Rubinstein

Rubinstein is a surname of Ashkenazi Jews. It comes from German and Yiddish, where it means "ruby-stone".¹ Notable persons named Rubinstein include:

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Akiba Rubinstein (1880–1961), Polish chess grandmaster
Amnon Rubinstein (1931–2024), Israeli scholar, politician and columnist
Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894), Russian pianist, composer and conductor, brother of Nikolai Rubinstein
Ariel Rubinstein (born 1951), game theorist at Tel Aviv University and New York University
Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982), Polish-American pianist
Arthur B. Rubinstein (1938–2018), American drama and film score composer and conductor
Benjamin B. Rubinstein (1905–1989), Finnish-born American psychoanalyst
Benny Rubinstein, Israeli footballer
Dave Rubinstein (1964–1993), singer in the band Reagan Youth
David Rubinstein (pianist) (born 1949)
David Rubinstein (social historian) (1932–2019), American-born social historian living in England, specializing in the 19th and 20th centuries
Elyakim Rubinstein (born 1947), Israeli diplomat, former Attorney General of Israel and vice president of the Supreme Court of Israel
Erna Rubinstein (1903–1966), Hungarian-American classical violinist

Gennadii Rubinstein
Gillian Rubinstein (born 1942), English-born Australian author of children's books and for adults as Lian Hearn
Hadar Rubinstein (born 1967), Israeli Olympic swimmer
Helena Rubinstein (1872–1965), Polish-born American cosmetics entrepreneur and art collector
Hilary Rubinstein (1926–2012), British literary agent and publisher
Ida Rubinstein (1885–1960), Russian dancer with the Ballet Russe in Paris
Jacob Leon Rubenstein (1911–1967), birth name of Jack Ruby, American nightclub owner who killed Lee Harvey Oswald
John Rubinstein (born 1946), American actor, singer, composer, director; son of pianist Arthur Rubinstein
Jolyon Rubinstein (born 1981), English satirist, director and writer
Jon Rubinstein (born 1956), American computer scientist and electrical engineer instrumental in the creation of the iPod
J. Hyam Rubinstein (born 1948), Australian mathematician primarily interested in topology

Lev Rubinstein (1947–2024), Russian poet and essayist
Marcos Rubinstein, Swiss engineer
Mark Rubinstein, American financial economist and financial engineer
Michael Rubinstein (born 1973), birth name of Michael Weston, American television and film actor and son of John Rubinstein and Judi West
Nicolai Rubinstein (1911–2002), Russian historian
Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881), Russian pianist and composer, brother of Anton Rubinstein

Pablo Rubinstein, Chilean doctor who pioneered the preservation and medical use of placenta blood as a form of stem cell technology
Robert A. Rubinstein (born 1951), American anthropologist
Robert J. Rubinstein (born 1952), entrepreneur and founder of the TBLI group
Roman Rubinshteyn (born 1996), Belarusian-Israeli basketball player
Sergei Rubinstein, Soviet psychologist, critic to Lev Vygotsky
Seymour I. Rubinstein (born 1934), American software developer
Susanna Rubinstein (1847–1914), Austrian psychologist
William Rubinstein (born 1946), British historian
Yaakov Rubinstein, Israeli violinist
Yitzhak Rubinstein (1888–1945), Rabbi, Zionist activist, leader of the Lithuanian Jewish community, member of the Polish Senate and Sejm
Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961), Croatian operatic soprano
Zelda Rubinstein (1933–2010), American actress