Olszewski
Olszewski is a Polish surname. The Russian-language version is Olshevsky, feminine: Olshevskaya. The Lithuanian language forms are Olšauskas and Alšauskas, feminine: Olšauskienė/Alšauskienė, and Olšauskaitė/Alšauskaitė. Belarusian form: Альшэўскі. Most probably it is a toponymic surname derived from any of the places named Olszewo, Olszew, Olszno, Olszow, Olszowa. It belongs to several noble Polish families. All of them are derived from olcha or olsza, alder tree. The Polish personal registry PESEL recorded 23,677 persons with the surname Olszewski and 23,896 persons with the surname Olszewska in 2023.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Agata Mróz-Olszewska, Polish volleyball player
- Albert Olszewski, American politician
- Alfons Olszewski, Polish sailor
- Bobby Olszewski, American politician
- Dariusz Olszewski, Polish politician
- Eleanor Olszewski, Canadian politician
- Eileen Olszewski, American boxer
- Gunner Olszewski, American football player
- Jan Olszewski, Polish lawyer and politician
- Johnny Olszewski, American politician
- Johnny Olszewski (American football), American football player
- Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist
- Krzysztof Olszewski, Polish photographer and artist
- Maria Olszewska, German opera singer
- Maria Olszewska-Lelonkiewicz, Polish figure skating coach
- Michał Olszewski (chess player), Polish chess grandmaster
- Michał Olszewski (priest), Lithuanian Catholic priest and author
- Milena Olszewska, Polish Paralympic archer
- Paweł Olszewski (politician), Polish economist and politician
- Paweł Olszewski (footballer), Polish football player
- Piotr Olszewski, Polish rower
- Remigiusz Olszewski, Polish sprinter
- Richard Olszewski, British politician
- Sławomir Olszewski, Polish football player
- Stanisław Olszewski, Polish engineer and inventor
- Włodzimierz Olszewski, Polish ice hockey player