Goldstein (surname)
Goldstein 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, American musician and disc jockey known as DJ AM
- Alisa M. Goldstein, American genetic epidemiologist
- Boris Goldstein, Soviet violinist
- Brett Goldstein, British actor and comedian
- Chaim Itsl Goldstein, Polish author
- Doug Goldstein, American TV screenwriter, producer and director
- Elliot Goldstein, American actor known as Elliott Gould
- Fanny Goldstein, American librarian
- Harvey Goldstein, American bass guitarist known as Harvey Brooks
- Jack Goldstein,, Canadian-American performance and conceptual artist
- Jack Goldstein, vocalist for the British band Fixers
- Jean-Isidore Goldstein, Romanian-French poet known as Isidore Isou
- Jenette Goldstein, American actress
- Jerry Goldstein, American producer
- Jess Goldstein, American costume designer
- Johnny Goldstein, Israeli musician
- Jonathan Goldstein, British solicitor and entrepreneur
- Jonathan Goldstein, British composer
- Jonathan Goldstein, American actor
- Jonathan Goldstein, American author
- Jonathan Goldstein, American filmmaker
- Lisa Goldstein, American fantasy and science fiction writer
- Lisa Goldstein (rabbi)
- Lisa Goldstein (actress)
- Martha Goldstein, American harpsichordist and pianist
- Marvin Goldstein, American pianist
- Mikhail Goldstein, composer and violinist
- Philip Goldstein, American painter known as Philip Guston
- Robert Goldstein, film producer
- Róza Goldstein, Hungarian mezzo-soprano known as Róza Csillag
- Shaike Goldstein-Ophir, Israeli actor, comedian and screenwriter known as Shaike Ophir
- Sheldon Goldstein, American theoretical physicist
- Sokher Goldstein, Romanian singer and actor
- Sophie Goldstein, Romanian actress known as Sophia Karp
Religion
- Clifford Goldstein, Seventh-day Adventist author and editor
- Herbert S. Goldstein, American Orthodox rabbi
- Isabella Goldstein, Australian suffragist and social reformer
- Jonathan A. Goldstein, American biblical scholar
- Josef Goldstein, Austro-Hungarian cantor
- Joseph Goldstein (writer)
- Lisa Goldstein (rabbi)
- Nachman Goldstein,, Ukrainian rabbi
- Samuel Goldstein (rabbi)
- Warren Goldstein, Chief Rabbi of South Africa
Sport
- Abe Goldstein, American bantamweight boxer
- Danielle Goldstein, American-Israeli show jumper
- Don Goldstein, American basketball player
- Freddie Goldstein or Freddie Lish, Thai-American basketball player
- Jørn Goldstein, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey goalie
- Leah Goldstein, 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, American baseball player
- Margie Goldstein-Engle, American equestrian
- Omer Goldstein, Israeli cyclist
- Paul Goldstein (tennis), American tennis player
- Ralph Goldstein, American Olympic épée fencer
- Roy Goldstein, Israeli cyclist
- Ruby Goldstein, American welterweight boxer
- Samuel Goldstein, American Paralympian
- Shulamit Goldstein, Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast
- Steven Goldstein (racing driver), Colombian racing driver
- Todd Goldstein, Australian rules footballer
Other
- Abraham Samuel Goldstein, Dean of Yale Law School
- Adam Goldstein (author)
- Al Goldstein, American pornographer
- Andy Goldstein, British broadcaster
- Baruch Goldstein, Israeli terrorist
- Bernard R. Goldstein, historian of science
- Bruce Goldstein, American film programmer, producer, archivist, historian
- Chris Goldstein, American radio personality
- Daniel Goldstein, American psychologist
- Ellie Goldstein, British model
- Emmanuel Goldstein, pen name of Eric Gordon Corley, American hacker
- Eugen Goldstein, German physicist, and an early researcher in X-rays
- Harvey Goldstein, British statistician
- Herbert Goldstein, American physicist
- Herman Goldstein, American criminologist
- Ivo Goldstein, Croatian historian
- Jay Goldstein, American kidnapper
- Jerry Goldstein (physicist)
- Jonathan L. Goldstein, American lawyer
- Joseph I. Goldstein, American engineer
- Joseph L. Goldstein, American Nobel Prize–winning biochemist
- Joshua S. Goldstein, American scientist
- Joyce Goldstein, American chef
- Kurt Goldstein, German neurologist and psychiatrist
- Leon M. Goldstein, American President of Kingsborough Community College, and acting Chancellor of the City University of New York
- Louis L. Goldstein, American politician
- Marcus Goldstein, American anthropologist
- Martin Goldstein, American gangster
- Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor of the City University of New York
- Max Goldstein, Romanian communist
- Max A. Goldstein, American otolaryngologist
- Mel Goldstein, American meteorologist
- Melvyn Goldstein, American social anthropologist
- Paul Goldstein (law professor)
- Peter Goldstein, British businessman
- Phil Goldstein, American magician known as Max Maven
- Phillip Goldstein (investor)
- Rebecca Goldstein, American novelist and professor of philosophy
- Reuben Goldstein, British businessman and manufacturer known as Reuben Goldstein Edwards
- Richard Goldstein (astronomer)
- Robin Goldstein, American author and wine critic
- Sam Goldstein, Canadian politician
- Slavko Goldstein, Croatian historian
- Solomon Goldstein, Bulgarian Communist politician
- Solomon Goldstein-Rose, American politician
- Steve Goldstein (broadcaster)
- Steve Goldstein (diplomat)
- Steven Goldstein (activist)
- Steven R. Goldstein, American gynecologist
- Sydney Goldstein, British mathematician and aerodynamicist
- Tom Goldstein, American attorney
- Vida Goldstein, Australian suffragette and social reformer
- Warren Goldstein (professor)
- Yisroel Goldstein, American shooting survivor
- Yoine Goldstein, Canadian lawyer and politician
Variant surnames
- Aleksandar Goldštajn, prominent Croatian university professor, law scholar and constitutional court judge
- Israel Goldstine, 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