Birnbaum (surname)

Birnbaum (German: "pear tree") is a German-language family name common among Ashkenazi Jews. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adam Birnbaum (born 1979), American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
 * Alfred Birnbaum (born 1955), American translator
 * Allan Birnbaum (1923-1976), American statistician
 * Amy Birnbaum (born 1975), American voice actress
 * Arved Birnbaum (1962–2021), German actor and director
 * Brigitte Birnbaum (born 1938), German author
 * Clemens Birnbaum (born 1963 ), German musicologist and cultural manager
 * Daniel Birnbaum (born 1963), curator
 * Dara Birnbaum (born 1946), American feminist video artist
 * David Birnbaum (born 1956), Canadian politician
 * Dieter Birnbaum (born 1931), German biologist
 * Dietrich Birnbaum (1942-2017), German cardiac surgeon
 * Eduard Birnbaum (1855-1920), German musicologist
 * Effi Birnbaum (born 1954), Israeli professional basketball coach
 * Ferdinand Birnbaum (1892-1947), Austrian pedagogue and psychologist
 * Frank Birnbaum (1922-2005), cantor
 * Fritz Birnbaum (1912 – 2006) Highly decorated German Panzer Officer WWII
 * Georg Birnbaum (1890-1948), German dermatologist and university professor
 * George E. Birnbaum (born 1970), American international political consultant, one of "Arthur's Kid"
 * Hans Birnbaum (1912-1980), German lawyer, Ministerialbeamter and manager
 * Heinrich Birnbaum (1403-1473), monk
 * Henrik Birnbaum (1925–2002), American linguist and Slavist
 * Heinz Birnbaum (1920-1943), German worker and resistance fighter against Nazism
 * Immanuel Birnbaum (1894-1982), German journalist and publicist
 * Jacob Birnbaum (1926-2014), human rights activist
 * Jeffrey Birnbaum (born 1955), American columnist
 * Jeremiah Birnbaum (born 1978), American singer/songwriter
 * Johann Michael Franz Birnbaum (1792-1877), German legal scholar and playwright
 * Johanna Birnbaum (1904-1978), German non-fiction - writer and novelist
 * Johann Birnbaum (1763-1832), German jurist
 * Karl Birnbaum (1878–1950), German neurologist
 * Karl Birnbaum (agronomist) (1829-1907), German agronomist
 * Karl Birnbaum (chemist) (1839-1887), German chemist
 * Lillian Birnbaum (born 1955), Austrian - American film director and producer and photographer
 * Linda Birnbaum (born 1946), toxicologist and director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
 * Lucas Birnbaum (born 1997), Austrian ice hockey player
 * Maria Birnbaum (politician) (1872-1959), German National Liberal politician ( DVP )
 * (born 1970), German actor and musical actor
 * Menachem Birnbaum (1893-1944), book illustrator and portrait painter
 * Menucha Birnbaum (born 1948), Israeli educator
 * Morton Birnbaum (1926–2005), American physician
 * Nathan Birnbaum (1864-1937), Jewish philosopher
 * George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), American singer and actor
 * Nico Birnbaum (born 1977), German actor
 * Norman Birnbaum (1926–2019), American sociologist
 * Paula Birnbaum (born 1986), German actress and entrepreneur
 * Philip Birnbaum (1904-1988), American translator of Jewish prayer book
 * Roger Birnbaum (born 1950), American film producer
 * Solomon Birnbaum, Yiddish linguist and son of Nathan Birnbaum
 * Stephen Birnbaum (1937–1991), American travel writer and editor
 * Steve Birnbaum (born 1991), American Major League Soccer player
 * Uriel Birnbaum (1894-1956), painter, caricaturist, writer and poet
 * Uta Birnbaum (1933–2022), German theater and film director
 * Walter Birnbaum (theologian) (1893-1987), German theologian and university professor
 * Walter Birnbaum (physicist) (1897-1925), German physicist
 * Wilhelm Birnbaum (1895-1980), German politician of the SPD
 * Yaakov (Jacob) Birnbaum (1926-2014), human rights activist
 * Zdzisław Birnbaum (1878-1921), Polish violinist and conductor
 * Zygmunt Wilhelm Birnbaum (1903-2000), Polish-American mathematician and statistician