Eckstein is a surname of German origin, meaning "cornerstone" (''eck'' means 'corner', and ''stein'' means 'stone'). According to information gleaned from the U.S. Census, around 2,500 people in the United States have the surname Eckstein. Notable people with the surname include: *

Anna B. Eckstein Anna Bernhardine Eckstein (14 June 1868 – 16 October 1947) was a German champion of world peace, who trained as a teacher and campaigned for peace across the world. She gathered six million signatures on a petition and, in 1913, was nominated ...

, (1868-1947) German peace activist *

Arthur Eckstein Arthur Eckstein is an American historian and Distinguished professor of History at the University of Maryland-College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public university, p ...

, American historian *

Ashley Eckstein Ashley Eckstein (; born September 22, 1981) is an American actress and fashion designer. She is the founder of the fashion label Her Universe. She is best known for voicing the role of Ahsoka Tano throughout the '' Star Wars'' franchise, beginn ...

(born 1981), American actress and fashion designer *

Bernd Eckstein Bernd Eckstein (born 22 May 1953 in Mengersgereuth-Hämmern) was an East Germany, East German ski jumper who competed during the 1970s. He finished seventh in the individual large hill event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Eckstein al ...

, (Born 1953) German ski jumper *

David Eckstein David Mark Eckstein (; born January 20, 1975) is an American former professional baseball player. He was an infielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) for ten seasons. He played college baseball for the University of Florida and played professiona ...

(born 1975), American baseball player * Dieter Eckstein (born 1964), German footballer *

Emma Eckstein Emma Eckstein (1865–1924) was an Austrian author. She was "one of Sigmund Freud's most important patients and, for a short period of time around 1897, became a psychoanalyst herself". She has been described as "the first woman analyst", who b ...

(1865–1924), early patient of Sigmund Freud *

Ernestine Eckstein Ernestine Eckstein (April 23, 1941 – July 15, 1992) was an African-American woman who helped steer the LGBT social movements, United States Lesbian and Gay rights movement during the 1960s. She was a leader in the New York chapter of Daughters o ...

(1941–1992), American Black, Feminist, and LGBT activist * Ernst Eckstein (1845–1900), German humorist, novelist and poet * Hans Eckstein (1908–1985), German water polo player *

Harry H. Eckstein Harry H. Eckstein (January 26, 1924 in Schotten, Germany – June 22, 1999) was an American political scientist. He was an influential scholar of comparative politics and political culture, as well as qualitative research methods. Early life and ...

, American political scientist *

Hermann Eckstein Hermann Ludwig Eckstein (3 August 1847 – 16 January 1893) was a German-born British people, British mining magnate and banker. Life history Born in Hohenheim near Stuttgart, Germany to a Lutheran minister, he received an excellent educati ...

(1847–1893), German-born mining magnate and banker in South Africa *

John Eckstein Johann or John Eckstein (1735-1817), was a German-born sculptor, engraver and painter who worked briefly in London before establishing himself in his homeland and then in United States, America. He is not to be confused with his son, also known ...

(1736–1817), German artist * Nathan Eckstein (1873–1945), German-born American businessman *

Otto Eckstein Otto Eckstein (August 1, 1927 – March 22, 1984) was a German-American economist. He was a key developer and proponent of the theory of core inflation , which proposed that in determining accurate metrics of long run inflation, the transitory pri ...

(1927–1984), German-born economist at Harvard University, and member of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers *

Péter Eckstein-Kovács Péter Eckstein-Kovács (born July 5, 1956) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. A former member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Cluj County from 1990 to 1992 an ...

(born 1956), Romanian politician *

Rudolf Eckstein Rudolf Eckstein (1 January 1915 – 25 May 1993) was a German Rowing (sport), rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the gold medal as member of the German boat in the Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless ...

(1915–near 1939), German rower *

Shlomo Eckstein Shlomo Raber Eckstein (1 November 1929 – 12 January 2020) was an Israeli economist, and President of Bar-Ilan University. Biography Eckstein was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. His family emigrated from Germany before World War II to Mexico, which ...

(1929-2020), Israeli economist and President of

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...

Yechiel Eckstein Yechiel Eckstein (; July 11, 1951 – February 6, 2019) was an Israeli American rabbi who founded International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in 1983 and led it for many years. The objectives of the organisation were to support Jews in need ...

(1951-2019), Israeli-American rabbi

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{{surname, Eckstein German-language surnames Jewish surnames

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