# Rubinstein

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
* Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961), Croatian operatic soprano
* Zelda Rubinstein (1933–2010), American actress