Greenberg
| Greenberg | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | green hill |
| Region of origin | Eastern Europe, Pale of Settlement |
Greenberg is a surname common in North America, with anglicized spelling of the German Grünberg (green mountain) or the Jewish Ashkenazi Yiddish Grinberg, an artificial surname.[1]
Notable people with the surname Greenberg include:
A–D
- Abraham Greenberg (1881–1941), New York politician
- Adam Greenberg (disambiguation), several people
- Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg, Israeli politician
- Alan Greenberg (disambiguation), several people
- Allan Greenberg, new classical architect
- Andrew Greenberg, game designer
- Andrew C. Greenberg, video game designer
- Ari Greenberg, American bridge player
- Bernard Greenberg, programmer and computer scientist
- Brad Greenberg (born 1954), American basketball coach, brother of Seth Greenberg
- Bryan Greenberg, American actor
- Brooke Greenberg, person with "Syndrome X" condition
- Carl Greenberg, American journalist
- Clement Greenberg, American art critic
- Dan Greenberg, American politician and Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Daniel Greenberg (educator), American columnist and educator
- Daniel Greenberg (game designer), role-playing and video game designer
- Daniel S. Greenberg (born 1931), an American journalist, editor and author
E–L
- Evan G. Greenberg, president and CEO of ACE Limited
- Gail Greenberg, American bridge player
- Gerald B. Greenberg, American film editor, Academy Award for Apocalypse Now
- Gary Greenberg, TV writer, author and comedian
- Hank Greenberg, US Major League Hall of Fame baseball player
- Harold Greenberg, Canadian film producer
- Hayim Greenberg (1889–1953), US Judaism thinker
- Irving Greenberg, Modern Orthodox rabbi and author
- Jack Greenberg (disambiguation), several people
- Jay Greenberg, American child prodigy composer
- Jeffrey W. Greenberg, former chairman and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies
- Jill Greenberg, American photographer
- Joanne Greenberg, American writer
- Joseph Greenberg, American linguist
- Joshua Greenberg, digital strategist for New York Public Library (NYPL)
- L. J. Greenberg (Leopold Jacob Greenberg, 1861–1931), British Jewish journalist
M–R
- Martin Greenberg, American science fiction anthologist and founder of Gnome Press
- Martin H. Greenberg, American speculative fiction anthologist
- Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman and former chairman and CEO of American International Group
- Michael Greenberg (economist), British economic historian who worked in the Roosevelt administration
- Mike Greenberg, American television news anchor and radio host for ESPN
- Moshe Greenberg, Biblical scholar at the Hebrew University
- Noah Greenberg, (1919–1966), American choral conductor
- Ralph Greenberg, American mathematician
- Oscar W. Greenberg, American physicist at University of Maryland, College Park
- Richard Greenberg, American playwright
- Robert Greenberg, American composer, pianist, and musicologist
- Roman Greenberg, Israeli heavyweight boxer
S–Z
- Samuel Greenberg (1893–1917), American poet
- Samuel L. Greenberg (1898–1992), New York state senator
- Seth Greenberg, coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies basketball team, brother of Brad Greenberg
- Seymour Greenberg, tennis player
- Shawn Greenberg, Manitoba judge
- Stan Greenberg, American political strategist
- Steve Greenberg (record producer), noted for "discovering" popular musical acts such as Hanson, Baha Men and Joss Stone
- Steven Greenberg (musician), American musician best known for writing the 1980 hit song "Funkytown", performed by Lipps Inc.
- Steven Greenberg (rabbi), American rabbi, educator and author
See also
- Greenberg (film), 2010 film
- Greenburg (disambiguation)
- Grünberg (disambiguation) (also Grunbergg)
- Grinberg
- Grynberg
References
- ↑ Beider, Alexander (1993). A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck: Avotaynu, pages 53–57.