Meltzer is a surname of German or Yiddish origin, meaning " malt or

beer Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from ce ...

maker". Notable people with the surname include: *

Albert Meltzer Albert Isidore Meltzer (7 January 1920 – 7 May 1996) was an English anarcho-communist activist and writer. Early life Meltzer was born in Hackney, London, of Jewish ancestry, and educated at The Latymer School, Edmonton. He was attracted to ...

(1920–1996), British anarcho-communist activist and writer * Allan Meltzer (1928–2017), American economist * Anne Meltzer, American seismologist *

Bernard Meltzer Bernard C. Meltzer (May 2, 1916 – March 25, 1998) was a United States radio host for several decades. His advice call-in show, "What's Your Problem?," aired from 1967 until the mid-1990s on stations WPHT, WCAU-AM and WKDN (AM), WPEN-AM in P ...

(1916–1998) American radio host *

Brad Meltzer Brad Meltzer (born April 1, 1970) is an American novelist, non-fiction writer, TV show creator, and comic book author. His novels touch on the political thriller, legal thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, while he has also written superher ...

(born 1970), American author *

Daniel Meltzer Daniel Julius Meltzer (December 17, 1951 – May 24, 2015) was an American lawyer and law professor who taught at Harvard Law School. He worked in the Obama Administration as Principal Deputy Counsel from January 2009 through June 1, 2010. Educat ...

(1951–2015), Professor of Law at Harvard *

Dave Meltzer David Allen Meltzer (born October 24, 1959) is an American journalist who reports on professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Since 1983, he has been the publisher and editor of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON''). He has als ...

(born 1961), American sports journalist * David Meltzer (1937-2016), American poet and musician *

Donald Meltzer Donald Meltzer (1922–2004) was a Kleinian psychoanalyst whose teaching made him influential in many countries. He became known for making clinical headway with difficult childhood conditions such as autism, and also for his theoretical innovati ...

(1922–2004), American/British psychoanalyst * Eli Meltzer (born 1979), American musician and entertainer * Ewald Meltzer (1869–1940), German asylum director *

Françoise Meltzer Françoise Meltzer (born 1947) is a professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She is the Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago. Work Meltzer's scholarship includes work on contemporar ...

(born 1947), American professor of religion * Fredrik Meltzer (1779–1855), Norwegian businessman and politician *

Harold Meltzer Harold Meltzer (born 1966 in Brooklyn) is an American composer. Harold is inspired by a wide variety of stimuli, from architectural spaces to postmodern fairy tales and messages inscribed in fortune cookies. In ''Fanfare (magazine), Fanfare Magazin ...

(born 1966), American composer *

Isser Zalman Meltzer Isser Zalman Meltzer ( he, איסר זלמן מלצר) (February 6, 1870 – November 17, 1953),Isser Zalman Meltzer "Even HaEzel" (1870 - 1953) was a famous Lithuanian Jewish and Belarusian Orthodox rabbi, rosh yeshiva and posek. He is also kn ...

(1870–1953), Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi * Jamie Meltzer, American film director *

Marlyn Meltzer Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer (1922 – December 7, 2008) was an American mathematician and computer programmer, and one of the six original programmers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. Early life Meltzer was born Mar ...

(1922–2008), one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer *

Milton Meltzer Milton Meltzer (May 8, 1915 – September 19, 2009) was an American historian and author best known for his nonfiction books on Jewish, African-American, and American history. Since the 1950s, he was a prolific author of history books in the child ...

(born 1915), American historian *

Richard Meltzer Richard Meltzer (born May 10, 1945) is an American rock critic, performer, writer and songwriter. He is considered by some rock historians to be the first to write real analysis of rock and roll and is credited with inventing "rock criticism". B ...

(born 1945), American musician and rock music critic * Rose Meltzer, American bridge player * Roza Pomerantz-Meltzer (died 1934), first woman elected to the Parliament of Poland * Samuel James Meltzer (1851–1920), Russian/American physiologist * Toby Meltzer (born 1957), American plastic and reconstructive surgeon

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{{surname Jewish surnames Yiddish-language surnames

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