Rosenberg (surname)
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Rosenberg is a Germanic-language family name and toponym. Its principal meaning is "mountain of roses", from rose + berg. However, as a toponym, in some locations it may have originally meant "red mountain" or simply "red hill", from rot + berg. The terminal consonant of the /rot/-/roθ/-/roð/-/ros/ syllable has varied across regions and centuries; there are many variations of the name, including Rosenberg, Rotenberg, Rothenberg, Rodenberg, and Rozenberg. Today there are many people around the world whose central-European ancestors adopted the surname, including many Ashkenazi Jews
but it is also used by non-Jewish Germans.
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim , are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities along the Rhine in Germany from Alsace in the south to the Rhineland in the north. Ashkenaz is the medieval Hebrew name for this region and thus for Germany...
but it is also used by non-Jewish Germans.
People
- Alexander RosenbergAlexander RosenbergAlexander Rosenberg is an American philosopher, and the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University.Rosenberg was educated at Stuyvesant High School, the City College of New York and Johns Hopkins University...
, American philosopher of science - Aleksandr RosenbergAleksandr RosenbergAleksandr Vladimirovich Rosenberg was a Russian architect. Author of books about architectural theory. He specialized on the planning of hospitals.-Works:*1907–1916 – Peter The Great Clinical Hospital, Saint Petersburg; with Lev Ilyin and Aleksandr Klein...
, Russian architect - Alfred RosenbergAlfred Rosenberg' was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi Party. Rosenberg was first introduced to Adolf Hitler by Dietrich Eckart; he later held several important posts in the Nazi government...
, Nazi government official (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg) - Allen Rosenberg (rower)Allen Rosenberg (rower)Allen Perry Rosenberg is an American former rower and rowing coach. He won 12 international and national gold and silver medals as a rower, and teams he coached won more than 24 gold and silver medals in the Olympics and world championships.-Early life:Rosenberg, who is Jewish, was born in...
, American rower and rowing coach - Arthur RosenbergArthur RosenbergArthur Rosenberg was a German Marxist historian and writer.-Life:Born into a German Jewish middle class family in Berlin in 1889, he excelled at the Gymnasium before studying at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin with Otto Hirschfeld and Eduard Meyer. Soon, he established himself as an...
, historian and writer - Chris RosenbergChris RosenbergHarvey "Chris" Rosenberg was a Jewish-American member of the DeMeo crew run by Gambino crime family soldier Roy DeMeo. The gang is suspected of between 75–200 murders in the mid 1970s to the early 1980s...
, mobster - Darryl Richard RosenbergDarryl RichardDarryl Richard II is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft...
, American child actorChild actorThe term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
, known as Darryl RichardDarryl Richard (actor)Darryl Richard , is a former child actor who appeared on television from 1955 until 1966...
, played supporting role of Morton "Smitty" Smith on ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's The Donna Reed ShowThe Donna Reed ShowThe Donna Reed Show is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the upper middle class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz appears as her pediatrician husband Alex, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children Mary and Jeff. The show originally aired on ABC at 10 pm from September... - Elias Abraham RosenbergTemple Emanu-El (Honolulu, Hawaii)Temple Emanu-El is a Reform Jewish congregation in Honolulu that was established in 1938, and joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in 1952. The synagogue building at 2550 Pali Highway was consecrated in 1960 under the spiritual leadership of Rabbi Roy A. Rosenberg. The architect was...
, early visitor to Hawaii and friend of King David KalakauaKalakauaKalākaua, born David Laamea Kamanakapuu Mahinulani Nalaiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua and sometimes called The Merrie Monarch , was the last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaii... - Prince Franz Seraph of Rosenberg-OrsiniPrince Franz Seraph of Rosenberg-OrsiniPrince Franz Seraph of Orsini-Rosenberg, born 18 October 1761 – died 4 August 1832, joined the army of Habsburg Austria and fought against the Ottoman Turks, winning a prestigious award for bravery. In the 1790s, he served in the wars against the First French Republic and received promotion...
, Austrian general of the Napoleonic Wars - Hans RosenbergHans RosenbergHans Rosenberg, born February 26, 1904 in Hanover and died on June 26, 1988 in Freiburg, was a German refugee historian whose works influenced a whole generation of post-war German scholars.-Life:...
, German historian - Harold RosenbergHarold RosenbergHarold Rosenberg was an American writer, educator, philosopher and art critic. He coined the term Action Painting in 1952 for what was later to be known as abstract expressionism. The term was first employed in Rosenberg's essay "American Action Painters" published in the December 1952 issue of...
