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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 with variants Garfinkle, Garfinkiel, Garfinckel, Gurfinkel, Gorfinkel, Garfield etc. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles B. Garfinkel (1890–1969), New York assemblyman * Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011), American sociologist * Jack Garfinkel (1918–2013), American basketball player * Lenora Garfinkel (1930–2020), American architect * Marian Garfinkel (1932–2020), American yoga practitioner who pioneered the use of yoga to treat carpal tunnel *
Simson Garfinkel Simson L. Garfinkel (born 1965) is an American computer scientist. He is the Chief Scientist and Chief Operating Officer of BasisTech in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was previously a program scientist at AI2050, part of Schmidt Futures. He ...
(born 1965), American computer scientist, journalist and writer specializing in the field of computer security *
Yosef Garfinkel Yosef Garfinkel (Hebrew: יוסף גרפינקל; born 1956) is an Israeli archaeologist and academic. He is a professor of Prehistoric Archaeology and of Archaeology of the Biblical Period at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Biography Yosef G ...
(born 1956), Israeli archaeologist


Garfield

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Andrew Garfield Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. After his breakout role in '' Boy A'' (2007), he came to international attention with the supporting role of Eduardo Saverin in the drama ''The Social Network'' ...
(born 1983), English and American actor


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John Garfield John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle; March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters. He grew up in poverty in New York City. In the early 1930s, he became a member of ...
(born Garfinkle; 1913–1952), American actor * Norton Garfinkle (born 1931), American economist * Richard Garfinkle (born 1961), American science-fiction author ;Garfinckel * Julius Garfinckel (born Garfinkel; 1872–1936), American merchant, founder of Washington, D.C.–based department store chain, Garfinckel's ;Gurfinkel * David Gurfinkel (born 1938), Israeli cinematographer * Goldie Steinberg (née Gurfinkel), Moldovan-born American supercentenarian * Josefa Gurfinkel (1919–1997), Soviet chess master * Yisrael Guri (born Gurfinkel; 1893–1965), Russian-born Israeli politician ;Gorfinkel * Jordan B. Gorfinkel, aka "Gorf," (born July 7, 1967), American comic book creator, newspaper cartoonist, animation and multi-media entertainment producer.


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* Garfunkel *
Finkelstein Finkelstein ( or , ) is a German language, German and Yiddish language, Yiddish surname originating from Old High German ''funko'' (spark) and ''stein'' (stone). ''Fünkelstein'' meant pyrite (George J. Adler, ''A Dictionary of the German and Engl ...
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Finkel Finkel, Finckel or Finkle is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alan Finkel (born 1953), Australia's Chief Scientist * Aryeh Finkel (1931–2016), rosh yeshiva of the Brachfeld branch of the Mir yeshiva * Benjamin Finkel (1865 ...
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