Poniatowski (surname)

Poniatowski (masculine; feminine: Poniatowska; plural: Poniatowscy) is a Polish surname. It may also be transliterated via Russian language (due to parts of Poland being annexed to the Russian Empire) as Ponyatovsky, Ponyatovskiy or Ponyatovski (feminine: Ponyatovskaya).

Notable people with this surname include members of the Polish noble Poniatowski family and other people:
 * Andrzej Poniatowski (1735–1773), Polish nobleman and military commander
 * Axel Poniatowski (born 1951), French politician
 * Bernard Poniatowski (born 1939), Canadian politician
 * Bogdan Poniatowski (1931–2014), Polish rower
 * Dionizy Poniatowski (1750–1811), Polish military commander
 * Elena Poniatowska (born 1932), Mexican journalist, author and professor
 * Izabella Poniatowska (1730–1801), Polish noblewoman, sister of Stanisław August
 * Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813), Polish military commander, Marshal of the Empire
 * Józef Michał Poniatowski (1814–1873), Polish composer and an operatic tenor
 * Józef Stanisław Poniatowski (1835–1908), Polish nobleman, son of Jozef Michal
 * Kazimierz Poniatowski (1721–1800), Polish nobility and military commander
 * Konstancja Poniatowska (1759–1830), Polish noblewoman, niece of Stanisław August
 * Ladislas Poniatowski (born 1946), French politician
 * Ludwika Maria Poniatowska (1728–1781), Polish noblewoman, sister of Stanisław August
 * Maria Teresa Poniatowska (1760–1834), Polish noblewoman, niece of Stanisław August
 * Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (1736–1794), Polish nobleman
 * Michel Poniatowski (1922–2002), French politician
 * Stanisław Poniatowski (1676–1762), Polish military commander, diplomat, and noble
 * Stanisław Poniatowski (1754–1833), Polish nobleman, politician and diplomat
 * Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732–1798), King of Poland, brother of Izabella and Ludwika