Pasternak
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Pasternak (Пастернак: Russian, means Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa Linn.)). Notable people with the last name "Pasternak" include:
- Boris Pasternak, poet and writer
- Joe Pasternak (Joseph Pasternak), Hungarian-US actor
- Leon Pasternak, Polish poet and satirist
- Leonid Pasternak, painter, father of Boris Pasternak
- Emperor Rosko ("Mike" Michael Joseph Pasternak)
- Velvel Pasternak, Jewish ethnomusicologist
- Kenneth Pasternak, the former head of Knight Capital Group
There are alternative spellings of this name:
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- Igor Pasternak, designer and builder of the Aeroscraft, Worldwide Aeros Corporation
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- Dan Pasternack, Television Producer, Comedian, Huffington Post Contributing Writer
- Bruce Pasternack, US Business Leader
- Josef Pasternack, Polish conductor and composer