Spivak or Spivack is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

Ukrainian language Ukrainian (, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Ukraine. It is the first language, first (native) language of a large majority of Ukrainians. Written Ukrainian uses the Ukrainian alphabet, a variant of t ...

origin, meaning ''singer''. It is also common among Ukrainian

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, in which case it refers to

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. The name may refer to: *

Charles David Spivak Charles David Spivak (December25, 1861October16, 1927) was a Russian-born American medical doctor, community leader, and writer. He was one of the founders of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society in what is now Lakewood, Colorado. He was the ed ...

(1861–1927), Russian-born American medical doctor, community leader, and writer *

Charlie Spivak Charlie Spivak (c. February 17, 1904 – March 1, 1982) was an American trumpeter and bandleader, best known for his big band in the 1940s. Early life According to his immigration record, Sender Spivakovsky was born around 1904 in the village ...

(1907–1982), American trumpeter and bandleader *

David Spivak David Isaac Spivak is an American mathematician and senior scientist at the Topos Institute. He has worked on applications of category theory, in particular ologs and operadic compositionality of dynamical systems. He authored and coauthored t ...

(born 1978), American mathematician *

Elye Spivak Eliyahu "Elye" Spivak (, ; 10 December 1890 – 4 April 1950) was a Soviet Jewish linguist, philologist, and pedagogue. Biography Spivak was born to a religious Jewish family in Vasilkov, Kiev Governorate in the Russian Empire. He survived the 1 ...

(1890–1950), Soviet linguist *

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (; born 24 February 1942) is an Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic. She is a University Professor at Columbia University and a founding member of the establishment's Institute for Comparative ...

(born 1942), Indian literary critic and professor at Columbia University * Gordon Spivack (1928–2000), American antitrust lawyer and Justice Department official * John L. Spivak (1897–1981), American communist reporter and author *

Lawrence Spivak Lawrence Edmund Spivak (June 11, 1900 – March 9, 1994) was an American publisher and journalist who was best known as the co-founder, producer and host of the prestigious public affairs program ''Meet the Press''. He and journalist Martha Rountr ...

(1900–1994), American journalist and publisher *

Lori Spivak The Honourable Lori T. Spivak, a puisne Judge of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench for Manitoba, was appointed a Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba. She replaces Justice H.C. Beard (Winnipeg), who elected to become a supernumerar ...

(contemporary), Canadian jurist from Manitoba *

Marla Spivak Marla Spivak (born 1955) is an American entomologist, and Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota specializing in apiculture and social insects. Career and research Spivak graduated with a B.A. from Humboldt St ...

(born 1955), American entomologist and winner of the MacArthur Fellowship *

Maryana Spivak Maryana Timofeevna Spivak (; born 23 March 1985) is a Russian film and television actress known for the 2017 film ''Loveless (film), Loveless''. She is the granddaughter of actress Zhanna Prokhorenko and daughter of Timofey Spivak. and studied a ...

(born 1985), Russian actress *

Max Spivak Max Spivak (1906 in Bregnun, Poland - 1981 in New York City) was an American visual artist known primarily as a ceramic muralist. Initially Spivak pursued a career as an accountant, then he travelled to Paris where he met the painter Arshile Gorky ...

(1906–1981), American artist * Michael D. Spivak (1940–2020), American mathematician and author * Mira Spivak (born 1934), Canadian politician from Manitoba; member of the Canadian Senate *

Nissan Spivak Nissan Spivak (18241906, born Nissi Belzer) was a Jewish Hazzan, cantor and composer. Career Born in , he was cantor in Bălţi (''Beltsy''), Bessarabia, and was generally known as ‘Nisn Beltzer’. Later he was cantor at Kishinev (Bessarabi ...

(1824–1906), Bessarabian cantor and composer * Nova Spivack (born 1969), American internet entrepreneur * Oleksandr Spivak (born 1975), Russian-Ukrainian football player of the FC Zenit Saint Petersburg football club *

Sidney Spivak Sidney Joel Spivak, (May 23, 1928 – July 8, 2002) was a Manitoba politician. He was a Executive Council of Manitoba, Cabinet minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin, Walter Weir and Sterling Lyon, and was himself leader of the Progr ...

(1928–2002), Canadian politician from Manitoba

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