What is "spivak"

Spivak or Spivack is a surname of Ukrainian or Ashkenazi Jewish origin meaning singer. Spivack is a Germanized or Americanized version of Spivak. The name may refer to:

• Charlie Spivak (1905 or 1907–1982), American trumpeter and bandleader
• Daniel Spivak (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
• Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 1942), Indian literary critic and professor at Columbia University
• Gordon Spivack (1928–2000), American antitrust lawyer and Justice Department official
• John L. Spivak (1897–1981), American reporter, author, and communist
• Lawrence E. Spivak (1900–1994), American journalist and publisher
• Lori Spivak (contemporary), Canadian jurist from Manitoba
• Michael Spivak (born 1940), American mathematician
  • Spivak pronoun, a gender-neutral pronoun named after Michael Spivak
• Mira Spivak (born 1934), Canadian politician from Manitoba; member of the Canadian Senate
• Nissan Spivak (1824–1906), Bessarabian cantor and composer
• Nova Spivack (born 1969), American internet entrepreneur
• Olexandr Spivak (born 1975), Russian football player of the FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Russian football club
• Sidney Spivak (1928–2002), Canadian politician from Manitoba