Chernoff may be either a
Jewish surname
Jewish surnames are family names used by Jews and those of Jewish origin. Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin; the first known Jewish family names date to the Middle Ages, in the 10th and 11th centuries.
Jews have ...
, meaning "descendent of
Charna
Charna or Cherna (, , or ) is a Yiddish-language feminine given name, from a Slavic word meaning "black" or "dark". Notable people with the name include:
* Charnele Brown (born ), American actress
* Charna Furman (born 1941), Uruguayan architect
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or a German-language transliteration of the Russian surname
Chernov. Notable people with the surname include:
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Herman Chernoff
Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist. He was formerly a professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Stanford, and MIT, currently emeritus at Harvard University.
Early lif ...
(born 1923), American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist
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Maxine Chernoff
Maxine Chernoff (born 1952) is an American novelist, writer, poet, academic and literary magazine editor.
Biography
She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Chernoff is a professor and ...
(born 1952), American novelist, writer, poet, academic and literary magazine editor
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Mike Chernoff (disambiguation), multiple people
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Paul Chernoff (1942–2017), American mathematician
See also
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References
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Jewish matronymic surnames