Kaminsky is a surname with various origins. It may be derived from Czech/Slovak Kaminský, uk, Камінський, russian: Каминский, be, Камінскі, or Polish Kamiński. Feminine forms include Kaminská (Czech and Slovak), Kaminska (Polish and Ukrainian), and Kaminskaya (Belarusian and Russian). Its Lithuanian-language counterpart is Kaminskas.

People

* Adolfo Kaminsky (1925–2023), French WWII resistance fighter and document forger *

Alexander Kaminsky Alexander Stepanovich Kaminsky (1829–1897, russian: Александр Степанович Каминский, sometimes spelled Kamensky, Каменский) was a Russian architect working in Moscow and suburbs. One of the most successful and ...

(1829–1897), Russian architect * Berta Kaminskaya (1853-1878), Ukrainian Narodnik * Bohdan Kaminský (pen name of Karel Bušek) (1859–1929), Czech poet and translator * Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminski, (1899–1944), General-Major of Waffen-SS *

Dan Kaminsky Daniel Kaminsky (February 7, 1979 – April 23, 2021) was an American computer security researcher. He was a co-founder and chief scientist of WhiteOps, a computer security company. He previously worked for Cisco, Avaya, and IOActive, where h ...

(1979–2021), American computer security expert *

David Kaminsky David Kaminsky (דוד קמינסקי; born January 8, 1938) is an Israeli former basketball player and coach. He played the guard position. Kaminsky played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israel national basketball team. Bi ...

(born 1938), Israeli basketball player * David Daniel Kaminsky, birth name of American comic Danny Kaye (1911–1987) * Dina Kaminskaya (1919–2006), Russian-American lawyer and human rights activist *

Frank Kaminsky Francis Stanley Kaminsky III (born April 4, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers. During his college basket ...

(born 1993), American basketball player * Graciela Kaminsky, American economist *

Grigory Kaminsky Grigory Naumovich Kaminsky ( az, Ҝригориј Камински Наум оғлу, italic=no, Griqoriy Kaminski Naum oğlu, russian: Григорий Наумович Каминский; 1 November 1895 – 10 February 1938) was a Soviet p ...

(1895–1938), Soviet politician *

Ilya Kaminsky Ilya Kaminsky (born April 18, 1977) is a hard-of-hearing, USSR-born, Ukrainian-Russian-Jewish-American poet, critic, translator and professor. He is best known for his poetry collections ''Dancing in Odesa'' and ''Deaf Republic'', which have ear ...

(born 1977), Russian-American poet and professor * James Kaminsky, American editor * Josef Kaminský (1878–1944), Czechoslovak politician *

Laura Kaminsky Laura Kaminsky (born September 28, 1956) is an American composer, producer of musical and multi-disciplinary cultural events, and educator. She was born in New York City, graduated from the High School of Music and Art, and studied with Joseph ...

(born 1956), American composer * Max Kaminsky (1912–1961), Canadian hockey player * Max Kaminsky (1908–1994), American musician * Melvin Kaminsky, birth name of American comic

Mel Brooks Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. He began ...

(born 1926) * Patrik Kaminský (born 1978), Slovak footballer * Rafael Kaminsky, birth name of Rafael Eitan (1929–2004), Israeli general *

Rob Kaminsky Robert Harris Kaminsky (born September 2, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals. In high school, Kaminsky was the Gatorade New Jersey Ba ...

(born 1994), American baseball player *

Stuart M. Kaminsky Stuart M. Kaminsky (September 29, 1934 – October 9, 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Holl ...

(1934–2009), American mystery author * Todd Kaminsky (born 1978), American politician, great-nephew of Mel Brooks * Valiantsina Kaminskaya (born 1987), Belarusian-Ukrainian cross-country skier * Victoria Kaminskaya (born 1995), Portuguese swimmer *

Walter Kaminsky Walter Kaminsky (born 7 May 1941) is a German chemist. His research dwells in olefin polymerization, and also in plastic recycling. He discovered the high activity of Group 4 metallocene/ methylaluminoxane (MAO) mixtures as catalysts for olefin p ...

(born 1941), German chemist * Yan Kaminsky (born 1971), Russian-American ice hockey player

Fictional characters

* Mikhail "Misha" Kaminsky, character in the anime series '' Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket'' * Fedyor Kaminsky, character in the book series '' Shadow and Bone''

People

Fictional characters

See also