Pollak is an

Austrian Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ...

surname, and is a variant of ''Polak'' usually of Jewish

Ashkenazic Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

origin, it originates as an

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for

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

between

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

and

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. Notable people with the surname include:

Athletes

Burglinde Pollak Burglinde Pollak (later Grimm, born 10 June 1951) is a retired German pentathlete. She won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished sixth in 1980. At the European championships she won three silver medals, in 1971, 1974 and 1978. ...

(1951–), German athlete *

Egon Pollak Gustav "Egon" or "Erwin" Pollak ( he, אגון פולק, 12 November 1898 – 21 January 1981) was an Austrian-born footballer who played for the famed SC Hakoah Wien (a.k.a. Hakoah Vienna). He was also the first ever manager of the Israel nati ...

(1898–1994), Austrian football player * James Howard Pollak Jr. (1963–), American cyclist *

Jaroslav Pollák Jaroslav Pollák (11 July 1947 – 26 June 2020) was a Slovak footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 49 matches and scored one goal. He was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where he playe ...

(1947–), Slovak football player * Josef Pollák, Czech orienteering competitor *

Mike Pollak Michael David Pollak (born February 16, 1985) is a former American football guard who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played co ...

(1985–), American football player *

Zoltán Pollák Zoltán Pollák (born 13 January 1984) is a Hungarian international footballer currently playing for Szigetszentmiklósi TK. He plays in defence both for his country and his club Újpest FC who he joined from his previous club, BFC Siófok. ...

(1984–), Hungarian football player

Other people

Cheryl Pollak Cheryl Pollak (born August 31, 1967) is an American actress, director and producer. Biography Pollak was born in Scottsdale, Arizona and grew up in Greenville, Texas. She graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1985. She got her start in the ...

(1967–), American actress *

Felix Pollak Felix Pollak (November 11, 1909 – November 19, 1987) was an American librarian, translator, and poet. Pollak was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1909 to Geza Pollak and Helene Schneider Pollak. A Jew and liberal anti-fascist, he studied law ...

(1909–1987), American poet *

Henry O. Pollak Henry Otto Pollak (born December 13, 1927) is an Austrian-Americans, American mathematician. He is known for his contributions to information theory, and with Ronald Graham is the namesake of the Graham–Pollak theorem in graph theory. Born in ...

(1927–), Austrian-American mathematician *

Jacob Pollak Rabbi Jacob Pollak (other common spelling Yaakov Pollack), son of Rabbi Joseph, was the founder of the Polish method of halakhic and Talmudic study known as the Pilpul. Biography He was born about 1460 or 1470 in Poland, and died at Lublin in ...

(c. 1460–1541), Polish rabbi, founder of the ''

Pilpul ''Pilpul'' ( he, פלפול, loosely meaning 'sharp analysis'; ) is a method of studying the Talmud through intense textual analysis in attempts to either explain conceptual differences between various halakhic rulings or to reconcile any appare ...

'' method of

halakic ''Halakha'' (; he, הֲלָכָה, ), also transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandm ...

study *

Joachim Pollak Joachim (Hayyim Joseph) Pollak (1798 – 16 December 1879) was an Austrian rabbi, born in Hungary, who officiated at Trebitsch, Moravia from 1828 until his death. He wrote a commentary, entitled ''Meḳor Ḥayyim'' (Presburg, 1849; 3d ed. Warsaw, ...

(1798–1879), Austrian rabbi *

Joel Pollak Joel Barry Pollak (born 25 April 1977) is a South African-American conservative political commentator, writer, and attorney. He currently serves as the senior-editor-at-large for Breitbart News.Felsenthal, Carol (1 March 2012)Andrew Breitbart's ...

(1977–), American politician and author *

Jonathan Pollak Jonathan Pollak (born c. 1982) is an Israeli activist and graphic designer who works for Haaretz. He co-founded the direct action group Anarchists Against the Wall. Early life Jonathan Pollak was born around 1982 in Tel Aviv, Israel to actor Y ...

(1982–), Israeli anarchist *

Katherine Pollak Ellickson Katherine Pollak Ellickson (September 1, 1905 – December 28, 1996) was an American labor economist. For much of her career, she worked for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). During the Kennedy administration, she was executive dir ...

(1905-1996), American labor economist *

Kay Pollak Kay Gunnar Leopold Pollak (born 21 May 1938) is a Swedish film director. Career After a long break from film-making, he returned in 2004 with ''As It Is in Heaven'' (''Så som i himmelen''), a major box office success in Sweden. The film was nomi ...

(1938–), Swedish film director *

Kevin Pollak Kevin Elliot Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and podcast host. He has appeared in over 80 films; his roles include Sam Weinberg in Rob Reiner's legal film ''A Few Good Men'', Jacob Goldman in '' Grump ...

(1957–), American comedian and actor *

Leo Wenzel Pollak Leo Wenzel Pollak (September 23, 1888 in Prague – November 24, 1964 in Dublin) was a geophysicist, meteorologist and pioneer in scientific data processing.Linsey Pollak Linsey Pollak is an Australian musician, instrument maker, composer, musical director and community music facilitator. Pollak studied classical clarinet until age 19. Then, at university, he started making and selling bamboo flutes. He dropped ...

, Australian musician and composer *

Louis H. Pollak Louis Heilprin Pollak (December 7, 1922 – May 8, 2012) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He served on the faculty of Yale Law School and was dean from 1965 to 1970, ...

(1922–2012), American district court judge and dean of

Yale Law School Yale Law School (Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824 and has been ranked as the best law school in the United States by ''U ...

and the

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...

Mimi Pollak Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak (9 April 1903 – 11 August 1999) was a Swedish actress and theatre director. Biography Maria Helena Pollak was born in Karlstad, Värmland to Austrian-Jewish parents and was trained in the performing arts at the ...

(1903–1999), Swedish actress * Oskar Pollak, Czech art historian * Otto Pollak (1908–1998), American sociologist * (1880–1962), Austrian violinist and violin teacher * Seth Pollak, American psychologist *

Stuart R. Pollak Stuart Robert Pollak (born August 24, 1937) is an Associate Justice of the California First District Court of Appeal, Division Four, in San Francisco, California. He has served as a judge of this court since 2002. Background Pollak was born in Sa ...

(1937–), American judge

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