Pasternak
Pasternak or Pasternack (Cyrillic: Пастернак) means parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, in Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Yiddish. Notable people with the last name "Pasternak" include:
- Amos Pasternack, Finnish professor of medicine
- Anne Pasternak, art critic
- Ben Pasternak, Co-founder and CEO of Monkey Inc
- Boris Pasternak, Soviet/Russian poet and novelist
- Bruce Pasternack, American corporate executive
- Harley Pasternak, Canadian personal trainer
- Igor Pasternak, airship designer and CEO of Aeroscraft
- James Pasternak, Canadian politician
- Jaroslaw Pasternak (1892–1969), Ukrainian archaeologist who discovered the stone sarcophagus where Prince of Halych Yaroslav Osmomysl was buried
- Joe Pasternack (born 1977), American college basketball coach
- Joe Pasternak (Joseph Pasternak), Hungarian-US film producer
- Josef Pasternack, Polish conductor and composer
- Kenneth Pasternak, American businessman
- Laura Pasternack, American Physician
- Leon Pasternak, Polish poet and satirist also
- Leonid Pasternak, Russian painter, father of Boris Pasternak
- "Mike" Michael Joseph Pasternak, known as Emperor Rosko
- Reagan Pasternak, Canadian actress and singer
- Velvel Pasternak, Jewish ethnomusicologist
| Language(s) | Slavic |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Parsnip |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Pasternack |
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