Chomsky (surname)

Chomsky (Belarusian: Хомскі, Russian: Хомский, Ukrainian: Хомський, Hebrew: חומסקי‎, "from (Vyoska) Khomsk (nearby Brest, now Belarus)") is a surname of Belarusian-Ukrainian origin. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Aviva Chomsky (born 1957), American historian
  • Carol (Schatz) Chomsky (1930–2008), American linguist and wife of Noam Chomsky
  • Judith Chomsky (born 1942), American human rights lawyer and co-founder of the Juvenile Law Center
  • Marvin J. Chomsky (born 1929), American television and film director
  • Noam Chomsky (born 1928), American linguist and political activist, professor emeritus at MIT
  • William Chomsky (1896–1977), American scholar of Hebrew
  • Pavel Osipovich Khomsky (1925–2016), Soviet and Russian theater director
See also: Chomsky (disambiguation)

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