Shenker

Shenker (also Shenkar or Schanker) is a surname. It is of Ashkenazi origin and is an occupational surname referring to tavern-keepers. It is derived from the Yiddish word shenk, meaning to serve a drink. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anat Shenker-Osorio (born 1978), American political strategist
• Arie Shenkar (1877–1959), Israeli industrialist
• Ben Zion Shenker (1925–2016), American composer and cantor
• Israel Shenker (1925–2007), scholar and reporter for The New York Times
• John Samuel Shenker (born 1998), American football player
• Joseph Shenker (1939–2008), American academic administrator
• Louis Schanker (1903–1981), American abstract artist
• Morris Shenker (1907–1989), American lawyer
• Orly Shenker (born 1960), Israeli philosopher
• Scott Shenker (born 1956), American computer scientist
• Stephen Shenker (born 1953), American theoretical physicist

See also

• All pages with titles containing Shenker
• Judge Shenker, fictional character

References

Surname list

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