Goldberg (surname)

Goldberg is a surname of German origin, meaning 'gold mountain'. It is common among Ashkenazi Jews,^[1] but it is also used by non-Jewish Germans. It may refer to:

Entertainment

• Adam Goldberg, American actor
• Gary David Goldberg, American writer and producer for television and film
• Gina Goldberg, Finnish model, actress and singer
• Mike Goldberg, American sportscaster
• Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist
• Whoopi Goldberg, American actress
• Sid Goldberg, Two-time, Emmy Award winning Director

Fictional characters

• Edward Goldberg, a fictional character in the animated series Drawn Together
• Greg Goldberg, "Goldberg the goalie" from the Mighty Ducks movies

Music

• Aaron Goldberg, American pianist
• Barry Goldberg, blues musician from Chicago
• Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727-56), German harpsichordist and composer of the late Baroque period
• Reiner Goldberg, (* 1939) a German opera singer (heroic tenor)

Politicians

• Alan Goldberg (judge), Federal Court of Australia judge
• Arthur Goldberg (1908–90), U.S. Secretary of Labor, Supreme Court Justice, and Ambassador to the United Nations
• Karl Raimund Goldberg (1836–1897), Mayor of Varnsdorf, Member of the Bohemian Diet
• Marilyn Goldberg, Manitoba judge

Science

• Anatolii Goldberg, mathematician
• David E. Goldberg, American computer scientist
• Elkhonon Goldberg, a neuropsychologist and cognitive neuroscientist
• Emanuel Goldberg (1881-1970), cinema pioneer, computer pioneer, and inventor in photography (Microdots and microfilm retrieval technology)
• Joshua N. Goldberg, American theoretical physicist
• Lewis Goldberg, American personality psychologist and a professor emeritus
• Murray Goldberg, Canadian eLearning Pioneer

Sports

• Aaron Goldberg (golfer), American professional golfer
• Adam Goldberg (American football) (born 1980), American football player (St. Louis Rams)
• Andrew Goldberg (lacrosse), Pennsylvanian member of the Regis College Men's Lacrosse Team
• Benny Goldberg, bantamweight boxer
• Bill Goldberg, professional NFL football player and wrestler.
• Marshall Goldberg, American NFL football halfback (Chicago Cardinals)

Writers and journalists

• Anatol Goldberg, head of the BBC Russian Service during the Cold War
• Bernard Goldberg, an American writer, journalist, and political commentator and author of 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America
• Brianna Goldberg, reporter National Post
• Itche Goldberg, American-Yiddish writer and publisher
• J.J. Goldberg, American writer and editor
• Jeffrey Goldberg, American author and journalist
• Kaarina Goldberg, Finnish author and journalist
• Leah Goldberg (1911–70), Israeli poet and writer
• Steven Goldberg, American academic and author

Other

• Alan Goldberg (architect), American architect
• Arthur A. Goldberg, Co-founder and Co-director of Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing
• Bertrand Goldberg, architect
• David Theo Goldberg, philosopher and director of the University of California Humanities Research Institute
• Denis Goldberg, Anti-Apartheid activist
• Ian Goldberg, cryptographer
• Jonah Goldberg, American conservative pundit
• Lucianne Goldberg, American literary agent who was an important figure in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
• Max Goldberg, owner of YTMND
• Richard Steve Goldberg, convicted child pornographer
• Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist and inventor of the eponymous machines
• Thorsten Goldberg, German multimedia artist
• Werner Goldberg, half-Jewish German (mischling) who was depicted in a German newspaper during World War II as "The Ideal German Soldier".
• Zeeshan Goldberg, chief financial officer for Chase Bank

References

See also

• Golberg (disambiguation)
• Goldberg (disambiguation)
• Goldberger
• Goldenberg

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