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**[[Roman Sikorski]] (1920–1983), Polish mathematician |
**[[Roman Sikorski]] (1920–1983), Polish mathematician |
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** [[Kazimierz Sikorski]] (1895-1986), Polish composer <!-- |
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** [[Radosław Sikorski]] (born 1963), Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister of National Defence |
** [[Radosław Sikorski]] (born 1963), Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister of National Defence |
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** [[Brian Sikorski]] (born 1974), Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball relief pitcher |
** [[Brian Sikorski]] (born 1974), Major League Baseball, and Nippon Professional Baseball, relief pitcher |
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** [[Daniel Sikorski]] (born 1987), Austrian footballer |
** [[Daniel Sikorski]] (born 1987), Austrian footballer |
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==Other uses== |
==Other uses== |
Revision as of 10:48, 27 June 2020
Sikorsky is an English-language respelling of the Slavic surname Sikorski. Derived from the Polish word sikora – meaning "chickadee or tit" – it was originally the name of a noble Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth family.
Sikorsky or Sikorski (feminine: Sikorska, plural: Sikorscy) may refer to:
People with the surname
- Rudolf Sikorski, fictional character in Boris and Arkady Strugatsky's series of novels
- Historical humans:
- Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943), Polish general and Prime Minister in exile during World War II
- Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), Russian-American inventor and founder of the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- Roman Sikorski (1920–1983), Polish mathematician
- Kazimierz Sikorski (1895-1986), Polish composer
- Krystian Sikorski (born 1961), Polish ice hockey player
- Radosław Sikorski (born 1963), Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister of National Defence
- Brian Sikorski (born 1974), Major League Baseball, and Nippon Professional Baseball, relief pitcher
- Daniel Sikorski (born 1987), Austrian footballer
Other uses
- Sikorsky (comics), Marvel Comics character
- Sikorsky (crater), lunar feature named after Igor Sikorsky
- Institutions:
- Sikorsky Aircraft, or Sikorsky Aero Engineering Company
- Hans Sikorski, music publishing house in Hamburg, Germany
- Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London, named for General Władysław Sikorski