Axelrod or Akselrod (variant:
Axelrad Axelrad is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Albert S. Axelrad (born 1938), American rabbi
* Édouard Axelrad (1918–2006), French writer
* John Axelrad, editor of films including '' We Own the Night''
*Nancy Axelrad, publisher ...
, meaning "axle wheel") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Albert Axelrod
Albert "Albie" Axelrod (February 12, 1921 – February 24, 2004) was an American foil fencer.
He was a five-time Olympian for the US, won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics, and was the only American men's foil fencer to reach the finals at the ...
(1921–2004), American Olympic medalist foil fencer
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Barry Axelrod
Barry Evan Axelrod (born August 21, 1946) is an American sports agent and lawyer who specializes in sports, entertainment and business law.
Education
He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Hist ...
(born 1946), American sports agent
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Beth Axelrod, American executive
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Daniel I. Axelrod
Daniel Isaac Axelrod (July 16, 1910 – June 2, 1998) was an American paleoecologist specializing in Tertiary Cordilleran floras, in particular correlating fossil evidence of specific floras with climate change indicators.
Biography
He received ...
(1910–1998), American paleoecologist, botanist, and geologist, known by author abbreviation "Axelrod"
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David Axelrod (born 1955), American political consultant who worked on campaigns of Barack Obama and Richard M. Daley
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David Axelrod (musician) (1936–2017), American classical musician
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Donald Axelrod (1916–1999), American academic
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Dylan Axelrod
Dylan Davis Haines Axelrod (born July 30, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds.
At Santa Barbara High School Axelrod was the 2003 ...
(born 1985), American MLB baseball player
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George Axelrod (1922–2003), American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director
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Herbert R. Axelrod
Herbert Richard Axelrod (June 7, 1927 – May 15, 2017) was an American tropical fish expert, a publisher of pet books, and an entrepreneur. In 2005 he was sentenced in U.S. court to 18 months in prison for tax fraud.
Early life
Axelrod was born ...
(1927–2017), American author, publisher and ichthyologist
* Jason David Axelrod AKA
David Ha'ivri
David Ha'ivri ( he, דוד העברי, born Jason David Axelrod, 1967) is an Israeli and an independent political strategist, who focuses on foreign relations, he has worked closely with Christian Zionists and leading politicians in Washington DC ...
(born 1967), Jewish-Israeli settler activist and spokesman
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Jim Axelrod
Jim Axelrod (born January 25, 1963) is the Chief Investigative Correspondent for CBS News and reports across all CBS News programs and platforms.
Axelrod was one of CBS News' embedded correspondents in Iraq and was the first TV reporter to broa ...
(born 1963), American reporter for CBS
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John Axelrod
John Neal Axelrod (born March 28, 1966, in Houston, Texas) is an American conductor. Axelrod was elected Artistic and musical director of the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville in 2014(ABC de SevillaRetrieved 2014-11-26./ref> and is Principal Co ...
(born 1966), American conductor
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Julius Axelrod
Julius Axelrod (May 30, 1912 – December 29, 2004) was an American biochemist. He won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970 along with Bernard Katz and Ulf von Euler. The Nobel Committee honored him for his work on the re ...
(1912–2004), American biochemist who won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970
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Lyubov Axelrod (1868–1946), Russian Marxist philosopher and revolutionary
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Max M. Axelrod
Max M. Axelrod (February 22, 1911 – March 30, 2004) was a businessman, sports pioneer, and social welfare activist from Cleveland, Ohio. He is known for founding the ''Cleveland Jewish News'' and Lake Forest Country Club and his charitable work w ...
(1911–2004), American philanthropist and activist
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Meer Akselrod
Meer Moiseevich Akselrod, also Meyer Axelrod (1902–1970) (Russified form of the first name Mark) was a Belarusian Painting, painter best known for his watercolor paintings of Jewish life in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
Life
Akse ...
(1902–1970), Russian painter known for paintings of Jewish life in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
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Paul Axelrod
Paul Douglas Axelrod (born 11 December 1949) is a Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education at York University, of which he was dean from 2001 to 2008. He has written widely on the history and political economy of schooling and higher education. ...
(born 1949), British author and professor and dean at York University
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Pavel Akselrod (1850–1928), also spelled Pavel Axelrod, Russian Menshevik revolutionary
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Robert Axelrod (born 1943), American professor of political science at the University of Michigan who has written about the evolution of cooperation
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Robert Axelrod (actor)
Robert Axelrod (died September 7, 2019), also credited as Axel Roberts and Myron Mensah, was an American actor. He was primarily known for his voice work, which included ''Digimon'', having started voice acting for the English-language versions ...
(1949–2019), American actor who has been in movies and TV shows, often as a voice actor
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Victor Axelrod, American independent music producer and artist
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