Janowski
# Janowski

Janowski (feminine: Janowska; plural: Janowscy) is a Polish surname. It is related to a number of surnames in other languages.

## Related surnames

| Language | Masculine | Feminine |
| - | - | - |
| Polish | Janowski | Janowska |
| Belarusian (Romanization) | Яноўскі (Yanouski, Janoŭski, Yanowski) | Яноўская (Yanouskaya, Janoŭskaja, Yanowskaya) |
| Bulgarian (Romanization) | Яновски (Yanovski, Janovski) | Яновска (Yanovska, Janovska) |
| Czech/Slovak | Janovský | Janovská |
| Hungarian | Janovszky, Janovszki, Janowszky | |
| Latvian | Janovskis | |
| Lithuanian | Janauskas | Janauskienė (married) Janauskaitė (unmarried) |
| Macedonian | Јановски (Janovski) | Јановска (Janovska) |
| Romanian/Moldovan | Ianovschi, Ianovschii | |
| Russian (Romanization) | Яновский (Yanovskiy, Yanovsky, Ianovskii, Ianovski, Janovskij) | Яновская (Yanovskaya, Yanovskaia, Ianovskaia, Janovskaja) |
| Ukrainian (Romanization) | Яновський (Yanovskyi, Yanovskyy, Yanovsky Ianovskyi, Janovskyj) | Яновська (Yanovska, Ianovska, Janovska) |
| Other | Janowsky, Janofsky, Yanowsky, Yanovski, Yanofski, Yanofsky | |

## People

### Janowski/Janowska

* Adam Janowski (born 1987), English rugby league player
* Alina Janowska (1923–2017), Polish actress
* Bronisława Janowska (1868–1953), Polish painter and publisher
* Chaim Janowski (1867–1935), Polish-Jewish chess master, brother of Dawid
* Claire Janowski, American politician
* Dawid Janowski (1868–1927), Polish chess master, brother of Chaim
* Gabriel Janowski (born 1947), Polish politician
* Janusz Janowski (born 1965), Polish artist and musician
* Jarosław Janowski (born 1967), Polish rower
* Maciej Janowski (born 1991), Polish speedway rider
* Marek Janowski (born 1939), Polish-born conductor
* Max Janowski (1912–1991), Polish composer of Jewish liturgical music
* Mieczysław Janowski (born 1947), Polish politician
* Piotr Janowski (1951–2008), Polish violinist
* Sylwester Janowski (born 1976), Polish footballer
* Werner von Janowski (c.1903–1978), German Nazi spy
* Wioletta Janowska (born 1977), Polish runner
* Wojciech Janowski (born 1949), Polish-Monegasque businessman and diplomat

### Yanovsky/Yanovskaya/etc.

* Aleksandr Yanovsky (born 1952), Russian footballer
* Anna Yanovskaya (born 1996), Russian ice dancer
* Avrom Yanovsky (1911–1979), Canadian editorial cartoonist
* Chana Schneerson (née Yanovsky; 1880–1964), wife of Levi Yitzchak Schneerson and mother of Menachem Mendel Schneerson
* Igor Yanovsky (born 1974), Russian footballer
* Nikki Yanofsky (born 1994), Canadian musician
* Rudolph Yanovskiy (1929–2010), Russian philosopher
* Saul Yanovsky (1864–1939), American anarchist
* Semyon Yanovsky (1788–1876), Russian naval officer
* Sofya Yanovskaya (1896–1966), Soviet mathematician and historian
* Vasyl Gogol-Yanovsky (1777–1825), Ukrainian playwright and poet, father of Nikolai Gogol
* Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (born 1957), Belarusian boxer
* Zal Yanovsky (1944–2002), Canadian rock musician
