Finkelstein ( or , ) is a

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and

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

surname originating from

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

''funko'' (spark) and ''stein'' (stone). ''Fünkelstein'' meant

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(George J. Adler, ''A Dictionary of the German and English Languages'', 1848).

Notable people

Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Finkelstein alias

Arthur Fields Arthur Fields (né Abraham Finkelstein; August 6, 1888—March 29, 1953) was an American baritone and songwriter. Early life Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Abraham Finkelstein, Fields grew up mainly in Utica, New York. He became a ...

(1884–1953), American singer and songwriter *

Amy Finkelstein Amy Nadya Finkelstein (born November 2, 1973) is an American economist who is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the co-director and research associate of the Public Economics Program at the National Bure ...

(born 1973), American professor of economics *

Anthony Finkelstein Sir Anthony Charles Wiener Finkelstein (born 28 July 1959) is a British engineer and computer scientist. He is the President of City St George's, University of London. He was Chief Scientific Adviser for National Security to HM Government until ...

(born 1959), British software engineer *

Arthur J. Finkelstein Arthur Jay Finkelstein (May 18, 1945 – August 18, 2017) was a New York state-based Republican Party (GOP) consultant who worked for conservative and right-wing candidates in the United States, Canada, Israel, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe ...

(1945–2017), American political strategist *

Avram Finkelstein Avram Finkelstein is an American artist, writer, gay rights activist and member of the AIDS art collective Gran Fury. Finkelstein describes himself as a " red diaper baby", raised by leftist parents who encouraged him to develop an interest in ...

, American gay rights activist * Ben-Ami Finkelstein (1910–1975), Swiss psychiatrist *

Bernie Finkelstein Bernard Finkelstein (born August 12, 1944 in Toronto) is a Canadian music executive and talent manager.McPherson, David, "Bernie Finkelstein's Golden Mountain", ''Words and Music'', Fall 2012 Finkelstein began his career in music as the manager ...

(born 1944), Canadian music executive and talent manager * Claire Finkelstein, American legal scholar * Clive Finkelstein (–2021), Australian computer scientist *

Daniel Finkelstein Daniel William Finkelstein, Baron Finkelstein, (born 30 August 1962) is a British journalist, author, political advisor and politician. He is a former executive editor of ''The Times,'' where he remains a weekly political columnist, and has be ...

(born 1962), British journalist and politician *

David Finkelstein David Ritz Finkelstein (July 19, 1929 – January 24, 2016) was an emeritus professor of physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Biography Born in New York City, Finkelstein obtained his Ph.D. in physics at the Massachusetts Institute o ...

(1929–2016), American physicist * Eric Finkelstein (born 1970), American health economist *

Gabriel Finkelstein Gabriel Finkelstein (born 1963) is an historian of science and the biographer of Emil du Bois-Reymond, a German neuroscientist and public intellectual. His research focuses on 19th-century exploration, biology, and historiography. Career After st ...

(born 1963), American professor of history *

Hans Finkelstein Hans Finkelstein (17 May 1885, Leipzig, Germany - December 1938) was a German chemist. He is particularly known for the Finkelstein reaction developed by and named after him. Biography Hans Finkelstein came from a liberal Jewish family and joi ...

(1885–1938), German chemist * Heinrich Finkelstein (1865–1942), German pediatrician *

Israel Finkelstein Israel Finkelstein (; born March 29, 1949) is an Israelis, Israeli archaeologist, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and the head of the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa. Finkelstein is active in the a ...

(born 1949), Israeli archaeologist * Jacob Finkelstein alias

Jackie Fields Jackie Fields (Jacob Finkelstein, February 9, 1908 – June 3, 1987) was an American professional boxer who won the Undisputed Welterweight Championship twice. Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Fields as the #19 ranked welterweight of all ...

(1908–1987), American boxer *

Jerry Finkelstein Jerry Finkelstein (January 26, 1916 – November 28, 2012) was an American publisher, businessman and political insider. Among his publications were the ''New York Law Journal'' and '' The Hill''. He was the father of former New York City Coun ...

(1916–2012), American publisher, businessman and political power broker *

Louis Finkelstein Louis Finkelstein (June 14, 1895, in Cincinnati, Ohio – 29 November 1991) was a Talmud scholar, an expert in Jewish law, and a leader of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) and Conservative Judaism. Biography Louis (Eliezer) Finkel ...

(1895–1991), American Talmud scholar * Louis Finkelstein (artist) (1923–2000), American painter and academic * Max Finkelstein (1884–1940), American policeman from New York * Meir Finkelstein, Israeli-American cantor and composer of Jewish liturgical music * Mel Finkelstein, American photojournalist *

Menachem Finkelstein Menachem Finkelstein () was Israel's Military Advocate General from 2000 to 2004, during the height of the Second Intifada. Finkelstein was born in 1951 and received an Orthodox Jewish upbringing. He passed the Israeli bar exam in 1976. He se ...

(born 1951), Israeli judge * Mendel Finkelstein (c.1878–1949), Australian cinema entrepreneur, founder of the Greater Wondergraph Company *

Nat Finkelstein Nathan Louis "Nat" Finkelstein (January 16, 1933 – October 2, 2009) was an American photographer and photojournalist. Finkelstein studied photography under Alexey Brodovitch, the art director of ''Harper's Bazaar'' and worked as a photojournali ...

(1933–2009), American photographer and photojournalist *

Norman Finkelstein Norman Gary Finkelstein ( ; born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and activist. His primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Finkelstein was born in New York Cit ...

(born 1953), American political scientist and writer *

Norman Finkelstein (poet) Norman Finkelstein (born 1954) is an American poet and literary critic. He has written extensively about modern and postmodern poetry and about Jewish American literature. According to '' Tablet Magazine'', Finkelstein's poetry "is simultaneou ...

(born 1954), poet and writer * Peter Max Finkelstein alias

Peter Max Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-American artist known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art. ...

(born 1937), American artist * Raymond Finkelstein (born 1946), Australian lawyer and judge *

Salo Finkelstein Salo Finkelstein (born 1896 or 1897, date of death unknown) was a mental calculator. He was born in Łódź (then within the Russian Empire, now in Poland) to a Jewish family. While at school he was above average in mathematics and discovered his ...

(1896/7–unknown), Russian-American mental calculator * Samuel Finkelstein (1895–1942), Polish painter * Shimcha Finkelstein (1917–1987), Polish-Israeli table tennis player * Sidney Finkelstein (1909–1974), American writer *

Tamara Finkelstein Dame Tamara Margaret Finkelstein (born 24 May 1967) is a British civil servant who is currently the permanent secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Early life and education Tamara Margaret Finkelstein was born ...

(born 1967), British civil servant *

Vic Finkelstein Victor Berel Finkelstein (25 January 1938 – 30 November 2011) was a disability rights activist and writer. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and later living in Britain, Finkelstein is known as a pioneer of the social model of disability and a ...

(1938–2011), South African-British disabled activist and writer *

William Zorach William Zorach (February 28, 1889 – November 15, 1966) was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer. He won the Logan Medal of the Arts in 1927. He was at the forefront of American artists embracing cubism. He is the husband of ...

alias Finkelstein (1889–1966), Lithuanian-American sculptor, painter, printmaker and writer

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