Romanovsky (masculine), Romanovskaya (feminine) is a Russian surname. Other Slavic equivalents: Romanowski (Polish), Ramanauskas (Lithuanian), Ramanouski/Ramanouskaya (Belarusian), Romanovskyy/Romanovska (Ukrainian). All are toponymic surnames derived from any of locations named Romanów, Romany, or Romanowo,Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, 2013 the latter names literally meaning "belonging to Roman."
Notable people with the surname include: Russian Alexander Romanovsky (chess player) (1880–1943), Lithuanian–Russian chess master Alexander Romanovsky (pianist) (born 1984), Ukrainian classical pianist Elena Romanovskaya, Russian ice dancer Ivan Romanovsky (1877–1920), general in the Imperial Russian Army and White movement Princess Natalia Romanovskaya-Iskander (1917–1999), daughter of Prince Romanovsky-Iskander, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich of Russia Paul Ilyinsky (Paul Romanovsky-Ilyinsky), 1928–2004), former mayor of Palm Beach, Florida and a son of Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich of Russia Peter Romanovsky (1892–1964), chess player Vladimir Zakharovich Romanovsky (1896-1967), Soviet general Vladimir Romanovsky (1957–2013), Soviet sprint canoeist Vsevolod Ivanovich Romanovsky (1879–1954), Russian-Soviet-Uzbek mathematician
Belarusian Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya (born 1996), Belarusian freestyle skier. Ukrainian Olga Romanovska, Ukrainian singer and model
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