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Oppenheimer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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In arts and media

  • Alan Oppenheimer (born 1930), film actor
  • Andrés Oppenheimer (born 1951), Argentine author and journalist known for his analysis of Latin American politics
  • Jerry Oppenheimer, American biographer
  • Jess Oppenheimer (1913–1988), screenwriter who wrote for Lucille Ball
  • Joel Oppenheimer (1930–1988), American writer
  • Joshua Oppenheimer (born 1974), American film director
  • Lillian Oppenheimer (1898–1992), American origami pioneer
  • Stephen Oppenheimer (born 1947), popular science writer in prehistory

    • Minerals

  • Bernard Oppenheimer (1866–1921), South African and British diamond merchant and philanthropist, brother of Ernest
  • Ernest Oppenheimer (1880–1957), diamond and gold mining entrepreneur and financier; controlled De Beers and founded the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, brother of Bernard
  • Harry Frederick Oppenheimer (1908–2000), South African businessman of De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, son of Ernest
  • Nicky Oppenheimer (born 1945), chairman of De Beers and of The Diamond Trading Company, son of Harry

    • Other businesses

  • Damon Oppenheimer (born 1962), Vice President and Director of Amateur Scouting for the New York Yankees
  • Joseph Suss Oppenheimer (1698–1738), financial adviser to Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
  • Samuel Oppenheimer (1635–1703), Jewish banker
  • Peter Oppenheimer, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Apple Computer

    • In government and law

  • Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer (1916 – 2011), lawyer and Rotary District Governor for Puerto Rico
  • David Oppenheimer (1834–1897), second mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Kay Oppenheimer, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
  • Suzi Oppenheimer (born 1934), former New York politician

    • In science and academia

  • Daniel M. Oppenheimer, professor of psychology at UCLA
  • Frank Oppenheimer (1912–1985), physicist, brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer, founder of the Exploratorium in San Francisco
  • Franz Oppenheimer (1864–1943), German sociologist and political economist
  • Hillel Oppenheimer (1899–1971), Israeli professor of botany, son of Franz
  • Jane M. Oppenheimer (1911-1996), embryologist and historian of science
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), physicist who headed the Manhattan Project, known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb"
  • Michael Oppenheimer, professor of geosciences at Princeton University, authority on climate change
  • Rebecca Oppenheimer (born 1972), American astrophysicist
  • Stephen Oppenheimer (born 1947), popular science writer in prehistory

    • In other fields

  • Damon Oppenheimer (born 1962), Vice President and Director of Amateur Scouting for the New York Yankees
  • David Oppenheim (rabbi) (1664–1736), also called Oppenheimer, rabbi of Prague and bibliophile
  • Isabel la Negra (1901–1974), also known as Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, Puerto Rican criminal
  • Josh Oppenheimer (born 1970), Israeli-American professional basketball coach, and former professional basketball player
  • Thomas Oppenheimer (born 1988), a German professional ice hockey player

    • References

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