Dworkin (surname)
Dworkin or Dvorkin (Russian: Дворкин) is a Jewish (Eastern Ashkenasic) surname originating from the Hebrew given name Deborah.[1] In Slavic countries it is strictly masculine, with the feminine counterpart being Dworkina or Dvorkina. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aaron Dworkin (born 1970), American musician and activist
- Alexander Dvorkin, a sectologist, linked to Russian Orthodox Church
- Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005), American feminist writer
- Craig Dworkin, American poet and Professor of English
- Dan Dworkin (born 1972), American screenwriter and television producer
- David Dworkin (born 1934), American musician
- Dorothy Dworkin (1889–1976), American nurse, businesswoman and philanthropist
- Gerald Dworkin (born 1937), American legal philosopher
- Howard Dvorkin, American finance expert
- Jeffrey Dvorkin, American journalist
- Judith Dvorkin (born 1930), American composer and librettist
- Keith Dworkin, American playwright
- Mark J. Dworkin (1946–2012), Canadian writer
- Ronald Dworkin (1931–2013), American legal philosopher
- Ronald W. Dworkin, American anesthesiologist
- Maj. Gen. Vladimir Dvorkin (born 1936), Russian commanding officer, ballistic missiles designer, and statesman
See also
References
- Patrick Hanks (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 505. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
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