Rosen is a surname of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, the name deriving from the German word for roses. Notable people with this surname include:

People

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Adam Rosen Adam Joseph Rosen (April 12, 1984 – December 19, 2021), often known as AJ Rosen, was an American-British Olympic luger, the nation's best, who debuted in 2003.Al Rosen Albert Leonard Rosen (February 29, 1924 – March 13, 2015), nicknamed "Flip" and "The Hebrew Hammer", was an American baseball third baseman and right-handed slugger for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball for ten seasons in the 194 ...

(1924–2015), American All Star and MVP baseball player *

Al Rosen (actor) Albert Rosen (May 9, 1910 – August 2, 1990) was an American actor. He is known for his recurring role of " Al" in the television sitcom ''Cheers''. Biography Rosen was born in Maryland. He acted in several films in the 1940s, then in the 1970s ...

(1910–1990), American actor in ''Cheers'' *

Albert Rosen Albert Rosen (14 February 192423 May 1997) was an Austrian-born and Czech/Irish-naturalised conductor associated with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the Wexford Festival, the National Theatre in Prague and J. K. Tyl Theatre in P ...

(1924–1997), conductor *

Andrea Rosen Andrea Rosen (born September 29, 1974) is an American comedian and actress most notable for her work with comedy troupes Stella and Variety Shac, and for her appearances in numerous television commercials. She is the creator of '' Take Me to Y ...

(born 1974), American comedian and actress *

Andy Rosen Andy Rosen, stage name Goat, is an American singer, best known for his song "Great Life", which appeared on the soundtrack of the film, '' I Know What You Did Last Summer''. The same song is perhaps more recognizable from its repeated airing ...

(also known as Goat), American musician *

Anton Rosen Anton Rosen (13 September 1859 – 2 July 1928) was a Danish architect, furniture designer, decorative artist and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In his architecture, he combined a free Historicist style with inspiration ...

(1859–1928), Danish architect *

Barry Rosen Barry Rosen is an American former diplomat who was held hostage during the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis. Rosen was the press attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when it was seized by militants on November 4, 1979. He was held for 444 days, ...

, American diplomat held during the

Iran hostage crisis On November 4, 1979, 52 United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over t ...

Beatrice Rosen Beatrice Rosen (born Béatrice Rosenblatt) is a French-American actress. She is internationally known for her role in the film ''2012'' (2009). Early life and education Rosen was born in New York City and grew up in Paris where she started acti ...

(born 1984), French-American actress * Carl Gustaf von Rosen (1909–1977), Swedish pioneer aviator *

Charles Rosen Charles Welles Rosen (May 5, 1927December 9, 2012) was an American pianist and writer on music. He is remembered for his career as a concert pianist, for his recordings, and for his many writings, notable among them the book ''The Classical Sty ...

(1927–2012), American pianist and author *

Charles Rosen (scientist) Charles Rosen (December 7, 1917 – December 8, 2002) was a pioneer in artificial intelligence and founder of SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center. He led the project that led to the development of Shakey the Robot, "who" now resides ...

(1917–2002), Canadian artificial intelligence researcher *

Charley Rosen Charles Elliot Rosen (born January 18, 1941) is an American author and former basketball player and basketball coach. Career The 6' 8" Rosen played college basketball at Hunter College in New York City for three seasons (1959–62), setting s ...

(born 1941), American basketball coach and sports writer *

Conrad von Rosen Conrad von Rosen (1628–1715) was a soldier from Livonia, who served in the French army under Louis XIV from 1646 on. He fought in the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) and the Nine Years' War (1688–1691). In 1689 he went to Ireland with Jame ...

(1628–1715), Marshal of the French Army * Daniel Rosen, comedian and announcer * David Rosen (disambiguation), several people, including: **

David Rosen (artist) David Grant Rosen (26 November 1959 – 3 March 2014) was a South African fashion designer and artist. Trained as a Painting, painter, he is known primarily for his political fashion, art and activism, from his anti-apartheid designs in the 19 ...

(born 1959), South African artist and fashion designer **

David Rosen (business) David M. Rosen (born January 22, 1930) is an American businessman and the co-founder of the Japanese video game company Sega. He retired from the company as Chair (official), Chairman in 1996. Career Rosen Enterprises, Ltd. Rosen served in the ...

