Volodarsky (surname)
Volodarsky ; transliteration variants: Volodarski, Wolodarsky, Wolodarski) is a Russian-language toponymic surname. It may be a Jewish surname derived from the place name Volodarka, or the Russian-language variant of the name a Polish place named Włodarka since the times when Poland was part of the Russian Empire. Accordingly, the corresponding Polish-language surname is.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Boris Volodarsky, English historian, specialising in Intelligence History
- Eduard Volodarsky, Russian screenwriter, playwright and cinematographer
- Igal Volodarsky, Israeli basketball player
- Leonid Volodarsky, Russian movie translator
- Peter Wolodarski, Swedish journalist and television host
- V. Volodarsky, Russian revolutionary and early Soviet politician
- Wallace Wolodarsky, American screenwriter, television producer, film director, and actor