Pasternak Explained
| Pasternak |
| Meaning: | Parsnip |
| Language: | Slavic |
| Variant: | Pasternack |
Pasternak or Pasternack (Cyrillic: Пастернак, pronounced as /ru/) 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
