Zhitomirsky, Alexander

Zhitomirsky is a Ukrainian Jewish toponymic surname derived from the Polish surname Żytomirski, derived from the adjectival form for the city of Żytomierz (Zhytomyr). Notable people with the surname include: Daniel Zhitomirsky (1906–1992), Russian musicologist Eugeniusz Żytomirski (1911–1975), Polish poet Ilya Zhitomirskiy (1989–2011), American software developer Jacob Zhitomirsky (1880–?), Russian secret agent Konstantin Israel Zhitomirsky (1863–1918), Yiddish scholar and pedagogue Viktor Zhitomirsky (1894–1945), Soviet-Tajikistani microbiologist Zinaida Zhitomirskaya (1918–1980), Soviet-American bibliographer