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Joannes Lipszky de Szedlicsna (Hungarian/German: János Lipszky von Szedlicsna, Slovak: Ján Lipský zo Sedličnej; 10 April 1766, Szedlicsna (now Trenčianske Stankovce) – 2 May 1826, Szedlicsna) was a Slovak cartographer and an officer of the Austrian Imperial Army. He was renowned for his maps, which were considered to be of very high quality at the time.

Family
Lipszky was born in Szedlicsna, Austrian Empire into a lower noble evangelical family, his parents were Imrich (Imre) Lipský and Barbora Lipská (née Petteny). He had three siblings: Alexander who also served as a soldier and died in 1797 while fighting against the French, František who died at a young age and Magdaléna. His ancestor Daniel Lipský possibly came from Bohemia to Upper Hungary in 1642 and settled in Trentsinium (now Trenčín, Slovakia) where he functioned as a deputy mayor. In 1649 he was awarded a noble title by Ferdinand III and was allowed to bear a coat of arms which displayed a lime tree cut in half. The Lipský family later acquired large estates in Szedlicsna, Praznowce and in areas around Trencsén.

Life
In 1776 he was educated at a Calvinist school in Losoncz (now Lučenec), the following year by Piarists in Trencsén and in in 1779 he entered the Evangelical Lyceum in Pressburg. He was proficient in Mathematics and Physics. After finishing his studies he entered the Theresian Military Academy located in Wiener Neustadt in 1783 and at the same time joined the Hussar regiment of Martin Freiherr von Graeven.

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