Goldberg (surname)

Goldberg is a surname of German origin, meaning 'gold mountain'. It is common among Ashkenazi Jews,^[1]^[2] and may refer to:

Entertainment

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, (born 1939) a German opera singer (heroic tenor)

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

Aaron Goldberg, botanist
Professor Sir Abraham Goldberg, Regius Professor of Medicine
Anatolii Goldberg, mathematician
David E. Goldberg, American computer scientist
Elkhonon Goldberg, 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

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
Mark Goldberg, football manager and businessman
Marshall Goldberg, American NFL football halfback (Chicago Cardinals)

Anatol Goldberg, head of the BBC Russian Service during the Cold War
Bernard Goldberg, 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
Miriam Goldberg (born 1916), American newspaper publisher and editor
Steven Goldberg, American academic and author

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
Michael Goldberg, American abstract expressionist painter and teacher
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

↑ Marline Otte (3 July 2006). Jewish Identities in German Popular Entertainment, 1890–1933. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107320888. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
↑ Elon Gilad (22 April 2010). "What Does Your Jewish Name Mean?". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 August 2015.