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Goldstein (surname)

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Goldstein ( / ˈ ɡ oʊ l d s t i n / or / ˈ ɡ oʊ l d s t aɪ n / ; ) is a surname.1 Notable people with the surname include: Abe Goldstein , US world champion bantamweight boxer Abraham Samuel Goldstein (1925–2005), dean of Yale Law School Adam Goldstein (1973–2009), American musician and disc jockey also known as "DJ AM" Adam Goldstein , American businessman Al Goldstein (1936–2013), American publisher Baruch Goldstein (1956–1994), Israeli physician and mass murderer Bernard R. Goldstein , historian of science Boris Goldstein (1922–1987), Soviet violin prodigy Bruce Goldstein (born 1951), American film programmer, producer, archivist, historian Chris Goldstein , American radio personality Clifford Goldstein (1955–), Seventh-day Adventist author and editor Daniel Goldstein (1969–), American psychologist Don Goldstein , American basketball player Elliot Goldstein, actor known as Elliott Gould Emmanuel Goldstein , pseudonym of Eric Corley of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly Eugen(e) Goldstein (1850–1930) – a German physicist, and an early researcher in X-rays Harvey Goldstein , British statistician Harvey Goldstein, rock musician, known as Harvey Brooks Herbert Goldstein (1922–2005), American physicist Ivo Goldstein (born 1958), Croatian historian Jack Goldstein , (1945–2003), a contemporary artist Jack Goldstein , (1986 -), British Musician Jenette Goldstein (1960–) American actress Jerry Goldstein (physicist) (born 1970), space physicist Jerry Goldstein (producer) , American producer, singer songwriter and musician Jonathan Goldstein (disambiguation) Josef Goldstein (1836–1899), Austro-Hungarian cantor Joseph I. Goldstein , a Nobel Prize–winning biochemist Joseph M. Goldstein, (1868–1939), German, Swiss and Russian economist Joseph Goldstein , Buddhist teacher Kurt Goldstein (1878–1965) Leo Goldstein , American-Israeli soccer referee Leonard Goldstein, (1903–1954), American film producer Lisa Goldstein Lonnie Goldstein (1918–2013), American baseball player Louis L. Goldstein Marcus Goldstein Margie Goldstein-Engle (born 1958), American equestrian Martha Goldstein (1919–2014), American harpsichordist and pianist Marvin Goldstein Matthew Goldstein , Current chancellor of the City University of New York Max Goldstein , Romanian communist Mel Goldstein , a meteorologist Melvyn Goldstein Mikhail Goldstein , violinist Nachman Goldstein , Tcheriner Rav Paul Goldstein , American professional tennis player; USTA boys 16s & 2-time 18s singles champion Phil Goldstein Rebecca Goldstein , American novelist and professor of philosophy. Reuben Goldstein , later Reuben Goldstein Edwards, later Reuben George Edwards, manufacturer of Edward's Harlene hair restorers and colourants.2

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common surname

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surname of german and yiddish origin

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