# Blumenthal (surname)

Blumenthal is a surname of German origin, meaning: "flower valley" in German. It can be found among people of German and Jewish origin.

## People with the surname

* Albert H. Blumenthal (1928–1984), New York politician
* Alfred Cleveland Blumenthal (1885–1957), American theatrical producer and real estate developer
* Antje Blumenthal (born 1947), German politician
* Bartolomé Blumenthal (1511–1585), supposedly the first German to arrive in Chile
* Casimir von Blumenthal (1787–1849), Belgian violinist and conductor who worked in Switzerland
* Daniel Blumenthal (1860–1930), French politician
* Daniel Blumenthal (born 1952), German-born American pianist
* Ferdinand Blumenthal (1847–1914), American-French entrepreneur and art collector, builder of Hôtel Blumenthal-Montmorency in Paris
* Florence Meyer Blumenthal, (1875–1930) American philanthropist, underwrote the Prix Blumenthal
* Georg von Blumenthal (1490–1550), German Prince-Bishop and Bishop
* George Blumenthal (banker) (1858–1941) German-born banker
* George R. Blumenthal (born 1945), American astrophysicist, astronomer, professor, and academic administrator
* Gerda Blumenthal (1923–2004), German-American literary scholar
* Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal (1907–1944), German aristocrat and army officer
* Herman A. Blumenthal (1916–1986), American art director and production designer for films
* Hermann Blumenthal (1905–1942), German sculptor and posthum participating in the documenta 1
* Heston Blumenthal (born 1966), British chef and owner of The Fat Duck restaurant
* Howard Blumenthal, American television and media producer, author, educator, and executive
* Jacques Blumenthal (1829–1908), German pianist and composer
* Joachim Friedrich von Blumenthal (1609–1657), German nobleman, diplomat, founder of the early Brandenburg-Prussian Army
* Joseph Blumenthal, main character in the novel The Hope by Herman Wouk
* Joseph Blumenthal (1897–1990), American printer and typographer
* Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1856), Belgian violinist and composer
* Josip Mikoczy-Blumenthal (1734–1800), Croatian historian
* Karen Blumenthal (1959–2020), American business journalist and educator
* Leonard Blumenthal (1901–1986), American mathematician
* Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810–1900), Prussian field marshal
* Morton J. Blumenthal (1931-2022), American lawyer and politician
* Mark Blumenthal (1831–1921), German-American physician
* Max Blumenthal (born 1977), American journalist
* Naomi Blumenthal (born 1943), former Israeli politician
* Naftali Blumenthal (1922–2022), former Israeli politician
* Nathan Blumenthal (1930–2014), birth name of Nathaniel Branden, Canadian psychotherapist and writer
* Oscar Blumenthal (1852–1917), German writer, critic, and chess player
* Otto Blumenthal (1876–1944), German mathematician
* Richard Blumenthal (born 1946), Democratic U. S. Senator from the state of Connecticut, elected 2010
* Robert Blumenthal (microbiologist), American microbiologist
* Robert McCallum Blumenthal (1931–2012), mathematician, known for Blumenthal's zero–one law
* Roy Blumenthal (born 1968), South African poet
* Sidney Blumenthal (born 1948), American journalist; advisor to Bill and Hillary Clinton
* Vera von Blumenthal (fl. 1918), contributed to the development of the Pueblo Indian pottery
* W. Michael Blumenthal (born 1926), U.S. business executive and Treasury Secretary
* Wolfgang Charles Werner von Blumenthal (1918–2009), birth name of Charles Arnold-Baker, OBE, English barrister, academic and historian.