Sadowski

Sadowski (Polish pronunciation: [saˈdɔfski]; Polish feminine Sadowska, plural Sadowscy) is a common Polish or Belarusian surname meaning "from the orchard," but is more commonly understood to be "from Sadow" (i.e., from one of the towns named Sadów in Poland). Alternative spellings include the Belarusian (Садоўскі, Sadoǔski) and Lithuanian (Sadauskas) versions; as well as Sadowsky, Sodowsky, Sadovsky and Sandusky.

Sadowski is one of the many surnames associated with the Nałęcz coat-of-arms in Polish heraldry.

People

Athletes

• Bob Sadowski (born 1937), an MLB third baseman
• Bob Sadowski (born 1938), an MLB pitcher
• Clint Sodowsky (born 1972), an MLB pitcher
• Ed Sadowski (1931–1993), an MLB catcher
• Ed Sadowski (1917–1990), an NBA player
• Iwona Sadowska (born 1988), a Polish figure skater
• Jim Sadowski (born 1951), an MLB pitcher
• Robert Sadowski, a player in the 1938 Romania national football team
• Ryan Sadowski (born 1982), an MLB pitcher
• Ted Sadowski (1936–1993), an MLB pitcher
• Troy Sadowski (born 1965), an NFL player

Actors

• Jonathan Sadowski (born 1979), an American actor
• Matt Sadowski (born 1978), a Canadian actor
• Kayleigh Sadowski, an American actor
• Prov Sadovsky - stage name of Prov Mikhailovich Yermilov (1818–1872), a Russian actor
• Thomas Sadoski (born 1976), an American actor

Musicians

• Mariana Sadovska (born 1972), a Ukrainian musician
• Robert Sadowski (died 2006), a Polish guitarist

Military

• Jan Jagmin-Sadowski, a Polish general
• Joseph J. Sadowski (1917–1944), a World War II U.S. Army soldier
• Zigmunt Sadowski (1946-2003), a Polish Lieutenant General Zygmunt SADOWSKI, Commander of Multinational Corps Northeast

Science and technology

• George Sadowsky (born 1936), an American computer scientist
• Mikhail Sadovsky (1904–1994), a Soviet physicist

Artists

• Stephen Sadowski, a Canadian comic book artist
• Wiktor Sadowski (born 1956), a Polish graphic designer

Politicians

• George G. Sadowski (1903–1961), a U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Piatro Sadoǔski (born 1941), the first ambassador of independent Belarus to Germany in 1992–1994

Others

• Jacob Sodowski, an eighteenth-century Polish-American fur trader
• Josh Sadowsky, a card magician
• Katja Decker-Sadowski (born 1988), a reality-show personality
• Otto von Sadovszky (1925-2004), a college professor of anthropology in southern California
• Sebastian Sadovsky (born 1965), an International Financial Advisor based in New York
• Roger Sadowsky (born 1949) Guitar maker

Places

• Szadowski Młyn, a village in Poland
• 18702 Sadowski, an asteroid
• Various places named Sadowo, Sadowa, Sadovo, Sadovy, and Sadowice in Poland^[1]
• Various places named Sandusky

Miscellaneous

• Sadowsky, a brand of guitars
• The Sadowski Causeway in Key Colony Beach, Florida
• Margaret "Legs" Sadovsky - a character in Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang, played by Angelina Jolie in the film adaptation.

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