Finkel, Finckel or Finkle is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Alan Finkel Alan Simon Finkel (born 17 January 1953) is an Australian neuroscientist, inventor, researcher, entrepreneur, educator, policy advisor, and philanthropist. He was Australia’s 8th Chief Scientist from 2016 to 2020. Prior to his appointment, hi ...

(born 1953), Australia's Chief Scientist *

Aryeh Finkel Aryeh Finkel (; 1931–2016) was a Haredi Judaism, Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Mir Brachfeld branch of the Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem), Mir Yeshiva. Before assuming his post at the new yeshiva branch in 2005, he served as the ''Mashgiach Ruch ...

(1931–2016),

rosh yeshiva Rosh yeshiva or Rosh Hayeshiva (, plural, pl. , '; Anglicized pl. ''rosh yeshivas'') is the title given to the dean of a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and th ...

of the Brachfeld branch of the Mir yeshiva * Benjamin Finkel (1865–1947), American mathematician and educator *

Binyomin Beinush Finkel Rabbi Binyomin Beinush Finkel (; 1911 – February 13, 1990) was the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Mir in Jerusalem. Biography He was born in Mir, Belarus, where his father Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel was the rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiv ...

( (1911–1990), rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem from 1965–1990 *

Caroline Finkel Caroline Finkel is a British historian and writer based in Turkey; she has a doctorate in Ottoman history from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Publications Her book ''Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman ...

, British historian *

Edwin Finckel Edwin A. Finckel (23 December 1917 – 7 May 2001) was an American jazz performer and arranger and a composer of songs and classical music. Biography Finckel was born in Washington, D.C. as the youngest of six children. His father was a patent at ...

(1917–2001), American jazz performer, arranger and song composer *

Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1879) Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, also known as Reb Leizer Yudel Finkel, (1879–1965) was the Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in both its Polish and Jerusalemic incarnations. Early life Finkel was the son of the Mussar movement leader, Nosson T ...

(1879–1965), rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Poland and in Jerusalem from 1917–1965 *

Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1965) Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (also called Leizer Yudel Finkel) is a Haredi Jewish rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, which is considered to be the largest yeshiva in Israel with a student body of 6,000 students. He acceded to the ...

, current rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem * Eliyahu Boruch Finkel (1947–2008), a lecturer at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem *

Frank Finkel Frank Finkel (January 29, 1854 – August 28, 1930) was an American who rose to prominence late in his life and after his death for his claims to being the only survivor of George Armstrong Custer's famed "Last Stand" at the Battle of the Little B ...

(1854–1930), American who claimed to have been the only survivor of the

Battle of the Little Bighorn The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota people, Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Si ...

* Frederick C. Finkle (1865–1949), American consulting engineer and geologist *

Fyvush Finkel Philip "Fyvush" Finkel (; October 9, 1922 – August 14, 2016) was an American actor and director known as a star of Yiddish theater and for his role as lawyer Douglas Wambaugh on the television series '' Picket Fences'', for which he earned an ...

(1922–2016), American actor * George Finkel (1936–2019), TV sports producer and director, son of Maurice Finkel *

Howard Finkel Howard Finkel (June 7, 1950 – April 16, 2020) was an American professional wrestling ring announcer, backstage worker, and occasional professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in WWE. He began working for Vincent J. McMahon's World ...

(1950–2020), American professional wrestling announcer *

Irving Finkel Irving Leonard Finkel (born 1951) is an English philologist and Assyriologist. He is the Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Department of the Middle East in the British Museum, where he specialises in ...

(born 1951), British philologist and Assyriologist *

Jon Finkel Jon Finkel (born May 18, 1978)Jon Finkel 2006 Pro Player card (from the Magic: The Gathering Time Spiral (Magic: The Gathering), Time Spiral expansion) is an American ''Magic: The Gathering'' and poker player. Finkel is one of the most decorated ...

(born 1978), American ''Magic: The Gathering'' champion * Maurice Herman Finkel (1888–1949), American architect and Yiddish theatre performer, father of George Finkel *

Miriam Posner Finkel Miriam Dorothy (Posner) Finkel (22 January 1916 – 20 August 1999) was a radiobiologist who made significant contributions to molecular biology. Finkel lent her name to the Finkel-Biskis-Jinkins or FBJ virus. Biography Miriam Dorothy (Miriam Dv ...

(1916–1999), American

radiobiologist Radiobiology (also known as radiation biology, and uncommonly as actinobiology) is a field of clinical and basic medical sciences that involves the study of the effects of radiation on living tissue (including ionizing and non-ionizing radiation ...

who made significant contributions to

molecular biology Molecular biology is a branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecule, molecular basis of biological activity in and between Cell (biology), cells, including biomolecule, biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactio ...

Moishe Finkel Moishe Finkel (c. 1850 – June 7, 1904) (also known as MorrisJones 2006. or Maurice Finkel) was a prominent figure in the early years of Yiddish theater. He was business partner first of Abraham Goldfaden and later of Sigmund Mogulesko (the great ...

(c. 1850–1904), Yiddish theatre actor, director and producer *

Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka) Nosson Tzvi Finkel (, Sephardic/ Israeli: ''Natan Tzvi''; ; 1849–1927) was an influential Lithuanian Jewish leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe and founder of the Slabodka yeshiva, in the town of Sloboda Vilyampolskaya (now Vilijampo ...

(1849–1927), Lithuanian leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe and founder of the Slabodka yeshiva *

Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Mir) Nosson Tzvi Finkel (; 12 March 1943 – 8 November 2011) was an American-born Haredi Judaism, Haredi Lithuanian Jews, Litvish rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem), Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. During his tenure from 1990 ...

(1943–2011), rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem from 1990–2008 *

Raphael Finkel Raphael Finkel (born 1951) is an American computer scientist and a retired professor at the University of Kentucky. He compiled the first version of the Jargon File. He is the author of ''An Operating Systems Vade Mecum'',Shelly Finkel Sheldon "Shelly" Finkel (born June 27, 1944) is an American boxing and music promoter. Finkel received the Boxing Writers Association of America ''Manager of the Year'' award in 1990 and 1993. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of ...

(born 1944), American boxing and music promoter * Terri H. Finkel (born 1953), American pediatric rheumatologist and immunologist Fictional characters include: * Gary Finkel, in the videogame

Dead Rising 3 ''Dead Rising 3'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Capcom Vancouver and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was released as a launch title for the Xbox One platform on November 22, 2013; a Microsoft Windows port published by Ca ...

. * Harper Finkle, in the TV series ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' *

Ray Finkle ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' is a 1994 American comedy film starring Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, an animal detective who is tasked with finding the abducted dolphin mascot of the Miami Dolphins football team. The film was directed by Tom Shad ...

, in the film ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' * Sharon Finkel, in the TV series ''The Flash''

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