Feinberg

Feinberg, Feinberger; Russian: Фейнберг

Origin
Language	Yiddish
Meaning	fine, beautiful + mountain
Region of origin	Ukraine, Russia, Soviet, Israel, United States
Other names
Variant forms	Fein (< {fin, vin}), Feine, Feiner, Feinert, Feinbaum, Feinblatt, Feinbruck (Feinbruk, Feinbrik), Feinbuch (Feinbauch), Feinglas (Feinglass), Feingold (= Gingold), Feinknopf, Feinkohl (Feinkol), Feinkopf, Feinkuch (Feinkuchen), Feinmann, Feynman, Feinsilber, Feinsinger, Feinstadt (Feinstad), Feinstein, Feintuch (Fayntikh, Feintichel), Feinwachs (Feinwax); Schön Similar surnames Feinschel Feingenbaum Feind (Feindt), Feindel, Feindl, Feindstein Fehn Feimann, Faimann
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Feinberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Feinberg, American rollerblading champion
• Abraham Feinberg (1899–1986), American rabbi and singer
• Ada Feinberg-Sireni (1930–2025), Israeli politician
• Andrew Feinberg, American journalist
• Andrew Feinberg (geneticist), American epigenetics academic
• Avshalom Feinberg (1889–1917), a leader of Nili
• Baruch Feinberg (1933–2007), Israeli Olympic javelin thrower
• Benjamin F. Feinberg (1888–1959), New York politician
• Charles L. Feinberg (1909–1995), American biblical scholar, first dean of Talbot Theological Seminary
• Israel Lewis Feinberg (1872–1941), New York City coroner
• Gerald Feinberg (1933–1992), American physicist
• Ian Feinberg (1963–1993), Israeli lawyer murdered by Islamic terrorists in Gaza
• Jay Feinberg, American community activist and founder of Gift of Life Marrow Registry
• Joel Feinberg (1926–2004), American philosopher
• John Feinberg, American theologian
• Kenneth Feinberg, American attorney, Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
• Leon Feinberg, (1897–1969) Russian-American Yiddish poet and journalist
• Leslie Feinberg, transgender activist
• Louis Feinberg (1902–1975), birth name of Larry Fine, one of The Three Stooges
• Martin Feinberg, American mathematician
• Mildred Feinberg (1899–1990), American artist
• Paul Feinberg (1938–2004), American theologian
• Samuel Feinberg (1902–1989), birth name of Sammy Fain, American popular music composer
• Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962), Russian composer and pianist
• Sarah Feinberg (born 1977), American Interim President of the New York City Transit Authority, and former Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration
• Savely Moiseevich Feinberg (1910–1973), Soviet nuclear physicist, chief engineer of the VVER reactor design
• Steve Feinberg, founder of Cerberus Capital Management

See also

• 15569 Feinberg (asteroid)
• Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University