Spivak or Spivack is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

Ukrainian language Ukrainian ( uk, украї́нська мо́ва, translit=ukrainska mova, label=native name, ) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state langu ...

origin, meaning ''singer''. It is also common among Ukrainian

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 ...

, in which case it refers to cantor. The name may refer to: * Charlie Spivak (1907–1982), American trumpeter and bandleader *

David Spivak David Isaac Spivak is an American mathematician and senior scientist at the Topos Institute. He has worked on applications of category theory, in particular ologs and operadic compositionality of dynamical systems. He authored and coauthored th ...

(born 1978), American mathematician *

Elye Spivak Eliyahu "Elye" Spivak (, ; 10 December 1890 – 4 April 1950) was a Soviet Jewish linguist, philologist, and pedagogue. Biography Spivak was born to a religious Jewish family in Vasilkov, Kiev Governorate in the Russian Empire. He survived the ...

(1890–1950), Soviet linguist *

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 24 February 1942) is an Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic. She is a University Professor at Columbia University and a founding member of the establishment's Institute for Comparative Lite ...

(born 1942), Indian literary critic and professor at Columbia University * Gordon Spivack (1928–2000), American antitrust lawyer and Justice Department official *

John L. Spivak John Louis Spivak (June 13, 1897 – September 30, 1981) was an American socialist and later communist reporter and author, who wrote about the problems of the working class, racism, and the spread of fascism in Europe and the United States. Most ...

(1897–1981), American communist reporter and author *

Lawrence Spivak Lawrence Edmund Spivak (June 11, 1900 – March 9, 1994) was an American publisher and journalist who was best known as the co-founder, producer and host of the prestigious public affairs program ''Meet the Press''. He and journalist Martha Rountr ...

(1900–1994), American journalist and publisher * Lori Spivak (contemporary), Canadian jurist from Manitoba *

Marla Spivak Marla Spivak (born 1955) is an American entomologist, and Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota specializing in apiculture and social insects. Career and research Spivak graduated with a B.A. from Humboldt S ...

(born 1955), American entomologist and winner of the MacArthur Fellowship *

Maryana Spivak Maryana Timofeevna Spivak (russian: Марьяна Тимофеевна Спивак; born 23 March 1985) is a Russian film and television actress known for the 2017 film ''Loveless (film), Loveless''. She is the granddaughter of actress Zhanna P ...

(born 1985), Russian actress * Max Spivak (1906–1981), American artist * Michael D. Spivak (1940–2020), American mathematician and author *

Mira Spivak Mira Spivak ( Steele; born July 12, 1934) is a former member of the Canadian Senate representing the province of Manitoba. Born in Rivne, Ukraine (then in Poland), Spivak received a Bachelor of Arts, Honours Degree in Political Science and Phi ...

(born 1934), Canadian politician from Manitoba; member of the Canadian Senate *

Nissan Spivak Nissan Spivak (widely known as Nissi Belzer, from Yiddish ''Belts''; 1824–1906) was a Jewish cantor and composer. Career He was cantor in his birthplace of Bălţi (''Beltsy''), Bessarabia, and was generally known as ‘Nisn Beltzer’. L ...

(1824–1906), Bessarabian cantor and composer *

Nova Spivack Nova Spivack is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is the founder and CEO of the early stage science and technology incubator Magical and co-founder of The Arch Mission Foundation. Spivack previously co-founded Bottle ...

(born 1969), American internet entrepreneur *

Oleksandr Spivak Aleksandr Sergeyevich Spivak (born 6 January 1975) is a retired Ukrainian football midfielder who last played for Zenit Saint Petersburg and had been with the organization since 2000. Before coming to Zenit, Spivak has been with multiple clubs i ...

(born 1975), Russian-Ukrainian football player of the FC Zenit Saint Petersburg football club *

Sidney Spivak Sidney Joel Spivak, (May 23, 1928 – July 8, 2002) was a Manitoba politician. He was a Cabinet minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin, Walter Weir and Sterling Lyon, and was himself leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ma ...

(1928–2002), Canadian politician from Manitoba

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