Goldstein (surname)

Goldstein ( (גאָלדשטיין, גולדשטיין)) is a surname of Yiddish origin, that is widespread among Ashkenazi Jews. It translates to "gold stone" in English. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts

 * Adam Goldstein (1973–2009), American musician and disc jockey known as DJ AM
 * Alisa M. Goldstein, American genetic epidemiologist
 * Boris Goldstein (1922–1987), Soviet violinist
 * Brett Goldstein (born 1980), British actor and comedian
 * Chaim Itsl Goldstein (born 1900), Polish author
 * Doug Goldstein (born 1971), American TV screenwriter, producer and director
 * Elliot Goldstein (born 1938), American actor known as Elliott Gould
 * Fanny Goldstein (librarian) (1895–1961)
 * Harvey Goldstein (born 1944), American bass guitarist known as Harvey Brooks
 * Jack Goldstein, (1945–2003), Canadian-American performance and conceptual artist
 * Jack Goldstein (born 1986), vocalist for the British band Fixers
 * Jean-Isidore Goldstein (1925–2007), Romanian-French poet known as Isidore Isou
 * Jenette Goldstein (born 1960), American actress
 * Jerry Goldstein (producer) (born 1940)
 * Johnny Goldstein (born 1991), Israeli musician
 * Jonathan Goldstein (1968–2019), British composer
 * Jonathan Goldstein (actor) (born 1964)
 * Jonathan Goldstein (author) (born 1969)
 * Jonathan Goldstein (filmmaker) (born 1968)
 * Lisa Goldstein (born 1953), American fantasy and science fiction writer
 * Lisa Goldstein (rabbi) (born 1965)
 * Lisa Goldstein (actress) (born 1981)
 * Martha Goldstein (1919–2014), American harpsichordist and pianist
 * Marvin Goldstein (born 1950), American pianist
 * Mikhail Goldstein (1917–1989), composer and violinist
 * Philip Goldstein (1913–1980), American painter known as Philip Guston
 * Robert Goldstein (1903 - 1974), film producer
 * Róza Goldstein (1832–1892), Hungarian mezzo-soprano known as Róza Csillag
 * Shaike Goldstein-Ophir (1928–1987), Israeli actor, comedian and screenwriter known as Shaike Ophir
 * Sheldon Goldstein (born 1947), American theoretical physicist
 * Sokher Goldstein (1859–1887), Romanian singer and actor
 * Sophie Goldstein (1861–1904), Romanian actress known as Sophia Karp

Religion

 * Clifford Goldstein (born 1955), Seventh-day Adventist author and editor
 * Herbert S. Goldstein (1890–1970), American Orthodox rabbi
 * Isabella Goldstein (1849–1916), Australian suffragist and social reformer
 * Jonathan A. Goldstein (1929–2004), American biblical scholar
 * Josef Goldstein (1836–1899), Austro-Hungarian cantor
 * Joseph Goldstein (writer) (born 1944)
 * Lisa Goldstein (rabbi)
 * Nachman Goldstein (1825–1894), (aka Tcheriner Rav), Ukrainian rabbi
 * Samuel Goldstein (rabbi) (1852–1935)
 * Warren Goldstein (born 1971), Chief Rabbi of South Africa

Sport

 * Abe Goldstein (1898–1977), American bantamweight boxer
 * Danielle Goldstein (born 1985), American-Israeli show jumper
 * Don Goldstein (1937-2022), American basketball player
 * Jørn Goldstein (born 1953), Norwegian Olympic ice hockey goalie
 * Leah Goldstein (born 1969), Canadian-born Israeli professional road racing cyclist, former World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel's Duathlon champion
 * Leo Goldstein, American-Israeli soccer referee
 * Lonnie Goldstein (1918–2013), American baseball player
 * Margie Goldstein-Engle (born 1958), American equestrian
 * Omer Goldstein (born 1996), Israeli cyclist
 * Paul Goldstein (tennis) (born 1976), American tennis player
 * Ralph Goldstein (1913–1997), American Olympic épée fencer
 * Roy Goldstein (born 1993), Israeli cyclist
 * Ruby Goldstein (1907–1984), American welterweight boxer
 * Samuel Goldstein (1945–1977), American Paralympian
 * Shulamit Goldstein (born 1968), Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast
 * Steven Goldstein (racing driver) (born 1981), Colombian racing driver
 * Todd Goldstein (born 1988), Australian rules footballer

