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גאָרפֿינקל (gorfinkl),

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Karfunkel, both ultimately from

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Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainte ...

(born 1941), American singer, poet and actor, best known as half of the folk music duo

Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo comprising the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music acts of the 1960s. Their most famous recordings include three US number-one sing ...

** ''Garfunkel'' (album), 1988 compilation album by Art Garfunkel * Jerome Garfunkel, American computer scientist notable for his work on

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, brother of

Sol Garfunkel Solomon "Sol" Garfunkel born 1943, in Brooklyn, New York, is an American mathematician who has dedicated his career to mathematics education. Since 1980, he has served as the executive director of the award-winning non-profit organization " Consor ...

(born 1943), American mathematician *

Leib Garfunkel Leyb Gorfinkel (; March 14, 1896 – September 7, 1976; also known as Leib Garfunkel and Levas Garfunkelis in Lithuanian) was an advocate, journalist, and politician. He was of Lithuanian and later of Israeli nationality. Early life and educa ...

(1896–1976), Jewish advocate, journalist, politician in Lithuania *

Garfunkel and Oates Garfunkel and Oates is an American comedy folk duo consisting of actresses Riki Lindhome, who performs as Garfunkel, and Kate Micucci, who performs as Oates. Their fast-paced songs typically combine raunchy observational comedy with sweet-soun ...

, American comedy-folk duo being Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci **

Riki Lindhome Erika "Riki" Lindhome (born ) is an American actress, comedian and musician. She is best known as a singer and songwriter for the Comedy rock, comedy folk duo Garfunkel and Oates with Kate Micucci. After making her television debut in 2002 with ...

aka Garfunkel ** ''Garfunkel and Oates'' (TV series), American comedy television series created by and starring the members of the titular musical duo above *

Garfunkel's Restaurant Garfunkel's was a small chain of restaurants in London. It was founded in 1979 by Phillip Kaye, and was part of the Restaurant Group. On 3 June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Restaurant Group told employees a "larg ...

, small chain of restaurants largely in the London, England area, but with branches in both Bath and Edinburgh

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