Halpern is a variation of the Jewish surname

Heilprin Heilprin ( he, היילפרין) is a Jewish surname with many variants. Origins Some people with the name derive it from the town of Heilbronn, Germany. "Heilbronn" means "healing well". Besides the numerous Heilbrons, Heilbronners, Heilpruns, ...

and may refer to: *

Baruch Halpern Baruch Halpern is the Covenant Foundation Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia. He was a leader of the archaeological digs at Tel Megiddo 1992–2007, as well as of an archaeological survey in southeastern Cilicia (Turkey).

, Jewish studies *

Benjamin Halpern Benjamin S. Halpern is a marine biologist and ecologist currently working at the University of California, Santa Barbara and was the recipient of the 2016 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences. Early life and education Halp ...

, American marine biologist and ecologist *

Carolyn Halpern Carolyn Tucker Halpern is an American developmental psychologist and Professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, where she is Chair of the Department of Maternal and Child Health. She is also the deputy director of the National L ...

, American psychologist *

Charles Halpern Charles Halpern is a lawyer, activist, author, educator, and meditation practitioner. He also served as the founding dean of CUNY School of Law, and as a faculty member of various prominent law schools across the country. Halpern is considered a p ...

, lawyer *

Charna Halpern Charna Halpern (born June 1, 1952) is an American comedian who is co-founder of the ImprovOlympic, now known as iO. Upon iO's founding, in 1983, with partner Del Close, she began teaching Harold to many students in the Chicago theater community ...

, co–founder of ImprovOlympic *

Cheryl Halpern Cheryl Feldman Halpern was the chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) from 2005 to 2007. She has extensive experience with overseeing pro-American media campaigns abroad. In 1990, she was confirmed as a member of the Board for Inter ...

, chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting *

David Halpern (canoeist) David Halpern (born August 18, 1955) is an American sprint kayaker who competed in the mid-1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the la ...

, (b. 1955), sprint canoer *

Diane F. Halpern Diane F. Halpern is an American psychologist and former president of the American Psychological Association (APA). She is Dean of Social Science at the Minerva Schools at KGI ( Keck Graduate Institute) and also the McElwee Family Professor of Psy ...

, American psychologist *

Ida Halpern Ida Halpern ( née Ruhdörfer; July 17, 1910 – February 7, 1987) was a Canadian ethnomusicologist. Halpern was born in Vienna, Austria. She arrived in Canada in order to flee Nazism in her native country, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1 ...

, (1910–1987), Austrian musicologist *

Jack Halpern (chemist) Jack Halpern (19 January 1925 – 31 January 2018) was an inorganic chemist, the Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry at the University of Chicago. Born in Poland, he moved to Canada in 1929 and the United States in 1962. His re ...

, (1925–2018), Polish chemist *

Jack Halpern (linguist) Jack Halpern (b. 1946; , ) is a Japan-based lexicographer specializing in Chinese characters, namely kanji. He is best known as editor-in-chief of the ''Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary'' and as the inventor of the SKIP system for kanji lookup. ...

, lexicographer *

Jake Halpern Jake Halpern (born 1975) is an American writer, commentator, and radio producer. Life and career He was born in Buffalo, New York, where he attended City Honors School. Halpern later attended Yale University, where he received an undergraduate d ...

, (b. 1975), American author *

Jeff Halpern Jeffrey Craig Halpern (born May 3, 1976) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Washington Capitals twice, Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Phoenix Co ...

, (b. 1976), American ice hockey player *

Joseph Halpern Joseph Yehuda Halpern (born 1953) is an Israeli-American professor of computer science at Cornell University. Most of his research is on reasoning about knowledge and uncertainty. Biography Halpern graduated in 1975 from University of Toronto wi ...

, computer science professor *

Justin Halpern Justin Samuel Halpern (born September 3, 1980) is the American author of the Twitter feed "Shit My Dad Says" and the best-selling book ''Sh*t My Dad Says''. He was also the co-writer and co-executive producer of a CBS $♯*! My Dad Says, televis ...

, (b. 1980), American author *

Lily Halpern Lily M. Halpern also known by the stage name Lily Lane (born November 30, 1991) is an American performer and singer. She is best known as her second reincarnation in the entertainment industry, Lily Lane, whose debut 2014 EP "Nothin' But Troub ...

, American singer *

Mitch Halpern Mitchell Howard Halpern (July 14, 1967 – August 20, 2000) was an American boxing referee who officiated some of the sport's biggest matches. Early career Halpern began his career in March 1991 and went on to referee 87 championship fights and ...

, (1967–2000), boxing referee *

Mortimer Halpern Mortimer V. Halpern (May 12, 1909 – January 3, 2006) was an actor and long-time production stage manager who worked on over 45 Broadway plays in a theatre career that spanned some 60 years. Life and career Mortimer "Morty" Halpern was born ...

, (1909–2006), American Broadway stage manager *

Moyshe Leyb Halpern Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (January 2, 1886 – August 31, 1932) was a Yiddish-language modernist poet. He was born and raised in a traditional Jewish household in Zlotshev, Galicia and brought to Vienna at the age of 12 in 1898 to study commerc ...

, (1886–1932), American Yiddish poet *

Paul Halpern Paul Halpern (; born 1961) is an American author and Professor of Physics at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Life Halpern received a Ph.D in theoretical physics, an M.A. in physics and a B.A. in physics and mathematics. He was also ...

, (b. 1961), American science writer and physicist *

Ralph Halpern Sir Ralph Mark Halpern (24 October 1938 – 10 August 2022) was a British businessman, who was the founder of Topshop and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Burton Group from 1979 to 1991. Early life Ralph Halpern was born in October 1938 i ...

(born 1938), Austrian-born British businessman *

Steven Halpern Steven Halpern is an American new-age musician. He is a Grammy Award nominee and considered one of the founding fathers of new-age music. Early career Halpern played trumpet and guitar in the New York City jazz scene of the 1960s, but became di ...

, American new age musician *

Yisroel Halpern Rabbi Yisroel Halpern, also known as Yisroel Karduner (died 1920), was a Breslov (Hasidic dynasty), Breslover Hasid who lived in Palestine (region), Ottoman Palestine at the turn of the century. Biography Born in Poland, Halpern was introduced to ...

(aka Yisroel Karduner), (d. 1920), rabbi and Breslover Hasid

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