Pasternak

Pasternak or Pasternack (Cyrillic: Пастернак, ) 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