# Birnbaum (surname)

Birnbaum (German: "pear tree") is a German-language family name common among Ashkenazi Jews. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adam Birnbaum (born 1979), American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
* Alfred Birnbaum (born 1955), American translator
* Allan Birnbaum (1923-1976), American statistician
* Amy Birnbaum (born 1975), American voice actress
* Arved Birnbaum (1962–2021), German actor and director
* Brigitte Birnbaum (born 1938), German author
* Clemens Birnbaum [de] (born 1963 ), German musicologist and cultural manager
* Daniel Birnbaum (born 1963), curator
* Dara Birnbaum (born 1946), American feminist video artist
* David Birnbaum (born 1956), Canadian politician
* Dieter Birnbaum [de] (born 1931), German biologist
* Dietrich Birnbaum [de] (1942-2017), German cardiac surgeon
* Eduard Birnbaum (1855-1920), German musicologist
* Effi Birnbaum (born 1954), Israeli professional basketball coach
* Ferdinand Birnbaum [de] (1892-1947), Austrian pedagogue and psychologist
* Frank Birnbaum (1922-2005), cantor
* Fritz Birnbaum (1912 – 2006) Highly decorated German Panzer Officer WWII
* Georg Birnbaum [de] (1890-1948), German dermatologist and university professor
* George E. Birnbaum (born 1970), American international political consultant, one of "Arthur's Kid"
* Hans Birnbaum [de] (1912-1980), German lawyer, Ministerialbeamter and manager
* Heinrich Birnbaum (1403-1473), monk
* Henrik Birnbaum (1925–2002), American linguist and Slavist
* Heinz Birnbaum [de] (1920-1943), German worker and resistance fighter against Nazism
* Immanuel Birnbaum [de] (1894-1982), German journalist and publicist
* Jacob Birnbaum (1926-2014), human rights activist
* Jeffrey Birnbaum (born 1955), American columnist
* Jeremiah Birnbaum (born 1978), American singer/songwriter
* Johann Michael Franz Birnbaum [de] (1792-1877), German legal scholar and playwright
* Johanna Birnbaum [de] (1904-1978), German non-fiction - writer and novelist
* Johann Birnbaum (1763-1832), German jurist
* Karl Birnbaum (1878–1950), German neurologist
* Karl Birnbaum (agronomist) [de] (1829-1907), German agronomist
* Karl Birnbaum (chemist) [de] (1839-1887), German chemist
* Lillian Birnbaum [de] (born 1955), Austrian - American film director and producer and photographer
* Linda Birnbaum (born 1946), toxicologist and director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
* Lucas Birnbaum [de] (born 1997), Austrian ice hockey player
* Maria Birnbaum (politician) [de] (1872-1959), German National Liberal politician ( DVP )
* Martin Birnbaum (actor) [de] (born 1970), German actor and musical actor
* Menachem Birnbaum (1893-1944), book illustrator and portrait painter
* Menucha Birnbaum [he] (born 1948), Israeli educator
* Morton Birnbaum (1926–2005), American physician
* Nathan Birnbaum (1864-1937), Jewish philosopher
* George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), American singer and actor
* Nico Birnbaum [de] (born 1977), German actor
* Norman Birnbaum (1926–2019), American sociologist
* Paula Birnbaum [de] (born 1986), German actress and entrepreneur
* Philip Birnbaum (1904-1988), American translator of Jewish prayer book
* Roger Birnbaum (born 1950), American film producer
* Solomon Birnbaum, Yiddish linguist and son of Nathan Birnbaum
* Stephen Birnbaum (1937–1991), American travel writer and editor
* Steve Birnbaum (born 1991), American Major League Soccer player
* Uriel Birnbaum (1894-1956), painter, caricaturist, writer and poet
* Uta Birnbaum [de] (1933–2022), German theater and film director
* Walter Birnbaum (theologian) [de] (1893-1987), German theologian and university professor
* Walter Birnbaum (physicist) [de] (1897-1925), German physicist
* Wilhelm Birnbaum [de] (1895-1980), German politician of the SPD
* Yaakov (Jacob) Birnbaum (1926-2014), human rights activist
* Zdzisław Birnbaum (1878-1921), Polish violinist and conductor
* Zygmunt Wilhelm Birnbaum (1903-2000), Polish-American mathematician and statistician