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Lansky (surname)
Lansky or Lanskaya is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Lansky *Aaron Lansky (born 1955), Yiddish book center organizer *Greg Lansky (born 1982), Jewish French adult film producer *Ida Lansky (1910–1997), American photographer * Meyer Lansky (1902–1983), American gangster *Paul Lansky (born 1944), American composer Lanskaya * Alyona Lanskaya (born 1985), Belarusian singer *Natalia Pushkina-Lanskaya (1812–1863), wife of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin *Yelena Lanskaya, American film director, producer, and editor Fictional characters *Lightmaster Lightmaster (real name Dr. Edward Lansky) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Lightmaster first appeared in ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' #3 and ..., Comic book villain whose actual name is Dr. Edward Lansky {{surname, Lansky Polish-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Lansky
Aaron Lansky (born June 17, 1955 in New Bedford, Massachusetts) is the founder of the Yiddish Book Center, an organization he created to help salvage Yiddish language publications. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1989 for his work. Lansky is the author of '' Outwitting History'' (2004), an autobiographical account of how he saved the Yiddish books of the world, from the 1970s to the present day. It won the 2005 Massachusetts Book Award. A children’s book called “The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come” also tells his story. Education Lansky graduated from Hampshire College in 1977 with a B.A. in modern Jewish history, and went on to a graduate program in East European Jewish studies at McGill University in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Lansky
Greg Lansky (born December 12, 1982) is a French artist, entrepreneur and investor based in the United States. He has directed and produced a number of adult films he describes as art. Lansky was a founder of Vixen Media Group in 2014, one of the largest companies in the adult entertainment business, and was its chief executive officer until January 2020 when he sold his full stake in the business. In 2022, Lansky released the sculpture "Algorithmic Beauty". Biography Lansky was born on December 12, 1982, in Paris, France. He was raised Jewish. Lansky attended marketing school in Paris and worked for various TV networks. After dropping out of school, he briefly worked in television production in Paris and interned with a production company that produced reality TV shows. Shortly after he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career. Business ventures In 2005, Lansky moved from Paris to Los Angeles and started working in adult entertainment industry. In 2006, Lansky was given a di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
