Piotrowski
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Piotrowski (Polish pronunciation: [pjɔˈtrɔvski]; feminine: Piotrowska) is a Polish surname. It is a toponymic surname derived from any of places named Piotrów and Piotrowo, Pietrów, Piotrowice - all derived from the masculine given name Piotr (Peter).
In Poland, it was the 19th most common surname, with 61,844 bearers in 2009.
Notable persons with the surname include:
Agnieszka Piotrowska (born 1964), Polish filmmaker
Antoni Piotrowski (Bulgarian: Антони Пьотровски, Antoni Pyotrovski; 1853–1924), Polish painter
Bernadeta Bocek-Piotrowska (born 1970), Polish cross country skier
Damian Piotrowski (born 1987), Polish footballer
Edward W. Piotrowski (born 1955), Polish physicist
Gosia Piotrowska, Polish television actress
Irene Piotrowski (1941–2020), Canadian athlete
Jakub Piotrowski (born 1997), Polish footballer
John L. Piotrowski (born 1934), U.S. Air Force general
Józef Piotrowski (1840–1923), Russian enlightener
Kathrin Piotrowski (born 1980), German badminton player
Krystyna Piotrowska (1938–2022), Polish geologist, cartographer, professor
Lillian Piotrowski (1911–1974), American politician
Luke Piotrowski, American screenwriter
Marek Piotrowski (born 1964), Polish kickboxer and boxer
Maximilian Piotrowski (1813–1875), Polish painter
Mirosław Piotrowski (born 1966), Polish politician
Oskar Piotrowski (chess player) (fl. 1902–1935), Polish chess master
Oskar Piotrowski (gymnast) (born 1996), Polish acrobatic gymnast
Paweł Piotrowski (born 1985), Polish Paralympic athlete
Robert Piotrowski (born 1963), American architect
Ryszard Piotrowski (1924–2016), Polish war hero
Sebastian Piotrowski (born 1990), German-Polish footballer
Tadeusz Piotrowski (footballer) (1947–2023), Polish association footballer and manager
Tadeusz Piotrowski (linguist), (born 1957), professor of linguistics and lexicographer
Tadeusz Piotrowski (activist) (1945–1994), social activist and board member of the Polish Red Cross
Tadeusz Piotrowski (mountaineer) (1940–1986), mountaineer and writer
Tadeusz Piotrowski (sailor) (born 1940), sailor, engineer, and former Olympian.
Tadeusz Piotrowski (sociologist) (born 1940), sociologist, historian and writer
Tatjana Piotrowski, German molecular geneticist
Teresa Piotrowska (born 1955), Polish politician
Tom Piotrowski (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player
Tom Piotrowski (economist) (born c.
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