Lilienthal is a German and Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alfred Lilienthal
Alfred M. Lilienthal (December 25, 1915 – October 6, 2008) was an American Jew, who was a prominent critic of Zionism and the state of Israel.
Early life
New York City-born Lilienthal studied at both Cornell and Columbia Universities and, ...
, American author
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Andor Lilienthal
Andor (André, Andre, Andrei) Arnoldovich LilienthalReuben Fine, ''The World's Great Chess Games'', Dover Publications, 1983, p. 216. . (5 May 1911 – 8 May 2010) was a Hungarian and Soviet chess player. In his long career, he played against ten ...
, Hungarian chess player
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David E. Lilienthal, (1899–1981) American public official at TVA and Atomic Energy Commission
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Gustav Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer, brother of Otto
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Max Lilienthal
Max Lilienthal (November 6, 1815 – April 6, 1882) was a German-born adviser for the reform of Jewish schools in Russia and later a rabbi and proponent of Reform Judaism in the United States.
Life and religion Work for Russian Government
Lilie ...
, Early Reform Rabbi
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Otto Lilienthal
Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man". He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with gliders, therefore making ...
, German aviation pioneer, brother of Gustav
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Peter Lilienthal
Peter Lilienthal (born 27 November 1929) is a German film director, writer, actor and producer. His 1979 film ''David'' won the Golden Bear at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1984 film '' Das Autogramm'' was entered into the 34th ...
, film director
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Philip H. Lilienthal, American lawyer, camp director, and philanthropist
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Philip N. Lilienthal
Philip Nettre Lilienthal (1850–1908) was an American banker and philanthropist. He served as a director of the California Title Insurance & Trust Company of San Francisco, the San Francisco Free Library, Union Iron Works, and was President of t ...
(1850–1908). American banker
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German-language surnames