(born 1934), chief executive officer of SEGA **

David Rosen (entomologist) David Rosen (20 April 1936 - 8 January 1997 ) was an Israeli entomologist known for his work on pest control. He was also a specialist on the taxonomy of the Chalcidoidea. He served as Vigevani Professor of Agriculture and Professor of Entomology at ...

(1936-1997), Israeli entomologist **

David Rosen (musicologist) David Rosen (born September 21, 1938, in San Francisco) is an expert in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Italian opera. He is noted for having discovered the complete score of Messa per Rossini, presumed lost, in the archives of the Itali ...

(born 1938), professor of musicology at Cornell University **

David Rosen (politics) David Rosen is an American political fundraiser. Life Rosen was employed as Hillary Clinton's campaign finance director in her campaign for a United States Senate seat in 2000. He was indicted on charges of false campaign finance reports related ...

, fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in 2000 **

David Rosen (rabbi) David Shlomo Rosen KSG CBE (born 1951) is the former Chief Rabbi of Ireland (1979–1985) and currently serves as the American Jewish Committee's International Director of Interreligious Affairs. From 2005 until 2009 he headed the Internation ...

(born 1951), former Chief Rabbi of Ireland ** David M. Rosen, American anthropologist *

Eliyahu Chaim Rosen Eliyahu Chaim Rosen (1899–1984) was a respected rabbi and leader of the Breslov Hasidim in Uman, Ukraine before World War II. After immigrating to Israel in 1936, he founded the Breslover Yeshiva in Jerusalem and served as its rosh yeshiva ...

(1899–1984), Polish-born rabbi in the Ukraine *

Eric Rosen (disambiguation) Eric Rosen may refer to: * Erik Rosén (1883–1967), Swedish film actor * Eric S. Rosen (born 1953), American judge * Eric Rosen (playwright) (born 1970), American theater director and playwright * Eric Rosen (chess player) Eric Rosen (born Se ...

, several people, including: ** Eric S. Rosen (born 1953), Kansas Supreme Court Justice **

Eric Rosen (playwright) Eric Brent Rosen (born September 23, 1970) is an American theater director and playwright. Education Rosen attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and completed a doctorate of performance studies at Northwestern University. C ...

(born 1970), American theater director and playwright **

Eric Rosen (chess player) Eric Rosen (born September 3, 1993) is an American chess player. He was awarded the FIDE Master title in 2011 and the International Master title in 2015. Rosen began playing chess as a child with his father and brother and became the United State ...

(born 1993), American chess player and streamer *

Eunice Rosen Eunice Marya Rosen (born September 6, 1930) is an American bridge player. She is married to fellow bridge champion William Rosen. In 1958 and in 1966, Eunice and Bill won the Master Mixed Teams, now known as the Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match tourn ...

(born 1930), American bridge player *

Fred Rosen (disambiguation) Fred Rosen may refer to: * Fred Rosen (physician) (1930–2005), paediatrician and immunologist at Harvard Medical School * Fred Rosen (author), true crime author and former columnist for ''The New York Times'' * Fred Rosen (businessman) Fredri ...

, several people, including: ** Fred Rosen (author), true crime author and former columnist for ''The New York Times'' **

Fred Rosen (businessman) Fredric "Fred" D. Rosen is an American attorney and business executive. He was the president and chief executive officer of Ticketmaster from 1982 to 1998. Early life Fredric D. Rosen grew up in New Rochelle, New York.Janet MorrisseyCan Ticketmas ...

, former CEO of Ticketmaster, co-founder of the Bel Air Homeowners Alliance ** Fred Rosen (physician) (1930–2005), American medical researcher * Freda Rosen (1945–2007), American playwright, director, political activist, social therapist and mentor * Friedrich Rosen (1856–1935), German Orientalist, diplomat and politician *

Gerald Ellis Rosen Gerald Ellis Rosen (born October 26, 1951) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Professional career Prior to taking the bench, Rosen was a senior partner in the law ...

(born 1951), American judge * Gerald Harris Rosen (born 1933), American theoretical physicist *

Goody Rosen Goodwin George Rosen (August 28, 1912 – April 6, 1994) was a Canadian professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) before and after World War II for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants. He batted and threw le ...

(1912–1994), Canadian All Star major league baseball player * Gustaf-Fredrik von Rosen (1895–1956), Swedish officer and murderer *

Harold Rosen (electrical engineer) Harold A. Rosen (March 20, 1926 – January 30, 2017) was an American electrical engineer, known as "the father of the geostationary satellite", and "father of the communications satellite". He formed and led the team that designed and built the fi ...

