Eisen is a German surname meaning "

iron Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in f ...

". Notable people with the surname include: *

Arnold Eisen Arnold M. Eisen, Ph.D. (born 1951) is an American Judaic scholar who was Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He stepped down at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Koshland Pr ...

, professor of Jewish studies * Arthur Arturovich Eisen, a Russian soloist with the

Alexandrov Ensemble The Alexandrov Ensemble ( rus, Ансамбль Александрова, r=Ansambl' Aleksandrova; commonly known as the Red Army Choir in the West) is an official army choir of the Russian armed forces. Founded during the Soviet era, the e ...

Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (17 August 1720 – 4 January 1778) was a French painter and engraver. Life The son and pupil of Frans Eisen, he was born at Valenciennes. In 1741 he went to Paris, and in the following year entered the studio of ...

(1720–1778), French painter and engraver *

Cliff Eisen Cliff Eisen (born 21 January 1952 in Toronto) is a Canadian musicologist and a Mozart expert. He was based in the Department of Music at King's College London. He studied at the University of Toronto and at Cornell University, and has taught at the ...

, Canadian musicologist * Erez Eisen, Israeli music producer * François Eisen. French engraver *

Gary Eisen Gary R. Eisen (born February 1, 1955) is a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives. Early life On February 1, 1955, Eisen was born in St. Clair, Michigan. Career Eisen unsuccessfully ran as an independent in the 2010 Mich ...

, American politician *

Gustav Eisen Gustavus Augustus Eisen (August 2, 1847 − October 29, 1940) was a Swedish-American polymath. He became a member of California Academy of Sciences in 1874 and a Life Member in 1883. In 1893, he became the 'Curator of Archaeology, Ethnology, and ...

, Swedish-American scientist *

Hilda Eisen Hilda Eisen (née Gimpel; April 25, 1917 – November 22, 2017) was a Polish-American businessperson, philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor. Early life Hilda Gimpel was born on April 25, 1917, in Izbica Kujawska, then part of the Kingdom of P ...

, Polish-born American businessperson, philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor *

Jonathan Eisen Jonathan Andrew Eisen (born August 31, 1968) is an American evolutionary biologist, currently working at University of California, Davis. His academic research is in the fields of evolutionary biology, genomics and microbiology and he is the ac ...

, American biologist *

Matthias Johann Eisen Matthias Johann Eisen (28 September 1857 – 6 August 1934) was an Estonian folklorist and in 1920–1927 served as the Professor of Folk Poetry at University of Tartu. Eisen is most known for his very thorough collection and a systematic typolo ...

, Estonian folklorist *

Michael Eisen Michael Bruce Eisen (born April 13, 1967) is an American computational biologist and the editor-in-chief of the journal eLife. He is a professor of genetics, genomics and development at University of California, Berkeley. He is a leading advocate o ...

, American biologist *

Norm Eisen Norman L. Eisen (born November 11, 1960) is an American attorney, author, and former diplomat. He is a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a CNN legal analyst, and the co-founder and executive chair of the States Un ...

, American lawyer and diplomat * Percy A. Eisen, American architect *

Rich Eisen Richard Eisen (; born June 24, 1969) is an American television sportscaster and radio host. Since 2003, he has worked for NFL Network as a host of various pregame, halftime, and postgame shows. He also hosts a daily sports radio show, ''The Ric ...

, American television journalist *Stanley Bert "

Paul Stanley Paul Stanley (born Stanley Bert Eisen; January 20, 1952) is an American musician who is the co-founder, frontman, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's most popular ...

" Eisen, American musician *

Theodore Eisen Theodore Eisen (July 10, 1852 - March 14, 1924) was an American architect. He designed many houses in Los Angeles, California. Early life Theodore Augustus Eisen was born on July 10, 1852 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father, Augustus Ferdinand Eisen ( ...

, American architect * Thelma "Tiby" Eisen (1922-2014), American baseball player *

Tripp Eisen Tod Rex Salvador (born June 29, 1965), known professionally as Tripp Eisen, is an American musician best known as the former guitarist of industrial metal band Static-X. He is the current guitarist for the band Face Without Fear, and a former m ...

, American musician *

Zach Tyler Eisen Zachary Tyler Eisen (born September 23, 1993) is an American former voice actor. He voiced Aang in ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', Lucas Nickle in ''The Ant Bully'', Andrew in Nick Jr's ''Little Bill'' and Pablo in the American animated televisio ...

, American voice actor Eisen is also a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese ukiyo-e artist *, Japanese potter

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