Rubinstein is a surname of Ashkenazi Jews. It comes from German and Yiddish, where it means "ruby-stone". Notable persons named Rubinstein include:

A–E

  • Akiba Rubinstein (1880–1961), Polish chess grandmaster
  • Amnon Rubinstein (1931–2024), Israeli scholar, politician and columnist
  • Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894), Russian pianist, composer and conductor, brother of Nikolai Rubinstein
  • Ariel Rubinstein (born 1951), game theorist at Tel Aviv University and New York University
  • Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982), Polish-American pianist
  • Arthur B. Rubinstein (1938–2018), American drama and film score composer and conductor
  • Benjamin B. Rubinstein (1905–1989), Finnish-born American psychoanalyst
  • Benny Rubinstein, Israeli footballer
  • Dave Rubinstein (1964–1993), singer in the band Reagan Youth
  • David Rubinstein (pianist) (born 1949)
  • David Rubinstein (social historian) (1932–2019), American-born social historian living in England, specializing in the 19th and 20th centuries
  • Elyakim Rubinstein (born 1947), Israeli diplomat, former Attorney General of Israel and vice president of the Supreme Court of Israel
  • Erna Rubinstein (1903–1966), Hungarian-American classical violinist

F–J

  • Gennadii Rubinstein
  • Gillian Rubinstein (born 1942), English-born Australian author of children's books and for adults as Lian Hearn
  • Hadar Rubinstein (born 1967), Israeli Olympic swimmer
  • Helena Rubinstein (1872–1965), Polish-born American cosmetics entrepreneur and art collector
  • Hilary Rubinstein (1926–2012), British literary agent and publisher
  • Ida Rubinstein (1885–1960), Russian dancer with the Ballet Russe in Paris
  • Jacob Leon Rubenstein (1911–1967), birth name of Jack Ruby, American nightclub owner who killed Lee Harvey Oswald
  • John Rubinstein (born 1946), American actor, singer, composer, director; son of pianist Arthur Rubinstein
  • Jolyon Rubinstein (born 1981), English satirist, director and writer
  • Jon Rubinstein (born 1956), American computer scientist and electrical engineer instrumental in the creation of the iPod
  • J. Hyam Rubinstein (born 1948), Australian mathematician primarily interested in topology

K–O

  • Lev Rubinstein (1947–2024), Russian poet and essayist
  • Marcos Rubinstein, Swiss engineer
  • Mark Rubinstein, American financial economist and financial engineer
  • Michael Rubinstein (born 1973), birth name of Michael Weston, American television and film actor and son of John Rubinstein and Judi West
  • Nicolai Rubinstein (1911–2002), Russian historian
  • Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881), Russian pianist and composer, brother of Anton Rubinstein

P–Z

  • Pablo Rubinstein, Chilean doctor who pioneered the preservation and medical use of placenta blood as a form of stem cell technology
  • Robert A. Rubinstein (born 1951), American anthropologist
  • Robert J. Rubinstein (born 1952), entrepreneur and founder of the TBLI group
  • Roman Rubinshteyn (born 1996), Belarusian-Israeli basketball player
  • Sergei Rubinstein, Soviet psychologist, critic to Lev Vygotsky
  • Seymour I. Rubinstein (born 1934), American software developer
  • Susanna Rubinstein (1847–1914), Austrian psychologist
  • William Rubinstein (born 1946), British historian
  • Yaakov Rubinstein, Israeli violinist
  • (1888–1945), Rabbi, Zionist activist, leader of the Lithuanian Jewish community, member of the Polish Senate and Sejm
  • Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961), Croatian operatic soprano
  • Zelda Rubinstein (1933–2010), American actress

See also

  • Rubenstein, surname

References