Czajkowski

Czajkowski (Polish pronunciation: [t͡ʂajˈkɔfskʲi], feminine: Czajkowska, plural: Czajkowscy) is a Polish noble family name for several coats of arms.^[1] The name derives from several locations names Czajki, Czajków, or Czajkowo, all derived from the name of the bird czajka, 'lapwing'.^{[citation needed]}

Tchaikovsky is a transcription in various languages.

People

• Adrian Czajkowski (born 1972), real name of British author Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Andrzej Czajkowski (1935–1982), Polish classical pianist and composer
• Antoni Czajkowski [pl] (1816–1873), Polish writer
• James Paul Czajkowski (born 1961), real name of American author James Rollins
• Jim Czajkowski (born 1963), American baseball player
• Jorge D. Czajkowski (born 1961), Argentine-Polish architect, scientist and writer
• Józef Czajkowski (1872–1947), Polish artist and architect
• Krystyna Czajkowska (born 1936), Polish volleyball player
• Michał Czajkowski (1804–1886), Polish-Ukrainian writer
• Michelle Fus (née Michelle Czajkowski; born 1988), creator of webcomic Ava's Demon
• Ryszard Czajkowski [pl] (born 1933), Polish geophysicist and writer
• Stanisław Czaykowski (1899–1933), Polish Count and motor racing driver
• Stanisław Czajkowski [pl] (1878–1954), Polish landscape painter
• Zbigniew Czajkowski (1921–2019), Polish fencer
• Zbigniew Czajkowski-Dębczyński [pl] (1926–1999), Polish participant in Warsaw Uprising
• Zofia Czajkowska (1905–1978), Polish musician and political prisoner

Fictional characters

• Magda Czajkowski, character on British serial drama Eastenders