Rybak (, , ), sometimes written Ribak or Ryback) is a name and a surname meaning "fisherman" in Belarusian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian. It may refer to: 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), a Jewish American social realist and abstractionist painter Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak (born 1946), a member of Party of Regions, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Ivanovych Rybak (1971-2014), a member of Batkivshchyna, Horlivka city council representative Marcos Ribak (1928, Buenos Aires), a Jewish Argentinian writer (see Andrés Rivera) See also Ryba Riba Rybakina Occupational surnames Russian-language surnames Belarusian-language surnames Polish-language surnames