Trachtenberg
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Trachtenberg (or Trachtenburg) (Трахтенберг, טרחטנבּרג or טרכטנבּרג) is a surname of several people, typically an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, especially Ukrainian.
[edit] Trachtenberg
- Alan Trachtenberg, scholar of American Studies
- Ari Trachtenberg, a professor at Boston University
- Herman Trachtenberg (1839 - 1895), Ukrainian-Jewish jurist
- Jakow Trachtenberg (1888 - 1953), Ukrainian-Jewish inventor of the Trachtenberg system of rapid mental arithmetic
- Marc Trachtenberg, historian
- Michelle Trachtenberg (1985 - ), an American actress.
- Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, former president of George Washington University