Wiśniewski
Wiśniewski (often also written Wisniewski ; Polish pronunciation [viɕˈɲɛfskʲi] ) is the family name of the following people:
- Andreas Wisniewski (* 1959), German actor and director
- Andrew Wisniewski (* 1981), American basketball player
- Adam Wiśniewski (handball player) (* 1980), Polish handball player
- Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg (1937–1995), Polish writer
- Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski CM (1928–2010), Roman Catholic theologian and Bishop of Apucarana
- Edgar Wisniewski (1930–2007), German architect
- Grzegorz Wiśniewski (* 1952), Polish brigadier general and diplomat
- James Wisniewski (* 1984), American ice hockey player
- Janusz Leon Wiśniewski (* 1954), Polish writer
- Karl Wisniewski (1844–1904), German music teacher, composer and writer
- Ludwik Wiśniewski (* 1936), Polish Dominican
- Roswitha Wisniewski (1926–2017), German philologist and politician
- Stefan Wisniewski (* 1953), German ex-terrorist of the Red Army faction
- Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski (1931–1994), Polish astronomer
Wiśniewski also stands for:
- (2256) Wiśniewski , the name of an asteroid
- similar spelling
- Johann Alexander Wisniewsky (1929–2012), German entrepreneur
- Gerhard Wisnewski (* 1959), German journalist, writer and film author
- Oskar Wisnieski (1819–1891), German painter as well as steel and copper engraver
Russian form
- Galina Pawlowna Vishnevskaja (1926–2012), Russian opera singer, wife of Mstislav Rostropovich .
See also:
- Wisniewsky
- Wischnewski (Germanized form)
- Wiśniewska (feminine form)
- Wisnewski
On January 17, 2015, there were 70 244 women and 69 558 men in Poland - bearers of the surname Wiśniewski.
