Brodsky, feminine: Brodskaya ( Ukrainian: Бродський,

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: Бродский) is a

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derived from

Brody Brody (, ; ; ; ) is a city in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr, Styr River, approximately northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv. Brody hosts the administrati ...

, a town in

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. The name is common among

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that Ethnogenesis, emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium Common era, CE. They traditionally spe ...

Jews. The Czech surname Brodský (feminine: Brodská) is derived from the word '' brod'' (meaning ''ford'') for someone who lived near a ford. Notable people with this surname include: *

Nina Brodskaya Nina Brodskaya (; born 11 December 1947 or 1949, Moscow) is a Soviet singer (soprano), popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Biography After graduating from the Music College of the Moscow State Institute of Music in 1965, Nina Brodskaya started work ...

, Soviet singer * Yulia Brodskaya, artist and illustrator * Adam Brodsky, American Drummer / Musician *

Adolph Brodsky Adolph Davidovich Brodsky (, ''Adolf Davidovič Brodskij''; – 22 January 1929) was a Russian violinist who later moved to the United States. He enjoyed a long and illustrious career as a performer and teacher, starting early in Vienna, going o ...

(1851–1929), Russian violinist and music teacher * Alexander Brodsky, contemporary architect and artist *

Chuck Brodsky Chuck Brodsky (born May 20, 1960, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American musician and singer-songwriter currently living in Asheville, North Carolina. He is particularly known for his often humorous and political lyrics, as well as his s ...

(born 1960), American musician * G. W. Stephen Brodsky (born 1933), Canadian literary research scholar, author *

Gail Brodsky Gail Brodsky (born June 5, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 182, reached on March 19, 2012. On May 2, 2011, she peaked at No. 348 in the doubles rankings. On the ITF Circuit, she wo ...

(born 1991), American tennis player * Hyman Brodsky (1852–1937), Russian-American rabbi * Isaac Brodsky (1884–1939), Soviet painter * Jascha Brodsky (1907–1997), Ukrainian-American violinist *

Joel Brodsky Joel Lee Brodsky (October 7, 1939 – March 1, 2007) was an American photographer, best known for his photography of musicians, particularly his iconic "Young Lion" photographs of Jim Morrison. In his lifetime, he is credited with photographing o ...

(1939–2007), photographer *

Joseph Brodsky Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly ...

(1940–1996), Russian poet and Nobel Prize winner * Joseph Brodsky (lawyer), chief lawyer for the

International Labor Defense The International Labor Defense (ILD) (1925–1947) was a legal advocacy organization established in 1925 in the United States as the American section of the Comintern's International Red Aid network. The ILD defended Sacco and Vanzetti, was active ...

Julian A. Brodsky Julian A. Brodsky (born July 16, 1933) is an American businessman, the co-founder of Comcast Corporation and served as its chief financial officer and vice chairman. He also served as co-founder and chair of Comcast Interactive Capital, Comcast ...

(born 1933), American businessman *

Lazar Brodsky Lazar Izrayilevich Brodsky (; ; ; – ) was a Russian businessman of Jewish origin, sugar magnate, philanthropist and patron. Early life Lazar Brodsky was born in Zlatopil, Novomyrhorod, Zlatopol, a ''shtetl'' in Kiev Governorate of the Russian ...

(1848–1904), Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist *

Louis Daniel Brodsky Louis Daniel Brodsky (Louis Brodsky, L. D. Brodsky) (April 17, 1941 – June 16, 2014) was an American poet, short story writer, and Faulkner scholar. Life Louis Daniel Brodsky was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1941. He attended St. Louis Cou ...

(1941–2014), American poet *

Michael Brodsky Michael Mark Brodsky (born Aug 2, 1948) is a scientific/medical editor, novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels '' Xman'' and '' ***'', as well as for his translation of Samuel Beckett's '' Eleuthéria''. ...

(born 1948), American novelist and playwright *

Mykhaylo Brodskyy Mykhailo Yuriyovych Brodsky () (born April 5, 1959 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian politician who was the leader of the Party of Free Democrats and businessman. Biography He was a national deputy (member of Parliament) of Ukraine from 1998 to 2002 du ...

(born 1959), Ukrainian politician and businessman *

Richard Brodsky Richard Louis Brodsky (May 4, 1946 – April 8, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Brodsky served in the New York Assembly from 1983 until 2010. Early life and education Brodsky was born on May 4, 1946, in Brooklyn, New Y ...

(1946–2020), American politician and lawyer *

Sol Brodsky Soloman "Sol" Brodsky (April 22, 1923 – June 4, 1984) was an People of the United States, American comic book artist who, as Marvel Comics' Silver Age of comic books, Silver Age Unit production manager, production manager, was one of the key arc ...

(1923–1984), American comic book artist and head of production of Marvel Comics *

Stanley Brodsky Stanley J. Brodsky (born January 9, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist and emeritus professor in the SLAC Theory Group at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University. Biography Brodsky obtained an undergraduate degree ...

(born 1940), American physicist *

Stephen Brodsky Stephen Brodsky is an American rock musician, best known as a member of Cave In, Mutoid Man, New Idea Society and Old Man Gloom. He also has a solo career and is a former member of Converge (band), Converge, Kid Kilowatt, Parasite and Pet Geni ...

, lead singer and guitar player for

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Cave In Cave In is an American rock band that formed in 1995 in Methuen, Massachusetts. The band's lineup solidified with the 1998 release of '' Until Your Heart Stops'' through Hydra Head Records, and their early albums were prominent in the metalco ...

* Vadim Brodsky (born 1950), Ukrainian-Polish violinist * Vsevolod Brodsky (1909–1981), Russian-Soviet painter and illustrator, Editor-in-Chief of Molodaya Gvardiya (Young Guard) publishing house *

Vlastimil Brodský Vlastimil Brodský (15 December 1920 – 20 April 2002) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films, and is considered a key figure in the postwar development of Czech cinema. One of his best-known roles was as the title charac ...

(1920–2002), Czech actor *

Tereza Brodská Tereza Brodská (born 7 May 1968) is a Czech actress. She is the daughter of Czech acting couple Vlastimil Brodský and Jana Brejchová. Brodská performed her first acting role in 1972. She has performed in long-running Czech soap ''Ulice ' ...

(born 1968), Czech actress * , Czech actor, singer, and songwriter

Fictional characters

* Jacob Broadsky, a villain in the television show ''

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'' * Walker Brodsky, a young artist and love interest from

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Andi Mack ''Andi Mack'' is an American family comedy-drama television series created by Terri Minsky that premiered on Disney Channel on April 7, 2017. It ran for three seasons and 57 episodes, concluding on July 26, 2019. The series stars Peyton Elizab ...

Fictional characters

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