Kaminsky is a surname with various origins. It may be derived from Czech/Slovak Kaminský, Ukrainian: Камінський, Russian: Каминский, Belarusian: Камінскі, or Polish Kamiński. Feminine forms include Kaminská (Czech and Slovak), Kaminska (Polish and Ukrainian), and Kaminskaya (Belarusian and Russian). Its Lithuanian-language counterpart is Kaminskas.
People
- Adolfo Kaminsky (1925–2023), French WWII resistance fighter and document forger
- Alexander Kaminsky (1829–1897), Russian architect
- Berta Kaminskaya (1853-1878), Ukrainian Narodnik
- Bohdan Kaminský (pen name of Karel Bušek) (1859–1929), Czech poet and translator
- Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminski, (1899–1944), General-Major of Waffen-SS
- Dan Kaminsky (1979–2021), American computer security expert
- David Kaminsky (born 1938), Israeli basketball player
- David Daniel Kaminsky, birth name of American comic Danny Kaye (1911–1987)
- Dina Kaminskaya (1919–2006), Russian-American lawyer and human rights activist
- Frank Kaminsky (born 1993), American basketball player
- Graciela Kaminsky, American economist
- Grigory Kaminsky (1895–1938), Soviet politician
- Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977), Russian-American poet and professor
- James Kaminsky, American editor
- Josef Kaminský (1878–1944), Czechoslovak politician
- Laura Kaminsky (born 1956), American composer
- Max Kaminsky (1912–1961), Canadian hockey player
- Max Kaminsky (1908–1994), American musician
- Melvin Kaminsky, birth name of American comic Mel Brooks (born 1926)
- Patrik Kaminský (born 1978), Slovak footballer
- Rafael Kaminsky, birth name of Rafael Eitan (1929–2004), Israeli general
- Rob Kaminsky (born 1994), American baseball player
- Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009), American mystery author
- Todd Kaminsky (born 1978), American politician, great-nephew of Mel Brooks
- Valiantsina Kaminskaya (born 1987), Belarusian-Ukrainian cross-country skier
- Victoria Kaminskaya (born 1995), Portuguese swimmer
- Walter Kaminsky (born 1941), German chemist
- Yan Kaminsky (born 1971), Russian-American ice hockey player
Fictional characters
- Mikhail "Misha" Kaminsky, character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
- Fedyor Kaminsky, character in the book series Shadow and Bone
See also
Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Kaminsky. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
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