Rosenbaum is a surname of

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origin, which translates as "rose tree" and which was given to people living in the proximity of rose bushes. The surname is common among Ashkenazi Jews, but is also associated with various non-Jews of German origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Al Rosenbaum, American artist and cofounder of the Virginia Holocaust Museum *

Alexander Rosenbaum Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Яковлевич Розенбаум, ''Aleksandr Jakovlevič Rozenbaum'') (born September 13, 1951) is a Russian bard from Saint Petersburg. Graduated from the First ...

, Russian-Jewish bard from Saint Petersburg * Alexis Rosenbaum, French essayist *

AnNa R. Andrea Neuenhofen (née Rosenbaum; born 25 December 1969), better known by her stage name AnNa R., is a German singer and songwriter who provides the lead vocals for German pop group Gleis 8. She was previously the main vocalist of Rosenst ...

, Andrea Neuenhofen, née Rosenbaum, German singer and songwriter *

Ayn Rand Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum;, . Most sources transliterate her given name as either ''Alisa'' or ''Alissa''. , 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-born American writer and p ...

, born Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum, Russian-American writer and philosopher, founder of Objectivism *

Benjamin Rosenbaum Benjamin Rosenbaum (born August 23, 1969) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction writer and computer programmer, whose stories have been finalists for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the BSFA ...

, American science fiction writer *

Berta Rosenbaum Golahny Berta Golahny (born Bertha Rosenbaum; February 7, 1925 – November 4, 2005) was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Biography Golahny was born Bertha Rosenbaum in 1925 in Detroit to Jewish immigrant parents, Fannie (Hencken) Rosenba ...

, American painter *

Victor Borge Børge Rosenbaum (3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000), known professionally as Victor Borge ( ), was a Danish-American comedian, conductor, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in the North America and Europe. His ...

, born Børge Rosenbaum, Danish comedian *

Bezalel Ronsburg Bezalel ben Joel Ronsburg ( he, בצלאל רנשבורג; 1760 – 25 September 1820) was a Bohemian Talmudist and rabbi, '' dayan'' and head of the ''yeshiva'' in Prague. Zecharias Frankel was one of his pupils. Biography Ronsburg was the auth ...

, German rabbi also known as Daniel Rosenbaum * Daniel Rosenbaum, American-Israeli basketball player * Danny Rosenbaum, American baseball pitcher * David Rosenbaum (journalist), American journalist * David Rosenbaum (soccer), American soccer player *

Diane Rosenbaum Diane M. Rosenbaum (born 1949) is an American politician in the US state of Oregon who was the Majority Leader, majority leader of the Oregon State Senate. She was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Oregon House of Rep ...

, Oregon politician *

Edna Phillips Edna Phillips (January 7, 1907 – December 2, 2003), later Edna Phillips Rosenbaum (though she never changed her professional name and was still known as "Miss Phillips"), was an American harpist long associated with the Philadelphia Orchestr ...

, later Edna Phillips Rosenbaum, American harpist * Edward Rosenbaum, American physician and author *

Eli Rosenbaum Eli M. Rosenbaum (born May 8, 1955) is an American lawyer and the former Director of the United States Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations (OSI), which was primarily responsible for identifying, denaturalizing, and deporting Na ...

, director of the U.S. DOJ Office of Special Investigations *

Enrico Rosenbaum Enrico Rosenbaum (June 18, 1944 in Italy – September 10, 1979) was an American songwriter, arranger, producer, guitarist and singer. 'Rico' was a founding member of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Rock band, bands The Escapades (on New Year's Eve 19 ...

, American songwriter *

Fred Rosenbaum Fred Rosenbaum is an American author, historian and adult educator, specializing in the history of the Jewish community of the San Francisco Bay Area. Rosenbaum has been called a "superb storyteller". He is a founder and the director of Lehrha ...

, American author, historian *

Greg Rosenbaum Greg A. Rosenbaum (born August 7, 1952) is an American merchant banker based in Bethesda, Maryland. He is currently the co-principal owner and co-chair of the Dayton Dragons minor league baseball club, and a minority owner of the Mahoning Valley ...

, American merchant banker *

Helmut Rosenbaum Helmut Rosenbaum (11 May 1913 – 10 May 1944) was a ''Korvettenkapitän'' (LT Commander) in Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II who commanded U-boat , and the 30th U-boat Flotilla. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cros ...

, World War II German naval officer *

Isamar Rosenbaum Isamar Rosenbaum (1886–1973) was a Hasidic rebbe of the Hasidic dynasties of Nadvorna and Kretshnif. He was the son of Rabbi Meyer Rosenbaum (1852 - June 29 1908) of Kretshniff, who in turn was a son of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna (1824–189 ...

