Pollak is an Austrian surname, and is a variant of Polak usually of Jewish Ashkenazic origin, it originates as an ethnic surname for Jews between Austria, Poland and Germany. Notable people with the surname include:
Athletes Burglinde Pollak (born 1951), German athlete Egon Pollak (1898–1994), Austrian footballer James Howard Pollak Jr. (born 1963), American cyclist Jaroslav Pollák (born 1947), Slovak footballer Josef Pollák (born 1960), Czech orienteering competitor Mike Pollak (born 1985), American footballer Zoltán Pollák (born 1984), Hungarian footballer
Other people
Cheryl Pollak (born 1967), American actress Felix Pollak (1909–1987), American poet Henry O. Pollak (1927–2026), Austrian-American mathematician Jacob Pollak (–1541), Polish rabbi Joachim Pollak (1798–1879), Austrian rabbi Joel Pollak (born 1977), American politician and author Jonathan Pollak (born 1982), Israeli anarchist Kaim Pollák (1835–1905), Hungarian writer Katherine Pollak Ellickson (1905–1996), American labor economist Kay Pollak (born 1938), Swedish film director Kevin Pollak (born 1957), American comedian and actor Leo Wenzel Pollak (1888–1964), Czech-Irish meteorologist Linsey Pollak, Australian musician and composer Louis H. Pollak (1922–2012), American district court judge and university dean Mimi Pollak (1903–1999), Swedish actress Oskar Pollak (1883–1915), Czech art historian Otto Pollak (1908–1998), American sociologist Seth Pollak, American psychologist Stuart R. Pollak (born 1937), American judge
See also Pollack (disambiguation) Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia v. Pollak Shass Pollak, Jewish mnemonist group