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Grünberg (''green mountain'') or the

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Grinberg Grinberg is a surname, a Yiddish variant of Grünberg, literally "green mountain" in German. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Grinberg, birth name of Adam Greenberg (cinematographer) (born 1939), Polish cinematographer * Alexander G ...

, an artificial surname.Beider, Alexander (1993). ''A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire''. Teaneck: Avotaynu, pages 53–57. Notable people with the surname Greenberg include:

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Abraham Greenberg Abraham Greenberg (August 22, 1881, in New York City – May 10, 1941, in Manhattan, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Greenberg attended the public schools. In 1903, he began to practice law in New York Cit ...

(1881–1941), New York politician *

Adam Greenberg (disambiguation) Adam Greenberg may refer to: *Adam Greenberg (baseball) (born 1981), Major League Baseball outfielder *Adam Greenberg (cinematographer) Adam Greenberg, A.S.C. (Hebrew: אדם גרינברג) is a retired Israeli-American cinematographer He is ...

, several people * Aharon Greenberg, birth name of

Aharon Megged Aharon Megged (; 10 August 1920 – 23 March 2016) (Hebrew calendar, Hebrew year 5680) was an Israeli author and playwright, a winner of multiple literary awards. Biography Aharon Greenberg (later Megged) was born in Włocławek, Poland. In 1 ...

, Israeli writer * Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg (1900–1963), Israeli politician * Alan Greenberg (disambiguation), several people *

Albert Greenberg Albert Greenberg is an American software engineer and computer scientist who is notable for his contributions to the design of operating carrier and datacenter networks2015, SIGCOMM Awards, ACMSIGCOMM Award Recipients: The annual SIGCOMM Award, ...

, American software engineer *

Allan Greenberg Allan Greenberg (born September 7, 1938) is an American architect and one of the leading classical architects of the twenty-first century, also known as New Classical Architecture. He was the originator and leading practitioner of "canonica ...

(born 1938), American new classical architect *

Andrew Greenberg Andrew Greenberg is a game designer of tabletop role-playing games and role-playing video games. Career Greenberg was one of White Wolf Publishing's original developers on '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' (1991). He was the line editor for ''Vampi ...

, American video game designer *

Andrew C. Greenberg Andrew Clifford Greenberg (1957 – August 28, 2024) was an American video game developer and patent attorney. He co-created ''Wizardry'' with Robert Woodhead, one of the first role-playing video games for a personal computer. He was also involv ...

(born 1957), video game designer *

Ari Greenberg Ari David Greenberg (born April 1, 1981 in Malibu, California) is an American world junior champion in contract bridge. A Stanford computer science graduate, Greenberg was previously employed Bridge Base, Google, and Facebook. He currently resides ...

(born 1981), American bridge player *

Bernard Greenberg Bernard S. Greenberg is a programmer and computer scientist, known for his work on Multics and the Lisp machine. Projects In 1978, Greenberg implemented Multics EmacsBernard S. Greenberg. ''Multics Emacs: The History, Design and Implementatio ...

, American programmer and computer scientist *

Brad Greenberg Brad Howard Greenberg (born February 24, 1954) is an American basketball coach. Early life and college playing career Greenberg was one of three sons of Marilyn and Ralph Greenberg of Plainview, New York, on Long Island. One of his brothers, Set ...

(born 1954), American basketball coach, brother of Seth Greenberg *

Bryan Greenberg Bryan Greenberg (born May 24, 1978) is an American actor. He is known for his starring role as Ben Epstein in the HBO original series '' How to Make It in America'' as well as a recurring role in ''The Mindy Project''. He also had a recurring rol ...

(born 1978), American actor *

Brooke Greenberg Brooke Megan Greenberg (January 8, 1993 – October 24, 2013) was an American woman who became famous for being the first documented case of neotenic complex syndrome. Throughout her life of 20 years, she remained physically and cognitively sim ...

(1993–2013), American with "Syndrome X" condition *

Carl Greenberg Carl Greenberg (August 19, 1908 – November 4, 1984) was an American newspaper reporter who began as a police reporter; most of his career he was a reporter covering California and U.S. national politics. He worked for the ''Los Angeles Examiner ...

