Nussbaum is a Jewish surname of German origin. Variant spellings include Nußbaum and Nusbaum. The word literally means "nut tree", a generic term which could refer to hazelnut trees or walnut trees.
A. Edward Nussbaum (1925–2009), theoretical mathematician
Adam Nussbaum (born 1955), American jazz drummer
Alan Nussbaum (born 1947), American linguist
Albert Frederick Nussbaum (1934–1996), bank robber and novelist
Alex Nussbaum, comedian, actor and writer
Arthur Nussbaum (1877–1964), German legal scholar
Bernard W. Nussbaum (born 1937), former White House Counsel under Bill Clinton
Emily Nussbaum, American television critic
Eugenie Nussbaum (1872–1940), Galician-Austrian philanthropist, writer and pedagogue developing and supporting Austrian girl education
Felix Nussbaum (1904–1944), a Jewish German painter
Hedda Nussbaum, American masochist and child abuser, author of a memoir, Surviving Intimate Terrorism
Howard Nusbaum (born 1954), American psychologist
Joe Nussbaum, American film director
Johann Nepomuk von Nussbaum (1829–1890), German surgeon
Lowell Nussbaum (1901–1987), journalist
Martha Nussbaum (born 1947), American philosopher
Mike Nussbaum (born 1923), American actor and director
Myer Nussbaum (1855–1952), New York lawyer and politician
Paul Joseph Nussbaum (1870–1935), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Theo Nussbaum (1885–1956), German architect
Tsvi C. Nussbaum (born 1935), Holocaust survivor
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