Zhukovsky (surname)

Zhukovsky (Russian: Жуковский, Ukrainian: Жуковський, Polish: Żukowski) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and Belarusian surname. The Polish spelling is: Żukowski. Notable people with the surname include:

Nikolay Ivanovich Zhukovsky (1833–1895), Russian revolutionary
Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky (1847–1921), Russian scientist, creator of the Joukovsky (Joukowsky) transform and equation.
Stanislav Zhukovsky (1875–1944), Polish-Russian impressionist painter
Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852), Russian poet

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