Kaminsky is a surname with various origins. It may be derived from Czech/Slovak Kaminský, , , , or Polish Kamiński. Feminine forms include Kaminská (Czech and Slovak), Kaminska (Polish and Ukrainian), and Kaminskaya (Belarusian and Russian). Its Lithuanian-language counterpart is Kaminskas. People Adolfo Kaminsky (1925–2023), French WWII resistance fighter and document forger Alexander Kaminsky (1829–1897), Russian architect Bohdan Kaminský (pen name of Karel Bušek) (1859–1929), Czech poet and translator Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminski, (1899–1944), General-Major of Waffen-SS Dan Kaminsky, American computer security expert David Kaminsky (born 1938), Israeli basketball player David Daniel Kaminsky, birth name of American comic Danny Kaye (1911–1987) Frank Kaminsky (born 1993), American basketball player Graciela Kaminsky, American economist Grigory Kaminsky (1895–1938), Soviet politician Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977), Russian-American poet and professor James Kaminsky, American editor Josef Kaminský (1878–1944), Czechoslovak politician Laura Kaminsky (born 1956), American composer Max Kaminsky (1912–1961), Canadian hockey player Max Kaminsky (1908–1994), American musician Melvin Kaminsky, birth name of American comic Mel Brooks (born 1926) Patrik Kaminský (born 1978), Slovak footballer Rafael Kaminsky, birth name of Rafael Eitan (1929–2004), Israeli general Rob Kaminsky (born 1994), American baseball player Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009), American mystery author Todd Kaminsky (born 1978), American politician, great-nephew of Mel Brooks Walter Kaminsky (born 1941), German chemist Yan Kaminsky (born 1971), Russian-American ice hockey player Fictional characters Mikhail "Misha" Kaminsky, character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Victor Kaminsky, astronaut in 2001 A Space Odyssey Fedyor Kaminsky, character in the book series Shadow and Bone See also Czech-language surnames Slovak-language surnames Russian-language surnames Ukrainian-language surnames