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Pasternak Language(s)
Slavic Meaning Parsnip Variant form(s) Pasternack
Pasternak or Pasternack (
Cyrillic : Пастернак, Russian pronunciation:
[pəstʲɪrˈnak] ) means
parsnip , Pastinaca sativa , in
Polish ,
Romanian ,
Russian ,
Ukrainian ,
Belarusian , and
Yiddish . Notable people with the last name "Pasternak" include:
Anne Pasternak (born 1964), American 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 (1947–2021), American corporate executive
Carol Braun Pasternack , American scholar of English medieval literature and language
David Pastrňák (born 1996), Czech ice hockey player
Harley Pasternak (born 1974), Canadian-American personal trainer
Igor Pasternak , Soviet-born US airship designer, founder 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
Marco Pasternak , character in Better Call Saul
Michael Joseph Pasternak, known as
Emperor Rosko (born 1942), American pop music presenter
Natalia Pasternak Taschner , Brazilian microbiologist
Reagan Pasternak (born 1977), Canadian actress and singer
Velvel Pasternak (1933–2019), Canadian-American Jewish ethnomusicologist