Sikorsky

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
  • Kazimierz Sikorski (1895-1986), Polish composer
  • Roman Sikorski (1920–1983), Polish mathematician
  • 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
  • Krystian Sikorski, Polish ice hockey player

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