(born 1926), American electrical engineer *

Harry Rosen Harry Rosen, CM (born 1931) is the founder and executive chairman of the Canadian luxury men's wear store Harry Rosen Inc., which in 2015 was Canada's largest upscale menswear retailer. Early life Born and raised in Toronto to a Jewish family, ...

(born 1931), Canadian businessman * Harvey Rosen, Canadian mayor * Herb Rosen, founder of Skippers Seafood & Chowder House *

Hilary Rosen Hilary Rosen (born 1958) is the former head of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). She was a columnist for ''The Washington Post'', became the first Washington editor-at-large and political director of ''The Huffington Post'', ...

(born 1958), former chief executive of the RIAA

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Jack Rosen Jack Rosen (born 1949) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and activist. He is president of the American Jewish Congress and chairman of the American Council for World Jewry. He is the Chief Executive Officer of New York real es ...

(born 1949), chairman of the American Jewish Congress *

Jacky Rosen Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen (née Spektor; born August 2, 1957) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the U.S. representative for Nevada's 3rd congression ...

(born 1957), American politician * James Rosen (disambiguation), several people, including: ** James Rosen (jurist) (1909–1972), United States federal judge **

James Rosen (journalist) James Samuel Rosen (born September 2, 1968) is an American journalist, television correspondent, and author, who is a former Washington, D.C. correspondent for the Fox News Channel. At the end of 2017, Rosen left Fox News after multiple accusa ...

, American journalist *

Jay Rosen Jay Rosen (born May 5, 1956) is a writer, and a professor of journalism at New York University. Rosen is a contributor to ''De Correspondent'' and a member of the George Foster Peabody Awards board of directors. Biography Rosen has been on ...

(born 1956), American journalism professor *

Jay Rosen (drummer) Jay Rosen (born November 20, 1961) is an American jazz drummer. He is a member of Trio X with Joe McPhee and Dominic Duval and performs in Cosmosomatics with Sonny Simmons. Career At age 10, Rosen became interested in jazz drumming after seeing ...

(born 1961), American musician * Jeffrey Rosen (disambiguation), several people *

Jelka Rosen Hélène Sophie Emilie Rosen, known as Jelka, (30 December 186828 May 1935) was a German painter, best known as the wife of the English composer Frederick Delius. She was born in Belgrade in 1868. She was the youngest of five children born to ...

(1868–1935), Serbian painter *

Jeremy Rosen Jeremy Rosen (born ) is an Orthodox rabbi, author, and lecturer. Rosen is an advocate of modern Orthodox Judaism which aims to balance tolerance of modernity, individual variations and a commitment to Jewish law (''Halacha''). His articles and ...

(born 1942), British-born Orthodox rabbi * John Rosen, Canadian criminal defence lawyer *

Joseph Rosen Joseph Rosen (Yiddish: יוסף ראָזין, ''Yosef Rosin''; 1858 – 5 March 1936) known as the Rogatchover Gaon (Genius of Rogachev) and Tzofnath Paneach (Decipherer of Secrets—the title of his main work), was a rabbi and one of the mo ...

(1858–1936), rabbi, the Rogatchover Gaon * Joseph A. Rosen (1877–1949), American agronomist *

Josh Rosen Joshua Ballinger Lippincott Rosen (born February 10, 1997) is an American football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, receiving Freshman All-American and ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Kelly Rosen Kelly Rosen (born 23 November 1995) is an Estonian women's association football, who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up a ...

(born 1995), Estonian footballer *

Larry Rosen (executive) Larry Rosen (born March 8, 1956) is the chairman and CEO of Harry Rosen Inc., a privately owned, luxury menswear chain based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Early life Larry Rosen was born in Toronto, eldest son of Harry Rosen, founder of Harry ...

, Canadian retail chief executive officer *

Lawrence Rosen (anthropologist) Lawrence Rosen (born 1941) is an American anthropologist and scholar of law. He is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University and adjunct professor of law at Columbia University. Rosen earned his B.A. at Brand ...

anthropologist *

Lawrence Rosen (attorney) Lawrence Rosen (also Larry Rosen) is an attorney and computer specialist. He is a founding partner of Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a Californian technology law firm, specializing in intellectual property protection, licensing and business transactions f ...