, American art critic, creator of the term "action painting" - Hilding RosenbergHilding RosenbergHilding Rosenberg , was the first Swedish modernist composer, and one of the most influential figures in Swedish 20th century classical music....
, Swedish composer - Isaac RosenbergIsaac RosenbergIsaac Rosenberg was an English poet of the First World War who was considered to be one of the greatest of all English war poets...
, First World War poet - Janet RosenbergJanet JaganJanet Jagan was an American-born socialist politician who was President of Guyana from December 19, 1997, to August 11, 1999. She previously served as Prime Minister of Guyana from March 17, 1997, to December 19, 1997....
, the Guyanese political leader. - Jerry RosenbergJerry RosenbergJerome "Jerry" Rosenberg was a jailhouse lawyer. He was incarcerated for 46 years, longer than any other prisoner in New York State history. Rosenberg was sentenced to death for his involvement in a double homicide of two New York City police officers...
, jailhouse lawyer - Joel C. RosenbergJoel C. RosenbergJoel C. Rosenberg is an American communications strategist, author of the Last Jihad series, and founder of The Joshua Fund...
, American political thriller author - Jonathan RosenbergJonathan RosenbergJonathan Rosenberg is the webcomic artist responsible for Goats, Scenes From A Multiverse, and megaGAMERZ 3133T. Rosenberg has been producing webcomics since 1997, making him one of the original webcomic artists....
- Julius and Ethel RosenbergJulius and Ethel RosenbergEthel Greenglass Rosenberg and Julius Rosenberg were American communists who were convicted and executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war. The charges related to their passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union...
, the only Americans to be executed for espionage - Lars RosenbergLars RosenbergLars Rosenberg is a bass guitarist in several musical bands: Therion , Entombed , Taura Serpent, Roachpowder, Carbonized, Mental Distortion, Monastery and Furcas. He is also a vocalist in Carbonized and Monastery....
, heavy metal musician - Louis Conrad RosenbergLouis Conrad RosenbergLouis Conrad Rosenberg, born in 1890 in Portland, Oregon, was an American printmaker. Rosenberg was a prolific American artist who produced hundreds of etchings of architectural buildings and structures in Europe and the United States, from the 1920s to the 1940s...
, American etcher - Michael RosenbergMichael RosenbergMichael Rosenberg is one of the top bridge players in the United States. He moved to Scotland as a child and returned to New York in 1990 where he lives with his wife Debbie, also a top player....
, bridge player - Michael RosenbergMichael RosenbergMichael Rosenberg is one of the top bridge players in the United States. He moved to Scotland as a child and returned to New York in 1990 where he lives with his wife Debbie, also a top player....
, an American Sports writer - Markus RosenbergMarkus RosenbergNils Markus Rosenberg , born 27 September 1982 in Malmö) is a Swedish footballer currently playing for German side Werder Bremen. As of 11 February 2009, Rosenberg, who is nicknamed "Sillen" , has played 30 games and scored six times for the Swedish national team.-Early career:Rosenberg started his...
, Swedish footballer - Marshall RosenbergMarshall RosenbergMarshall Rosenberg is an American psychologist and the creator of Nonviolent Communication, a communication process that helps people to exchange the information necessary to resolve conflicts and differences peacefully...
, Ph.D., American psychologist and the creator of Nonviolent Communication - Milt RosenbergMilt RosenbergMilton J. Rosenberg is a prominent social psychologist who was professor of psychology at the University of Chicago and is the host of a long-running radio program in Chicago, Illinois....
, University of Chicago Social Psychology professor and Radio Host - Noah RosenbergNoah RosenbergNoah Rosenberg is a geneticist working in evolutionary biology, human genetics, and population genetics, now Associate Professor at Stanford University...
, Ph.D., geneticist at the University of Michigan - Otto RosenbergOtto RosenbergOtto Karl Julius Rosenberg was a Russian scholar who created a system of organizing Chinese characters in a dictionary format, which eventually resulted in the Four Corner Method....
, Russian sinologist - Paul RosenbergPaul RosenbergPaul Rosenberg was a French art dealer, renowned for representing Pablo Picasso, Braque, and Henri Matisse.He started his career in France in his father's antiques business. He opened an art gallery at 21 rue de la Boétie in Paris in 1911 and another in England in 1935. He moved in 1940 to the...
