Rosenbaum is a surname of German and Yiddish (Jewish) origin, which translates as "rose tree" and which was given to people living in the proximity of rose bushes. Notable people with the surname include:
Al Rosenbaum, American artist and cofounder of the Virginia Holocaust Museum
Alexander Rosenbaum, a Russian-Jewish bard from Saint Petersburg
Alexis Rosenbaum, French essayist
AnNa R., Andrea Neuenhofen, née Rosenbaum, German singer and songwriter
Ayn Rand, born Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum, writer and philosopher, founder of Objectivism
Benjamin Rosenbaum, American science fiction writer
Berta Rosenbaum Golahny, American painter
Victor Borge, born Børge Rosenbaum, Danish comedian
Bezalel Ronsburg a rabbi also known as Daniel Rosenbaum
Danny Rosenbaum, American baseball pitcher
David Rosenbaum (journalist), American journalist
David Rosenbaum (soccer), American soccer player
Diane Rosenbaum, Oregon politician
Edna Phillips, later Edna Phillips Rosenbaum, American Harpist
Dr. Edward E. Rosenbaum, author of A Taste Of My Own Medicine, which the film The Doctor was based on
Eli Rosenbaum, director of the U.S. DOJ Office of Special Investigations
Enrico Rosenbaum, American songwriter
Fred Rosenbaum, American author, historian
Fred Rosenbaum, US Brigadier General
Greg Rosenbaum, American merchant banker
Helmut Rosenbaum, World War II German naval officer
Isamar Rosenbaum, Hasidic rebbe
Jackie Rosenbaum, Canadian actress
Jacques Rosenbaum (1878–1943), Estonian architect
James Rosenbaum, American sociology professor
James M. Rosenbaum, American lawyer and judge
James T. Rosenbaum American physician-scientist
Jeff Rosenbaum, primary director of the Association for Consciousness Exploration
Joel Rosenbaum, professor of cell biology
John Rosenbaum, California artist
Jonathan Rosenbaum, American film critic
Jonathan Rosenbaum (scholar), American paleographer and college administrator
Jonathan A. Rosenbaum (Jon Rosenbaum), American television director and producer
Karl Rosenbaum, phrenologist and thief of Joseph Haydn's head
Richard E. Hughes, born Leo Rosenbaum, American comic book author and editor
Louise Rosskam, born Louise Rosenbaum, American photographer
Marc Rosenbaum, American engineer
Meyer Rosenbaum (I), Grand Rabbi of Kretchnif
Meyer Rosenbaum (II), Chief Rabbi of Cuba
Michael Rosenbaum, American actor
Morris D. Rosenbaum, Utah businessman and early Jewish convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Paul Rand, born Peretz Rosenbaum, American graphic designer
Paul R. Rosenbaum, American statistician
Polly Rosenbaum, American politician
R. Robert Rosenbaum, television director for Bewitched
Robin S. Rosenbaum, American women judge
Ron Rosenbaum, American journalist and author
Rosamund Bernier (née Rosamond Margaret Rosenbaum, formerly Mrs Georges Bernier, formerly Mrs Lewis Riley), a lecturer and founder of the art magazine L'ŒIL. Married John Russell (art critic) in 1975.
Scott Rosenbaum, American screenwriter, producer and showrunner
Simon Rosenbaum, British academic
Simon Yakovlevich Rosenbaum, Jewish activist
Stephen Rosenbaum, visual effects supervisor
Steven Rosenbaum (producer), American television producer
Thane Rosenbaum, American novelist
Thomas Felix Rosenbaum, American physicist and president of the California Institute of Technology
Victor Rosenbaum, American pianist, conductor, and music educator (former president of Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, and currently on the faculties of New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, and Mannes School of Music, New York
Werner Rosenbaum, German hockey player
William Rosenbaum, American politician
Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum, Israeli paralympic athlete
