Preminger ( he, פרמינגר) is a surname of
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 ...
origin. Notable people with the surname include:
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Eliezer Preminger
Eliezer Preminger (, 13 April 1920 – 15 September 2001) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Maki, the Hebrew Communists and Mapam between 1949 and 1951.
Biography
Born in Vienna in 1920, Preminger made aliyah ...
(1920–2001), Israeli politician
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Erik Lee Preminger
Erik Lee Preminger (born December 11, 1944) is an American writer, actor, and producer.
Early life
Preminger's birth name was Eric Lee Kirkland. His true paternity was not known to him until he was an adult. He was named by his mother Gypsy Rose ...
(born 1944), American writer and actor
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Ingo Preminger
Ingwald "Ingo" Preminger (25 February 1911 – 7 June 2006) was a film producer. He was also the literary agent for several writers, including Dalton Trumbo and Ring Lardner Jr., both of whom were blacklisted in the McCarthy era. He was the brot ...
(1911–2006), American film producer
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Noah Preminger
Noah Preminger (born ) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Music career
Born in 1986, Preminger grew up in Canton, Connecticut. While in high school, he studied with saxophonist Dave Liebman. He released his debut album, ''Dry Bridge Road'', a ...
(born 1986), American musician
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Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger ( , ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-American theatre and film director, film producer, and actor.
He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre. He first gai ...
(1905–1986), American film director
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Tanya Preminger
Tanya Preminger ( he, טניה פרמינגר), is an artist working in various media: environmental art, site-specific art, ephemeral art, sculpture, installation and photography. She is mostly known for her land art projects and large-scale s ...
(born 1945), Israeli sculptor
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