Weinstein is a German or
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
surname meaning
wine stone, referring to the crystals of
cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate) resulting from the process of
fermenting grape juice.
“Weinstein - Kristalle des Weins (Tartar: Crystals of Wine)”
Hermeswein website.
List of people with this surname
* Alan Weinstein
Alan David Weinstein (17 June, 1943, New York City) is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, working in the field of differential geometry, and especially in Poisson geometry.
Education and career
Weinstein ob ...
, mathematician
* Albert Weinstein (1885-1969), German Olympic track and field athlete
* Alexander Weinstein
Alexander Weinstein (21 January 1897 – 6 November 1979) was a mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics.
Early Life, family and personal life
Weinstein was born to Judel Jejb Weinstein and Praskovya Levkovich, hi ...
, mathematician
* Allen Weinstein
Allen Weinstein (September 1, 1937 – June 18, 2015) was an American historian, educator, and federal official who served in several different offices. He was, under the Reagan administration, cofounder of the National Endowment for Democracy in ...
, archivist of the United States
* Andrew Weinstein, British priest, chaplain, and missionary
* Arnold Weinstein
Arnold Weinstein (June 10, 1927 – September 4, 2005) was an American poet, playwright, and librettist, who referred to himself as a "theatre poet".
Weinstein is best known for his collaborations with composer William Bolcom, including the ope ...
, American poet, playwright and librettist
* Benjamin B. Weinstein
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...
, American gynaecologist, and pioneer in the field of reproductive medicine
* , accomplice of child molester Marc Dutroux
Marc Paul Alain Dutroux (; born 6 November 1956) is a Belgian convicted serial killer, serial rapist, and child molester. Initially convicted for the abduction and rape of five young girls in 1989, Dutroux was released on parole after just thr ...
* Bob Weinstein
Robert Weinstein (born October 18, 1954) is an American film producer. He is the founder and head of Dimension Films, former co-chairman of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company, all of which he co-founded with his older brother, Harvey. He ...
, American film producer
* Bobby Weinstein
Robert Weinstein (July 16, 1939 – March 16, 2022) was an American songwriter, singer, and music industry executive, whose hit songs, mostly co-written with Teddy Randazzo, include "Goin' Out of My Head", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and " I ...
, American songwriter and singer
* Bret Weinstein
Bret Samuel Weinstein (; born February 21, 1969) is an American podcaster, author, and former professor of evolutionary biology. He served on the faculty of Evergreen State College from 2002 until 2017, when he resigned in the aftermath of a s ...
, American professor in biology
* Bruce Weinstein
Bruce Weinstein is an American ethicist who writes about ethics, character, and leadership for ''Fortune''. He also writes for and is on the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) editorial board. Much of Weinstein's work focuses on bus ...
, American known as the "Ethics Guy", columnist for BusinessWeek
* Claire Weinstein, American swimmer
* Cordt Weinstein, American soccer player
* Dan Weinstein (disambiguation), several people
* David Weinstein (disambiguation), several people
* Debra Weinstein, American author
* Domenic Weinstein
Domenic Weinstein (born 27 August 1994) is a German professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Major results
;2011
: 1st Points race, UCI Junior Tr ...
, German professional racing cyclist
* Eric Weinstein
Eric Ross Weinstein (born October 26, 1965) is an American podcast host and a managing director of Thiel Capital.
Education
Weinstein received his PhD in mathematical physics from Harvard University in 1992 under the supervision of Raoul Bo ...
, American mathematician and economist
* Garik Kimovich Weinstein, birth name of Russian Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by ...
* Hannah Weinstein
Hannah Weinstein ( Dorner; June 23, 1911 – March 9, 1984) was an American journalist, publicist and left-wing political activist who moved to Britain and became a television producer. She is best remembered for having produced ''The Adventure ...
, American activist, movie maker
* Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein (; born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. He and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films inclu ...
, American film producer and convicted sex offender
* I Bernard Weinstein, American physician
* Iram Weinstein, American engineer
* Irv Weinstein
Irwin B. "Irv" Weinstein (April 29, 1930 – December 26, 2017) was an American local television news anchor and occasional radio actor. He hosted WKBW-TV's '' Eyewitness News'' in Buffalo, New York, for 34 years, from 1964 to 1998, becoming an ic ...
, American television news anchor
* Jack B. Weinstein
Jack Bertrand Weinstein (August 10, 1921 – June 15, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Until his entry into inactive senior status on February 10, 2020, he mainta ...
, United States federal judge
* Jacob Sager Weinstein
Jacob Sager Weinstein (born January 8, 1972) is an American author, humorist, comedy writer, and screenwriter. For three years he was a staff writer for ''Dennis Miller Live'', for which he received a Writers Guild of America award in 2001. Earli ...
, American humorist
* James Weinstein (disambiguation), several people
* J. Elvis Weinstein
Joshua Stuart "Josh" Weinstein (born May 21, 1971), known professionally as J. Elvis Weinstein, is an American writer and performer, best known for his roles as Dr. Laurence Erhardt and the original puppeteer and voice for Tom Servo and Gypsy o ...