, French art dealer - Richie Rosenberg, American trombonist and talk show personality
- Rodrigo Rosenberg MarzanoRodrigo Rosenberg MarzanoRodrigo Rosenberg Marzano was a Guatemalan attorney. Before his death, Rosenberg recorded a video message saying if he were murdered, Álvaro Colom Caballeros, President of Guatemala, would have been directly responsible. His subsequent killing caused a national uproar...
, Guatemalan lawyer - Samuel RosenbergSamuel RosenbergSamuel Rosenberg was best known for his 1974 study of Sherlock Holmes titled Naked is the Best Disguise . His other notable book was The Confessions of a Trivialist .He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, as the son of Jacob S...
, writer - Sander RosenbergSander RosenbergSander Rosenberg was a rabbi in Arad, Romania. He was the first rabbi in Hungarian history to officiate at a Christian-Jewish intermarriage. Rosenberg officiated at the opening ceremony of the Ujpest Synagogue, in 1866.-References:...
, progressive Romanian rabbi - Scott RosenbergScott RosenbergScott Rosenberg is an American actor, screenwriter and film producer.- Biography :Born in Needham, Massachusetts in 1963, Rosenberg received a Bachelor's Degree from Boston University. He earned his MFA from UCLA...
, screenwriter - Scott RosenbergScott Rosenberg (journalist)- External links :**...
, journalist - Scott Mitchell RosenbergScott Mitchell RosenbergScott Mitchell Rosenberg is a film, television producer, comic book publisher, and the chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls a large independent library of comic book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media...
, film producer - Sol RosenbergSol Rosenberg (Louisiana businessman)Sol Rosenberg was a Jewish survivor of the German Nazi death and concentration camps who became an industrialist and philanthropist in Monroe, northeastern Louisiana....
, industrialist and Dachau concentration camp survivor - Stochelo RosenbergStochelo RosenbergStochelo Rosenberg is a Sinti-Gypsy jazz guitarist who plays in the Jazz manouche style of Django Reinhardt and leads the Rosenberg Trio.-With The Rosenberg Trio: -Solo Albums:...
, a SintiSintiSinti or Sinta or Sinte is the name of a Romani or Gypsy population in Europe. Traditionally nomadic, today only a small percentage of the group remains unsettled...
-Gypsy jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
guitaristGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely... - Stuart RosenbergStuart RosenbergStuart Rosenberg was an American film and television director whose notable works included the movies Cool Hand Luke , Voyage of the Damned , The Amityville Horror , and The Pope of Greenwich Village .-Early life and career:Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Rosenberg studied Irish...
, American film director - Steve RosenbergSteve RosenbergSteven Allen Rosenberg is a retired American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.Rosenberg is Jewish...
, American surgeon, cancer immunotherapy pioneer - William RosenbergWilliam RosenbergWilliam Rosenberg was an American entrepreneur. He founded the Dunkin' Donuts franchise in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts. In 1946, Rosenberg founded Industrial Luncheon Services, a company that delivered meals and coffee break snacks to factory workers on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts...
, founder of Dunkin' DonutsDunkin' DonutsDunkin' Donuts is an international doughnut and coffee retailer founded in 1950 by William Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts; it is now headquartered in Canton... - Willow RosenbergWillow RosenbergWillow Rosenberg is a fictional character created for the fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . She was developed by Joss Whedon and portrayed throughout the TV series by Alyson Hannigan...
, character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rozenberg
- David I. RozenbergDavid I. RozenbergDavid Iokhelevich Rozenberg, ' , was a Lithuanian economist for the Soviet Union.- Literary works :...
- Grzegorz RozenbergGrzegorz RozenbergGrzegorz Rozenberg is a mathematician andcomputer scientist.His primary research areas areformal language theory and natural computing.-Early life and education:...
, Polish-born mathematician and computer scientist. - Barry Rozenberg, American businessman and confectionary manufacturing specialist.
Other
- House of RosenbergHouse of RosenbergThe Rosenberg family was the most significant and influential Bohemian noble family playing important role in Czech medieval history from 13th century till 1611...
, Bohemian Rosenberg dynasty Lords of Krumlov and Rožmberk - Orsini-RosenbergOrsini-RosenbergOrsini-Rosenberg is the name of an old Austrian noble family. Originally sprang out from the family Von Graben from Schloss Alt-Grabenhofen near the city of Graz....
, Austrian princely family