Raskin

Raskin (and the feminine variant Raskina) is a surname of Yiddish origin, a matronymic from "Raske", nickname for Rachel. Notable people with this name include:

• Allison Raskin (born 1989), American writer and content creator
• Ellen Raskin (1928–1984), American author (The Westing Game), illustrator, and designer
• Eugene Raskin or Gene Raskin (c.1910–2004), American musician and playwright
• Fred Raskin (born 1972), American film editor
• Jenny Raskin (born 1969), American television producer and filmmaker
• Jessica Raskin (born 1982), American actress
• Jozef Raskin (1892–1943), Belgian painter and missionary
• Judith Raskin (1928–1984), American soprano
• Lisi Raskin (born 1974), American artist
• Mario Raskin (born 1952), Argentine harpsichordist
• Maurice Raskin (1906–1984), Belgian violinist
• Milt Raskin (1916–1977), American pianist
• Philip Raskin (born 1947), Scottish landscape painter
• Philip Max Raskin (1880–1944), Jewish/English/American poet
• Saul Raskin (1878–1966), American artist and writer

• Eleanor Raskin (born 1946), leftist radical, member of the Weather Underground
• Jamie Raskin (born 1962), American politician
• Marcus Raskin (1934–2017), American progressive activist and social critic
• Max Raskin (1902–1984), American politician and judge
• Sarah Bloom Raskin (born 1961), American jurist
• Wouter Raskin (born 1972), Belgian-Flemish politician

• Aaron Raskin, Chabad rabbi in Brooklyn, New York
• Arie Zeev Raskin (born 1976), Chief Rabbi of Cyprus
• Dovid Raskin (1927–2011), Chabad Hasidic rabbi

• Guillaume Raskin (1937–2016), Belgian footballer
• Nicolas Raskin (born 2001), Belgian footballer
• Tubby Raskin (1902–1981), American basketball player and coach
• Yulia Raskina (born 1982), Belarusian rhythmic gymnast

• A. H. Raskin (1911–1993), Canadian-American labor reporter
• Aza Raskin (born 1984), son of Jef Raskin and president of Humanized, makers of Enso
• Jef Raskin (1943–2005), interface designer for the Apple Macintosh
• Jonah Raskin (born 1942), American writer
• Lutgarde Raskin, Belgian-American scientist
• Paul Raskin (born 1942), future scenario analysis and sustainability expert
• Robin Raskin (born 1954), American writer
• Victor Raskin (born 1944), Russian-born American linguist

• Rashkin (surname)

Surname list

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