(1908–1984), American journalist *

Charles Greenberg Charles Louis "Charlie" Greenberg is an American composer and arranger of instrumental and vocal arrangements for classical, jazz, contemporary and musical theater productions. His career spans more than 40 years. His compositions have been perfor ...

(born 1953) American composer *

Clement Greenberg Clement Greenberg () (January 16, 1909 – May 7, 1994), occasionally writing under the pseudonym K. Hardesh, was an American essayist known mainly as an art critic closely associated with American modern art of the mid-20th century and a formali ...

(1909–1994), American art critic *

Craig Greenberg Craig Greenberg (born August 22, 1973) is an American businessman, lawyer, and politicianDan Greenberg Daniel Greenberg (born December 9, 1965) is an American nonprofit executive and former politician. He is a former Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, who served from 2006 through 2011. ...

(born 1965), American lawyer and politician *

Daniel Greenberg (educator) Daniel A. Greenberg (28 September 1934 – 2 December 2021), was one of the founders of the Sudbury Valley School, has published several books on the Sudbury model of school organization, and was described by Sudbury Valley School trustee Peter ...

, American columnist and educator *

Daniel Greenberg (game designer) Daniel or Dan Greenberg may refer to: *Dan Greenberg (born 1965), American politician and Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives *Daniel Greenberg (educator) (1934–2021), columnist and educator *Daniel Greenberg (game designer ...

, role-playing and video game designer * Daniel S. Greenberg (1931–2020), American journalist, editor and author * David Aaron Greenberg (born 1971), American poet, songwriter, artist and art critic *

David Greenberg (historian) David Greenberg is a historian and professor of US history as well as of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He has been a frequent contributor to Slate since its inception and has also published articles in numerous ...

, American historian

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Eliezer Greenberg Eliezer Greenberg (December 13, 1896 – June 2, 1977) was a Bessarabian-born Jewish-American Yiddish poet and literary critic. Life Greenberg was born on December 13, 1896, in Lipcani, Russian Empire, the son of Ezekiel Greenberg and Ethel H ...

(1896–1977), American Yiddish poet * Elinor Miller Greenberg (1932–2021), American adult education pioneer *

Ellen Rae Greenberg Ellen Rae Greenberg (June 23, 1983 – January 26, 2011) was an American woman who died after sustaining 20 stab wounds. Her death was officially ruled a suicide, sparking extensive debate, and the pathologist who originally made the determinati ...

(1983–2011), American teacher * Evan G. Greenberg (born 1955), American business executive * Everett Peter Greenberg (born 1948), American microbiologist *

Gail Greenberg Gail Harte Greenberg (born 29 Nov 1938) is a professional American Contract bridge, bridge player from New York City. She has won major tournaments as Gail Shane, Gail Moss, and Gail Moss Greenberg. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World mee ...

(born 1938), American bridge player *

Gerald B. Greenberg Gerald Bernard "Jerry" Greenberg (July 29, 1936 – December 22, 2017) was an American film editor with more than 40 feature film credits. Greenberg received both the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for ...

(1936–2017), American film editor *

Gary Greenberg Gary Greenberg is an American author and comedian. He is known for writing comedic material for Comedy Central. He has appeared on Comedy Central and Bravo. , he is a staff writer on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on ABC Television. In 2012, he won a Prod ...

, American TV writer, author and comedian *

Hank Greenberg Henry Benjamin Greenberg (January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus", and "the Hebrew Hammer", was an American professional baseball player and team executive. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB), p ...

(1911–1986), American Hall of Fame baseball player *

Harold Greenberg Harold Greenberg, OC, CQ, (January 11, 1930 – July 1, 1996) was a Canadian film producer. Career Greenberg got his start in film working in his uncle's second-hand camera store when he was thirteen. He eventually set up his own film ...

(1930–1996), Canadian film producer *

Hayim Greenberg Hayim Greenberg ( ‎ 1889, Todirești, Ungheni, Todirești, Beletsky Uyezd, Bessarabia Governorate, Bessarabia – 1953, New York City) was a Jewish-American thinker and Labor Zionist thinker. He was the head of Poale Zion, Poalei Zion and he ...