, Hasidic rebbe *

Jacques Rosenbaum Jacques Rosenbaum (full name: Jacques Gustav-Adolf Rosenbaum-Ehrenbush) (1 July 1878 in Haapsalu, Estonia, Russian Empire – 6 January 1944 in Berlin, Germany) was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. Between 1904–07 he served as muni ...

, Estonian architect *

James Rosenbaum James E. Rosenbaum (born December 1943), is a Professor of Sociology, Education, and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He is most well known for his study of the Gautreaux Project the Chicago housing desegregation program which led to t ...

, American sociology professor *

James M. Rosenbaum James Michael Rosenbaum (born 1944) is an American lawyer and former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. He is currently an arbitrator and mediator in private practice. Education and car ...

, American lawyer and judge * James T. Rosenbaum American physician-scientist *

Joel Rosenbaum Joel Rosenbaum (born October 4, 1933) is a professor of cell biology at Yale University. Rosenbaum received his bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in 1955, and later his M.Sc. Ed. from St. Lawrence University in 1957. He returned later to ...

, American professor of cell biology *

John Rosenbaum John Rosenbaum (September 3, 1934 in Brigantine, New Jersey – September 30, 2003 in Alameda, California), was an American physicist, educator and kinetic sculptor, associated with the San Francisco Renaissance and the counterculture of the 19 ...

, California artist *

Jonathan Rosenbaum Jonathan Rosenbaum (born February 27, 1943) is an American film critic and author. Rosenbaum was the head film critic for ''The Chicago Reader'' from 1987 to 2008, when he retired. He has published and edited numerous books about cinema and has ...

, American film critic *

Jonathan Rosenbaum (scholar) Jonathan Rosenbaum (born 1947) is an American scholar, college administrator and rabbi; president of Gratz College. from 1998 to 2009; president emeritus of Gratz College and a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, since 2009. He i ...

, American paleographer and college administrator *Joseph Rosenbaum, fatally shot in the

Kenosha unrest shooting On August 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, fatally shot two men and wounded another man in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shootings occurred during the protests, riots, and civil unrest that followed the shooting of ...

in 2020 *

Joseph Carl Rosenbaum Joseph Carl Rosenbaum (5 July 1770 – 26 December 1829) was an Austrian employee of the Esterházy family, later a private citizen whose house was a centre of Viennese social life. Life Rosenbaum was born in Vienna in 1770, son of an official of ...

, Austrian administrator *

Richard E. Hughes Richard E. Hughes (1909–1974) was an American writer and editor of comic books. He was editor of the American Comics Group through the company's entire existence from 1943 to 1967, and wrote most of that publisher's stories from 1957 to 1967 under ...

, born Leo Rosenbaum, American comic book author and editor *

Louise Rosskam Louise Rosskam (born Louise Rosenbaum) (March 27, 1910 – April 1, 2003) was a photographer for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Standard Oil Company during the mid-20th century. Together with her husband, Edwin Rosskam (1903� ...

, born Louise Rosenbaum, American photographer * Marc Rosenbaum, American engineer * Meyer Rosenbaum (I), Grand Rabbi of Kretchnif *

Meyer Rosenbaum (II) Meyer Rosenbaum was the spiritual leader of the Kehilla Adath Israel and the self-proclaimed Chief Rabbi of Cuba from 1948 to 1958, when he left for Venezuela, then Guatemala, and New York. Biography Rosenbaum was born on 12 August 1910 in ...

, Chief Rabbi of Cuba *

Michael Rosenbaum Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972) is an American actor and podcaster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman television series ''Smallville'', a role that ''TV Guide'' included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Vill ...

, American actor * Morris D. Rosenbaum, Utah businessman and early Jewish convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

Paul Rand Paul Rand (born Peretz Rosenbaum; August 15, 1914 – November 26, 1996) was an American art director and graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs, including the logos for IBM, UPS, Enron, Morningstar, Inc., Westinghouse, ...

, born Peretz Rosenbaum, American graphic designer * Paul R. Rosenbaum, American statistician *

Polly Rosenbaum Edwynne Cutler "Polly" Rosenbaum (September 4, 1899 – December 28, 2003) was a teacher and politician who was Arizona's longest-serving state legislator, representing Gila County in the Arizona House of Representatives for 46 years.

, American politician *R. Robert Rosenbaum, television director for ''

Bewitched ''Bewitched'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typic ...

'' * Robin S. Rosenbaum, American judge *

Ron Rosenbaum Ronald Rosenbaum (born November 27, 1946) is an American literary journalist, literary critic, and novelist. Life and career Rosenbaum was born into a Jewish family in New York City, New York and grew up in Bay Shore, New York. He graduated fr ...

