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origin, mostly found among

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; it denotes "

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/ref> Notable persons named Rubinstein include:

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Akiba Rubinstein Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1 December 1880 – 14 March 1961) was a Polish chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest players never to have become World Chess Champion. Rubinstein was granted the title International Grandma ...

(1880–1961), Polish chess grandmaster *

Amnon Rubinstein Amnon Rubinstein ( he, אמנון רובינשטיין, born 5 September 1931) is an Israeli legal scholar, politician, and columnist. A member of the Knesset between 1977 and 2002, he served in several ministerial positions. He is currently dean ...

(born 1931), Israeli scholar, politician and columnist *

Anton Rubinstein Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein ( rus, Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн, r=Anton Grigor'evič Rubinštejn; ) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who became a pivotal figure in Russian culture when he founded the Sa ...

(1829–1894), Russian pianist, composer and conductor, brother of Nikolai Rubinstein *

Ariel Rubinstein Ariel Rubinstein (Hebrew: אריאל רובינשטיין; born April 13, 1951) is an Israeli economist who works in economic theory, game theory and bounded rationality. Biography Ariel Rubinstein is a professor of economics at the School of Ec ...

(born 1951), game theorist at Tel Aviv University and New York University * Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982), Polish-American pianist *

Arthur B. Rubinstein Arthur Benjamin Rubinstein (March 31, 1938 – April 23, 2018) was an American Emmy Award-winning composer. He composed several television series soundtracks and songs for film scores. He was frequently hired by film director John Badham, and the ...

(born 1938), American drama and film score composer and conductor * Benjamin B. Rubinstein (1905–1989), Finnish-born American psychoanalyst *

Benny Rubinstein Benny Rubinstein (בני רובינשטיין) is an Israeli former footballer and current real estate developer. He played soccer for Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Netanya. At the 1969 Maccabiah Games, Rubinstein played soccer for Israel, win ...

, Israeli footballer * Dave Rubinstein (1964–1993), singer in the band Reagan Youth * David Rubinstein (pianist) (born 1949) * David Rubinstein (social historian) (born 1932), American-born social historian living in England, specializing in the 19th and 20th centuries *

Elyakim Rubinstein Elyakim Rubinstein ( he, אליקים רובינשטיין, born June 13, 1947) is a former Vice President of the Supreme Court of Israel. Beforehand, he served as the Attorney General of Israel from 1997 to 2004. Rubinstein, a former Israeli dipl ...

(born 1947), Israeli diplomat, former Attorney General of Israel and vice president of the Supreme Court of Israel * Erna Rubinstein (1903–1966), Hungarian-American classical violinist

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* Gennadii Rubinstein * Gillian Rubinstein (born 1942), English-born Australian author of children's books and for adults as Lian Hearn *

Hadar Rubinstein Hadar Rubinstein (הדר רובינשטיין; born April 11, 1967) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer. She was born in Israel, and is Jewish. Swimming career Swimming for Israel at the age of 14 at the 1981 Maccabiah Games, she won gold meda ...

(born 1967), Israeli Olympic swimmer *

Helena Rubinstein Helena Rubinstein (born Chaja Rubinstein; December 25, 1870 – April 1, 1965) was a Polish and American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist. A cosmetics entrepreneur, she was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein Incorporat ...

(1872–1965), Polish-born American cosmetics entrepreneur and art collector *

Hilary Rubinstein Hilary Harold Rubinstein (26 April 1926 – 22 May 2012) was a British publisher and literary agent. He was described by Ion Trewin in an obituary published in ''The Guardian'' as "one of Britain's premier literary agents". Early and privat ...

(1926–2012), British literary agent and publisher *

Ida Rubinstein Ida Lvovna Rubinstein (russian: И́да Льво́вна Рубинште́йн; – 20 September 1960) was a Russian dancer, actress, art patron and Belle Époque figure. She performed with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes from 1909 to 1911 a ...

(1885–1960), Russian dancer with the Ballet Russe in Paris * Jacob Leon Rubenstein (1911-1967), birth name of Jack Ruby, American nightclub owner who killed

Lee Harvey Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963. Oswald was placed in juvenile detention at the age of 12 fo ...

