| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Yiddish |
| Meaning | fine, beautiful + mountain |
| Region of origin | Ukraine, Russia, Soviet, Israel, United States |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Fein (< {fin, vin}), Feine, Feiner, Feinert, Feinbaum, Feinblatt, Feinbruck (Feinbruk, Feinbrik), Feinbuch (Feinbauch), Feinglas (Feinglass), Feingold (= Gingold), Feinknopf, Feinkohl (Feinkol), Feinkopf, Feinkuch (Feinkuchen), Feinmann, Feynman, Feinsilber, Feinsinger, Feinstadt (Feinstad), Feinstein, Feintuch (Fayntikh, Feintichel), Feinwachs (Feinwax); Schön
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Feinberg, Feinberger is surname of:
- Aaron Feinberg, American rollerblading champion
- Abraham Feinberg (1899–1986), American rabbi and singer.
- Andrew Feinberg (geneticist)
- Andrew Feinberg (journalist)
- Avshalom Feinberg (1889–1917), a leader of Nili
- Baruch Feinberg (1933–2007), Israeli Olympic javelin thrower
- Benjamin F. Feinberg (1888–1959), New York politician
- Charles L. Feinberg (1909–1995), American biblical scholar, first dean of Talbot Theological Seminary
- Israel Lewis Feinberg (1872–1941), New York City coroner
- Gerald Feinberg (1933–1992), American physicist
- Jay Feinberg, American community activist and founder of Gift of Life Marrow Registry
- Joel Feinberg (1926–2004), American philosopher
- John Feinberg, American theologian
- Kenneth Feinberg, American attorney, Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
- Leon Feinberg, (1897–1969) Russian-American Yiddish poet and journalist
- Leslie Feinberg, transgender activist
- Louis Feinberg (1902–1975), birth name of Larry Fine, one of The Three Stooges
- Martin Feinberg, chemist
- Mildred Feinberg (1899–1990), American artist
- Paul Feinberg (1938–2004), American theologian
- Samuel Feinberg (1902–1989), birth name of Sammy Fain, American popular music composer
- Samuil Feinberg, Russian composer and pianist
- Sarah Feinberg (born 1977), American Interim President of the New York City Transit Authority, and former Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration
- Savely Moiseevich Feinberg (1910–1973), Soviet nuclear physicist, chief engineer of the VVER reactor design.
- Steve Feinberg, founder of Cerberus Capital Management, LP
See also
- 15569 Feinberg (asteroid)
- Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University
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