title: Shaposhnik
text: # Shaposhnik
  
  Shaposhnik is a Russian-language occupational surname, literally meaning hatter,. Variants include Shaposhnyk (Ukrainian), Shapotshnick, Shapochnik, etc. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Rabbi Joseph Shapotshnick (1882–1937), Jewish social activist in Great Britain
  * Oleksandr Shaposhnyk (born 1983), Ukrainian Olympic taekwondo practitioner
  * Boris Shaposhnik [ru] (1902—1985), Soviet automotive designer
  * Mykola Shaposhnyk [uk] (1934-2009), Ukrainian writer and Cossack activist
  