Feinstein

Feinstein, Finestein (Yiddish: פֿײַנשטײַן, Hebrew: פיינשטיין, Russian: Файнштейн, "Fajnsztajn", "Fajnsztejn" in Polish spelling) or anglicized as Finestone, meaning "fine stone", that is gemstone, is a compound surname of German and Yiddish origin, similar to names like Goldstein or Rubinstein which is relatively wide spread among Ashkenazi Jews. It may refer to:

People with the name

Feinstein

  • Aaron Feinstein (fl. 1903–1910), Estonian chess player
  • Alan Feinstein (b. 1931), American philanthropist
  • Alvan Feinstein (1925–2001), American epidemiologist
  • Andrew Feinstein (born 1964), South African politician
  • Aryeh Löb Feinstein (1821–1903), Russian Jewish scholar
  • Charles Feinstein (1932–2004), British economic historian
  • Daniel Isaac Feinstein (b. 1930), birth name of Swiss artist and author Daniel Spoerri
  • Dianne Feinstein (1933–2023), American politician and US Senator from California
  • Dovid Feinstein (1929–2020), American Orthodox rabbi, son of Moshe Feinstein
  • Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019), British writer
  • Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein (1912–2006), American cryptanalyst
  • Harold Feinstein (1931–2015), American photographer
  • Jeffrey Feinstein (born 1945), retired officer of the United States Air Force
  • John Feinstein (born 1956), American sportswriter and commentator
  • Katherine Feinstein (born 1957), American judge
  • Meir Feinstein (1927–1947), Jewish underground fighter
  • Michael Feinstein (b. 1956), American singer and pianist
  • Mike Feinstein, American Green Party politician
  • Miles Feinstein (1941–2023), American criminal defense attorney and commentator
  • Moshe Feinstein (1895–1986), American Orthodox rabbi
  • Rachel Feinstein (b. 1971), American sculptor
  • Rachel Feinstein, American stand-up comedian
  • Reuven Feinstein (b. 1937), American Orthodox Rabbi, son of Moshe Feinstein

Finestein

Feinstone

  • Morris Feinstone (1878–1943), Jewish Polish-born British and American labor activist
    • SS Morris C. Feinstone, United States ship named after Feinstone
  • Stephen Feinstone, virologist

Finestone

Other uses

  • Feinsteine, one of aggregate names of grain size (see German Korngröße article)

See also

Surname list
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