Gold (surname)
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Gold is a surname
and 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:
- Alan Gold (author)Alan Gold (author)Alan David Gold, is an Australian novelist, literary critic and human rights activist.Gold was born in Leicester, UK and began his working life on British provincial newspapers such as the Leicester Mercury before becoming a freelance correspondent in the United Kingdom and Europe.He has written...
(born 1945), Australian novelist, literary critic and human rights activist - Alan B. GoldAlan B. GoldAlan Bernard Gold, OC, OQ was the chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court from 1983 to 1992.Born in Montreal, Gold received a B.A. from Queen's University in 1938 and a bachelor degree in civil law from the University of Montreal in 1941...
(1917–2005), chief justice of Quebec Superior Court - Alan Stephen GoldAlan Stephen GoldAlan Stephen Gold is an American lawyer and a United States federal judge. He currently serves on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.-Early life and education:...
(born 1944), American lawyer and judge - Andrew GoldAndrew GoldAndrew Maurice Gold was an American singer, musician and songwriter. His works include the Top 10 single "Lonely Boy" , as well as the singles "Thank You for Being a Friend" , and "Never Let Her Slip Away" ....
(born 1951), singer and songwriter - Ari Gold (filmmaker)Ari Gold (filmmaker)Ari Gold is an American filmmaker, actor and musician. His short film Helicopter, about the aftermath of his mother's death, won him a Student Oscar. His feature debut Adventures of Power premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and made its European debut at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International...
, American filmmaker, actor and musician - Ari Gold (musician), American musician
- Bela GoldBela GoldBela Gold, also Bill Gold, , was born in Cluj-Napoca .-Biography:He was the son of Esther and Leo Gold , and had a brother, William Gold . His father was a dry goods salesman, and the family had emigrated in 1920...
(born 1915) - Ben-Zion GoldBen-Zion GoldBen-Zion Gold is an American rabbi who was the Rabbi of the Hillel at Harvard University from 1958 until he became Rabbi Emeritus in 1990. Gold was born in 1923 in Radom, Poland, and is the only member of his family to have survived The Holocaust...
, Polish-American rabbi - Bill GoldBill GoldBill Gold is an American graphic designer best known for thousands of movie poster designs.His first film poster was for Yankee Doodle Dandy , and his most recent work was for J...
(born 1921), American graphic designer - Brian and Tony GoldBrian and Tony GoldBrian and Tony Gold are a Jamaican dancehall duo, who teamed up in the mid 1980s to participate in Kingston talent shows. They were noted for having close and subtle harmonies...
, Jamaican dance hall duo - David Gold (businessman) (born 1937), English businessman
- David Gold (talk radio host)David Gold (talk radio host)David Gold is an American conservative talk radio host. Gold, who has been a talk radio host since the mid 1970s, one of the first U.S. conservative talk radio hosts...
, American conservative talk radio host - Dore GoldDore GoldDore Gold is an Israeli statesman who has served in various diplomatic positions under several Israeli governments. He is the current President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs...
(born 1953), Israeli diplomat - Edgar GoldEdgar GoldEdgar Gold, CM, AM is an Australian-Canadian lawyer, author, academic, and Master Mariner. He is one of the leading experts in the areas of international ocean law and marine and environmental policy development....
(born 1934), Australian-Canadian lawyer, author, academic, and Master Mariner - Edward GoldEdward GoldEdward Gold , is an American pianist and composer.- Biography :Gold was born in Brooklyn and grew up in New York City. He attended public schools and majored in music at CCNY . He received his masters from Yale University School of Music where he studied with Ellsworth Grumman, Mel Powell and H....
(born 1036), American composer - E. J. GoldE. J. GoldEugene Jeffrey "E.J." Gold is an artist, author, jazz musician and spiritual teacher in the "Fourth Way" tradition of G.I. Gurdjieff. Gold's large-scale JazzArt paintings have served as backdrops for Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Nancy Wilson, Oscar Peterson, and Toots Thielemans...
(born 1941), American artist, author and jazz musician; son of H.L. Gold - Eli GoldEli GoldEli Gold is an American sportscaster. Gold is best known as the radio voice for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team, along with Tom Roberts, as part of the Crimson Tide Sports Network since 1988. He has also been the host of NASCAR Live on the Motor Racing Network since 1982...
(born 1953), American sportscaster - Elon GoldElon GoldElon Gold is an American comedian, television actor, writer and producer. He starred in the television series Stacked. He also starred in the short-lived sitcom In-Laws...
