Garfinkel is a

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

surname with variants Garfinkle, Garfinckel, Gurfinkel, Gorfinkel, Garfield etc. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles B. Garfinkel (1890–1969), New York assemblyman * Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011) sociologist * Jack Garfinkel (1918–2013), American basketball player *

Lenora Garfinkel Lenora Garfinkel (1930 – April 29, 2020) was an American architect, specializing in the design and construction of Jewish ritual buildings. Childhood and education Born Lenora Fay Josephy in 1930 in the Bronx, Garfinkel attended the High Sc ...

(1930–2020), American architect *

Marian Garfinkel Marian S. Garfinkel (April 2, 1932 – August 28, 2020) was an early researcher in the field of complementary medicine, showing that yoga could be used to treat and possibly cure a variety of hand injuries resulting from repetitive use. She st ...

, yoga practitioner who pioneered the use of yoga to treat carpal tunnel * Simson Garfinkel, computer scientist, journalist and writer specializing in the field of computer security * Yosef Garfinkel, Israeli archaeologist

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;Garfinkle * John Garfield (born Garfinkle), American actor *

Norton Garfinkle Norton Garfinkle (born February 26, 1931) is an economist, businessman and public servant. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate with honors from Columbia University and did his graduate work at Columbia University and Princeton University. He taught ...

, economist *

Richard Garfinkle Richard Garfinkle (born 1961) is an American List of science fiction authors, writer of science fiction. He is best known as the author of ''Celestial Matters'', a novel published by Tor Books, which won the Compton Crook Award in 1997. Garfinkle ...

, American science-fiction author ;Garfinckel * Julius Garfinckel (born Garfinkel), American merchant, founder of Washington, D.C., based department store chain, Garfinckel's ;Gurfinkel * David Gurfinkel (born 1938), Israeli cinematographer * Goldie Steinberg (née Gurfinkel), Moldovan-born American supercentenarian * Josefa Gurfinkel (1919–1997), Soviet chess master *

Yisrael Guri Yisrael Guri ( he, ישראל גורי, 1893 – 17 September 1965) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1949 and 1965. Biography Born Yisrael Gurfinkel in Hirişeni, Orgeyevsky Uyezd, Bessarabia ...

(born Gurfinkel), Russian-born

Israeli Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli ...

politician ;Gorfinkel * Jordan B. Gorfinkel, aka "Gorf," (born July 7, 1967), American comic book creator, newspaper cartoonist, animation and multi-media entertainment producer. ;Garfield * Andrew Garfield, (born August 20, 1983), Tony, BAFTA TV and

Golden Globe The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...

Award-winning English and American actor.

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