Pasternak or Pasternack, means parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, in Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Hungarian, and Yiddish. Notable people with the last name "Pasternak" include:Anne Pasternak, American art critic Ben Pasternak, Australian co-founder and CEO of Monkey Inc. Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), Russian/Soviet poet and novelist Bruce Pasternack (1947–2021), American corporate executive Carol Braun Pasternack, American scholar of English medieval literature and language David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player Gabriel Pasternak, character and eponymous episode in the Argentinian film Wild Tales Harley Pasternak, Canadian-American personal trainer Igor Pasternak, Soviet-born US airship designer, founder and CEO of Worldwide Aeros Corp. Ilya Pasternak, character in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation James Pasternak, Canadian politician Joe Pasternack, American college basketball coach Joseph "Joe" Pasternak (1901–1991), Hungarian-US film producer Josef Pasternack (1881–1940), Polish conductor and composer Kenneth Pasternak, American businessman Leon Pasternak (1910–1969), Polish poet and satirist Leonid Pasternak (1862–1945), Russian painter, father of Boris Pasternak Marco Pasternak, character in Better Call Saul Michael Joseph Pasternak, known as Emperor Rosko, American pop music presenter Nadja Pasternack, Swiss bobsledder Natalia Pasternak Taschner, Brazilian microbiologist Reagan Pasternak, Canadian actress and singer Simon Pasternack (1914–1976), physicist and editor Simon Pasternak, Danish author Velvel Pasternak (1933–2019), Canadian-American Jewish ethnomusicologist