8/23/2009

N O W O T N Y

Nowotny is the German spelling of the common Czech surname Novotny, also widespread in Austria and Germany. Novotny, however, is derived from Slavic novy which means "new"; originally a name for someone who was new to a village.

People with this surname:

Chris Nowotny - (1928 - 1989), a German photographer
Christa Maria Manley (née Nowotny) - mother of Princess Alexandra of Denmark
Eva Nowotny (1944- ) - Austrian professor and ambassador
Ewald Nowotny (1944- ) - Austrian economist and politician
Helga Nowotny - Austrian sociologist
Jens Nowotny (1974- ) - German football (soccer) player
Karl Anton Nowotny (1904–1978), Austrian ethnographer, academic and Mesoamericanist scholar
Stanley "Stan Robert Nowotny - (?), an Australian football player
Walter Nowotny (1920-1944), German fighter pilot, Luftwaffe ace during World War II

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