, American writer and performer
* Jeremy S. Weinstein (born 1950), New York politician and judge
* Josh Weinstein
Josh Weinstein (born May 5, 1966) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series ''The Simpsons''. Weinstein and Bill Oakley became best friends and writing partners at St. Albans School; Weins ...
, American executive producer of ''The Simpsons''
* Kenneth R. Weinstein, American political theorist
* Lauren Weinstein (disambiguation), several people
* Louis Weinstein (1908–2000), American infectious diseases physician, microbiologist, and educator
* Madge Weinstein
Madge Bertha Weinstein is a fictional Internet personality who maintains ''Yeast Radio'', which has developed a cult following and was among the 50 most-subscribed-to podcasts in 2005. Weinstein is the creation and alter ego of underground film ...
, Internet personality
* Matthew Weinstein, American artist
* Michael Weinstein (disambiguation), several people
* Milton Weinstein
Milton C. Weinstein is an Americans, American health decision scientist and the Henry J. Kaiser Professor of Health policy and management, Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also a Professor of Medicine ...
, American, the Henry J. Kaiser Professor of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
* Moses M. Weinstein (1912–2007), New York politician and judge
* Nathan Weinstein, better known under his pen name Nathanael West
Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American writer and screenwriter. He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: ''Miss Lonelyhearts'' (1933) and '' The Day of the Locust'' (1939), set ...
(1903–1940), American writer
* Paul Weinstein (disambiguation), several people
* Raymond Weinstein Raymond A. Weinstein (born April 25, 1941) is an American chess master from Brooklyn, New York, who was awarded the FIDE International Master title in 1962. He has been detained in a psychiatric hospital since killing a man in 1964.
Chess caree ...
(born 1941), American chess player
* Samantha Weinstein
Samantha Gail Weinstein (born March 20, 1995) is a Canadian actress.
Life and work
She was born as Samantha Gail Weinstein in a Toronto hospital in 1995 to Jewish parents. She started her acting career at the age of 6, in a theatre camp where s ...
, Canadian actress
* Selma James
Selma James (born Selma Deitch; formerly Weinstein; August 15, 1930) is an American writer, and feminist and social activist who is co-author of the women's movement book ''The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community'' (with Mariarosa ...
Weinstein, American feminist and socialist
* Samuel Weinstein, later Stephen Winsten (1893–1991), British writer
* Shlomo Weinstein, changed name to Shlomo Gazit
Shlomo Gazit ( he, שלמה גזית; 22 October 1926 – 8 October 2020) was an Israeli military officer and academic. A Major General in the Israel Defense Forces, he headed Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate. He later served as Presid ...
(born 1926), Israeli head of IDF
IDF or idf may refer to:
Defence forces
* Irish Defence Forces
* Israel Defense Forces
*Iceland Defense Force, of the US Armed Forces, 1951-2006
* Indian Defence Force, a part-time force, 1917
Organizations
* Israeli Diving Federation
* Interac ...
military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions. This aim is achieved by providing an assessment of data from a ...
, President of Ben-Gurion University
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...
* Sidney T. Weinstein, US lieutenant general
* Simcha Weinstein
Simon Weinstein, known by his Hebrew name Simcha Weinstein ( he, שמחה וינשטיין), is an English author and a rabbi. In 2006, his first book, '' Up Up and Oy Vey: How Jewish History, Culture and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero'', ...
(born 1975), British writer and rabbi
* Stephanie J. Weinstein (born 1967), American nutritionist and epidemiologist
* Steve Weinstein
Steve Weinstein (born 1964) is an American people, American professional Contract bridge, bridge and poker player. He is known best as the youngest winner of the American Contract Bridge League, ACBL Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, Life Master Pa ...
, American bridge and poker player
* Steven Weinstein (philosopher), Canadian philosopher
* Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Iranian-born American former federal prosecutor and current candidate for New York County District Attorney
The New York County District Attorney, also known as the Manhattan District Attorney, is the elected district attorney for New York County (Manhattan), New York (state), New York. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New ...
* Todd Jay Weinstein (born 1951), American photographer
* Yehuda Weinstein
Yehuda Weinstein ( he, יהודה וינשטיין; born 19 April 1944) is an Israeli lawyer and former Attorney General of Israel, having replaced the previous attorney general, Menachem Mazuz, on 1 February 2010.
Biography
Weinstein was born ...
, attorney general of Israel
* Yehuda Weisenstein (born 1955), also known as Yehuda Weinstein, Israeli Olympic fencer
Reference Note
See also
* Vainshtein
* Weinstein conjecture
* Weinstein effect
The Weinstein effect is a global trend in which allegations of sexual misconduct by famous or powerful men are disclosed. The first of a worldwide wave of allegations were made in the United States in October 2017, when media outlets reported on ...
* The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film studio, founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in March 2005. TWC was one of the largest mini-major film studios in North America prior ...
, an independent film studio
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