, American attorney and computer specialist *

Leo Rosen Leo Rosen was a U.S. cryptanalyst who worked with Frank Rowlett at Signals Intelligence Service (S.I.S.) before the start of World War II on Japanese ciphers. Rowlett found a method to read the messages enciphered on the Japanese PURPLE machine ...

, American cryptoanalyst *

Louis Rosen Louis Rosen (June 10, 1918 – August 15, 2009) was a nuclear physicist, the "father" of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center accelerator (LAMPF, now known as LANSCE). Dr. Rosen held a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the Univers ...

(1918–2009), nuclear physicist *

Magnus Rosén Klas Magnus Rosén is a Swedish musician, born 1963 in Gothenburg. He was the bassist of Swedish band HammerFall from 1997 to 2007. Magnus Rosén started to play bass when he was 15 years old. after playing bass for three years he went on his ...

(born 1963), Swedish musician * Marion Rosen (1914-2012), German-American physiotherapist *

Mel Rosen Melvin "Mel" Rosen (March 24, 1928 – March 25, 2018) was an American track coach. He was head coach of the Auburn University Tigers track team for 28 years, from 1963 to 1991, during which time the team won four consecutive Southeastern Confere ...

(born 1928), American track coach *

Martin Rosen (director) Martin Gerald Rosen (born August 31, 1936) is an American filmmaker and theater producer. He directed the animated film adaptations of ''Watership Down'' (1978) and ''The Plague Dogs'' (1982), both from the Richard Adams novels. Career Rosen or ...

, British film director *

Michael Rosen Michael Wayne Rosen (born 7 May 1946) is a British children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster and activist who has written 140 books. He served as Children's Laureate from 2007 to 2009. Early life Michael Wayne Ros ...

(born 1946), English poet, broadcaster and educationalist *

Michel de Rosen Michel de Rosen (born February 18, 1951) is the chairman of Faurecia and was the CEO of Eutelsat Communications from 2009 to 2016. He is a non-executive member of the board of directors of ABB. He was chief executive officer and chairman of the ...

(born 1951), U.S. businessman * Milton Rosen (1915–2014), Engineer and project manager in the US space program *

Moishe Rosen Martin "Moishe" Rosen (April 12, 1932 – May 19, 2010) was an American minister and the founder and former Executive Director of Jews for Jesus, a Christian missionary organization that focuses on evangelism to Jews. Biography Rosen was born in ...

(1932–2010), founder of Jews for Jesus *

Moses Rosen Moses Rosen (known in Hebrew as David Moshe Rosen, ) (July 23, 1912 – May 6, 1994) was Chief Rabbi (Rav Kolel) of Romanian Jewry between 1948–1994 and president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania between 1964–1994. He led th ...

(1912–1994), Chief Rabbi of Romania *

Nancy Rosen Nancy Rosen is an independent curator based in New York City. In 1980, she founded Nancy Rosen Incorporated, an organization which assists a broad range of government agencies, not-for-profit and academic institutions, corporations, professiona ...

, U.S. sculptor *

Nathan Rosen Nathan Rosen (Hebrew: נתן רוזן; March 22, 1909 – December 18, 1995) was an American-Israeli physicist noted for his study on the structure of the hydrogen atom and his work with Albert Einstein and Boris Podolsky on entangled wave functio ...

(1909–1995), Israeli physicist *

Nir Rosen Nir Rosen (born May 17, 1977 in New York City) is an American journalist and chronicler of the Iraq War, who resides in Lebanon. Rosen writes on current and international affairs. In 2014 he was a special adviser for the Centre for Humanitarian Di ...

(born 1977), American journalist and chronicler of the Iraq War *

Paul Rosen Paul Rosen (born April 26, 1960) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey goalie and motivational speaker from Thornhill, Ontario. Career Rosen suffered a leg injury during a hockey game as a youth, and the resulting damage, infections, and pain to his ...

(born 1960), Canadian sledge hockey goalie and motivational speaker *

Phil Rosen Philip E. Rosen (May 8, 1888 – October 22, 1951) was an American film director and cinematographer. He directed more than 140 films between 1915 and 1949. He was born in Marienburg, German Empire (now, Malbork, Poland), grew up in Ma ...

