Birnbaum (surname)

Birnbaum (German: "pear tree") is a German-language family name common among Ashkenazi Jews. Notable people with the surname include:

Adam Birnbaum (born 1979), American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
Alfred Birnbaum (born 1955), American translator
Allan Birnbaum (1923-1976), American statistician
Amy Birnbaum (born 1975), American voice actress
Arved Birnbaum (1962–2021), German actor and director
Brigitte Birnbaum (born 1938), German author
Clemens Birnbaum [de] (born 1963 ), German musicologist and cultural manager
Daniel Birnbaum (born 1963), curator
Dara Birnbaum (born 1946), American feminist video artist
David Birnbaum (born 1956), Canadian politician
Dieter Birnbaum [de] (born 1931), German biologist
Dietrich Birnbaum [de] (1942-2017), German cardiac surgeon
Eduard Birnbaum (1855-1920), German musicologist
Effi Birnbaum (born 1954), Israeli professional basketball coach
Ferdinand Birnbaum [de] (1892-1947), Austrian pedagogue and psychologist
Frank Birnbaum (1922-2005), cantor
Fritz Birnbaum (1912 – 2006) Highly decorated German Panzer Officer WWII
Georg Birnbaum [de] (1890-1948), German dermatologist and university professor
George E. Birnbaum (born 1970), American international political consultant, one of "Arthur's Kid"
Hans Birnbaum [de] (1912-1980), German lawyer, Ministerialbeamter and manager
Heinrich Birnbaum (1403-1473), monk
Henrik Birnbaum (1925–2002), American linguist and Slavist
Heinz Birnbaum [de] (1920-1943), German worker and resistance fighter against Nazism
Immanuel Birnbaum [de] (1894-1982), German journalist and publicist
Jacob Birnbaum (1926-2014), human rights activist
Jeffrey Birnbaum (born 1955), American columnist
Jeremiah Birnbaum (born 1978), American singer/songwriter
Johann Michael Franz Birnbaum [de] (1792-1877), German legal scholar and playwright
Johanna Birnbaum [de] (1904-1978), German non-fiction - writer and novelist
Johann Birnbaum (1763-1832), German jurist
Karl Birnbaum (1878–1950), German neurologist
Karl Birnbaum (agronomist) [de] (1829-1907), German agronomist
Karl Birnbaum (chemist) [de] (1839-1887), German chemist
Lillian Birnbaum [de] (born 1955), Austrian - American film director and producer and photographer
Linda Birnbaum (born 1946), toxicologist and director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
Lucas Birnbaum [de] (born 1997), Austrian ice hockey player
Maria Birnbaum (politician) [de] (1872-1959), German National Liberal politician ( DVP )
Martin Birnbaum (actor) [de] (born 1970), German actor and musical actor
Menachem Birnbaum (1893-1944), book illustrator and portrait painter
Menucha Birnbaum [he] (born 1948), Israeli educator
Morton Birnbaum (1926–2005), American physician
Nathan Birnbaum (1864-1937), Jewish philosopher
George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), American singer and actor
Nico Birnbaum [de] (born 1977), German actor
Norman Birnbaum (1926–2019), American sociologist
Paula Birnbaum [de] (born 1986), German actress and entrepreneur
Philip Birnbaum (1904-1988), American translator of Jewish prayer book
Roger Birnbaum (born 1950), American film producer
Solomon Birnbaum, Yiddish linguist and son of Nathan Birnbaum
Stephen Birnbaum (1937–1991), American travel writer and editor
Steve Birnbaum (born 1991), American Major League Soccer player
Uriel Birnbaum (1894-1956), painter, caricaturist, writer and poet
Uta Birnbaum [de] (1933–2022), German theater and film director
Walter Birnbaum (theologian) [de] (1893-1987), German theologian and university professor
Walter Birnbaum (physicist) [de] (1897-1925), German physicist
Wilhelm Birnbaum [de] (1895-1980), German politician of the SPD
Yaakov (Jacob) Birnbaum (1926-2014), human rights activist
Zdzisław Birnbaum (1878-1921), Polish violinist and conductor
Zygmunt Wilhelm Birnbaum (1903-2000), Polish-American mathematician and statistician

Birnbaum (surname)

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