Ogończyk coat of arms
# Ogończyk coat of arms

Ogończyk is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

## History

Although the coat of arms was first mentioned in an armorial of 1384, it is probable that it stems from early mediaeval Slavic signs for marking the cattle. After the Union of Horodło of 1413 several Lithuanian boyar families were adopted to it. With time it also spread to Prussia, where several Germanized families used it.

## Blazon

Gules, half an argent arrow heading upwards, supported by half of a ring. Out of the crest coronet two bare maiden hands (sometimes armed hands), holding a ring, all proper.

## Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

* Ireneusz Roszkowski (1909–1996), Polish professor, founder of modern Polish gynaecology and obstetrics, a humanist, precursor of prenatal medicine
* Wojciech Roszkowski born 1947, Polish historian and writer, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2004–2009
* Teresa Roszkowska (1904-1992), Polish painter (pl)
* Wacław Roszkowski (1886-1944), Polish zoologist (pl)
* Aleksander Roszkowski born 1961, Polish painter (pl)
* Kazimierz Twardowski
* Krzysztof Wiesiołowski
* Stanisław Chodecki
* House of Działyński
   * Ignacy Działyński
* Piotr Wiesiołowski (pl)
* Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
* Count Jan Żółtowski
* Marceli Żółtowski
* Zbigniew Żółtowski (pl)
* Ivan Kotliarevsky (1769–1838), Ukrainian writer, poet and playwright
* Mykola Stakhovsky (1879–1948), Ukrainian diplomat, politician, medic.
* Oleksander Ohonovsky (1848–1891), Ukrainian lawyer, legal scholar, and civic leader.
* Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836-1901), Polish banker, economist, and railway contractor, advocate of universal peace.
