Pavlovsky (Павловский, also spelled as Pavlovskiy) is a Russian-language surname. The Ukrainian-language variant is Павловський, Pavlovskiy. Notable people with the surname include:
Aleksandr Pavlovsky (1936–1977), Soviet Olympic fencer Andrew Pavlovsky, Russian artist Yevgeny Pavlovsky (1884–1965), Soviet zoologist Gleb Pavlovsky, Russian political scientist Isaac Yakovlevich Pavlovsky (1853–1924), Russian revolutionary (1942–2004), Ukrainian scientist and politician Volodymyr Pavlovskiy, Ukrainian rower