Topol (surname)
Topol is a surname. Common in Central and Eastern Europe, it originated as a place-related name for "someone who lived by a poplar tree". It is also found among Ashkenazic Jewish people speaking Eastern Yiddish and likewise refers to the poplar tree, having been borrowed from a Slavic language. Related surnames include,, Topoliansky, Topolski, and Topolsky.
Notable people who share this surname include:
- Brad Topol, American computer scientist
- Chaim Topol, Israeli actor, often billed mononymously as Topol
- Edward Topol, Russian writer
- Eric Topol, American cardiologist
- Filip Topol, Czech singer and songwriter
- Jáchym Topol, Czech poet
- Josef Topol, Czech playwright
- Sergei Topol, Russian ice hockey player
- Sidney Topol, American innovator and entrepreneur