Barsky (surname)

Barsky, feminine: Barskaya is a mostly Jewish Russian-language surname, also used by the Ashkenazi Jews. It is derived from the name of the town of Bar, now in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. The suffix -sky imparts the meaning "of Bar" or "from Bar". Polish version is Barski/Barska, Ukrainian: Barskyi/Barska. Notable people include:

Amie Barsky (born c. 1984), American reality television show contestant
Brian A. Barsky, American Professor of Computer Science and Vision Science
Bud Barsky (1891–1967), Ukrainian-born American film producer
Edward K. Barsky (1885–1975), American surgeon and political activist
Evangelyn Barsky (1894–1936), American lawyer
Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi (1713–1785), Ukrainian architect
Jack Barsky, alias of Albrecht Dittrich, former KGB spy turned IT specialist.
Joseph Barsky (d. 1943), Russian Jewish architect
Margarita Barskaya, Soviet actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter
Max Barsky (born 1991), American professional wrestler best known by his ring name David Starr
Moshe Barsky (1895–1913), Zionist settler in Ottoman Palestine, murdered in a hate crime that made him a martyr in the Zionist movement
Paul Barsky, American talk radio personality
Rick Barsky, Canadian Green Party politician
Robert Barsky, American university professor
Sam Barsky (born 1974), American knitting artist
Tim Barsky, American musician
Vasil Grigorovich-Barsky, Ukrainian monk and writer
Vilen Barskyi, Ukrainian Soviet and German painter and graphic artist.
Vladimir Barsky, Russian actor and filmmaker

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