Goldstein (; Yiddish: [ˈgɔld.ʃteɪ̯n] (Yiddish: גאָלדשטיין, Hebrew: גולדשטיין)) 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:
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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 (1895–1961), American librarian
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 (born 1940), American producer
Jess Goldstein, American costume designer
Johnny Goldstein (born 1991), Israeli musician
Jonathan Goldstein, British solicitor and entrepreneur
Jonathan Goldstein (1968–2019), British composer
Jonathan Goldstein (born 1964), American actor
Jonathan Goldstein (born 1969), American author
Jonathan Goldstein (born 1968), American filmmaker
Lisa Goldstein (born 1953), American fantasy and science fiction writer
Lisa Goldstein (born 1981), American actress
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 (born 1944), American writer and teacher
Lisa Goldstein (born 1965), American rabbi
Nachman Goldstein (1825–1894), (aka Tcheriner Rav), Ukrainian rabbi
Samuel Goldstein (1852–1935), New Zealand rabbi
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
Freddie Goldstein or Freddie Lish (born 1988), Thai-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 (born 1976), American tennis player
Ralph Goldstein (fencer) (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
Other
Abraham Samuel Goldstein (1925–2005), Dean of Yale Law School
Adam Goldstein (born 1988), American author and tech entrepreneur
Al Goldstein (1936–2013), American pornographer
Andy Goldstein (born 1973), British broadcaster
Arnold P. Goldstein (1933–2002), American psychologist
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
Ellie Goldstein (born 2001), British model
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
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)
Seth Goldstein, a character in the Harold & Kumar film trilogy played by David Krumholtz
Ivan Goldstein in Missions (TV series)
Nicoletta "Nico" Goldstein, a supporting character in the video game series Devil May Cry
