Feinberg
Feinberg, Feinberger; Russian: Фейнберг | |
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Family name | |
Meaning | fine, beautiful + mountain |
Region of origin | Ukraine, Russia, Soviet, Israel, United States |
Language(s) of origin | Yiddish |
Related names |
Fein (< {fin, vin}), Feine, Feiner, Feinert, Feinbaum, Feinblatt, Feinbruck (Feinbruk, Feinbrik), Feinbuch (Feinbauch), Feinglas (Feinglass), Feingold (= Gingold), Feinknopf, Feinkohl (Feinkol), Feinkopf, Feinkuch (Feinkuchen), Feinmann, Feynman, Feinsilber, Feinsinger, Feinstadt (Feinstad), Feinstein, Feintuch (Fayntikh, Feintichel), Feinwachs (Feinwax); Schön
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Footnotes: |
Feinberg, Feinberger is surname of:
- Aaron Feinberg, American rollerblading champion
- Avshalom Feinberg (1889 – 1917), a leader of Nili
- Benjamin F. Feinberg (1888 – 1959), NY politician
- Charles L. Feinberg (1909 - 1995), American biblical scholar, first dean of Talbot Theological Seminary
- Israel L. Feinberg, Manhattan coroner
- Gerald Feinberg, American physicist
- Joel Feinberg (1926 – 2004), American philosopher
- John Feinberg, American theologian
- Kenneth Feinberg, American attorney, Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
- Leslie Feinberg, transgender activist
- Martin Feinberg, chemist
- Louis Feinberg, pseudonym Larry Fine (1902 – 1975), one of The Three Stooges
- Paul Feinberg (1938 - 2004), American theologian
- Samuel Feinberg, pseudonym Sammy Fain (1902 – 1989), American popular music composer
- Samuil Feinberg, a Russian composer and pianist
- Steve Feinberg, founder of Cerberus Capital Management, LP
See also
- the asteroid 15569 Feinberg
- the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University