Polack (surname)

Polack (surname)

Polack is a surname meaning "Polish man". The name refers to:
*Elizabeth Polack (fl. mid-19th c.), English playwright
*Israel Polack (1909–1993), Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian, Chilean, and Israeli textile industrialist
*Jan Polack (1435–1519), Polish painter
*Joel Samuel Polack (1807–1882), first Jewish settler in New Zealand


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