Finkelstein

Finkelstein (פֿינק(ע)לשׁטײַן or פינקלשׁט(י)ין, Финкельштейн) is a German and Yiddish surname originating from Old High German funko (spark) and stein (stone).

Fünkelstein meant pyrite (George J. Adler, A Dictionary of the German and English Languages, 1848).

Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:


 * Abraham Finkelstein alias Arthur Fields (1884–1953), American singer and songwriter
 * Amy Finkelstein (born 1973), American professor of economics
 * Anthony Finkelstein (born 1959), British software engineer
 * Arthur J. Finkelstein (1945–2017), American political strategist
 * Avram Finkelstein, American gay rights activist
 * Ben-Ami Finkelstein (1910–1975), Swiss psychiatrist
 * Bernie Finkelstein (born 1944), Canadian music executive and talent manager
 * Claire Finkelstein, American professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Clive Finkelstein (c. 1939—2021), Australian computer scientist
 * Daniel Finkelstein (born 1962), British journalist and politician
 * David Finkelstein (1929–2016), professor of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology
 * Eric Finkelstein (born 1970), American health economist
 * Hans Finkelstein (1885–1938), German chemist
 * Heinrich Finkelstein (1865–1942), German pediatrician
 * Israel Finkelstein (born 1949), Israeli archaeologist
 * Jacob Finkelstein alias Jackie Fields (1908–1987), American boxer
 * Jerry Finkelstein (1916-2012), American publisher, businessman and political insider/power broker
 * Louis Finkelstein (1895–1991), American Talmud scholar
 * Louis Finkelstein (artist) (1923–2000), American painter and Queens College (CUNY) professor
 * Max Finkelstein (1884–1940), New York City policeman
 * Meir Finkelstein, Israeli-American cantor and composer of Jewish liturgical music
 * Mel Finkelstein, American photojournalist
 * Menachem Finkelstein (born 1951), Israeli district judge, Israel's Military Advocate General from 2000 to 2004
 * Mendel Finkelstein (c.1878–1949), Australian cinema entrepreneur, founder of the Greater Wondergraph Company in Adelaide
 * Nat Finkelstein (1933–2009), American photographer and photojournalist
 * Norman Finkelstein (born 1953), American political scientist and writer
 * Norman Finkelstein (poet) (born 1954), poet and writer
 * Peter Max Finkelstein alias Peter Max (born 1937), American artist
 * Raymond Finkelstein (born 1946), Australian lawyer and judge
 * Salo Finkelstein (1896/7–unknown), Russian-American mental calculator
 * Samuel Finkelstein (1895–1942), Polish painter
 * Shimcha Finkelstein (1917–1987), Polish-Israeli table tennis player
 * Sidney Finkelstein (1909-1974), American writer
 * Tamara Finkelstein (born 1967), British civil servant
 * Vic Finkelstein (1938–2011), South African-British disabled activist and writer
 * William Zorach alias Finkelstein (1889–1966), Lithuanian-American sculptor, painter, printmaker and writer