# Minkowski

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'''Minkowski''', '''Mińkowski''' or '''Minkovski''' (Slavic feminine: '''Minkowska''', '''Mińkowska''' or '''Minkovskaya'''; plural: '''Minkowscy''', '''Mińkowscy'''; {{langx|he|מינקובסקי}}, {{langx|ru|Минковский}}) is a surname of Polish origin. It may refer to:

* [Minkowski or Mińkowski](/source/%3Apl%3AMinkowski_(herb_szlachecki)), a coat of arms of Polish nobility
*[Alyona Minkovski](/source/Alyona_Minkovski) (born 1986), Russian-American correspondent and presenter
* [Eugène Minkowski](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Minkowski) (1885–1972), French psychiatrist
* [Hermann Minkowski](/source/Hermann_Minkowski) (1864–1909) Russian-born German mathematician and physicist, known for:
** [Minkowski addition](/source/Minkowski_addition)
** [Minkowski–Bouligand dimension](/source/Minkowski%E2%80%93Bouligand_dimension)
** [Minkowski diagram](/source/Minkowski_diagram)
** [Minkowski distance](/source/Minkowski_distance)
** [Minkowski functional](/source/Minkowski_functional)
** [Minkowski inequality](/source/Minkowski_inequality)
** [Minkowski space](/source/Minkowski_space)
*** [Null vector (Minkowski space)](/source/Null_vector_(Minkowski_space))
** [Minkowski plane](/source/Minkowski_plane)
** [Minkowski's theorem](/source/Minkowski's_theorem)
** [Minkowski's question mark function](/source/Minkowski's_question_mark_function)
** [Abraham–Minkowski controversy](/source/Abraham%E2%80%93Minkowski_controversy)
** [Hasse–Minkowski theorem](/source/Hasse%E2%80%93Minkowski_theorem)
** [Minkowski separation theorem](/source/Separating_axis_theorem)
** [Smith–Minkowski–Siegel mass formula](/source/Smith%E2%80%93Minkowski%E2%80%93Siegel_mass_formula)
*[Christopher Minkowski](/source/Christopher_Minkowski) (born 1953), American Indologist 
*[Khristian Minkovski](/source/Khristian_Minkovski) (born 1971), Bulgarian swimmer 
* [Marc Minkowski](/source/Marc_Minkowski) (born 1962), French conductor
* [Oskar Minkowski](/source/Oskar_Minkowski) (1858–1931), German physician
* [Peter Minkowski](/source/Peter_Minkowski) (born 1941), Swiss physicist
* [Pinhas Minkowsky](/source/Pinhas_Minkowsky) (1859–1924), Russian ''hazzan''
* [Rudolph Minkowski](/source/Rudolph_Minkowski) (1895–1976), German-American astronomer
* [Maurycy Minkowski](/source/Maurycy_Minkowski) (1881–1930) Polish Painter
{{surname|Minkowski, Minkowsky (Minkowska), Minkovsky (Minkovskaya), etc.}}
Category:Surnames of Jewish origin
Category:Polish-language surnames
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