(1889–1953), American philosopher of Judaism * Ivan Greenberg (1896–1966), English journalist *

Irving Greenberg Irving Yitzchak Greenberg (born May 16, 1933), also known as Yitz Greenberg, is an American scholar, author, and rabbi. Greenberg is known as a strong supporter of Israel, as well as a promoter of greater understanding between Judaism and Christ ...

(born 1933), American Modern Orthodox rabbi and author *

Jack Greenberg Jack Greenberg (December 22, 1924 – October 12, 2016) was an American attorney and legal scholar. He was the Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund from 1961 to 1984, succeeding Thurgood Marshall. He was involved in numerous crucial ...

(1924–2016), American attorney and legal scholar * Jack M. Greenberg (born 1942), American executive at McDonald's *

Jay Greenberg (composer) Jay "Bluejay" Greenberg (born December 13, 1991) is an American composer and former child prodigy who studied at the Juilliard School in 2002 at age 10. Life and work Greenberg was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He caught the attention of the Ame ...

(born 1991), American composer and cellist *

Jay Greenberg (psychoanalyst) Jay R. Greenberg (born October 3, 1942) is a psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist and writer. He holds a PhD in Psychology from New York University. He is a Faculty Member of the William Alanson White Institute, where he is also a training anal ...

(born 1942), American psychoanalyst and psychologist * Jeffrey W. Greenberg (born 1951), American lawyer and business executive *

Jill Greenberg Jill Greenberg (born July 10, 1967) is a Canadian-born American photographer and Pop artist. She is known for her portraits and fine art work that often features anthropomorphized animals that have been digitally manipulated with painterly effec ...

(born 1967), American photographer *

Joanne Greenberg Joanne Greenberg (born September 24, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author who published some of her work under the pen name of Hannah Green. She was a professor of anthropology at the Colorado School of Mines and a volunteer Emergen ...

(born 1932), American writer *

Joseph Greenberg Joseph Harold Greenberg (May 28, 1915 – May 7, 2001) was an American linguist, known mainly for his work concerning linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages. Life Early life and education Joseph Greenberg was born on M ...

(1915–2001), American linguist * Joshua Greenberg (born 1976), American academic *

L. J. Greenberg L. J. Greenberg, born Leopold Jacob Greenberg (1861–1931), was a British journalist. He had become an energetic propagandist of the new Zionism in England by the Third Zionist Congress in 1899, at which he and Jacob de Haas were elected as mem ...

(1861–1931), British Jewish journalist

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Martin Greenberg (publisher) Martin Greenberg (June 28, 1918 – October 20, 2013) was an American book publisher and editor of science fiction anthologies. Biography Greenberg married in 1941. He was in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 where he attained the rank of corporal ...

(1918–2013), American science fiction anthologist and publisher *

Martin Greenberg (poet) Martin Greenberg (February 3, 1918 – May 19, 2021) was an American poet and translator. Life Greenberg was the son of a Jewish couple, immigrants from Lithuania. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in February 1918. His elder brother, Clement Gr ...

(1918–2021), American poet and translator *

Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ...

(1941–2011), American speculative fiction anthologist *

Maurice R. Greenberg Maurice Raymond “Hank” Greenberg (born May 4, 1925) is an American business executive and former chairman and chief executive officer of American International Group (AIG). Early life and education Greenberg was born into a Jewish family in ...

(born 1925), American business executive * Michael Greenberg (economist) (1914–1992), British economic historian * Michael Greenberg (lawyer), American lawyer *

Michael Greenberg (writer) Michael Greenberg (born 1952) is the author of the best-selling memoir '' Hurry Down Sunshine'' (Other Press, 2008), which depicts his daughter's battle with bipolar disorder, and ''Beg, Borrow, Steal'' (Other Press, 2009), a New York writer's mem ...

(born 1952), American writer *

Mike Greenberg Michael Darrow Greenberg (born August 6, 1967) is an American television anchor, television show host, radio show host for ESPN and ABC, and novelist. At ESPN, he hosted the weekday evening, most often Monday, ''SportsCenter'' and previously ES ...

(born 1967), American television and radio host *

Morton Ira Greenberg Morton Ira Greenberg (March 20, 1933 – January 28, 2021) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 11, 1987 and was confirmed by th ...

