Nowack

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Nowack is a surname of West Slavic origin, a Germanized spelling variant of Nowak. There are 1936 people in Germany surnamed Nowack. Nowack was attested in 1596 in the locality of Koppatz, Brandenburg.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alfons Nowack (1868–1940), German historian and archivist
  • Butch Nowack (1904–1952), American football player and coach
  • Ernst Nowack (1891–1946), Austrian geologist
  • Donald Nowack (1924–2008), American politician
  • Wilhelm Nowack (1897–1990), German economist, journalist and politician

Fictional characters

  • Georg Nowack, a character from the musical She Loves Me inspired by The Shop Around the Corner

See also

References

  1. ^ Bichlmeier, Harald; Schiller, Christiane. "Nowack". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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