(born 1970), American comedian, actor, writer and producer; brother of Ari Gold - Ernest Gold (1921–1999), composer and father of Andrew Gold
- Gary Pig GoldGary Pig GoldGary Pig Gold is a singer-songwriter, record producer, filmmaker and author. His fanzine was Canada’s first independently-published music magazine, and among the recording artists he has worked with are Pat Boone, Dave Rave, Endless Summer, Simply Saucer and Shane Faubert.-History:He formed his...
(born 1955), Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, filmmaker and author - Glen David GoldGlen David GoldGlen David Gold is known as the author of Carter Beats the Devil, a fictionalized biography of Charles Joseph Carter , an American illusionist performing from c.1900-1936 and Sunnyside. He writes in a narrative style, and the book was hailed as a very respectable venture into historical fiction...
(born 1954), American author - Harry GoldHarry GoldHarry Gold was a laboratory chemist who was convicted of being the “courier” for a number of Soviet spy rings during the Manhattan Project.-Early life:Gold was born in Switzerland to poor Russian Jewish immigrants...
(1910–1972), spy (courier) - Harry Gold (musician)Harry Gold (musician)Harry Gold Harry Gold Harry Gold (born Harry Goldberg; (26 February 1907 – 13 November 2005) was a British dixieland jazz saxophonist and bandleader.The eldest of six children, born to a Romanian mother, Hetty Schulman, and a German father, Sam Goldberg. Gold's career spanned almost the whole...
(1907–2005), British jazz musician - Harvey GoldHarvey GoldHarvey Gold , born in Akron, Ohio, U.S.A., is an American guitarist, bassist, and keyboardist for the avant-rock/New Wave band Tin Huey. When the band members first went their separate waysin 1982, he also became a film and video producer...
(born 1952), American guitarist, bassist, and organist - Herbert GoldHerbert Gold-Early life:Gold was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Lakewood, a community he was later to memorialize in his first book, Birth of a Hero, published in 1951 by Viking Press. He moved to New York City at age 17 after several of his poems had been accepted by New York literary magazines...
(born 1924), American novelist - Ian GoldIan GoldIan Maurice Gold is a former American football linebacker of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan....
(born 1978), former American football linebacker - H.L. Gold (1914–1996), American SF writer and editor
- Jack GoldJack GoldJack Gold is a British film and television director. He was part of the British Realist Tradition that followed Free Cinema.-Career:...
(born 1930), British film and television director - Jacqueline GoldJacqueline GoldJacqueline Gold is a British business woman, and is currently Chief Executive of the Gold Group International companies Ann Summers and Knickerbox. She is the 16th richest woman in Britain.-Early life:...
, British businesswoman - Jake GoldJake GoldJake Gold is an American-born Canadian musician manager. He was a judge on the Canadian Idol television program. In addition to Idol participants, he has managed popular Canadian artists like The Tragically Hip and The Watchmen. His management company, The Management Trust, currently works with a...
(born 1958), Canadian music manager - Jamie GoldJamie GoldJamie M. Gold is an American television producer, a talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California. He is known for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event and currently divides his time between his activities as president of production for the entertainment company,...
(born 1969), winner of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event - Jared GoldJared GoldJared Gold is a fashion designer of avant-garde American Gothic fashion.-Biography:Gold grew up in Idaho Falls and was already a child piano prodigy long before he discovered fashion design. In 1990 he attended the Piano Conservatory of Hawaii for a year and soon after took up the harpsichord....
(born 1972), American fashion designer - Jeffrey GoldJeffrey GoldJeffrey Frederick Gold is an American filmmaker, film producer, playwright, and film composer educated as a physicist and mathematician at the United States Naval Academy, the University of Utah, and the University of Cambridge, England.- Science :Jeffrey Gold attended the U.S...
(born 1968), American filmmaker - Jim GoldJim GoldJim Gold who was born on 12 January 1947 is the singer/guitarist/songwriter of the 1970s group called Gallery. Gallery is famous for their 1972 song " Nice To Be With You." The group was originally called Gallery, but several years later the group's name was changed to Jim Gold & Gallery....
(born 1947), musician - Joe GoldJoe GoldJoe Gold was the founder of Gold's Gym and World Gym...
(1922–2004), American bodybuilder and entrepreneur - Joe Dan GoldJoe Dan Gold-Post coaching career:After leaving Mercer, Gold became a school administrator in his native Kentucky. He was enshrined in the Mississippi State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.Gold died on April 14, 2011 following a long illness.-References:...
