Tarnowski

Tarnowski (feminine: Tarnowska, plural: Tarnowscy) is a Polish-language toponymic surname derived from the city of Tarnów. The Russified form of the name is Tarnovsky/Tarnovski (Тарновский). Lithuanized forms: Tarnauskass/Tarnauskaitė/Tarnauskienė. Belarusian forms: Tarnauski (if the accent is on the first syllable), Tarnouski (if the accent is on the penultimate syllable).

The surname may refer to:

• Tarnowski family, a Polish noble family
• Adam Tarnowski (senior) (1866–1946), count, Polish and Austrian-Hungarian diplomat
• Adam Tarnowski (minister) (1892–1956), count, Polish and Austrian-Hungarian diplomat, Minister of Foreign affairs in Poland, son of Adam Tarnowski (1866–1946)
• Alfred Tarnowski, Polish chess player
• Barbara Tarnowska (c.1566–1610), was married to Jan Zamoyski
• Dorota Tarnowska (c. 1513 – c. 1540), was married to Jan Tarło
• Jan Tarnowski (1488–1561), Grand Crown Hetman
• Jan "Ciezki" Tarnowski (c.1479–1527), castellan, landowner
• Jan Feliks "Szram" Tarnowski (1471–1507), Chorąży, voivode, Stolnik
• Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski (1537–1567), Secretary of the King
• Josef Tarnowski (1922–2010), electronics engineer and intelligence officer
• Marcin Tarnowski
• Maria Tarnowska (1877–1949), Russian convict
• Maria Tarnowska (nurse) (1880–1965), Polish nurse
• Paweł Tarnowski (footballer)
• Paweł Tarnowski (sailor)
• Stanisław Tarnowski (1837–1917), politician, literary critic, publicist
• Władysław Tarnowski (1836–1878),pianist, composer, poet, dramatist, translator.
• Zofia Tarnowska (1534–1570), was married to Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski
• Zofia Roza Maria Jadwiga Elzbieta Katarzyna Aniela Tarnowska (1917–2009), was married to W. Stanley Moss