Ostrovsky, Ostrovskiy, Ostrovskyi (masculine), Ostrovskaya or Ostrovska (feminine) are variations of a Slavic surname.
The name is based on the Slavic word for "island": Belarusian: востраў (vostraw) Russian: остров (ostrov) Ukrainian: острів (ostriv) __NOTOC__ Notable people Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886), Russian dramatist Alexey Ostrovsky (born 1976), Russian politician Anton Ostrovsky (born 1982), Israeli actor and rap singer Arkady Ostrovsky (1914–1967), Soviet composer Arsen Ostrovsky, Israeli lawyer, currently based in Sydney Baruch Ostrovsky (1890–1960), first mayor of Ra'anana, Israel Erika Ostrovsky (1926–2010), Austrian-American biographer of Louis-Ferdinand Céline Grigory Ostrovsky (1756–1814), Russian portrait painter Iossif Ostrovskii (1934–2020), Ukrainian mathematician Josh Ostrovsky (born 1982), American entrepreneur, social media personality Leonid Ostrovsky (1936–2001), Soviet football star Leonard Ostrovsky (1922–1973), US politician in Ohio Mikhail Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (1827–1901), Russian statesman Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936), Russian Soviet writer, author of the novel How the Steel Was Tempered Rafail Ostrovsky (born 1963), professor of computer science and mathematics at UCLA Sasha Ostrovsky member of Russian country music band Bering Strait Simon Ostrovsky (born 1981), Soviet-born American journalist, director, and producer of documentaries Sofiya Ostrovska (born 1958), Ukrainian mathematician Victor Ostrovsky (born 1949), Canadian-born, Israel-raised self-proclaimed former Mossad officer and author of several books Vivian Ostrovsky (born 1945), experimental filmmaker
Fictional characters Elka Ostrovsky, in Hot in Cleveland, a US TV sitcom Olive Ostrovsky, in the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
See also Andrey Astrowski (born 1973), also spelt Andrei Ostrovskiy, former Belarusian footballer Ostrovsky (disambiguation) Ostrowski (disambiguation)
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