Polonsky
Polonsky is a surname. It is quite common in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The name independently appeared in Russia and Ukraine, and in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and a little later was used by Polish Jews. The first mention of the surname comes from 16th century Polish genealogy books as a name of an old Lithuanian family Połoński that belonged to Leliwa coat of arms. The origin of the name is attributed to Latin polonus 'Polish', or to villages Polonka, Polonnoye or Polonsk in modern Belarus.
Notable people with this name include:
Polonsky
- Abraham Polonsky, American film director and novelist
- Antony Polonsky, American professor of Holocaust studies
- Arthur Polonsky, American painter
- David Polonsky, Ukraine-born Israeli book illustrator an artistic film director
- Gary Polonsky, Canadian university president
- Lea Polonsky, Israeli swimmer
- Leonid Polonsky Russian writer and journalist
- Luciano Palonsky, Argentine professional volleyball player
- Pinchas Polonsky, Russian-Israeli religious philosopher and researcher
- Sergei Polonsky, Russian businessman
- Vitold Polonsky, Russian silent film actor
- Vladimir Polonsky, First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party
- Vyacheslav Polonsky, Russian critic, journalist and historian.
- Yakov Polonsky, Russian Pushkinist poet
- Yevgeny Polonsky, Ukrainian Red Army soldier
Polonski
- Abraham Polonski, Russian French Resistance member
- Dominik Połoński, Polish cellist
Polonskaya
- Elizaveta Polonskaya, Russian poet
- Elena Kazimirtchak-Polonskaïa, Soviet astronomer
- 2006 Polonskaya, a main-belt asteroid, named after the former