# Goldstein (surname)

Goldstein (/ˈɡoʊldstaɪn/; Yiddish: (Yiddish: גאָלדשטיין, Hebrew: גולדשטיין)) is a surname of German and Yiddish origin, that is widespread among Ashkenazi Jews. It translates to "gold stone" in English. Notable people with the surname include:

## Arts

* Adam Goldstein (1973–2009), American musician and disc jockey known as DJ AM
* Alisa M. Goldstein, American genetic epidemiologist
* Boris Goldstein (1922–1987), Soviet violinist
* Brett Goldstein (born 1980), British actor and comedian
* Chaim Itsl Goldstein (born 1900), Polish author
* Doug Goldstein (born 1971), American TV screenwriter, producer and director
* Elliot Goldstein (born 1938), American actor known as Elliott Gould
* Fanny Goldstein (1895–1961), American librarian
* Harvey Goldstein (born 1944), American bass guitarist known as Harvey Brooks
* Jack Goldstein, (1945–2003), Canadian-American performance and conceptual artist
* Jack Goldstein (born 1986), vocalist for the British band Fixers
* Jean-Isidore Goldstein (1925–2007), Romanian-French poet known as Isidore Isou
* Jenette Goldstein (born 1960), American actress
* Jerry Goldstein (born 1940), American producer
* Johnny Goldstein (born 1991), Israeli musician
* Jonathan Goldstein, British solicitor and entrepreneur
* Jonathan Goldstein (1968–2019), British composer
* Jonathan Goldstein (born 1964), American actor
* Jonathan Goldstein (born 1969), American author
* Jonathan Goldstein (born 1968), American filmmaker
* Lisa Goldstein (born 1953), American fantasy and science fiction writer
* Lisa Goldstein (rabbi) (born 1965)
* Lisa Goldstein (actress) (born 1981)
* Martha Goldstein (1919–2014), American harpsichordist and pianist
* Marvin Goldstein (born 1950), American pianist
* Mikhail Goldstein (1917–1989), composer and violinist
* Philip Goldstein (1913–1980), American painter known as Philip Guston
* Robert Goldstein (1903 - 1974), film producer
* Róza Goldstein (1832–1892), Hungarian mezzo-soprano known as Róza Csillag
* Shaike Goldstein-Ophir (1928–1987), Israeli actor, comedian and screenwriter known as Shaike Ophir
* Sheldon Goldstein (born 1947), American theoretical physicist
* Sokher Goldstein (1859–1887), Romanian singer and actor
* Sophie Goldstein (1861–1904), Romanian actress known as Sophia Karp

## Religion

* Clifford Goldstein (born 1955), Seventh-day Adventist author and editor
* Herbert S. Goldstein (1890–1970), American Orthodox rabbi
* Isabella Goldstein (1849–1916), Australian suffragist and social reformer
* Jonathan A. Goldstein (1929–2004), American biblical scholar
* Josef Goldstein (1836–1899), Austro-Hungarian cantor
* Joseph Goldstein (writer) (born 1944)
* Lisa Goldstein (rabbi)
* Nachman Goldstein (1825–1894), (aka Tcheriner Rav), Ukrainian rabbi
* Samuel Goldstein (rabbi) (1852–1935)
* Warren Goldstein (born 1971), Chief Rabbi of South Africa

## Sport

* Abe Goldstein (1898–1977), American bantamweight boxer
* Danielle Goldstein (born 1985), American-Israeli show jumper
* Don Goldstein (1937-2022), American basketball player
* Jørn Goldstein (born 1953), Norwegian Olympic ice hockey goalie
* Leah Goldstein (born 1969), Canadian-born Israeli professional road racing cyclist, former World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel's Duathlon champion
* Leo Goldstein, American-Israeli soccer referee
* Lonnie Goldstein (1918–2013), American baseball player
* Margie Goldstein-Engle (born 1958), American equestrian
* Omer Goldstein (born 1996), Israeli cyclist
* Paul Goldstein (tennis) (born 1976), American tennis player
* Ralph Goldstein (1913–1997), American Olympic épée fencer
* Roy Goldstein (born 1993), Israeli cyclist
* Ruby Goldstein (1907–1984), American welterweight boxer
* Samuel Goldstein (1945–1977), American Paralympian
* Shulamit Goldstein (born 1968), Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast
* Steven Goldstein (racing driver) (born 1981), Colombian racing driver
* Todd Goldstein (born 1988), Australian rules footballer

