Garfinkel
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Garfinkel is a Yiddish surname
, and may refer to:
Variant forms include Garfinkle and Garfinckel. These may refer to:
Variant forms include also Gurfinkel. These may refer to:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, and may refer to:
- David J. Garfinkel, yeast molecular geneticist
- Harold GarfinkelHarold GarfinkelHarold Garfinkel was a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is known for establishing and developing ethnomethodology as a field of inquiry in sociology.-Biography:...
, sociologist - Jack GarfinkelJack GarfinkelJack "Dutch" Garfinkel is a retired American basketball player.Garfinkel attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn and then nearby St. John's University to play for future Hall of Fame coach Joe Lapchick...
, basketball player - Simson GarfinkelSimson GarfinkelSimson L. Garfinkel is an Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Garfinkel is regarded as a leader in the fields of Digital forensics and Usable Security...
, journalist and writer specializing in the field of computer security
Variant forms include Garfinkle and Garfinckel. These may refer to:
- Harry GarfinkleHarry GarfinkleHarry Garfinkle is a Green politician in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He also is Professor Emeritus, Department of Educational Foundations, University of Alberta, but retired from teaching in 1988 to focus on politics....
, Canadian politician - John GarfieldJohn GarfieldJohn Garfield was an American actor adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class character roles. He grew up in poverty in Depression-era New York City and in the early 1930s became an important member of the Group Theater. In 1937 he moved to Hollywood, eventually becoming one of Warner...
(born Garfinkle), American actor - Norton GarfinkleNorton GarfinkleNorton Garfinkle is an economist and author.He received a BA with honors from Columbia University and did his graduate work at Columbia University and Princeton University...
, economist - Richard GarfinkleRichard GarfinkleRichard Garfinkle is an American writer of science fiction.He is best known as the author of Celestial Matters, a novel published by Tor Books, which won the Compton Crook Award in 1997....
, American science-fiction author
- Julius GarfinckelJulius GarfinckelJulius Garfinckel was a prominent American merchant, business executive and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Washington, D.C., department store Garfinckel's....
(born Garfinkel), American merchant, founder of Washington, D.C., based department store chain, Garfinckel'sGarfinckel'sGarfinckel's was a prominent department store chain based in Washington, D.C., that catered to a clientele of wealthy consumers. It declared Chapter 11, in June 1990, and ceased operations in 1990.-History:...
Variant forms include also Gurfinkel. These may refer to:
- Yisrael GuriYisrael GuriYisrael Guri was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1949 and 1965.-Biography:Born in the Russian Empire, Guri was educated in a heder and a high school in Chişinău, where he was a member of Tzeiri Zion, before attending the University of Odessa...
(born Gurfinkel), RussianRussiansThe Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
-born IsraeliIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
politician