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surname meaning "son of Sorka", where Sorka is a Yiddish diminutive of

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. Variants include Surkin and Syrkin. Notable people with the surname include: *

Aaron Sorkin Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, playwright and film director. Born in New York City, he developed a passion for writing at an early age. As a writer for stage, television, and film, Sorkin is recognized f ...

(born 1961), American screenwriter, producer, and playwright * Amy Davidson Sorkin (born 1969/1970), American journalist *

Andrew Ross Sorkin Andrew Ross Sorkin (born February 19, 1977) is an American journalist and author. He is a financial columnist for ''The New York Times'' and a co-anchor of CNBC's '' Squawk Box.'' He is also the founder and editor of DealBook, a financial news ...

(born 1977), American journalist *

Arleen Sorkin Arleen Frances Sorkin (October 14, 1955 – August 24, 2023) was an American actress, screenwriter, television presenter and comedian. Sorkin is known for portraying Calliope Jones on the NBC daytime serial ''Days of Our Lives'' and for serving ...

(1956–2023), American actress *

David Sorkin David Sorkin is the Lucy G. Moses professor of Jewish history at Yale University. Sorkin specializes in the intersection of Jewish and European history, and has published several prominent books including ''Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Fiv ...

, American historian * (born 1971), Belarusian historian * Ira Sorkin (born 1943), American attorney * Ihor Sorkin (born 1967), chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine *

Jenni Sorkin Jenni Sorkin (born August 29, 1977) is an American art historian, curator, and educator. She is best known for her writing in art criticism, and for highlighting work by feminist artists and artists working in fiber and associated crafts. B ...

(born 1977), American art historian * Leonard Sorkin (1916–1985), American violinist *

Marc Sorkin Marc Sorkin or Mark Sorkin (1902–1986) was a Russian-born film editor and director.Rentschler p.277 He worked with Georg Wilhelm Pabst on a number of films as editor or assistant director. He was born in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius which w ...

(1902–1986), Russian-American film director *

Michael Sorkin Michael David Sorkin (August 2, 1948 – March 26, 2020) was an American architectural and urban critic, designer, and educator. He was considered to be "one of architecture's most outspoken public intellectuals", a polemical voice in contemporar ...

(1948–2020), American architect *

, American journalist *

Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz is a classical scholar, specialising in ancient Greek literature and Intersectionality, intersectional feminism. Career Sorkin Rabinowitz graduated from City College of New York and received her Ph.D. from University of Ch ...

, American classicist * Naum Sorkin (1899–1980), Soviet general *

Rafael Sorkin Rafael Dolnick Sorkin is an American physicist. He is professor emeritus of physics at Syracuse University and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is best known as the initiator and ma ...

(born 1945), American physicist *

Roman Sorkin Roman Sorkin (, ; born August 11, 1996) is a Belarusian-born Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the University of Oregon, before ...

(born 1996), Israeli basketball player

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