Greenberg is a surname common in North America, with anglicized spelling of the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

Grünberg (''green mountain'') or the

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

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 ...

Grinberg Grinberg is a surname and Yiddish variant of Grünberg, literally "green mountain" in German. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Greenberg (cinematographer) (born 1939), Polish cinematographer * Alexander Grinberg, Soviet photographer * ...

, an artificial surname.Beider, Alexander (1993). ''A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire''. Teaneck: Avotaynu, pages 53–57. Notable people with the surname Greenberg include:

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* Abraham Greenberg (1881–1941), New York politician * Adam Greenberg (disambiguation), several people *

Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg ( he, אהרן-יעקב גרינברג, 15 March 1900 – 2 April 1963) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 1949 until 1951, and again from 1955 until his death in 1963. Biography Born in ...

(1900–1963), Israeli politician * Alan Greenberg (disambiguation), several people * Albert Greenberg, American software engineer *

Allan Greenberg Allan Greenberg (born September 1938) is an American architect and one of the leading classical architects of the twenty-first century, also known as New Classical Architecture. He was the originator and leading practitioner of "canonical cl ...

(born 1938), American new classical architect *

Andrew Greenberg Andrew Greenberg is a game designer of tabletop role-playing games and role-playing video games. Career Greenberg was one of White Wolf Publishing's original developers on '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' (1991). He was the line editor for ''Vamp ...

, American video game designer * Andrew C. Greenberg (born 1957), video game designer * Ari Greenberg (born 1981), American bridge player *

Bernard Greenberg Bernard S. Greenberg is a programmer and computer scientist, known for his work on Multics and the Lisp machine. Projects In 1978, Greenberg implemented Multics EmacsBernard S. Greenberg. ''Multics Emacs: The History, Design and Implementati ...

, American programmer and computer scientist *

Brad Greenberg Brad Howard Greenberg (born February 24, 1954) is an American basketball coach. Early life and college playing career Greenberg was one of three sons of Marilyn and Ralph Greenberg of Plainview, New York, on Long Island. One of his brothers, Seth ...

(born 1954), American basketball coach, brother of Seth Greenberg *

Bryan Greenberg Bryan Greenberg (born May 24, 1978) is an American actor and singer, known for his starring role as Ben Epstein in the HBO original series ''How to Make It in America'' as well as a recurring role as Jake Jagielski in the WB series ''One Tree H ...

(born 1978), American actor * Brooke Greenberg (1993–2013), American with "Syndrome X" condition * Carl Greenberg (1908–1984), American journalist *

Charles Greenberg Charles Louis "Charlie" Greenberg is an American composer and arranger of instrumental and vocal arrangements for classical, jazz, contemporary and musical theater productions. His career spans more than 40 years. His compositions have been perfo ...

(born 1953) American composer *

Clement Greenberg Clement Greenberg () (January 16, 1909 – May 7, 1994), occasionally writing under the pseudonym K. Hardesh, was an American essayist known mainly as an art critic closely associated with American modern art of the mid-20th century and a formal ...

(1909–1994), American art critic *

Craig Greenberg Craig Greenberg (born August 22, 1973) is an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Kentucky.

(born 1973), American politician *

Dan Greenberg Daniel Greenberg (born December 9, 1965) is an American nonprofit executive and former politician. He is a former Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, who served from 2006 through 2011. Greenberg, who lives in Little Ro ...

(born 1965), American lawyer and politician *

Daniel Greenberg (educator) Daniel A. Greenberg (28 September 1934 – 2 December 2021), was one of the founders of the Sudbury Valley School, has published several books on the Sudbury model of school organization, and has been described by Sudbury Valley School trustee Pet ...

, American columnist and educator * Daniel Greenberg (game designer), role-playing and video game designer * Daniel S. Greenberg (1931–2020), American journalist, editor and author

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Eliezer Greenberg Eliezer Greenberg (December 13, 1896 – June 2, 1977) was a Bessarabian-born Jewish-American Yiddish poet and literary critic. Life Greenberg was born on December 13, 1896 in Lipcani, Russian Empire, the son of Ezekiel Greenberg and Ethel Has ...

