# Wiśniewski

Wiśniewski (Polish pronunciation:; feminine: Wiśniewska, plural Wiśniewscy) is the third most common surname in Poland (111,174 people in 2009). It is a toponymic surname derived from any of the locations named Wiśniewa, Wiśniewo, Wiśniowa, Wiśniew. It is related to the following surnames in other languages:
| Language | Masculine | Feminine |
| Polish | Wiśniewski | Wiśniewska |
| Belarusian (Romanization) | Вішнеўскі (Višnieŭski, Vishnieuski, Vishnewski) | Вішнеўская (Višnieŭskaja, Vishnieuskaya, Vishnewskaya) |
| Czech | Višněvský | Višněvská |
| German | Wischniewski, Wischnewsky | Wischniewski, Wischnewsky |
| Latvian | Višņevskis | Višņevskis |
| Lithuanian | Vyšniauskas | Vyšniauskienė (married) Vyšniauskaitė (unmarried) |
| Romanian | Vișnevschi, Vișnevski Vișinescu, Vișnescu, taking the Latin-derived suffix –escu | Vișnevschi, Vișnevski Vișinescu, Vișnescu, taking the Latin-derived suffix –escu |
| Russian (Romanization) | Вишневский (Vishnevskiy, Vishnevsky, Vishnevski) | Вишневская (Vishnevskaya, Vishnevskaia) |
| Ukrainian (Romanization) | Вишневський (Vyshnevskyi, Vyshnevskyy) | Вишневська (Vyshnevska) |
| Other | Višnevski, Višnievský | Višnevski, Višnievský |

## History

* House of Wiśniowiecki, a Polish princely family of Ruthenian-Lithuanian origin

## People
### Wisniewski

* Andreas Wisniewski (born 1959), German actor and dancer
* Connie Wisniewski (1922–1995), American baseball pitcher
* David Wisniewski (1953–2002), British children's author
* Edgar Wisniewski (1930–2007), German architect
* James Wisniewski (born 1984), American ice hockey player
* John S. Wisniewski (born 1962), American politician
* Jonathan Wisniewski, French rugby player
* Keith Wisniewski (born 1981), American mixed martial arts fighter
* Leo Wisniewski (born 1959), American football player
* Margarethe Wisniewski known professionally as Margarete Schlegel (1899–1987), German theatre and film actress and soprano operetta singer
* Maryan Wisniewski (1937–2022), French footballer
* Paul Wisniewski (born 1949), British radio broadcaster and television reporter
* Stefan Wisniewski (born 1953), German member of the Red Army Faction
* Stefen Wisniewski, American football player
* Steve Wisniewski (born 1967), American football player
* Matt Wisniewski (born 1990), American artist
* Marcos S F Wisniewski (born 1993-2024), Brazilian comedian

### Wiśniewski

* Adam Wiśniewski (born 1980), Polish handballer
* Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg (1937–1995), Polish science fiction author
* Andrzej Wiśniewski, Polish football manager
* Jacek Wiśniewski (born 1974), Polish footballer
* Jan Wiktor Wiśniewski (1922–2006), Polish footballer
* Janek Wiśniewski, fictional name for Zbigniew Godlewski (1952–1970), Polish demonstrator
* Janusz Leon Wiśniewski (born 1954), Polish writer and chemist
* Józef Wiśniewski (1940–1996), Polish ice hockey player
* Łukasz Wiśniewski (born 1989), Polish volleyball player
* Michał Wiśniewski (born 1972), Polish pop vocalist
* Mieczysław Wiśniewski (1892–1952), Polish footballer
* Piotr Wiśniewski (born 1982), Polish footballer
* Przemysław Wiśniewski, Polish footballer
* Radosław Wiśniewski, Polish footballer
* Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski (born 1984), Polish engineerand astronaut
* Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski (1931–1994), Polish astronomer
** 2256 Wiśniewski, an asteroid named in his honour
* Zenon Wiśniewski (born 1959), Polish politician

### Wiśniewska

* Aleksandra Wiśniewska (born 1994), Polish politician, political scientist, humanitarian, and activist
* Ania Wiśniewska (born 1977), Polish pop singer
* Ewa Wiśniewska (born 1942), Polish actress
* Jadwiga Wiśniewska (born 1963), Polish politician
* Joanna Wiśniewska (born 1972), Polish discus thrower
* Lucyna Wiśniewska (1955–2022), Polish politician
* Marta Wiśniewska (born 1978), Polish dancer and singer, also known as Mandaryna
* Maria Pasło-Wiśniewska (born 1959), Polish politician
* Olimpia Bartosik-Wiśniewska (born 1976), Polish chess master

### Wischnewski

* Anke Wischnewski (born 1978), German luger
* Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922–2005), German politician
* Siegfried Wischnewski (1922–1989), German actor

### Wiśniowski

* Łukasz Wiśniowski (born 1991), Polish racing cyclist
* Michal Wisniowski (born 1980), Polish artist

## Places

* Wólka Wiśniewska, a village in east-central Poland
* Wiśniew, Siedlce County, a village in Poland
* Wiśniew, Mińsk County, a village in Poland
* Wiśniewo (disambiguation), other places in Poland