Kossak
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Kossak is a surname historically widespread in the land of Galicia, now divided between Poland and Ukraine.[1] Notable people with this surname include members of a famous family of Polish artists, writers and poets:
- Juliusz Kossak (1824–99), Polish painter from the partitions period, progenitor of the Kossak family
- Tadeusz Kossak (1857–1935), Polish army officer and freedom fighter
- Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968), novelist, daughter of Tadeusz Kossak
- Wojciech Kossak (1857–1942), painter, son of Juliusz Kossak
- Jerzy Kossak (1886–1955), painter, son of Wojciech Kossak
- Gloria Kossak (1941–1991), painter and poet, daughter of Jerzy Kossak (1886–1955), sister of Simona Kossak
- Simona Kossak (1943-2007), biologist, ecologist, and professor of forest sciences, daughter of Jerzy Kossak, sister of Gloria Kossak
- Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska née Kossak (1891–1945), poet, second daughter of Wojciech Kossak
- Magdalena Samozwaniec née Kossak (1894–1972), writer, third daughter of Wojciech Kossak
- Jerzy Kossak (1886–1955), painter, son of Wojciech Kossak
- Tadeusz Kossak (1857–1935), Polish army officer and freedom fighter
- Karol Kossak (1896–1975), painter and illustrator
Other notable bearers of the surname:
- Hryhoriy Kossak (1882-1939), commander of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and Ukrainian Galician Army[1]
- Ivan Kossak (1879-1927), Ukrainian military officer, brother of Hryhoriy[1]
- Mykhailo Kossak (activist) (c.1815-1890), Lviv burger and activist, head of the Stauropegion Institute's printing house[1]
- Mykhailo Kossak (actor) (1874-1938), Ukrainian actor, brother of Vasyl Kossak[1]
- Vasyl Kossak (1886-1932), Ukrainian actor[1]
- Zenon Kossak (1907–1939), Ukrainian nationalist activist
- Kateryna Rubchakova (née Kossak, 1881-1919), Ukrainian actress
