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:
- Anne Pasternak (born 1964), US art critic
- Ben Pasternak (born 1999), Australian co-founder and CEO of Monkey Inc.
- Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), Russian/Soviet poet and novelist
- Bruce Pasternack (born 1947), American corporate executive
- Carol Braun Pasternack, American scholar of English medieval literature and language
- Harley Pasternak (born 1974), Canadian-American personal trainer
- Igor Pasternak, Soviet-born US airship designer, founder (1993) and CEO of Worldwide Aeros Corp.
- James Pasternak, Canadian politician
- Joe Pasternack (born 1977), American college basketball coach
- Joseph "Joe" Pasternak (1901–1991), Hungarian-US film producer
- Josef Pasternack (1881–1940), Polish conductor and composer
- Kenneth Pasternak (born 1954), American businessman
- Leon Pasternak (1910–1969), Polish poet and satirist
- Leonid Pasternak (1862–1945), Russian painter, father of Boris Pasternak
- Michael "Mike" Joseph Pasternak, known as Emperor Rosko (born 1942), American pop music presenter
- Natália Pasternak Taschner, Brazilian microbiologist
- Reagan Pasternak (born 1977), Canadian actress and singer
- Velvel Pasternak (1933–2019), Canadian-American Jewish ethnomusicologist
| Language(s) | Slavic |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Parsnip |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Pasternack |
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