| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Word/name | Yiddish |
| Meaning | green hill |
| Region of origin | Eastern Europe, Pale of Settlement |
Greenberg is a surname common in North America, with anglicized spelling of the German Grünberg (green mountain) or the Jewish Ashkenazi Yiddish Grinberg, an artificial surname.
Notable people with the surname Greenberg include:
A–D
- Abraham Greenberg (1881–1941), New York politician
- Adam Greenberg (disambiguation), several people
- Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg (1900–1963), Israeli politician
- Alan Greenberg (disambiguation), several people
- Albert Greenberg, American software engineer
- Allan Greenberg (born 1938), American new classical architect
- Andrew Greenberg, American video game designer
- Andrew C. Greenberg (born 1957), video game designer
- Ari Greenberg (born 1981), American bridge player
- Bernard Greenberg, American programmer and computer scientist
- Brad Greenberg (born 1954), American basketball coach, brother of Seth Greenberg
- Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), American actor
- Brooke Greenberg (1993–2013), American with "Syndrome X" condition
- Carl Greenberg (1908–1984), American journalist
- Charles Greenberg (born 1953) American composer
- Clement Greenberg (1909–1994), American art critic
- Craig Greenberg (born 1973), American politician
- Dan Greenberg (born 1965), American lawyer and politician
- Daniel Greenberg (educator), American columnist and educator
- Daniel Greenberg (game designer), role-playing and video game designer
- Daniel S. Greenberg (1931–2020), American journalist, editor and author
- David Aaron Greenberg (born 1971), American poet, songwriter, artist and art critic
- David Greenberg (historian), American historian
E–L
- Eliezer Greenberg (1896–1977), American Yiddish poet
- Elinor Miller Greenberg (1932–2021), American adult education pioneer
- Ellen Rae Greenberg (1983–2011), American teacher
- Evan G. Greenberg (born 1955), American business executive
- Everett Peter Greenberg (born 1948), American microbiologist
- Gail Greenberg (born 1938), American bridge player
- Gerald B. Greenberg (1936–2017), American film editor
- Gary Greenberg, American TV writer, author and comedian
- Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), American Hall of Fame baseball player
- Harold Greenberg (1930–1996), Canadian film producer
- Hayim Greenberg (1889–1953), American philosopher of Judaism
- Ivan Greenberg (1896–1966), English journalist
- Irving Greenberg (born 1933), American Modern Orthodox rabbi and author
- Jack Greenberg (1924–2016), American attorney and legal scholar
- Jack M. Greenberg (born 1942), American executive at McDonald's
- Jay Greenberg (composer) (born 1991), American composer and cellist
- Jay Greenberg (psychoanalyst) (born 1942), American psychoanalyst and psychologist
- Jeffrey W. Greenberg (born 1951), American lawyer and business executive
- Jill Greenberg (born 1967), American photographer
- Joanne Greenberg (born 1932), American writer
- Joseph Greenberg (1915–2001), American linguist
- Joshua Greenberg (born 1976), American academic
- L. J. Greenberg (1861–1931), British Jewish journalist
M–R
- Martin Greenberg (publisher) (1918–2013), American science fiction anthologist and publisher
- Martin Greenberg (poet) (1918–2021), American poet and translator
- Martin H. Greenberg (1941–2011), American speculative fiction anthologist
- Maurice R. Greenberg (born 1925), American business executive
- Michael Greenberg (economist) (1914–1992), British economic historian
- Michael Greenberg (lawyer), American lawyer
- Michael Greenberg (writer) (born 1952), American writer
- Mike Greenberg (born 1967), American television and radio host
- Morton Ira Greenberg (1933–2021), United States Circuit Court judge
- Moshe Greenberg (1928–2010), American rabbi and Biblical scholar
- Noah Greenberg, (1919–1966), American choral conductor
- Oscar W. Greenberg (born 1932), American physicist
- Ralph Greenberg (born 1944), American mathematician
- Richard Greenberg (born 1958), American playwright and television writer
- Robert Greenberg (born 1954), American composer, pianist, and musicologist
- Roman Greenberg (born 1982), Israeli heavyweight boxer
S–Z
- Samuel Greenberg (1893–1917), American poet
- Samuel L. Greenberg (1898–1992), New York state senator
- Sanford Greenberg American philanthropist most well known for his efforts toward the goal of ending blindness
- Seth Greenberg, American coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies basketball team, brother of Brad Greenberg
- Seymour Greenberg (1920–2006), American tennis player
- Shawn Greenberg, Manitoba judge
- Shmuel Greenberg, mayor of Beit Shemesh, Israel
- Stan Greenberg, American political strategist
- Steve Greenberg (record producer), American noted for "discovering" popular musical acts such as Hanson, Baha Men and Joss Stone
- Steven Greenberg (musician), American musician best known for writing the 1980 hit song "Funkytown", performed by Lipps Inc.
- Steven Greenberg (rabbi), American rabbi, educator and author
See also
- All pages with titles containing Greenberg
- Greenberg (film), 2010 film
- Greenburg (disambiguation)
- Grünberg (disambiguation) (also Grunbergg)
- Grinberg
- Grynberg
References
- Beider, Alexander (1993). A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck: Avotaynu, pages 53–57.
External links
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