Goldin is a Jewish

matronymic surname A matronymic is a personal name or a parental name based on the given name of one's mother, grandmother, or any female ancestor. It is the female equivalent of a patronymic. Around the world, matronymic surnames are far less common than patrony ...

derived from the Jewish feminine name Golda. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Goldin Alexander Goldin (born February 27, 1964) is an American chess grandmaster of Russian origin. Goldin had success from a young age. In 1981 he won the USSR Under-18 Championship. He was a joint winner of the Soviet Championship semifinal at Sev ...

(born 1964), Russian chess player *

Amy Goldin Amy Goldin (February 20, 1926 – April 2, 1978) was an American art critic who worked from 1965 until 1978. In those thirteen years, she published almost 200 pieces, from single paragraph reviews of current exhibitions, catalog essays, and book re ...

(1926–1978), American art critic * Barry Goldin (born 1978), British racing driver *

Brett Goldin Brett Goldin (21 October 1977 – 16 April 2006) was a South African actor and part of the Crazy Monkey comedy troupe. Goldin was murdered in Cape Town in 2006 alongside friend Richard Bloom, a fashion designer who was a label manager for the Ma ...

(1977–2006), South African actor *

Claudia Goldin Claudia Dale Goldin (born May 14, 1946) is an American economic historian and labor economist. She is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. In October 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "fo ...

(born 1946), American economist *

Daniel Goldin Daniel Saul Goldin (born July 23, 1940) served as the 9th and longest-tenured Administrator of NASA from April 1, 1992, to November 17, 2001. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush and also served under Presidents Bill Clinton and Georg ...

(born 1940), American administrator *

Gayle Goldin Gayle L. Goldin is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 3 from January 2013 to August 2021. She is originally from Montreal, Canada, having immigrated to the United States at a ...

(born 1971), American politician *

Godfrey Goldin Godfrey Robert Goldin (10 June 1919 – 7 February 1943) was a champion schoolboy Australian rules footballer who also played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He died of wounds sustained in action while serving with the S ...

(1919–1943), Australian rules footballer *

Harrison J. Goldin Harrison Jacob Goldin (February 23, 1936 – September 16, 2024), often known as Jay Goldin, was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the New York State Senate from 1966 to 1973 but was better known for his almost-sixteen y ...

(born 1936), American politician *

Horace Goldin Horace Goldin (17 December 187321 August 1939) was a stage magician who was noted for his rapid presentation style and who achieved international fame with his versions of the sawing a woman in half illusion. Early life Goldin was of Polish Jew ...

(1873–1939), British magician * Hyman Goldin (1881–1972), American writer *

Ian Goldin Ian Andrew Goldin (born 1955) is a South African-born British professor at the University of Oxford in England, and was the founding director of the Oxford Martin School. Goldin is currently the director of the Oxford Martin Research Programmes ...

(born 1955), South African economist *

Ken Goldin Kenneth Goldin (born August 18, 1965) is an American auctioneer, television personality, and sports card collector. He has sold over $1.3 billion in memorabilia related to sports, history, and pop culture in his career, including through hi ...

(born 1965), American entrepreneur *

Nan Goldin Nancy Goldin (born 1953) is an American photographer and activist. Her work explores in snapshot-style the emotions of the individual, in intimate relationships, and the Bohemian style, bohemian LGBT subcultural communities, especially dealing w ...

(born 1953), American photographer * Rebecca Goldin, American mathematician *

Ricky Paull Goldin Richard Paull Goldin (born January 5, 1965) is an American actor, producer, director and television personality. He is best known for his roles in daytime drama as Dean Frame on NBC's '' Another World'', Gus Aitoro on CBS' ''Guiding Light'', a ...

(born 1965), American actor *

Sergey Goldin Dr Sergey Vasilyevich Goldin (28 January 1936 – 18 May 2007) was a Soviet and Russian geophysicist, Academician of RAS, member of European Academy of Science and American Geophysical Union, director of Institute of Geophysics in Sibiria B ...

(1936–2007), Russian scientist *

Sidney M. Goldin Sidney M. Goldin, born Samuel Goldstein (March 25, 1878 – September 19, 1937) was an American silent film director as well as a prominent writer, actor and producer for Yiddish theater and Yiddish cinema during the early 20th century. During his ...

(1880–1937), American filmmaker *

Stephen Goldin Stephen Charles Goldin (born February 28, 1947) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Biography Goldin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of UCLA with a bachelor's degree in Astronomy, he worked for the U.S. Navy a ...

(born 1947), American writer * Theodore W. Goldin (1858–1935), American soldier *

Vladislav Goldin Vladislav Goldin (; born 12 May 2001) is a Russian college basketball player for the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Florida Atlantic Owls. He has earned all-conference honors ...

(born 2001), Russian basketball player

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