(1896–1977), American Yiddish poet * Elinor Miller Greenberg (1932–2021), American adult education pioneer * Ellen Rae Greenberg (1983–2011), American teacher *

Evan G. Greenberg Evan G. Greenberg (born 1955) is an American business executive. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Zürich-based insurance company Chubb Limited (formerly ACE Limited). Early life and education Greenberg is the son of ...

(born 1955), American business executive * Gail Greenberg (born 1938), American bridge player * Gerald B. Greenberg (1936–2017), American film editor *

Gary Greenberg Gary Greenberg is an American author and comedian. He is known for writing comedic material for Comedy Central. He has appeared on Comedy Central and Bravo. , he is a staff writer on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on ABC Television. In 2012, he won a Prod ...

, American TV writer, author and comedian *

Hank Greenberg Henry Benjamin Greenberg (born Hyman Greenberg; January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus", or "The Hebrew Hammer", was an American professional baseball player and team executive. He played in Major Leagu ...

(1911–1986), American Hall of Fame baseball player * Harold Greenberg (1930–1996), Canadian film producer * Hayim Greenberg (1889–1953), American philosopher of Judaism *

Ivan Greenberg Ivan Marion Greenberg (8 December 1896 – 11 March 1966) was an English journalist. He served as the editor of ''The Jewish Chronicle'' from 1935 to 1946. He was a Revisionist Zionist. Early life Ivan Greenberg was born in 1896 in London. His ...

(1896–1966), English journalist *

Irving Greenberg Irving Yitzchak Greenberg (born May 16, 1933), also known as Yitz Greenberg, is an American scholar, author and rabbi. He is known as a strong supporter of Israel, and a promoter of greater understanding between Judaism and Christianity. Early ...

(born 1933), American Modern Orthodox rabbi and author *

Jack Greenberg Jack Greenberg (December 22, 1924 – October 12, 2016) was an American attorney and legal scholar. He was the Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund from 1961 to 1984, succeeding Thurgood Marshall. He was involved in numerous crucial ...

(1924–2016), American attorney and legal scholar * Jack M. Greenberg (born 1942), American executive at McDonald's * Jay Greenberg (composer) (born 1991), American composer and cellist * Jay Greenberg (psychoanalyst) (born 1942), American psychoanalyst and psychologist * Jeffrey W. Greenberg (born 1951), American lawyer and business executive *

Jill Greenberg Jill Greenberg (born July 10, 1967) is a Canadian-born American photographer and Pop artist. She is known for her portraits and fine art work that often features anthropomorphized animals that have been digitally manipulated with painterly effec ...

(born 1967), American photographer *

Joanne Greenberg Joanne Greenberg (born September 24, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author who published some of her work under the pen name of Hannah Green. She was a professor of anthropology at the Colorado School of Mines and a volunteer Emerge ...

(born 1932), American writer *

Joseph Greenberg Joseph Harold Greenberg (May 28, 1915 – May 7, 2001) was an American linguist, known mainly for his work concerning linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages. Life Early life and education Joseph Greenberg was born on ...

(1915–2001), American linguist *

Joshua Greenberg Joshua "Josh" M. Greenberg (born 1976) is an American academic working in sociology of scientific knowledge. Greenberg is Program Director for Digital Information Technology at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Previously he was the Director of Di ...

(born 1976), American academic * L. J. Greenberg (1861–1931), British Jewish journalist

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Martin Greenberg Martin Greenberg (June 28, 1918 – October 20, 2013) was an American book publisher and editor of science fiction anthologies. Biography Greenberg married in 1941. He was in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 where he attained the rank of corporal ...

(1918–2013), American science fiction anthologist and publisher * Martin Greenberg (poet) (1918–2021), American poet and translator *

Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...

(1941–2011), American speculative fiction anthologist *

Maurice R. Greenberg Maurice Raymond “Hank” Greenberg (born May 4, 1925) is an American business executive and former chairman and chief executive officer of American International Group (AIG). Early life Greenberg was born into a Jewish family in Greenwich Vil ...

(born 1925), American business executive * Michael Greenberg (economist) (1914–1992), British economic historian * Michael Greenberg (lawyer), American lawyer *

Michael Greenberg (writer) Michael Greenberg (born 1952) is the author of the best-selling memoir ''Hurry Down Sunshine'' (Other Press, 2008), which depicts his daughter's battle with bipolar disorder, and ''Beg, Borrow, Steal'' (Other Press, 2009), a New York writer's memo ...