(1942–2011), American college basketball player and coach - Jonathan GoldJonathan GoldJonathan Gold is a food critic who currently writes for LA Weekly and used to write for Gourmet magazine. In 2007 he became the first such critic to win the Pulitzer Prize. He is also a regular on KCRW's Good Food radio program....
, Pulitzer prize winning food critic - Judy GoldJudy GoldJudy Gold is an American stand-up comic and actor. She won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and producer on The Rosie O'Donnell Show...
(born 1962), American comedienne and actress - Julie GoldJulie GoldJulie Gold is a New York singer-songwriter. She is best known for Bette Midler's version of her song "From a Distance" which won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 1991....
, American singer-songwriter - Kathe GoldKäthe GoldKäthe Gold was an Austrian actress.Born in Vienna, she trained in that city as an actress and then went to Bern, Breslau and Munich. In 1932 she went to Berlin, where she remained until 1944...
(1907–1997), Austrian actress - Katie GoldKatie GoldKatie Gold is an American pornographic actress.Gold’s initial career in the adult film industry lasted from 1997 to early 1999. She returned to the industry in 2003 as a contract girl for JM Productions.-Awards:AVN...
(born 1978), pornographic actress - Kristi GoldKristi GoldKristi Gold is an American writer of over 25 romance novels since 2000.-Biography:Kristi Gold decided at the age of twenty to write her first book. In 2000 her first book was published. Gold is married to a physician, and they have three children...
, American romance novelist - Lauren GoldLauren GoldLauren Gold is an English model and actress. Gold is most recognised as the DJ in Robbie Williams's "Rock DJ" music video as well as her recurring appearance in La Senza ad campaigns...
(born 1980), British model - Lee GoldLee GoldLee Gold is a member of California science fiction fandom and a writer and editor in the role-playing game and filk music communities.- Gaming :...
, California SF fandom notable - Lex GoldLex GoldLex Gold, CBE is an administrator and former footballer who currently serves as a director of Caledonian MacBrayne.Gold played professional football as a teenager, including an 18 month spell with Rangers...
(born 1940), football administrator - Lloyd GoldLloyd GoldLloyd 'Lucky' Gold is an American screen writer and playwright.Gold’s plays have been produced at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, the McCarter Theater and others. He wrote numerous film scripts for Miramax and was script doctor on Marvin's Room and Shakespeare in Love...
(born 1950), American television soap opera writer and playwright - Louise GoldLouise GoldLouise Gold is an English singer, actress and puppeteer whose career has spanned almost four decades.From 1977, Gold was a puppeteer and voice actress for The Muppet Show and Sesame Street, and she has performed voice and puppet work on various other Muppet films and specials...
(born 1956), British singer, actress and puppeteer - Marian GoldMarian GoldMarian Gold is the lead singer of the German synthpop group, Alphaville.His multi-octave tenor voice appears in Alphaville's 1980s pop singles, including "Forever Young", "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody" and "Dance with Me".Since the early 1990s, Gold has taken Alphaville from a studio-based...
(born 1954), German singer - Mary Jayne GoldMary Jayne GoldMary Jayne Gold was an American heiress who played an important role helping European Jews and intellectuals escape Nazi Germany in 1940-1941, during World War II....
(1909–1997), American heiress - Marty GoldMarty GoldMartin Gold was a composer, pianist, and bandleader born in New York City, New York. He was the pianist and arranger for the Korn Kobblers, a popular 1940s novelty group billed as "America's most nonsensical dance band", but was probably best known as the composer of the song "Tell Me Why", which...
(born 1915), American composer, pianist, and bandleader - Max GoldMax GoldMax Gold was an early twentieth century Austrian football right full back who played professionally in Austria and the United States. He also earned two caps with the Austrian national team in 1922....
, Austrian soccer player - Maya GoldMaya GoldMaya Gold is the stage name for a Hungarian pornographic actress.She began her career in 2002 and worked under other variants of the Maya Gold stagename, notably Maja Gold, Maya, and Mya....
(born 1981), Hungarian pornographic actress - Mike GoldMike GoldMichael "Mike" Gold is the pen-name of Jewish American writer Itzok Isaac Granich. A lifelong communist, Gold was a novelist and literary critic, his semi-autobiographical novel Jews Without Money from 1930 was a bestseller.- Biography :Gold was born Itzok Isaac Granich on April 12, 1894 on the...
(1893–1967), American literary critic - Missy GoldMissy GoldMissy Gold is a former American child actress. She is best known as portraying the Governor's daughter, Katie, on the TV sitcom Benson ....