* James Rubinstein (1968), public school teacher in Milwaukee and Racine Wisconsin. *

John Rubinstein John Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director. Early life Rubinstein is the son of Polish parents. His mother, Aniela (née Młynarska), a dancer and writer, was a Roman Catholic native of Warsaw, the dau ...

(born 1946), American actor, singer, composer, director; son of pianist Arthur Rubinstein * Jolyon Rubinstein (born 1981), English satirist, director and writer *

Jon Rubinstein Jonathan J. "Jon" Rubinstein (born October 1956) is an American electrical engineer who played an instrumental role in the development of the iMac and iPod, the portable music and video device first sold by Apple Computer Inc. in 2001. He lef ...

(born 1956), American computer scientist and electrical engineer instrumental in the creation of the iPod * J. Hyam Rubinstein (born 1948), Australian mathematician primarily interested in topology

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Lev Rubinstein Lev Semyonovich Rubinstein (russian: link=no, Лев Семёнович Рубинштейн) is a Russian poet, essayist, and social activist. He is a founder and member of Moscow Conceptualism.Marcos Rubinstein, Swiss engineer *

Mark Rubinstein Mark Edward Rubinstein (June 8, 1944 – May 9, 2019) was a leading financial economist and financial engineer. He was ''Paul Stephens Professor of Applied Investment Analysis'' at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Be ...

, American financial economist and financial engineer * Michael Rubinstein (born 1973), birth name of

Michael Weston Michael Weston (born Michael Rubinstein; October 25, 1973) is an American television and film actor. His best-known roles are the private detective Lucas on ''House'', the deranged and sadistic kidnapper Jake in the HBO serial drama '' Six Feet ...

, American television and film actor and son of John Rubinstein and Judi West * Nicolai Rubinstein (1911–2002), Russian historian *

Nikolai Rubinstein Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (russian: Николай Григорьевич Рубинштейн; – ) was a Russian pianist, conductor, and composer. He was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein and a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tc ...

(1835–1881), Russian pianist and composer, brother of Anton Rubinstein

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* Pablo Rubinstein, Chilean doctor who pioneered the preservation and medical use of placenta blood as a form of stem cell technology *

Robert A. Rubinstein Robert A. Rubinstein (born 1951) is a Cultural anthropology, cultural anthropologist whose work bridges the areas of Political anthropology, political and medical anthropology, and the history and theory of the discipline. He is a Distinguished ...

(born 1951), American anthropologist * Robert J. Rubinstein (born 1952), entrepreneur and founder of the TBLI group * Roman Rubinshteyn (born 1996), Belarusian-Israeli basketball player *

Sergei Rubinstein Sergei Leonidovich Rubinstein (Russian: Сергей Леонидович Рубинштейн; 18 June 1889 – 11 January 1960) was a Soviet psychologist and philosopher and one of the founders of the Marxist tradition in Soviet psychology.Y ...

, Soviet psychologist, critic to Lev Vygotsky * Seymour I. Rubinstein (born 1934), American software developer *

Susanna Rubinstein Susanna or Susanne Rubinstein (20 September 1847 – 29 March 1914) was an Austrian psychologist and the first woman to earn a doctorate from the University of Bern in Switzerland. Biography Rubinstein was born in Czernowitz (then part of Aust ...

(1847–1914), Austrian psychologist *

William Rubinstein William D. Rubinstein (born 12 August 1946) is a historian and author. His best-known work, ''Men of Property: The Very Wealthy in Britain Since the Industrial Revolution'', charts the rise of the ' super rich', a class he sees as expanding ex ...

(born 1946), British historian * Yaakov Rubinstein, Israeli violinist * Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961), Croatian operatic soprano *

Zelda Rubinstein Zelda May Rubinstein (May 28, 1933 – January 27, 2010) was an American actress and human rights activist, known as eccentric medium (spirituality), medium Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist (film series), ''Poltergeist'' film series. Playing "Gi ...

(1933–2010), American actress

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