Oppenheimer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

In arts and media

Alan Oppenheimer Alan Oppenheimer (born April 23, 1930) is an American actor. He has performed numerous roles on live action television since the 1960s, and he has had an active career doing voice work since the 1970s. Early life Oppenheimer was born in New Yor ...

(born 1930), American film actor *

Andrés Oppenheimer Andrés Oppenheimer (born in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is the editor and syndicated foreign affairs columnist with ''The Miami Herald,'' anchor of "Oppenheimer Presenta" on CNN En Español, and author of seven books, several of which have been pu ...

(born 1951), Argentine author and journalist known for his analysis of Latin American politics *

Jerry Oppenheimer Jerry Oppenheimer is an American author who has written several unauthorized biographies of public figures including Hillary and Bill Clinton, Anna Wintour, Rock Hudson, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters, Ethel Kennedy, Jerry Seinfeld and the Hil ...

, American biographer *

Jess Oppenheimer Jessurun James Oppenheimer (November 11, 1913 – December 27, 1988) was an American radio and television writer, producer, and director. He was the producer and head writer of the CBS sitcom '' I Love Lucy''. Lucille Ball called Oppenheimer ...

(1913–1988), American radio and television writer, producer, and director, creator of ''I Love Lucy'' *

Joel Oppenheimer Joel Lester Oppenheimer (Jacob Hammer) (February 18, 1930 – October 11, 1988) was an American poet associated with both the Black Mountain poets and the New York School. He was the first director of the St. Marks Poetry Project (1966–68). T ...

(1930–1988), American writer *

Joshua Oppenheimer Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer (born September 23, 1974) is an American-British film director based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is known for his Oscar-nominated films ''The Act of Killing'' (2012) and ''The Look of Silence'' (2014), Oppenheimer was ...

(born 1974), American film director * Lillian Oppenheimer (1898–1992), American origami pioneer * Max Oppenheimer (1885–1954), Austrian painter and graphic artist *

Stephen Oppenheimer Stephen Oppenheimer (born 1947) is a British paediatrician, geneticist, and writer. He is a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford and an honorary fellow of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. In addition to his work in medicine and tropi ...

(born 1947), British paediatrician, geneticist, and writer on genetics and human prehistory

In business

Minerals

* Bernard Oppenheimer (1866–1921), South African and British diamond merchant and philanthropist, brother of Ernest *

Ernest Oppenheimer Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (22 May 1880 – 25 November 1957), KStJ was a diamond and gold mining entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist, who controlled De Beers and founded the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa. Career Ernest Oppenhe ...

(1880–1957), diamond and gold mining entrepreneur and financier; controlled De Beers and founded the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, brother of Bernard * Harry Frederick Oppenheimer (1908–2000), South African businessman of De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, son of Ernest *

Nicky Oppenheimer Nicholas F. Oppenheimer (born 8 June 1945) is a South African billionaire businessman. He was formerly the chairman of De Beers diamond mining company and of its subsidiary, the Diamond Trading Company, and former deputy chairman of Anglo Ame ...

(born 1945), chairman of De Beers and of The Diamond Trading Company, son of Harry

Other businesses

Damon Oppenheimer Damon T. Oppenheimer (born 1962) is Vice President and Director of Amateur Scouting for the New York Yankees. Playing career Oppenheimer attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he played college baseball as a catcher for the USC ...

(born 1962), Vice President and Director of Amateur Scouting for the New York Yankees *

Joseph Süß Oppenheimer Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698? – February 4, 1738) was a German Jewish banker and court Jew for Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg in Stuttgart. Throughout his career, Oppenheimer made scores of powerful enemies, some of whom conspired to b ...

(1698–1738), financial adviser to Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg *

Samuel Oppenheimer Samuel Oppenheimer (born 21 June 1630, Heidelberg – 3 May 1703, Vienna) was an Ashkenazi Jewish banker, imperial court diplomat, factor, and military supplier for the Holy Roman Emperor. He enjoyed the special favor of Emperor Leopold I, to w ...

(1635–1703), Jewish banker *

Peter Oppenheimer Peter Oppenheimer is the former senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Apple Inc and has been a member of the board of directors of Goldman Sachs since 2014. Oppenheimer spent 18 years at Apple, reporting directly to CEO Tim C ...

, American business executive, first CFO of Apple Inc

In government and law

* Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer (1916–2011), lawyer and Rotary District Governor for Puerto Rico * David Oppenheimer (1834–1897), second mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada *

Kay Oppenheimer Kay Oppenheimer is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. T ...

, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives * Santiago Oppenheimer (1869 – ca. 1930), mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1906 * Suzi Oppenheimer (born 1934), New York politician

In science and academia

* Clive Oppenheimer (born 1964), British volcanologist *

Daniel M. Oppenheimer Daniel M. Oppenheimer is a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in the Social and Decision Sciences, Department of Social and Decision Sciences. Previously, he was a professor at the UCLA UCLA Anderson School of Management, Ander ...

, American professor of psychology at UCLA *

Frank Oppenheimer Frank Friedman Oppenheimer (August 14, 1912 – February 3, 1985) was an American particle physicist, cattle rancher, professor of physics at the University of Colorado, and the founder of the Exploratorium in San Francisco. A younger brother ...

(1912–1985), American physicist, brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer, founder of the Exploratorium in San Francisco *

Franz Oppenheimer Franz Oppenheimer (March 30, 1864 – September 30, 1943) was a German Jewish sociologist and political economist, who published also in the area of the fundamental sociology of the state. Life and career After studying medicine in Freiburg and ...

(1864–1943), German sociologist and political economist * Hillel Oppenheimer (1899–1971), Israeli professor of botany, son of Franz *

Jane M. Oppenheimer Jane Marion Oppenheimer (1911–1996) was an American embryologist and historian of science. Early life, interests, and education Oppenheimer was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James H. Oppenheimer and Sylvia Stern. Her father, a phys ...

(1911–1996), American embryologist and historian of science *

J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer (; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist. A professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is oft ...

(1904–1967), American physicist who headed the Manhattan Project, known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb" *

Katherine Oppenheimer Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer ( Puening; August 8, 1910 – October 27, 1972) was a German American biologist, botanist, and a member of the Communist Party of America. She is best known as the common-law wife of activist Joe Dallet, and then t ...

(1910–1972), German-American biologist, wife of J. Robert Oppenheimer *

Michael Oppenheimer Michael Oppenheimer (born February 28, 1946) is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, the Department of Geosciences, and the Princeton Environmental Ins ...

, American professor of geosciences at Princeton University, authority on climate change *

Rebecca Oppenheimer Rebecca Oppenheimer is an American astrophysicist and one of four curator/professors in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Oppenheimer is a comparative exoplanetary sci ...

(born 1972), American astrophysicist *

(born 1947), British popular science writer in prehistory

In other fields

(born 1962), Vice President and Director of Amateur Scouting for the New York Yankees *

David Oppenheim (rabbi) David Oppenheim (1664 – 12 September 1736) was the chief rabbi of Nikolsburg in 1689 and later of Prague. His book collection constitutes an important part of the Hebrew section of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Personal background Oppenheim ...

(1664–1736), also called Oppenheimer, rabbi of Prague and bibliophile * Isabel la Negra (1901–1974), also known as Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, Puerto Rican criminal * Joseph Oppenheimer (1820–1893), German-British businessman and inventor of telegraphic equipment * Josh Oppenheimer (born 1970), Israeli-American basketball coach, and former basketball player *

Thomas Oppenheimer Thomas Oppenheimer (born December 16, 1988) is a German professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He previously played under contract with Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing career ...

(born 1988), German ice hockey player