(born 1970), American child actress - Murray GoldMurray GoldMurray Gold is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio.-Television:Gold has been nominated for a BAFTA four times in the category Best Original Television Music, for Vanity Fair , Queer as Folk , Casanova and Doctor Who...
(born 1969), English composer and dramatist - Nathan GoldNathan GoldNathan Gold , was an American colonial leader and deputy governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1708 until his death in 1723....
(1663–1723), American colonial leader and deputy governor - Phil GoldPhil GoldPhil Gold, CC, OQ, FRSC, FRCPC, MACP is a Canadian physician, scientist, and professor.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a B.Sc. degree in 1957, a M.Sc. degree in 1961, a M.D. degree in 1961, and a Ph.D. in 1965 from McGill University.In 1968, he co-discovered with Samuel O...
(born 1936), Canadian physician, scientist, and professor - Sam GoldSam GoldSam Gold is an American voice actor. He has video game and animated roles.-Animated roles:*The Jungle Book - Bagheera, Tabaqui*The Mr. Men Show - Mr. Bounce, Mr. Grumpy, and Mr...
, voice actor - Samuel GoldSamuel GoldSamuel Gold was a Hungarian physician, journalist and composer of chess problems.-Biography:...
, composer of chess problems - Scott GoldScott GoldScott Gold is an American author from Brooklyn, New York, most famous for his 2008 book The Shameless Carnivore: A Manifesto for Meat Lovers.-Bibliography:...
, American author - Sharon Anderson-GoldSharon Anderson-GoldSharon Anderson-Gold is chair at the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.- Background :Prior to becoming chair of the STS department in 2004, Dr. Anderson-Gold served as acting and associate dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department...
, chair at the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteStephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's... - Stanley GoldStanley GoldStanley Phillip Gold is President and CEO of Shamrock Holdings, Roy E. Disney's private investment company. He was on the Walt Disney Company's board of directors 1984; 1987-2003. He and Roy resigned to publicly campaign to oust then CEO and Chairman of the Board Michael Eisner. He also helped...
, American business manager - Tanya GoldTanya GoldTanya Gold is a British journalist. She has written for a variety of newspapers in the United Kingdom, including The Guardian, the Daily Mail, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard. In 2009 she was highly commended in the Feature Writer of the Year category at the British...
(born 1973), British journalist - Ted GoldTed GoldTheodore "Ted" Gold was a member of Weatherman.-Early years and education:Gold was a red diaper baby. He was the son of Hyman Gold, a prominent Jewish physician and a mathematics instructor at Columbia University who had both been part of the Old Left. His mother was a statistician who taught at...
(1947–1970), radical Columbia University student leader - Thomas GoldThomas GoldThomas Gold was an Austrian-born astrophysicist, a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Society . Gold was one of three young Cambridge scientists who in the 1950s proposed the now mostly abandoned 'steady...
(1920–2004), Austrian astrophysicist - Thomas Ruggles Gold (1764–1827), United States Representative from New York
- Tom Gold, New York City Ballet soloist
- Tracey GoldTracey GoldTracey Gold is an American actress and former child star best known for playing Carol Seaver on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains. In early 2009, she co-hosted with Fred Roggin on the live show GSN Live.-Early life:...
(born 1969), American actress - Victor Gold (chemist)Victor Gold (chemist)Victor Gold was a chemist who served on the faculty of King's College, London.Gold was born in Vienna, the son of lawyer Oscar Gold and his first wife, the former Emmy Kopperl. He was raised primarily by his mother...
(1922–1985), British chemist who initiated the first edition of the Compendium of Chemical Terminology - Victor Gold (journalist)Victor Gold (journalist)Victor Gold is an American journalist, author, and Republican political consultant. His career as a political consultant spanned the period from the 1964 Presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater through George H. W...
, American journalist, author, and Republican political consultant - Victor Gold (legal scholar), dean at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California
- Xaviera GoldXaviera GoldXaviera Gold is a female African American dance music singer who is a former DJ and mixer on Chicago's WBMX-FM. She hit in 1987 with Ralphi Rosario on the song "You Used To Hold Me" under the name Xavier Gold . With Masters At Work she went to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1993...
, African American dance music singer
See also
- Glenn GouldGlenn GouldGlenn Herbert Gould was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach...
, born Glenn Herbert Gold - Gold (disambiguation)Gold (disambiguation)Gold is a highly sought-after precious metal that throughout virtually all of recorded history has been used as money.Gold may also refer to:-In science and technology:* Gold , shade of the metal gold...