Pollak

Pollak is an Austrian surname, and is a variant of Polak usually of Jewish Ashkenazic origin, it originates as an ethnic surname for Jews between Austria, Poland and Germany. Notable people with the surname include:

## Athletes

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* Burglinde Pollak (1951–), German athlete
* Egon Pollak (1898–1994), Austrian football player
* James Howard Pollak Jr. (1963–), American cyclist
* Jaroslav Pollák (1947–), Slovak football player
* Josef Pollák, Czech orienteering competitor
* Mike Pollak (1985–), American football player
* Zoltán Pollák (1984–), Hungarian football player

## Other people

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* Benjamin Pollak, French world reknowned poker player
* Cheryl Pollak (1967–), American actress
* Felix Pollak (1909–1987), American poet
* Henry O. Pollak (1927–), Austrian-American mathematician
* Jacob Pollak (c. 1460–1541), Polish rabbi, founder of the Pilpul method of halakic study
* Joachim Pollak (1798–1879), Austrian rabbi
* Joel Pollak (1977–), American politician and author
* Jonathan Pollak (1982–), Israeli anarchist
* Kaim Pollák (1835–1905), Hungarian writer
* Katherine Pollak Ellickson (1905-1996), American labor economist
* Kay Pollak (1938–), Swedish film director
* Kevin Pollak (1957–), American comedian and actor
* Leo Wenzel Pollak (1888–1964), Czechoslovakian meteorologist
* Linsey Pollak, Australian musician and composer
* Louis H. Pollak (1922–2012), American district court judge and dean of Yale Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School
* Mimi Pollak (1903–1999), Swedish actress
* Oskar Pollak, Czech art historian
* Otto Pollak (1908–1998), American sociologist
* Robert Pollak (violinist) [de] (1880–1962), Austrian violinist and violin teacher
* Seth Pollak, American psychologist
* Stuart R. Pollak (1937–), American judge

## See also

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* Pollack (disambiguation)
* Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia v. Pollak
* Shass Pollak (Jewish mnemonist group)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Pollak.
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