Belsky (russian: Бельский , pl. Бельские) is a Russian surname. When transliterated as

Bielski Bielski is a Polish spelling of the Slavic surname Belsky. The Lithuanized form is Bielskis/Bielskiene/Bielskytė, Latvian: Beslkis. Notable people with the surname include: World War II partisans * Bielski partisans , a World War II Jewish part ...

it can also refer to a Polish family of the same name. *Three different families bearing the name were prominent in Russian history: **The

Gediminid Belsky family The Belsky or Belski family (russian: Бельский; plural: Бельские) was a Ruthenianized princely family of Gediminid origin in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It later deflected to the Grand Duchy of Moscow and played a key role during ...

of the 15th and 16th centuries **The Belsky family from the House of

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl ( rus, Ярослáвль, p=jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence ...

which mentions a composer named Vladimir Belsky **The Commoner Belsky family of the 16th and 17th centuries, :: a family of Russian government administrators. It flourished from ca. 1570 to 1611 and was not related to either the Gediminid or Yaroslavl families. The most prominent of them were

Malyuta Skuratov Grigory Lukyanovich Skuratov-Belskiy (russian: Григорий Лукьянович Скуратов-Бельский), better known as Malyuta Skuratov () (? – January 1, 1573) was one of the most odious leaders of the Oprichnina during th ...

(Grigory Lukyanovich Skuratov-Belskiy, died in 1573) and

Bogdan Belsky Bogdan Yakovlevich Belsky (russian: Богдан Яковлевич Бельский) (died 1611) was a Russian statesman and a close associate of Ivan the Terrible. Bogdan was not related to the great Gedyminid princely family of the same nam ...

(died in 1611). Notable individuals bearing the name include: *

Abram Belskie Abram Belskie (March 24, 1907 – November 7, 1988) was a British-born sculptor. He is known for his 1939 collaboration with Dr. Robertson Dickinson on the Birth Series Sculptures. Biography Belskie was born in London and grew up in Glasgow, S ...

(born 1907), British sculptor *

Alexei Ivanovich Belsky Alexei Ivanovich Belsky (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Бе́льский; 1726, Saint Petersburg - 21 May 1796, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter. He was part of the "Belsky Dynasty" of painters of the Eighteenth Century and ...

(1726-1796), Russian painter *

Bielski partisans The Bielski partisans were a unit of Jewish partisans who rescued Jews from extermination and fought the German occupiers and their collaborators around Novogrudok and Lida in German-occupied Poland (now western Belarus). The partisan unit ...

who fought the Nazis in World War 2 *

Franta Belsky František Bělský (also known as Franta Belsky; 6 April 1921 – 5 July 2000) was a Czech sculptor. He was known for large-scale abstract works of public art as well as more iconographic statues and busts of noted 20th-century figures such ...

(1921–2000), Czech sculptor *

Belsky (cartoonist) Margaret Constance Belsky ''née'' Owen, better known by her pen name Belsky, (20 June 1919 – 26 January 1989), was a British cartoonist and illustrator. Belsky was born on 20 June 1919 in Wareham, Dorset to Albert Edward Owen and Margaret Con ...

, (1919 - 1989) Margaret (née Owen) Belsky, a British cartoonist. Her husband was the Czech sculptor Franta Belsky. * Grigory Lukyanovich Skuratov-Belsky ( fl. 16th century) *Harold Simon Belsky (born 1929), American musician a.k.a.

Hal Blaine Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. ...

Igor Belsky Igor Dmitrievich Belsky (russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Бельский; 28 March 1925, Saint Petersburg, Russia – 3 July 1999, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. After 20 years of solo work (1942–62) h ...

(1925–1999), Russian ballet dancer and choreographer *

Ivan Ivanovich Belsky Ivan Ivanovich Belsky (Russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Бе́льский. 6 January 1719, Saint Petersburg — 13 January 1799, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter. He was part of the "Belsky Dynasty" of painters of the Eighteenth Cent ...

(1719-1799), Russian painter *

Jay Belsky Jay Belsky (born July 7, 1952) is an American child psychologist and the Robert M. and Natalie Reid Dorn Professor of Human Development at the University of California, Davis. He is noted for his research in the fields of child development and fa ...

(born 1952), American child psychologist *

Josh Belsky Josh Belsky is an American sailor who has competed in multiple America's Cups. Joshua, born June 1966 is from Rye, New York, and he studied at St. Lawrence University. He was a pitman on board America3 when it defended the 1992 America's Cup. ...

(born 1966), an American (sports) sailor * Meir Belsky (1923-2017), American Torah scholar *

Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky Nikolay Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky (russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Богда́нов-Бе́льский; 1868–1945) was a Russian painter. Life Bogdanov-Belsky was born in the village of Shitiki in Smolensk Governorate in 1868. H ...

(1868–1945), Russian painter *

Scott Belsky Scott Belsky (born April 18, 1980) is an American entrepreneur, author and early-stage investor best known for co-creating the online portfolio platform, Behance, Inc. In 2010, Belsky was included in Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Bus ...

(born 1980), American

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

, author and early-stage investor * Vladimir Belsky (1866-1946), Russian poet and librettist * Rabbi

Yisroel Belsky Chaim Yisroel HaLevi Belsky (August 22, 1938 – January 28, 2016) was an American rabbi and posek of Orthodox and Haredi Judaism. He was one of the roshei yeshiva (deans) at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, and rabbi of the summer camp network run by Agud ...

(1938-2016), American religious leader

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