Goldstein ( /ˈɡoʊldstaɪn, -stiːn/; Yiddish: [ˈgɔld.ʃteɪ̯n] ( Yiddish: גאָלדשטיין, Hebrew: גולדשטיין)) is a surname of 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 (librarian) (1895–1961)
• 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 (producer) (born 1940)
• Johnny Goldstein (born 1991), Israeli musician
• Jonathan Goldstein (1968–2019), British composer
• Jonathan Goldstein (actor) (born 1964)
• Jonathan Goldstein (author) (born 1969)
• Jonathan Goldstein (filmmaker) (born 1968)
• 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

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• 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

See also

• Goldstone (disambiguation)
• Goldstine

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