krystyna Czajkowska (born 1936), Polish volleyball player
  • Michał Czajkowski (1804–1886), Polish-Ukrainian writer
  • Michelle Fus (née Michelle Czajkowski; born 1988), creator of webcomic Ava's Demon
  • Ryszard Czajkowski (born 1933), Polish geophysicist and writer
  • Stanisław Czaykowski (1899–1933), Polish Count and motor racing driver
  • Stanisław Czajkowski (1878–1954), Polish landscape painter
  • Zbigniew Czajkowski (1921–2019), Polish fencer
  • Zbigniew Czajkowski-Dębczyński (1926–1999), Polish participant in Warsaw Uprising
  • Zofia Czajkowska (1905–1978), Polish musician and political prisoner

Fictional characters

References

  1. ^ Further information (in Polish): pl:Czajkowscy

See also

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