Shostak ''(Polish.Szóstak)'' is a noble surname of Polish—Lithuanian origin, which appeared at the turn of the XV -XVI century. The surname has become widespread among Polish, Lithuanian, Estonian, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Jewish ethnic groups, due to the emigration of its ancestors caused by the Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Origin

The Shostaks come from an ancient Polish family of officials, mainly managing the mints of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The origin of the surname is the name of the silver coin "shostak", minted in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth since 1528 at the mints of Krakow and Torun.

Known people

Aleksandr Shostak Aleksandr Shostak (born 1 March 1974) is a Belarusian gymnast. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharu ...

(born 1974), Belarusian gymnast * Aliaksei Shostak (born 1995), Belarusian-born American trampoline gymnast *

Arthur B. Shostak Arthur Benett Shostak (born May 11, 1937), is an American sociologist and futurist, and former professor of sociology at Drexel University. His research areas include futuristics, the history and future of the American work force, organized labor, ...

(born 1937), American sociologist and futurist * Dean Shostak, American musician *

Eliezer Shostak Eliezer Shostak (, born 16 December 1911, died 20 August 2001) was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health from 1977 until 1984 and as a member of the Knesset from 1951 until 1988. Biography Eliezer Shostak as born in Volodymyrets ...

(1911–2001), Israeli politician *

Frank Shostak Frank Shostak is an Austrian School economist. He is an adjunct scholar of the Mises Institute. His consulting firm, Applied Austrian School Economics, provides in-depth assessments and reports of financial markets and global economies. Biogra ...

, Austrian economist *

Hanna Sobachko-Shostak Hanna Shostak ( uk, Соба́чко-Шоста́к Га́нна; ; 1883–1965) was a folk painter of Ukraine. She was a member of the USSR Union of Artists and Master of Folk Art of the UkSSR (). Life She was born in 1883 in Skoptsi, Poltava ...

(1883–1965), Ukrainian folk painter * John Shostak (died 1971), American politician *

Konstantin Shostak Konstantin Dmitriyevich Shostak (russian: Константин Дмитриевич Шостак; born 28 March 2000) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Severstal Cherepovets in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL ...

(born 2000), Belarusian ice hockey player *

Marjorie Shostak Marjorie Shostak (May 11, 1945 – October 6, 1996) was an American anthropologist. Though she never received a formal degree in anthropology, she conducted extensive fieldwork among the !Kung San people of the Kalahari desert in south-western A ...

(1945–1996), American anthropologist *

Robert Shostak Robert Eliot Shostak (born July 26, 1948, in Arlington, Virginia) is an American computer scientist and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He is most noted academically for his seminal work in the branch of distributed computing known as Byzantine Faul ...

, American computer scientist *

Seth Shostak Seth Shostak (born July 20, 1943) is an American astronomer and author, and is currently the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute. Shostak hosts SETI's weekly radio show/podcast '' Big Picture Science'', has played himself numerous times in T ...

(born 1943), American astronomer

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