Olshansky
Olshansky or Olshanski are East Slavic toponymic surnames associated with the places Olshana, Olshanka, Olshany, Halshany. The Belarusian-language rendering of the surname are Halshansky, Alshansky, Polish: Olszański, Holszański, Lithuanian: Olšanski, Alšėniškis. In Latin-language sources, names of the house include: Domus Olszansciorum, sometimes with subdivisions like Domus Olszansciorum Hippocentaurus or D. O. Corvo. Feminine variants: Olshanska, Olshanskaya, Hoshanska, Halshanskaya. Notable people with the surname include:
- Members of the Olshanski/Holshansky noble family, which can be variously styled in East Slavic, Polish, or Lithuanian ways
- Barbara Olshansky, American human rights lawyer
- Igor Olshansky, American football player
- Ivan Olshansky, progenitor of the Lithuanian princely Alšėniškiai family
- Konstantin Olshansky,, Ukrainian Hero of the Soviet Union
- Nikolay Olshansky, Russian politician
- Paweł Holszański
- S. Jay Olshansky, professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Semyon Olshanski, noble from the Holshansky family
- Sergei Olshansky, Soviet football player
- Sophia Holshanska, or Sophia of Halshany, Queen of Poland as the fourth and last wife of Jogaila, King of Poland and Supreme Duke of Lithuania
- Uliana Olshanska, noblewoman from the Olshanski family, the second wife of Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Vladimir Olshansky, Russian performing artist, director, composer, sculptor
- Yelena Olshanskaya, original name of Elena Miller, a Russian who, as alleged by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, lived in Canada as a spy
- Juliana Olshanskaya, noblewoman, saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church