# Olszewski

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**Olszewski** ([feminine](/source/Feminine) **Olszewska**, plural **Olszewscy**, alternative **Olszowski**) is a [Polish surname](/source/Polish_name). The Russian-language version is [Olshevsky](/source/Olshevsky), feminine: [Olshevskaya](/source/Olshevskaya). The Lithuanian language forms are [Olšauskas](/source/Ol%C5%A1auskas) and [Alšauskas](/source/Al%C5%A1auskas), feminine: Olšauskienė/Alšauskienė (married), and Olšauskaitė/Alšauskaitė (unmarried). Belarusian form: Альшэўскі (Alsheuski or Alshewski). Most probably it is a [toponymic surname](/source/Toponymic_surname) derived from any of the places named Olszewo, Olszew, Olszno, Olszow, Olszowa. It belongs to several noble Polish families.[1] All of them are derived from *olcha* or *olsza*, [alder tree](/source/Alder_tree). The Polish personal registry [PESEL](/source/PESEL) recorded 23,677 persons with the surname Olszewski and 23,896 persons with the surname Olszewska in 2023.[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

- [Agata Mróz-Olszewska](/source/Agata_Mr%C3%B3z-Olszewska) (1982–2008), Polish volleyball player
- [Albert Olszewski](/source/Albert_Olszewski) (born 1962), American politician
- [Alfons Olszewski](/source/Alfons_Olszewski) (1916–2006), Polish sailor
- [Bobby Olszewski](/source/Bobby_Olszewski) (born 1977), American politician
- [Dariusz Olszewski](/source/Dariusz_Olszewski) (born 1967), Polish politician
- [Eleanor Olszewski](/source/Eleanor_Olszewski) (born 1954/55), Canadian politician
- [Eileen Olszewski](/source/Eileen_Olszewski) (born 1968), American boxer
- [Gunner Olszewski](/source/Gunner_Olszewski) (born 1996), American football player
- [Jan Olszewski](/source/Jan_Olszewski) (1930–2019), Polish lawyer and politician
- [Johnny Olszewski](/source/Johnny_Olszewski) (born 1982), American politician
- [Johnny Olszewski (American football)](/source/Johnny_Olszewski_(American_football)) (1929–1996), American football player
- [Karol Olszewski](/source/Karol_Olszewski) (1846–1915), Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist
- [Krzysztof Olszewski](/source/Krzysztof_Olszewski) (born 1970), Polish photographer and artist
- [Maria Olszewska](/source/Maria_Olszewska) (1892–1969), German opera singer
- [Maria Olszewska-Lelonkiewicz](/source/Maria_Olszewska-Lelonkiewicz) (1939–2007), Polish figure skating coach
- [Michał Olszewski (chess player)](/source/Micha%C5%82_Olszewski_(chess_player)) (born 1989), Polish chess grandmaster
- [Michał Olszewski (priest)](/source/Micha%C5%82_Olszewski_(priest)) (1712–1779), Lithuanian Catholic priest and author
- [Milena Olszewska](/source/Milena_Olszewska) (born 1984), Polish Paralympic archer
- [Paweł Olszewski (politician)](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Olszewski_(politician)) (born 1979), Polish economist and politician
- [Paweł Olszewski (footballer)](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Olszewski_(footballer)), Polish football player
- [Piotr Olszewski](/source/Piotr_Olszewski) (born 1973), Polish rower
- [Remigiusz Olszewski](/source/Remigiusz_Olszewski) (born 1992), Polish sprinter
- [Richard Olszewski](/source/Richard_Olszewski) (born 1961), British politician
- [Sławomir Olszewski](/source/S%C5%82awomir_Olszewski) (born 1973), Polish football player
- [Stanisław Olszewski](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_Olszewski) (1852–1898), Polish engineer and inventor
- [Włodzimierz Olszewski](/source/W%C5%82odzimierz_Olszewski) (born 1956), Polish ice hockey player

## See also

- [Olszewski tube](/source/Olszewski_tube)
- [Progressive supranuclear palsy](/source/Progressive_supranuclear_palsy), aka Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome
- [Olszeski Town, Ohio](/source/Olszeski_Town,_Ohio)
- [Olšavský](/source/Ol%C5%A1avsk%C3%BD), Similar Slovak surname, of different origin
- [Olshansky](/source/Olshansky)

## References

1. [OLSZEWSKI](http://genezanazwisk.pl/content/olszewski)

1. [Informacje o nazwisku OLSZEWSKA](https://polskienazwiska.pl/n/OLSZEWSKA)

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