Pincus or Pinkus is a surname of Jewish origin, derived from the given name Pinkus, which in turn originates with the Biblical Hebrew male personal name Pinechas (Hebrew: פִּינְחָס) or Phinehas.Dictionary of American Family Names. "Pincus Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 5 January 2016. The name may refer to:
Albert Pinkus (1903–1984), American chess player Anne Pincus (born 1961), Australian artist Barry Manilow (born Barry Pincus in 1943), American singer Ed Pincus (1938–2013), American filmmaker David Pincus (1926–2011), American art collector Fred Pincus (born 1942), American sociologist Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903–1967), American biologist Harold Alan Pincus (born 1951), American psychiatrist Jeff Pinkus (born 1967), American musician Lionel Pincus (1931–2009), American businessman Lily Pincus (1898–1981), German-British social worker, marital psychotherapist and author Mark Pincus (born 1966), American businessman Mathilde Pincus (1917–1988), American music supervisor Robert Pincus-Witten (born 1935), American art critic and historian S. Henry Pincus (d. 1915), American actor, theatre impresario, and inventor Shimshon Dovid Pincus (1944–2001), Israeli rabbi Steven Pincus (born 1962), American historian Walter Pincus (born 1932), American journalist Zachary Pincus-Roth (born 1979), American writer
See also
Pinkas (surname)
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