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 (1900–1963), Israeli politician
Alan Greenberg (disambiguation), several people
Allan Greenberg (born 1938), new classical architect
Andrew Greenberg, American video game designer
Andrew C. Greenberg (born 1957), video game designer
Ari Greenberg (born 1981), American bridge player
Bernard Greenberg, American programmer and computer scientist
Brad Greenberg (born 1954), American basketball coach, brother of Seth Greenberg
Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), American actor
Brooke Greenberg (1993–2013), person with "Syndrome X" condition
Carl Greenberg (1908–1984), American journalist
Clement Greenberg (1909–1994), American art critic
Dan Greenberg (born 1965), American lawyer and politician
Daniel Greenberg (educator), American columnist and educator
Daniel Greenberg (game designer), role-playing and video game designer
Daniel S. Greenberg (born 1931), American journalist, editor and author

Elinor M. Greenberg (born 1932), American adult education pioneer
Evan G. Greenberg (born 1955), American business executive
Gail Greenberg (born 1938), American bridge player
Gerald B. Greenberg (born 1936), American film editor
Gary Greenberg, American TV writer, author and comedian
Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), American baseball player
Harold Greenberg (1930–1996), Canadian film producer
Hayim Greenberg (1889–1953), American philosopher of Judaism
Ivan Greenberg (1896–1966), English journalist
Irving Greenberg (born 1933), American Modern Orthodox rabbi and author
Jack Greenberg (1924–2016), American attorney and legal scholar
Jack M. Greenberg (born 1942), American executive at McDonald's
Jay Greenberg (composer) (born 1991), American composer and cellist
Jay Greenberg (psychoanalyst) (born 1942), American psychoanalyst and psychologist
Jeffrey W. Greenberg (born 1951), American lawyer and business executive
Jill Greenberg (born 1967), American photographer
Joanne Greenberg (born 1932), American writer
Joseph Greenberg (1915–2001), American linguist
Joshua Greenberg (born 1976), American academic
L. J. Greenberg (1861–1931), British Jewish journalist

Martin Greenberg (born 1918), American science fiction anthologist and publisher
Martin Greenberg (poet) (born 1918), American poet and translator
Martin H. Greenberg (1941–2011), American speculative fiction anthologist
Maurice R. Greenberg (born 1925), American business executive
Michael Greenberg (economist) (1914–1992), British economic historian
Michael Greenberg (lawyer), American lawyer
Michael Greenberg (writer) (born 1952), American writer
Mike Greenberg (born 1967), American television and radio host
Moshe Greenberg (1928–2010), American rabbi and Biblical scholar
Noah Greenberg, (1919–1966), American choral conductor
Ralph Greenberg (born 1944), American mathematician
Oscar W. Greenberg (born 1932), American physicist
Richard Greenberg (born 1958), American playwright and television writer
Robert Greenberg (born 1954), American composer, pianist, and musicologist
Roman Greenberg (born 1982), Israeli heavyweight boxer

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

↑ Beider, Alexander (1993). A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck: Avotaynu, pages 53–57.

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