# Steinberg (surname)

Steinberg is an Ashkenazi Jewish and German surname. Variants: Shteinberg, Steinbarg. Notable people with the surname include:

## Music

* Billy Steinberg, American songwriter
* Elliot Easton (born Elliot Steinberg, 1953), American musician
* Lewie Steinberg, American bassist in the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s
* Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946), Lithuanian-Russian composer
* Michael Steinberg (music critic) (1928–2009), American music critic and musicologist
* Michael P. Steinberg, American historian
* Pinchas Steinberg (born 1945), Israeli conductor
* Sebastian Steinberg (born 1959), American bassist in the band Soul Coughing
* Simon Steinberg (1887–1955), Ukrainian composer
* William Steinberg (1899–1978), German-American conductor
* Lev Steinberg (1870–1945), Russian conductor and composer
* Karl Steinberg (born 1952), German founder of the musical software company Steinberg

## Culture

* David Steinberg (born 1942), Canadian comedian, actor, director, and writer
* David I. Steinberg (1928–2024), American historian of Asia
* Flo Steinberg (1939–2017), American independent comic book publisher
* Hans H. Steinberg (born 1950), German actor
* Jacob Steinberg (1887–1947), Israeli poet
* Jonathan Steinberg (1934–2021), American historian of Germany
* Joshua Steinberg (1839–1908), Lithuanian-Russian writer and educator
* Leo Steinberg (1920–2011), American art historian
* Michael Steinberg (filmmaker), American film director and producer
* Morleigh Steinberg (born 1964), American dancer and choreographer
* Neil Steinberg (born 1960), American columnist
* Saul Steinberg (1914–1999), Romanian-American cartoonist, notably for the New Yorker
* Susan Steinberg (author) American author and artist (painter)
* Susan Steinberg (producer) American television writer/ producer / director

## Science

* Deborah Lynn Steinberg, British sociologist
* Gerald M. Steinberg, Israeli political scientist
* Hannah Steinberg (1926–2019), British psychopharmacologist
* Robert Steinberg, American mathematician
* Rudolf Steinberg (born 1943), German professor, president of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University
* Malcolm S. Steinberg (1930–2012), American biologist

## Other people

* Alexander “Sasha” Hedges Steinberg, American drag queen, artist, actor and producer known as Sasha Velour
* Annie Sprinkle (Born Ellen F. Steinberg, 1954), American pornographic actress sex educator and former prostitute
* Darrell Steinberg (born 1959), Mayor of the city of Sacramento, California
* Erna Steinberg (1911–2001), German Olympic sprinter
* Gerry Steinberg (1945–2015), British politician
* Isaac Nachman Steinberg, (1888–1957) left-revolutionary-politician, lawyer and writer
* James B. Steinberg, American politician (Deputy Secretary of State)
* Joel Steinberg (born 1941), American attorney convicted of manslaughter
* Joseph Steinberg (1883–1932), New York politician
* Judith Steinberg Dean (born 1953), American physician and former First Lady of Vermont
* Leigh Steinberg (born 1949), American sports agent
* Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg (1936–2009), British businessman
* Mark Steinberg American sports agent (for Tiger Woods)
* Max Steinberg (soldier) (1989–2014), American-Israeli IDF lone soldier killed in the 2014 Gaza War
* Melvin Steinberg (born 1933), American politician
* Sam Steinberg (1905–1978), Canadian supermarket magnate
* Saul Steinberg (business) (1939–2012), American investor

## Fictional characters

* Charlie "Chuck" and Ruth “Ruthie” Steinberg, siblings in the 2019 film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark