Grabowski (surname)

**Grabowski** is a Polish surname with forms in various languages. The Belarusian and Ukrainian forms are transcribed beginning with an _h_ but may also be written with a _g_. It is also found in German surnames from Silesia of old Prussia. Grabowski is the 20th most common surname in Poland (59,052 people in 2009).

## Related surnames

|Language|Masculine|Feminine|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Polish|Grabowski () || Grabowska ()||
|Belarusian (Romanization) || (Hraboŭski, Hrabowski, Grabouski, Grabowski) || (Hraboŭskaja, Hrabouskaya, Hrabouskaia, Hrabowskaya Grabouskaja, Grabouskaya, Grabouskaia, Grabowskaya)|||
|Czech/Slovak|Hrabovský Grabovský || Hrabovská Grabovská||
|Hungarian|Grabovszki, Grabovszky Hrabovszki, Hrabovszky ||||
|Latvian|Grabovskis|Grabovska|
|Lithuanian|Grabauskas|Grabauskienė (married) Grabauskaitė (unmarried)|
|Romanian/Moldovan|Grabovschi, Grabovschii Hrabovschi ||||
|Russian (Romanization) || (Grabovskiy, Grabovskii, Grabovskij, Grabovsky, Grabovski) || (Grabovskaya, Grabovskaia, Grabovskaja)|||
|Ukrainian (Romanization) || (Hrabovskyi, Hrabovskyy, Hrabovskyj, Hrabovsky Grabovskyi, Grabovskyy, Grabovskyj, Grabovsky) || (Hrabovska, Grabovska)|||
|Other|Grabowsky, Grabofski, Grabovski, Grabofsky, Grabouskas, Hrabowsky||

### A

- Adam Stanisław Grabowski (1698–1766), Polish bishop
- Antoni Grabowski (1857–1921), Polish Esperantist
- Al Grabowski (1901–1966), baseball pitcher
- Achim Grabowski, German ten-pin bowler
- Andrzej Grabowski (born 1952), Polish actor
- Ałbena Grabowska (born 1971), Polish writer and neurologist
- Aleksandra 'Ola' Grabowska (born 1982), Polish-British dancer

### B

- Bernard F. Grabowski (1923–2019), American lawyer and politician
- Barbara Grabowska (1954–1994), Polish actress
- Bartosz Grabowski (born 2000), Polish sprint canoeist

### D

- Dariusz Grabowski (born 1950), Polish politician
- Damian Grabowski (born 1980), Polish mixed martial artist
- Dominika Grabowska (born 1998), Polish footballer

### E

- Elżbieta Grabowska (1748–1810), Polish nobility
- Ewa Grabowska (born 1962), Polish alpine skier

### G

- Genowefa Grabowska (born 1944), Polish politician
- Gerd Grabowski (born 1949), German singer
- Geoffrey C. Grabowski (born 1973), American game designer

### H

- Heinrich Emanuel Grabowski (1792–1842), German botanist and pharmacist of Polish heritage
- Helena Willman-Grabowska (1870–1957), Polish indologist
- Halina Grabowski (1928–2003), member of the Polish resistance movement

### I

- Izabela Grabowska (1776–1858), Polish noblewoman

### J

- Johnny Grabowski (1900–1946), catcher in Major League Baseball
- Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak (1920–2018), Polish architect
- Jim Grabowski (born 1944), American football player
- Jürgen Grabowski (1944–2022), West German footballer
- Janusz Grabowski (born 1955), Polish mathematician
- Jan Grabowski, Canadian professor of history at University of Ottawa
- Jason Grabowski (born 1976), American baseball player
- Jedrek Grabowski (born 1982), English professional wrestler
- Juan Grabowski (born 1982), Argentine footballer
- Jasmin Grabowski (born 1991), German judoka

### K

- Klementyna Grabowska (1771–1831), Polish pianist and composer
- Klaus Grabowski, German murderer killed by Marianne Bachmeier, mother of his victim
- Krzysztof Grabowski (born 1965), Polish poet, singer

### L

- Lena Grabowski (born 2002), Austrian swimmer

### M

- Michał Grabowski (1773–1812), Polish general
- Michał Grabowski (1804–1863), Polish author
- Max Grabowski (1874–1946), Grabowski Motor Company founder
- Mateusz Grabowski (1904–1976), Polish pharmacist and art gallery owner
- Marek Grabowski (1950–2022), Polish doctor and politician
- Marek Grabowski (born 1964), Polish footballer
- Mena Grabowski Trott (born 1977), American businesswoman
- Mercedes Grabowski (1994–2017), Canadian pornographic actress
- Marcin Grabowski (born 2000), Polish footballer

### N

- Norm Grabowski (1933–2012), American hot rod builder and actor

### P

- Peter Grabowski, East German slalom canoeist
- Petra Grabowski (born 1952), East German sprint canoeist

### R

- Reggie Grabowski (1907–1955), baseball pitcher
- Robert Grabowski (born 1956), American musician

### S

- Stephen Grabowski (born 1952), American politician

### U

- Urszula Grabowska (born 1976), Polish TV actress

### W

- Władysław Grabowski (1883–1961), Polish theater & film actor, mostly comedies in the 1930s
- Wiesław Grabowski, Polish football coach

### Z

- Zygmunt Grabowski (1891–1939), Polish painter