Sirota

Sirota

Sirota is a Slavic last name. In Russian, " _ru. сирота" means "orphan". The following people share this last name:

*David Sirota (b. 1975), an American blogger
*Gershon Sirota (1874–1943), a Jewish-Ukrainian cantor
*Leo Sirota (1855–1965), a Ukrainian-born pianist
*Beate Sirota (b. 1923), a former Performing Arts Director of the Japan Society; daughter of Leo Sirota

*See also Milton Sirotta (1911–1980), who coined the word "googol"

Fiction

*Sirota, an earth-bound demon in the TV series The Dresden Files


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