Pasternak
| Pasternak | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | Parsnip |
| Language(s) of origin | Russian |
| Related names | Pasternack |
Pasternak or Pasternack (Russian: Пастернак: Russian, means Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa Linn.)). Notable people with the last name "Pasternak" include:
- Boris Pasternak, poet and writer
- Harley Pasternak, Canadian personal trainer
- Igor Pasternak, airship designer and CEO of Aeroscraft
- Ilya Pasternak, fictional character from the video game Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
- James Pasternak, Canadian politician
- Jaroslaw Pasternak, Ukrainian archaeologist who discovered the stone sarcophagus where Prince of Halych Yaroslav Osmomysl was buried
- Joe Pasternak (Joseph Pasternak), Hungarian-US film producer
- Kenneth Pasternak, businessman
- Leon Pasternak, Polish poet and satirist
- Leonid Pasternak, painter, father of Boris Pasternak
- "Mike" Michael Joseph Pasternak, known as Emperor Rosko
- Reagan Pasternak, Canadian actress and singer
- Velvel Pasternak, Jewish ethnomusicologist
- "Pasternak" is also the name of a short story in the Argentine anthology film Wild Tales
Pasternack
- Bruce Pasternack, US Business Leader
- Josef Pasternack, Polish conductor and composer
See also
- Pasternak, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland)