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Alex Goldfarb (politician) Alex Goldfarb ( he, אלכס גולדפרב, born 1 June 1947) is a former Israeli politician. Early life Alexander Goldfarb was born in Seini, Romania, and emigrated to Israel in 1963. After his military service he worked as an independent buil ...
, former Israeli politician *
Alexander Goldfarb (biologist) Alexander Davidovich Goldfarb (a.k.a. Alex Goldfarb, russian: Александр Давидович Гольдфарб; born 1947 in Moscow) is a Russian-American microbiologist, activist, and author. He emigrated from the USSR in 1975 and studied ...
, microbiologist, activist and author * Alexander Goldfarb, an alias of NKVD agent
J. Peters J. Peters (born Sándor Goldberger; 11 August 1894 – 1990) was the most commonly known pseudonym of a man who last went by the name "Alexander Stevens" in 1949. Peters was a journalist, political activist, and accused Soviet spy who was a leadin ...
* Alvin Goldfarb, president of Western Illinois University * Aron Goldfarb, founder of
G-III Apparel Group G-III Apparel Group is an American clothing company which designs, manufactures, and markets women's and men's apparel in the United States and internationally through a portfolio of highly recognizable proprietary and licensed brand names, inclu ...
* Charles Goldfarb, co-inventor of the Generalized Markup Language, a system for annotating text *
Donald Goldfarb Donald Goldfarb (born August 14, 1941 in New York City) is an American mathematician, best known for his works in mathematical optimization and numerical analysis. Goldfarb studied Chemical Engineering at Cornell University, earning a BSChE in 19 ...
(born 1941), American mathematician *
Howard Goldfarb Howard Goldfarb (born 1961 or 1962) is a Canadian poker player, chiefly noted as the runner-up of the 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP). At the time he was a 33-year-old land developer and businessman from Toronto. He made his first foray into ...
, Canadian poker player * Lawrence R. Goldfarb, CEO and founding partner of LRG Capital Group *
Michael Goldfarb (author and journalist) Michael Goldfarb (born 20 September 1950, in New York City) is an American author, journalist and broadcaster based in London since 1985. In the United States he is best known for his work for National Public Radio from 1990 to 2005. Early life ...
, an American foreign correspondent, author and broadcaster *
Michael Goldfarb (political writer) Michael L. Goldfarb (born June 6, 1980) is an American conservative political writer. He was contributing editor for ''The Weekly Standard'' and was a research associate at the Project for the New American Century.Robert Goldfarb Robert Goldfarb serves as president and CEO of Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb, the value investing firm founded in 1970 by William J. Ruane and Rick Cunniff. Goldfarb is a disciple of Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. A native of St. Loui ...
, President and CEO of Ruane, Cunniff, and Goldfarb *
Veniamin Iosifovich Goldfarb Veniamin Iosifovich Goldfarb (russian: Гольдфарб, Вениамин Иосифович; February 1, 1941 – November 12, 2019) was a Soviet scientist, Doctor of Technical Science, professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federati ...
, Soviet scientist, Doctor of Technical Science, professor. *
Warren Goldfarb Warren David Goldfarb (born 1949) is Walter Beverly Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic at Harvard University. He specializes in the history of analytic philosophy and in logic, most notably the classical decision probl ...
, philosopher and mathematician with a specialization in logic


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Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm In numerical optimization, the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno (BFGS) algorithm is an iterative method for solving unconstrained nonlinear optimization problems. Like the related Davidon–Fletcher–Powell method, BFGS determines the ...
, a method for solving nonlinear optimization problems * Goldfarb Seligman & Co., the largest law firm in Israel *
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb, based in New York, New York, New York City, is the investment firm founded in 1969 by William J. Ruane, Richard T. Cunniff and Robert Goldfarb. Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb is best known as the investment advisor and dist ...
, an investment firm in the United States {{surname Jewish surnames German-language surnames Yiddish-language surnames