Sorkin (russian: Соркин) is a matronymic

Russian-Jewish The history of the Jews in Russia and areas historically connected with it goes back at least 1,500 years. Jews in Russia have historically constituted a large religious and ethnic diaspora; the Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest pop ...

surname (meaning "son of Sarah"). Variants: Surkin, Syrkin. It may refer to: *

Aaron Benjamin Sorkin Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter and film director. Born in New York City, he developed a passion for writing at an early age. Sorkin has earned an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, five Primetime E ...

(born 1961), American screenwriter, producer, and playwright *

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 s ...

(born 1977), American journalist *

Arleen Sorkin Arleen Sorkin (born October 14, 1955) is a retired American actress, screenwriter, Television presenter, presenter and comedian. Sorkin is known for portraying Calliope Jones on the NBC daytime serial ''Days of Our Lives'' and for inspiring and ...

(born 1956), 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 * Ira Lee Sorkin (born 1943), American attorney *

Ihor Sorkin Ihor Vyacheslavovych Sorkin ( uk, Ігор В'ячеславович Соркін, Ihor Vyacheslavovych Sorkin) is a former chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine. Biography Early years. Military career Igor Sorkin was born on March 3, 1967 i ...

(born 1967), chairman of the

National Bank of Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine ( uk, Національний банк України) or NBU ( uk, НБУ) is the central bank of Ukraine – a government body responsible for unified state policy in the field of country's monetary circulation, includ ...

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Leonard Sorkin Leonard Sorkin (January 12, 1916 – June 7, 1985) was an American violinist. Sorkin was born in Chicago in 1916. He received violin training from Mischa Mischakoff. At the age of 18, he joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where he remained ...

(1916–1985), American violinist *

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 *

Naum Sorkin Naum Semyonovich Sorkin (russian: Наум Семёнович Соркин; 11 February 1899 – 16 January 1980) was a Soviet military officer and diplomat. A Red Army veteran of the Russian Civil War, Sorkin was sent to Mongolia as an artil ...

(1899–1980), Soviet general *

Rafael Dolnick Sorkin Rafael Dolnick Sorkin (born c. 1945) 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 ini ...

(born 1945), American physicist *

Roman Sorkin Roman Sorkin ( he, רומן סורקין, ; 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 th ...

(born 1996), Israeli basketball player

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