Rybak Explained

Rybak or Ribak (Belarusian: Рыбак, Ukrainian: Рибак, Russian: Рыбак) is a Slavic surname meaning "fisherman" in Belarusian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian. A spelling variant is Ryback.

People with the surname include:

Surname

Alexander Rybak (born 1986), Belarusian-Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, and actor
Ewa Rybak (born 1974), female javelin thrower from Poland
Ihor Rybak (1934-2005), Ukrainian weightlifter and Olympic champion
Natan Rybak (1913-1978), Ukrainian writer
Paweł Rybak (born 1967), Polish professional footballer
Pavel Rybak (born 1983), Belarusian professional footballer
R. T. Rybak (born 1955), American mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Yury Rybak (born 1979), Belarusian judoka and Sambo wrestler
Louis Leon Ribak (1902-1979), American social realist and abstractionist painter
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak (born 1946), Ukrainian politician
Volodymyr Ivanovych Rybak (1971-2014), Ukrainian politician
Andrés Rivera, (born Marcos Ribak; 1928–2016), Argentinian author