(1888–1951), American film director and cinematographer *

Pinchas Rosen Pinchas Rosen ( he, פנחס רוזן, born Felix Rosenblüth, 1 May 1887 – 3 May 1978) was an Israeli statesman, and the country's first Minister of Justice, serving three times during 1948–51, 1952–56, and 1956–61. He was also leader of ...

(1887–1978), Israeli founder, statesman and lawyer * Rachel Rosen (born 1993), American physicist * Rich Rosen (born 1956), software developer * Robert Rosén (born 1987), Swedish ice hockey player * Robert Rosen (disambiguation), several people, including: **

Robert Rosen (photographer) Robert Rosen (born 1953) is an Australian fashion, social and fine art photographer. Life and work Born in South Africa, he emigrated with his family to Australia in 1960 and grew up in suburban Melbourne. After high school, he studied photograph ...

, Australian photographer **

Robert Rosen (theoretical biologist) Robert Rosen (June 27, 1934 – December 28, 1998) was an American theoretical biologist and Professor of Biophysics at Dalhousie University. Career Rosen was born on June 27, 1934 in Brownsville (a section of Brooklyn), in New York City. He stu ...

(1934–1998), American theoretical biologist ** Robert Rosen (writer) (born 1952), American writer *

Roman Rosen Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen (russian: Роман Романович Розен) (February 24, 1847 – December 31, 1921) was a diplomat in the service of the Russian Empire. Biography Rosen was from a Baltic German nobility (with a Swedish titl ...

(1849–1921), Russian diplomat *

Sam Rosen (comics) Sam Rosen (died 1992), often credited as S. Rosen, was an American calligrapher best known as a letterer for Marvel Comics during the period fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comic Books. Along with letterer Artie Simek, Rosen lettered an ...

(died 1992), comic book author *

Sam Rosen (sportscaster) Sam Rosen (born Samuel Rosenblum, August 12, 1947) is an American sportscaster and Hockey Hall of Famer, best known as the primary play-by-play announcer for the National Hockey League's New York Rangers games on MSG. On June 8, 2008, Rosen wa ...

(born 1948), U.S. sportscaster *

Selina Rosen Selina Rosen (born February 2, 1960) is a U.S. science fiction publisher, editor, and author. In 1995 she founded her own publishing house, Yard Dog Press, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, and science fiction genres. She is the 2011 recipie ...

(born 1960), U.S. science fiction publisher, editor, and author *

Shabtai Rosenne Shabtai Rosenne (Hebrew: שבתאי רוזן) (24 November 1917 – 21 September 2010) was a Professor of International Law and an Israeli diplomat. Rosenne was awarded the 1960 Israel Prize for Jurisprudence, the 1999 Manley O. Hudson Medal f ...

(1917–2010), UK-born Israeli professor and diplomat *

Shlomo Rosen Shlomo Rosen ( he, שלמה רוזן, 21 June 1905 – 7 December 1985) was an Israeli politician and minister. Born in Moravská Ostrava in Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic), Rosen emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1926. He joined ...

(1905–1985), Israeli politician and minister *

Sherwin Rosen Sherwin Rosen (September 29, 1938 – March 17, 2001) was an American labor economist. He had ties with many American universities and academic institutions including the University of Chicago, the University of Rochester, Stanford University a ...

(1938–2001), American labor economist * (born 1978), Prime Rabbi of Romania * Stan Rosen (1906–1984), American NFL football player *

Stanley Rosen Stanley Rosen (July 29, 1929 – May 4, 2014) was Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy and Professor Emeritus at Boston University. His research and teaching focused on the fundamental questions of philosophy and on the most important figur ...

(1929-2014), American philosopher * Stephen Rosen (disambiguation) or Steven Rosen, several people * William Rosen (born 1928), American bridge player *

Zack Rosen Zack Rosen (born March 14, 1989) is an American basketball player. Rosen, a point guard, played collegiately at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an All-American and Ivy League player of the year. College career Rosen is Jewish, f ...

(born 1989), All-American basketball player at University of Pennsylvania; plays for Maccabi Ashdod in Israel

Fictional characters

* Dr. Arnold Rosen, a cardiologist on ''Mad Men'', who lives one floor below the Drapers * Sylvia Rosen, Arnold Rosen's wife on ''Mad Men'' * David Rosen, the Attorney General of the United States on ''Scandal''

Places

* Rosen, Burgas Province, Bulgaria * Rosen, Dobrich Province, Bulgaria * Rosen, Minnesota, unincorporated community, United States

References

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