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 Slavic words and phrases Slavic-language surnames Russian-language surnames Jewish surnames