(born 1952), American writer *

Mike Greenberg Michael Robinette Greenberg (born August 6, 1967) is a television anchor, television show host, radio show host for ESPN and ABC, and novelist. At ESPN, he hosted the weekday evening, most often Monday, ''SportsCenter'' and previously ESPN Radio ...

(born 1967), American television and radio host *

Morton Ira Greenberg Morton Ira Greenberg (March 20, 1933 – January 28, 2021) was a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 11, 1987 and was confirme ...

(1933–2021), United States Circuit Court judge *

Moshe Greenberg Moshe Greenberg (Hebrew: משה גרינברג; July 10, 1928 – May 15, 2010) was an American rabbi, Bible scholar, and professor emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Biography Noah Greenberg Noah Greenberg (April 9, 1919 – January 9, 1966) was an American choral conductor. Greenberg was born in the Bronx. In 1937, aged 18, he joined the Socialist Workers Party of Max Shachtman, and worked as a lathe operator and party activist. He ...

, (1919–1966), American choral conductor *

Oscar W. Greenberg Oscar Wallace Greenberg (born February 18, 1932) is an American physicist and professor at University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. In 1964, he posited the existence of quarks that obeyed parastatistics as ...

(born 1932), American physicist *

Ralph Greenberg Ralph Greenberg (born 1944) is an American mathematician who has made contributions to number theory, in particular Iwasawa theory. He was born in Chester, Pennsylvania and studied at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a B.A. in 1966, after ...

(born 1944), American mathematician *

Richard Greenberg Richard Greenberg (born February 22, 1958) is an American playwright and television writer known for his subversively humorous depictions of middle-class American life. He has had more than 25 plays premiere on and Off-Broadway in New York City ...

(born 1958), American playwright and television writer *

Robert Greenberg Robert M. Greenberg (born April 18, 1954) is an American composer, pianist, and musicologist who was born in Brooklyn, New York. He has composed more than 50 works for a variety of instruments and voices, and has recorded a number of lecture seri ...

(born 1954), American composer, pianist, and musicologist *

Roman Greenberg Roman Greenberg ( he, רומן גרינברג; born May 18, 1982) is an Israeli former heavyweight boxer based in the United Kingdom, with Moldovan origins (his parents emigrated from Soviet Union when he was 6 years old), former International Bo ...

(born 1982), Israeli heavyweight boxer

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* Samuel Greenberg (1893–1917), American poet * Samuel L. Greenberg (1898–1992), New York state senator * Sanford Greenberg American philanthropist most well known for his efforts toward the goal of ending blindness *

Seth Greenberg Seth Vincent Greenberg (born April 18, 1956) is an American college basketball broadcaster who works as an analyst for ESPN. Prior to taking the position at ESPN he was a coach for 34 years, the last 22 as a head coach. Greenberg has been the he ...

, American coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies basketball team, brother of Brad Greenberg *

Seymour Greenberg Seymour Greenberg (August 10, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois – March 3, 2006 in Park Ridge, Illinois) was an amateur American clay-court specialist tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s. Greenberg was ranked U.S. No. 5 in singles in 1943 and 1944, a ...

(1920–2006), American tennis player * Shawn Greenberg, Manitoba judge *

Stan Greenberg Stanley Bernard Greenberg (born May 10, 1945) is an American pollster and political strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party. Greenberg is a founding partner of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQR) and Democracy Corps, political consul ...

, American political strategist *

Steve Greenberg (record producer) Steve Greenberg is an American record producer currently heading the S-Curve Records label. He also manages the pop band AJR and is the host/writer of the podcast "Speed of Sound". He is noted for "discovering" popular musical acts such as Hans ...

, American noted for "discovering" popular musical acts such as Hanson, Baha Men and Joss Stone *

Steven Greenberg (musician) Steven Greenberg (born October 24, 1950) is an American musician, record producer and the owner of the independent label October Records. He is best known for his band Lipps Inc.'s 1980 hit song "Funkytown" (which was also a hit for Australian b ...

, American musician best known for writing the 1980 hit song "Funkytown", performed by Lipps Inc. * Steven Greenberg (rabbi), American rabbi, educator and author

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