, American journalist and author *Rosamund Bernier (née Rosamond Margaret Rosenbaum), lecturer and founder of the art magazine

L'ŒIL ''L'ŒIL'' ( French: ''The Eye'') is a French magazine created by Rosamond Bernier (née Rosenbaum) and her second husband, Georges Bernier, in 1955 to celebrate and reflect contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in t ...

'' *

Scott Rosenbaum Scott Rosenbaum is an American film and television screenwriter, producer, and showrunner. He has served as the executive producer and showrunner of multiple series including ABC's science fiction drama '' V'', Fox's crime drama ''Gang Related' ...

, American screenwriter, producer and showrunner * Simon Rosenbaum (statistician), British academic *

Simon Rosenbaum (baseball) Simon Rosenbaum (סימון רוזנבאום; born December 28, 1993) is an American-Israeli baseball first baseman. He plays for the Israel National Baseball Team. He played for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship. He also pl ...

, American-Israeli baseball player *

Simon Rosenbaum (minister) Simon Yakovlevich Rosenbaum (1860 in Pinsk, Russian Empire – 1934 in Tel Aviv, Palestine), was a Jewish activist and attorney, member of the First State Duma of the Russian Empire The State Duma, also known as the Imperial Duma, was the lo ...

, Jewish activist *

Stephen Rosenbaum Stephen Rosenbaum is an American visual effects artist and supervisor, and has worked on numerous movie, tv and music productions, including six that have won Academy Awards. He has been nominated three times for an Academy Award and two times fo ...

, American visual effects supervisor *

Steven Rosenbaum Steven J. Rosenbaum (born 1961) is an American author, entrepreneur and filmmaker. He was a Resident at TED in New York City and holds two patents in the areas of video curation and advertising technology. Rosenbaum is the co-founder, and Execut ...

, American television producer *

Thane Rosenbaum Thane Rosenbaum (born 1960) is an American novelist, essayist, and Distinguished University Professor. He is the director of the Forum on Life, Culture, & Society, hosted by Touro College. Rosenbaum is also the Legal Analyst for CBS News Radio ...

, American novelist *

Therese Rosenbaum Therese Rosenbaum, or Therese Rosembaum-Gassmann (originally Maria Theresia Josepha Gassmann: 1 April 1774 – 8 September 1837) ...

(1774–1837), Austrian opera singer *

Thomas Felix Rosenbaum Thomas Felix Rosenbaum (born February 20, 1955) is an American physicist and the current President of the California Institute of Technology. Earlier he served as Provost and on the faculty of the University of Chicago, and was the Vice Presiden ...

, American physicist and president of the California Institute of Technology *

Tibor Rosenbaum Pinchas Tibor Rosenbaum ( yi, פנחס סג"ל ליטש ראזענבוים; 1923–1980) was a Hungarian-born Swiss Jewish rabbi and businessman and one of the heads of the Jewish community in Switzerland who saved hundreds of Jews during The Ho ...

, Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman *

Victor Rosenbaum Victor Rosenbaum (born 1941) is an American pianist, teacher, educator and administrator. Early life Rosenbaum was born in Philadelphia, but spent most of his childhood, from age 5, in Indianapolis Indiana. Showing an early interest in music, he ...

, American pianist, conductor, and music educator * Werner Rosenbaum, German hockey player *

Wilhelm Rosenbaum Wilhelm Karl Johannes Rosenbaum (27 April 1915 – 4 April 1984) was a German SS officer who was involved in numerous murders and other war crimes committed during World War II at the Sipo-SD Academy where he maintained a leadership role through ...

, German SS officer *

William Rosenbaum William George "Rosey" Rosenbaum (December 17, 1889 – January 12, 1949) was an American politician. Born in Owensboro, Kentucky, Rosenbaum moved to Arizona Territory, in 1911, because of health problems. He worked at a mine mill in Hayden, Ari ...

, American politician *Yankel Rosenbaum, Australian Hasidic Jew murdered in the 1991

Crown Heights riot The Crown Heights riot was a race riot that took place from August 19 to August 21, 1991, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City. Black residents attacked orthodox Jewish residents, damaged their homes, and looted businesses. Th ...

Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum (born 1946) is an Israeli athlete who has won 31 Paralympic medals. She has represented Israel at the Summer Paralympic Games seven times and has competed in athletics, swimming, table tennis, and wheelchair basketball at th ...

, Israeli paralympic athlete

Fictional characters

* Mayor Rosenbaum, a character from ''

Mona the Vampire ''Mona the Vampire'' is an animated children's television series that is based on a children's book of the same name written and illustrated by Sonia Holleyman, as well as a series of novels illustrated by Holleyman and written by Hiawyn Oram. ...

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