Pasternak or Pasternack (Cyrillic: ÃÂðÃÂÃÂõÃÂýðú, , Hungarian: paszternák), means parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, in Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Hungarian, 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 (1890âÂÂ1960), Russian/Soviet poet and novelist
- Bruce Pasternack (1947âÂÂ2021), American corporate executive
- Carol Braun Pasternack, American scholar of English medieval literature and language
- David PastrÃ
Âák (born 1996), Czech ice hockey player
- Gabriel Pasternak, character and eponymous episode in the Argentinian film Wild Tales
- Harley Pasternak (born 1974), Canadian-American personal trainer
- Igor Pasternak, Soviet-born US airship designer, founder and CEO of Worldwide Aeros Corp.
- Ilya Pasternak, character in '
- James Pasternak, Canadian politician
- Joe Pasternack (born 1977), American college basketball coach
- Joseph "Joe" Pasternak (1901âÂÂ1991), Hungarian-US film producer
- Josef Pasternack (1881âÂÂ1940), Polish conductor and composer
- Kenneth Pasternak (born 1954), American businessman
- Leon Pasternak (1910âÂÂ1969), Polish poet and satirist
- Leonid Pasternak (1862âÂÂ1945), 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
- Nadja Pasternack (born 1996), Swiss bobsledder
- Natalia Pasternak Taschner, Brazilian microbiologist
- Reagan Pasternak (born 1977), Canadian actress and singer
- Simon Pasternack (1914âÂÂ1976), physicist and editor
- Simon Pasternak (born 1971), Danish author
- Velvel Pasternak (1933âÂÂ2019), Canadian-American Jewish ethnomusicologist