Topol is a surname. Common in the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, and Russia, it originated as a
place-related name for "someone who lived by a
poplar tree
''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood.
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It is also found among
Ashkenazic Jewish people speaking
Eastern Yiddish and likewise refers to the poplar tree,
having been borrowed from a Slavic language (see Proto-Slavic ''
*topolь''). Related surnames include
Topiol,
Topolansky,
Topoliansky,
Topolski (common in Poland), and
Topolsky Topolski (feminine: Topolska, plural: Topolscy) is a Polish surname. It may refer to:
* Carol Topolski (born 1949), an English novelist
* Daniel Topolski (born 1945), an author, former rower and rowing coach, and broadcaster on BBC Radio
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Notable people who share this surname include:
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Brad Topol
Brad B. Topol (born c. 1971) is a computer scientist best known as a former member of the OpenStack Foundation Board of Directors and is also an OpenStack core contributor to Keystone-Specs, Pycadf, and Heat-Translator, and a member of the Ope ...
(born c. 1971), American computer scientist
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Chaim Topol
Chaim Topol ( he, חיים טופול; born September 9, 1935), also spelled Haym Topol, mononymously known as Topol, is an Israeli actor, comedian, singer, film producer, author, and illustrator. He is best known for his portrayal of Tevye the ...
(born 1935), Israeli actor, often billed mononymously as Topol
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Edward Topol
Eduard Vladimirovich Topol (russian: Эдуа́рд Влади́мирович То́поль), real name Topelberg (russian: Топельберг) (born 8 October 1938) is a Russian writer, film producer and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Baku, ...
(born 1938), Russian writer
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Eric Topol
Eric Jeffrey Topol (born 26 June 1954) is an American cardiologist, scientist, and author. He is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, a professor of Molecular Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute, and a ...
(born 1954), American cardiologist
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Filip Topol
Filip Topol (12 June 1965 – 19 June 2013) was a Czech singer, songwriter, pianist and writer. He was best known as leader of the alternative rock band Psí vojáci (''Dog Soldiers''), but he also performed as a solo artist. Topol was the younge ...
(1965–2013), Czech singer and songwriter
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Jáchym Topol
Jáchym Topol (born 4 August 1962) is a Czech poet, novelist, musician and journalist who became a laureate of the Czech State Award for Literature in October 2017 for his novel ''Sensitive Man''.
Life
Jáchym Topol was born in Prague, Czech ...
(born 1962), Czech poet
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Josef Topol
Josef Topol (1 April 1935 – 15 June 2015) was a Czech playwright.
In 1965, he co-founded ''Divadlo za branou'', a theatre in Prague which was closed in 1972 after being banned by Czechoslovak government. In 1977 he signed Charter 77.
He was m ...
(1935–2015), Czech playwright
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Sergei Topol
Sergei Stanislavovich Topol (russian: Сергей Станиславович Тополь; born February 15, 1985) is a Russian ice hockey forward. He currently plays for HK Gomel
HK Gomel ( be, ХК Гомель, translit=HK Homyel') is an ic ...
(born 1985), Russian ice hockey player
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Sidney Topol
Sidney Topol (December 28, 1924 – March 30, 2022) was an American innovator and entrepreneur. He was a contributor to several key developments in the telecommunications industries in the latter half of the twentieth century. He was a graduate ...
(1924-2011), American engineer
See also
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References
Czech-language surnames
Jewish surnames
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