Spivak

Spivak

Spivak, meaning "singer" in Ukrainian, is a surname and may refer to:

* Charlie Spivak (1905 or 1907 – 1982), American trumpeter and bandleader
* Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak(b. 1942), Indian literary critic and professor at Columbia University
* Lawrence E. Spivak (1900 - 1994), journalist
* Lori Spivak, Manitoba judge
* Michael Spivak, mathematician
** Spivak pronoun, a gender-neutral pronoun named after Michael Spivak
* Mira Spivak, member of the Canadian Senate
* Nissan Spivak, cantor and composer
* Olexandr Spivak, player of the FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Russian football club
* Sidney Spivak, politician of Manitoba (Canada)
* Martin Spivak, fictional character on the TV series "Arthur"


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  • SPIVAK, ELYE — (1890–1950), Yiddish linguist and pedagogue. Born in the Ukraine, Spivak was renowned as a Yiddish teacher before the Revolution. The author of scores of Yiddish primers and literary anthologies for schoolchildren, he trained Yiddish teachers at… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • SPIVAK, NISSAN — (known as Nissi Belzer ; 1824–1906). Lithuanian cantor and composer. Spivak sang in the choir of Yeruḥam blindman , whose cousin he married, and became cantor in Belz, where he acquired his additional name. Later he was cantor in Kishinev and,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Spivak pronoun — The Spivak pronouns are a proposed set of gender neutral pronouns in English. They are not in widespread use, but have been employed in gender neutral language by some people who dislike the more common alternatives he/she or singular they.The… …   Wikipedia

  • Spivak, Lawrence Edmund — ▪ 1995       U.S. broadcast journalist (b. June 11, 1900, Brooklyn, N.Y. d. March 9, 1994, Washington, D.C.), was a founder of the pioneering radio and television show Meet the Press, which set the standard for a generation of political interview …   Universalium

  • Spivak, Gayatri — ▪ Indian literary critic in full  Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak  born Feb. 24, 1942, Calcutta, India       Indian literary theorist, feminist critic, postcolonial theorist, and professor of comparative literature noted for her personal brand of… …   Universalium

  • Charlie Spivak — Spivak Charlie Spivak (17 February 1905 or 1907–1 March 1982) was an American trumpeter and bandleader, best known for his big band in the 1940s. Contents …   Wikipedia

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  • Sidney Spivak — (May 23, 1928 ndash; July 8, 2002) was a Manitoba politician. He was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin, Walter Weir and Sterling Lyon, and was himself leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 1971 to… …   Wikipedia

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