Morgenstern (surname)

Morgenstern is a German surname that is also used in Scandinavia and is common among Ashkenazi Jews. It literally means "morning star" and is sometimes anglicized as Morningstar.

Notable people

 * Alisher Morgenshtern (born 1998), Russian rapper and YouTuber
 * Barbara Morgenstern (born 1971), German musician
 * Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914), German poet
 * Christian Ernst Bernhard Morgenstern, German landscape painter
 * Dan Morgenstern, German-American music critic, former editor of Down Beat magazine, academician at Rutgers University
 * Erin Morgenstern, American author
 * Hal Morgenstern, American epidemiologist
 * Ignace Morgenstern (1900–1961), Hungarian-born French film producer
 * Janusz Morgenstern (1922–2011), Polish film director and producer
 * Joe Morgenstern, American film critic
 * Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern (1770–1852), the German philologist who coined the term Bildungsroman
 * Julian Morgenstern (1881–1976), American rabbi and Hebrew Union College professor and president
 * Maia Morgenstern (born 1962), Romanian film and stage actress
 * Mark Morgenstern, Canadian filmmaker
 * Matthew Morgenstern, Israeli professor
 * Oskar Morgenstern (1902–1977), German-born economist and founder of the field of game theory
 * Ralph Morgenstern, German actor in theatre, TV and film
 * Soma Morgenstern (1890–1976), Jewish-Austrian writer and journalist
 * Stephanie Morgenstern, Canadian actress and screenwriter
 * Thomas Morgenstern (born 1986), Austrian ski jumper

Fiction

 * David Morgenstern, a fictional emergency department physician portrayed by William H. Macy on the TV series ER
 * S. Morgenstern, fictional author of William Goldman's The Princess Bride
 * Valentine Morgenstern and Sebastian Morgenstern, the main antagonists in Mortal Instruments book series
 * Clary Fray, the main protagonist of the Mortal Instruments book series, has the paternal surname of Morgenstern
 * Rhoda Morgenstern, portrayed by Valerie Harper, a character on the television sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show and subsequent spin-off Rhoda
 * Marjorie Morningstar (novel), 1955 novel by Herman Wouk, which introduced the character Marjorie Morgenstern
 * Marjorie Morningstar (film) (1958), title character portrayed by Natalie Wood
 * Ava Morgenstern, portrayed by Ava Kolker, a character in Disney's children show Girl Meets World