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Polonsky
Polonsky is a surname. It is quite common in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The name independently appeared in Russia and Ukraine, and in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and a little later was used by Polish Jews. The first mention of the surname comes from 16th century Polish genealogy books as a name of an old Lithuanian family Połoński that belonged to Leliwa coat of arms. The origin of the name is attributed to Latin polonus 'Polish', or to villages , Polonnoye or Polonsk in modern Belarus.
Notable people with this name include:
- Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999), American film director and novelist
- Antony Polonsky (born 1940), American professor of Holocaust studies
- Arthur Polonsky (born 1925), American painter
- Gary Polonsky (born 1942), Canadian university president
- Leonid Polonsky (1833—1913) Russian writer and journalist
- Pinchas Polonsky (born 1958), Russian-Israeli religious philosopher and researcher
- Sergei Polonsky (born 1972), Russian businessman
- Vitold Polonsky (1879–1919), Russian silent film actor
- Vladimir Polonsky (1893–1937), First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party
- Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898), Russian Pushkinist poet