Other

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 * Abraham Samuel Goldstein (1925–2005), Dean of Yale Law School
 * Adam Goldstein (author) (born 1988)
 * Al Goldstein (1936–2013), American pornographer
 * Andy Goldstein (born 1973), British broadcaster
 * Baruch Goldstein (1956–1994), Israeli terrorist
 * Bernard R. Goldstein (born 1938), historian of science
 * Bruce Goldstein (born 1951), American film programmer, producer, archivist, historian
 * Chris Goldstein, American radio personality
 * Daniel Goldstein (born 1969), American psychologist
 * Emmanuel Goldstein (born 1959), pen name of Eric Gordon Corley, American hacker
 * Eugen Goldstein (1850–1930), German physicist, and an early researcher in X-rays
 * Harvey Goldstein (1939–2020), British statistician
 * Herbert Goldstein (1922–2005), American physicist
 * Herman Goldstein (1931–2020), American criminologist
 * Ivo Goldstein (born 1958), Croatian historian
 * Jay Goldstein, American kidnapper
 * Jerry Goldstein (physicist) (born 1970)
 * Jonathan L. Goldstein (born 1941), American lawyer
 * Joseph I. Goldstein (1939–2015), American engineer
 * Joseph L. Goldstein (born 1940), American Nobel Prize–winning biochemist
 * Joshua S. Goldstein (born 1952), American scientist
 * Joyce Goldstein (born 1935), American chef
 * Kurt Goldstein (1878–1965), German neurologist and psychiatrist
 * Leon M. Goldstein (died 1999), American President of Kingsborough Community College, and acting Chancellor of the City University of New York
 * Louis L. Goldstein (1913–1998), American politician
 * Marcus Goldstein (1906–1997), American anthropologist
 * Martin Goldstein (1905–1941), American gangster
 * Matthew Goldstein (born 1941), Chancellor of the City University of New York
 * Max Goldstein (1898–1924), Romanian communist
 * Max A. Goldstein (1870–1941), American otolaryngologist
 * Mel Goldstein (1945–2012), American meteorologist
 * Melvyn Goldstein (born 1938), American social anthropologist
 * Paul Goldstein (law professor) (born 1943)
 * Peter Goldstein, British businessman
 * Phil Goldstein (1950–2022), American magician known as Max Maven
 * Phillip Goldstein (investor)
 * Rebecca Goldstein (born 1950), American novelist and professor of philosophy
 * Reuben Goldstein (1862–1943), British businessman and manufacturer known as Reuben Goldstein Edwards
 * Richard Goldstein (astronomer) (born 1927)
 * Robin Goldstein (born 1976), American author and wine critic
 * Sam Goldstein, Canadian politician
 * Slavko Goldstein (1928–2017), Croatian historian
 * Solomon Goldstein (1884–1968), Bulgarian Communist politician
 * Solomon Goldstein-Rose (born 1993), American politician
 * Steve Goldstein (broadcaster)
 * Steve Goldstein (diplomat)
 * Steven Goldstein (activist)
 * Steven R. Goldstein, American gynecologist
 * Sydney Goldstein (1903–1989), British mathematician and aerodynamicist
 * Tom Goldstein (born 1970), American attorney
 * Vida Goldstein (1869–1949), Australian suffragette and social reformer
 * Warren Goldstein (professor)
 * Yisroel Goldstein, American shooting survivor
 * Yoine Goldstein (1934–2020), Canadian lawyer and politician

Variant surnames

 * Aleksandar Goldštajn (1912–2010), prominent Croatian university professor, law scholar and constitutional court judge
 * Israel Goldstine (1898–1953), New Zealand politician, businessman, barrister and solicitor

Fictional

 * Anthony Goldstein, a minor character in the Harry Potter book series
 * Emmanuel Goldstein, a key character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
 * Ira Goldstein, a character who appears in ASB Bank's commercials
 * Koko Goldstein, a character in the Web video series Yacht Rock
 * Rachel Goldstein in Water Rats
 * Porpentina and Queenie Goldstein, sisters in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
 * Ivan Goldstein in Missions (TV series)
 * Nicoletta "Nico" Goldstein, a supporting character in the video game series Devil May Cry