Goldberg is a surname of German or Yiddish origin, meaning 'gold mountain', which is common among Ashkenazi Jews. Notable people with the surname include:
Architecture Alan Goldberg (architect), American architect Bertrand Goldberg (1913–1997), American architect and industrial designer Frank Goldberg, birth name of Frank Gehry (1929–2025), Canadian and American architect and designer
Business Arthur A. Goldberg (born 1940), American businessman Dave Goldberg (1967–2015), American Internet entrepreneur William Goldberg (diamond dealer) (1925–2003), American businessman
Film, TV, theatre, computer games Adam Goldberg (born 1970), American actor Adam F. Goldberg (born 1976), American screenwriter and producer Andrew Goldberg (director) (born 1968), American film producer/director Andrew Goldberg (writer) (born 1978), American television writer Daniel Goldberg (producer) (1949–2023), Canadian film producer and writer Eric Goldberg (animator) (born 1955), American animator Eric Goldberg (game designer) (born 1959), American designer of board, role-playing, and computer games Evan Goldberg (born 1982), Canadian screenwriter, film producer and director Gary David Goldberg (1944–2013), American writer and producer for television and film Gina Goldberg (born 1963), Finnish model, actress and singer Lester J. Goldberg (1910–1995), birth name of Jerry Lester, American comedian, singer and performer Marc Goldberg (playwright) (born 1968), French playwright and theatre director Marc Wallice (born Marc Stephen Goldberg, 1959), American porn actor Mike Goldberg (born 1964), American sportscaster Rube Goldberg (1883–1970), American cartoonist Rube Goldberg machines, funny virtual contraptions imagined by R.G. or in his style Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, annual competition Sarah Goldberg (born 1985), Canadian actress Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955), American actress
Literature and journalism Anatol Goldberg (1910–1982), Soviet-British head of the BBC Russian Service Ben Zion Goldberg (1895–1972), Belarusian-American Yiddish journalist Bernard Goldberg (born 1945), American writer, journalist, and political commentator and author Haim Goldberg: see #Visual arts Itche Goldberg (1904–2006), American-Yiddish writer and publisher J.J. Goldberg (born 1949), American writer and editor Jeffrey Goldberg (born 1965), American author and journalist Jonah Goldberg (born 1969), American conservative journalist and pundit Joshua Ryne Goldberg (born 1995), American felon, Jewish Neo-Nazi and internet troll Kaarina Goldberg (born 1956), Finnish author and journalist Leah Goldberg (1911–1970), Israeli poet and writer Lucianne Goldberg (1935–2022), American literary agent Miriam Goldberg (1916–2017), American newspaper publisher and editor Steven Goldberg (1941–2022), American academic and author
Music Aaron Goldberg (born 1974), American pianist Barry Goldberg (1942–2025), American blues musician Ben Goldberg (born 1959), American clarinetist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727–1756), German harpsichordist and composer of the late Baroque period Reiner Goldberg (1939–2023), German opera singer (heroic tenor)
Politics and law Alan Goldberg (judge) (1940–2016), Australian judge Arthur Goldberg (1908–1990), American politician and diplomat Daniel Goldberg (politician) (born 1965), French politician Denis Goldberg (1933–2020), South African anti-apartheid activist (1836–1897), mayor of Varnsdorf, Member of the Bohemian Diet Marilyn Goldberg, Manitoba judge Merle S. Goldberg (1936–1998), American abortion activist Richard W. Goldberg (1927–2023), American politician and judge from North Dakota Robert D. Goldberg (born 1951), American politician from Rhode Island
Science and academia Aaron Goldberg (1917–2014), American botanist Adele Goldberg (computer scientist) (born 1945), American computer scientist Adele Goldberg (linguist) (born 1963), American linguist Alexander Goldberg (1906–1985), Israeli chemical engineer Anatolii Goldberg (1930–2008), Soviet-Israeli mathematician Andrew V. Goldberg (born 1960), American computer scientist David E. Goldberg (born 1953), American computer scientist David Theo Goldberg (born 1952), South African professor working in critical race theory, digital humanities, and the state of the university Deborah Goldberg, American ecologist Emanuel Goldberg (1881–1970), Israeli cinema pioneer, computer pioneer, and inventor in photography Ian Goldberg (born 1973), Canadian cryptographer Irma Goldberg (born 1871), Russian-born German organic chemist Joshua N. Goldberg (1925–2020), American theoretical physicist Leo Goldberg (1913–1987), American astronomer Murray Goldberg (born 1962), Canadian e-learning pioneer Paul Goldberg (geologist), American geologist Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg (born 1963), Greek-American economist
Medicine Abraham Goldberg (1923–2007), British professor of medicine Andrew J Goldberg (born 1970), British orthopaedic surgeon Billy Goldberg (born 1966), American physician David Goldberg (psychiatrist) (1934–2024), British academic and social psychiatrist Elkhonon Goldberg (born 1946), American neuropsychologist and cognitive neuroscientist Judith Goldberg, American biostatistician Lewis Goldberg (1932–2026), American personality psychologist and academic Nieca Goldberg (born 1957), American cardiologist
Sports Aaron Goldberg (golfer) (born 1985), American golfer Adam Goldberg (American football) (born 1980), American football player Alan E. Goldberg (born 1949), American horse racing trainer Benny Goldberg (1918–2001), Polish boxer Bill Goldberg (born 1966), American wrestler, film actor and football player Brad Goldberg (born 1990), American baseball player Chelsey Goldberg (born 1993), American ice hockey player Dan Goldberg (tennis) (born 1967), American tennis player Hank Goldberg (1940–2022), American sports commentator Jared Goldberg (born 1991), American skier Les Goldberg (1918–1985), English footballer Mark Goldberg (football manager), English football manager and businessman Marshall Goldberg (1917–2006), American football player
Visual arts Carin Goldberg (1953–2023), American graphic artist Eric Goldberg (artist) (1890–1969), Canadian painter
Michael Goldberg (1924–2007), American abstract expressionist painter and teacher Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999), New Zealand painter Thorsten Goldberg (born 1960), German multimedia artist
Other Aharon Goldberg, Israeli rabbi convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and murder-for-hire Hersh Goldberg-Polin (2000–2024), American-Israeli Hamas hostage Joshua L. Goldberg (1896–1994), Belarusian-born American rabbi Manfred Goldberg (1930–2025), German-born British Holocaust survivor Max Goldberg, creator and owner of YTMND website Richard Steve Goldberg (born 1945), American child pornographer Werner Goldberg (1919–2004), half-Jewish Wehrmacht soldier, depicted in German WWII newspaper as "The ideal German soldier"; post-war politician
Fictional characters Edward Goldberg, in the animated series Drawn Together Greg Goldberg, from The Mighty Ducks franchise Joe Goldberg, main protagonist of the You book series by Caroline Kepnes, as well as the television series of the same name Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg, in the 1952 novel The Hoods and the 1984 movie Once Upon a Time in America Silvia Goldberg, American professional gamer in light novel Shangri-La Frontier.
See also David Goldberg (disambiguation) Michael Goldberg (disambiguation) Goldberg (disambiguation) Golberg (disambiguation) Goldberger Goldenberg Harpaz
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