## Other

* Abraham Samuel Goldstein (1925–2005), Dean of Yale Law School
* Adam Goldstein (author) (born 1988)
* Al Goldstein (1936–2013), American pornographer
* Andy Goldstein (born 1973), British broadcaster
* Baruch Goldstein (1956–1994), Israeli terrorist
* Bernard R. Goldstein (born 1938), historian of science
* Bruce Goldstein (born 1951), American film programmer, producer, archivist, historian
* Chris Goldstein, American radio personality
* Daniel Goldstein (born 1969), American psychologist
* Emmanuel Goldstein (born 1959), pen name of Eric Gordon Corley, American hacker
* Eugen Goldstein (1850–1930), German physicist, and an early researcher in X-rays
* Harvey Goldstein (1939–2020), British statistician
* Herbert Goldstein (1922–2005), American physicist
* Herman Goldstein (1931–2020), American criminologist
* Ivo Goldstein (born 1958), Croatian historian
* Jay Goldstein, American kidnapper
* Jerry Goldstein (physicist) (born 1970)
* Jonathan L. Goldstein (born 1941), American lawyer
* Joseph I. Goldstein (1939–2015), American engineer
* Joseph L. Goldstein (born 1940), American Nobel Prize–winning biochemist
* Joshua S. Goldstein (born 1952), American scientist
* Joyce Goldstein (born 1935), American chef
* Kurt Goldstein (1878–1965), German neurologist and psychiatrist
* Leon M. Goldstein (died 1999), American President of Kingsborough Community College, and acting Chancellor of the City University of New York
* Louis L. Goldstein (1913–1998), American politician
* Marcus Goldstein (1906–1997), American anthropologist
* Martin Goldstein (1905–1941), American gangster
* Matthew Goldstein (born 1941), Chancellor of the City University of New York
* Max Goldstein (1898–1924), Romanian communist
* Max A. Goldstein (1870–1941), American otolaryngologist
* Mel Goldstein (1945–2012), American meteorologist
* Melvyn Goldstein (born 1938), American social anthropologist
* Paul Goldstein (law professor) (born 1943)
* Peter Goldstein, British businessman
* Phil Goldstein (1950–2022), American magician known as Max Maven
* Phillip Goldstein (investor)
* Rebecca Goldstein (born 1950), American novelist and professor of philosophy
* Reuben Goldstein (1862–1943), British businessman and manufacturer known as Reuben Goldstein Edwards
* Richard Goldstein (astronomer) (born 1927)
* Robin Goldstein (born 1976), American author and wine critic
* Sam Goldstein, Canadian politician
* Slavko Goldstein (1928–2017), Croatian historian
* Solomon Goldstein (1884–1968), Bulgarian Communist politician
* Solomon Goldstein-Rose (born 1993), American politician
* Steve Goldstein (broadcaster)
* Steve Goldstein (diplomat)
* Steven Goldstein (activist)
* Steven R. Goldstein, American gynecologist
* Sydney Goldstein (1903–1989), British mathematician and aerodynamicist
* Tom Goldstein (born 1970), American attorney
* Vida Goldstein (1869–1949), Australian suffragette and social reformer
* Warren Goldstein (professor)
* Yisroel Goldstein, American shooting survivor
* Yoine Goldstein (1934–2020), Canadian lawyer and politician

## Variant surnames

* Aleksandar Goldštajn (1912–2010), prominent Croatian university professor, law scholar and constitutional court judge
* Israel Goldstine (1898–1953), New Zealand politician, businessman, barrister and solicitor

## Fictional

* Anthony Goldstein, a minor character in the Harry Potter book series
* Emmanuel Goldstein, a key character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
* Ira Goldstein, a character who appears in ASB Bank's commercials
* Koko Goldstein, a character in the Web video series Yacht Rock
* Rachel Goldstein in Water Rats
* Porpentina and Queenie Goldstein, sisters in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
* Ivan Goldstein in Missions (TV series)
* Nicoletta "Nico" Goldstein, a supporting character in the video game series Devil May Cry