(1933–2021), United States Circuit Court judge *

Moshe Greenberg Moshe Greenberg (; July 10, 1928 – May 15, 2010) was an American rabbi, Bible scholar, and professor emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Biography Moshe Greenberg was born in Philadelphia in 1928. Raised in a Hebrew-speaking Zioni ...

(1928–2010), American rabbi and Biblical scholar *

Noah Greenberg Noah Greenberg (April 9, 1919 – January 9, 1966) was an American choral conductor. Greenberg was born in the Bronx. In 1937, aged 18, he joined the Socialist Workers Party of Max Shachtman, and worked as a lathe operator and party activist. He ...

, (1919–1966), American choral conductor *

Oscar W. Greenberg Oscar Wallace Greenberg (born February 18, 1932) is an American physicist and professor at University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. In 1964, he posited the existence of quarks that obeyed parastatistics as t ...

(born 1932), American physicist * Ralph Greenberg (born 1944), American mathematician *

Richard Greenberg Richard Greenberg (born February 22, 1958) is an American playwright and television writer known for his subversively humorous depictions of middle-class American life. He has had more than 25 plays premiere on and Off-Broadway in New York City ...

(born 1958), American playwright and television writer *

Robert Greenberg Robert M. Greenberg (born April 18, 1954) is an American composer, pianist, and musicologist who was born in Brooklyn, New York. He has composed more than 50 works for a variety of instruments and voices, and has recorded a number of lecture seri ...

(born 1954), American composer, pianist, and musicologist * Roman Greenberg (born 1982), Israeli heavyweight boxer

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Samuel Greenberg Samuel Bernard Greenberg (December 13, 1893 – August 16, 1917) was an Austrian-American Jewish poet and artist. Greenberg grew up in poverty on the Lower East Side of New York City and spent the last years of his life in and out of charity h ...

(1893–1917), American poet *

Samuel L. Greenberg Samuel L. Greenberg (November 12, 1898 – April 24, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Greenberg was born on November 12, 1898, in New York City. He graduated from Public School No. 149 in 1911; from Boys High Schoo ...

(1898–1992), New York state senator * Sanford Greenberg American philanthropist most well known for his efforts toward the goal of ending blindness *

Seth Greenberg Seth Vincent Greenberg (born April 18, 1956) is an American college basketball broadcaster who works as an analyst for ESPN. Prior to taking the position at ESPN he was a coach for 34 years, the last 22 as a head coach. Greenberg has been the h ...

, American coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies basketball team, brother of Brad Greenberg * Seymour Greenberg (1920–2006), American tennis player *

Shawn Greenberg Shawn Deborah Greenberg was appointed a judge of the Manitoba Court of King's Bench on October 30, 2003. She replaced Mr. Justice T.M. Glowacki, who elected to become a supernumerary judge. Madam Justice Greenberg received a Bachelor of Laws from ...

, Manitoba judge *

Shmuel Greenberg Shmuel "Shmulik" Greenberg (born 22 December 1975) is an Israeli politician who has served as the mayor of Beit Shemesh since March 2024. He was previously the director of the Haredi Education Department in the Jerusalem Municipality, acting and ...

, mayor of Beit Shemesh, Israel *

Stan Greenberg Stanley Bernard Greenberg (born May 10, 1945) is an American pollster and political strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party. Greenberg is a founding partner of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQR) and Democracy Corps, political consu ...

, American political strategist *

Steve Greenberg (record producer) Steve Greenberg is an American record producer currently heading the S-Curve Records label. He also manages the pop band AJR and is the host/writer of the podcast "Speed of Sound". He is noted for "discovering" popular musical acts such as ...

, American noted for "discovering" popular musical acts such as Hanson, Baha Men and Joss Stone *

Steven Greenberg (musician) Steven Phillip Greenberg (born October 24, 1950) is an American musician, record producer and the owner of the independent label October Records. He is best known for his band Lipps Inc.'s 1980 hit song " Funkytown" (which was also a hit for Au ...

, American musician best known for writing the 1980 hit song "Funkytown", performed by Lipps Inc. *

Steven Greenberg (rabbi) Steven Greenberg (born June 19, 1956) is an American rabbi with a rabbinic ordination from the Orthodox rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University (RIETS). He is described as the first openly gay Orthodox-ordained Jewish rabbi, since he publicly ...

, American rabbi, educator and author

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