Oppenheimer

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

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), radio & TV writer who created "I Love Lucy"
Joel Oppenheimer (1930–1988), American writer
Joshua Oppenheimer (born 1974), American film director
Lillian Oppenheimer (1898–1992), American origami pioneer
Max Oppenheimer (1885–1954), Austrian painter and graphic artist
Stephen Oppenheimer (born 1947), popular science writer in prehistory

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

Damon Oppenheimer (born 1962), Vice President and Director of Amateur Scouting for the New York Yankees
Joseph Süß 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

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
Santiago Oppenheimer (1869 – ca. 1930), mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1906.
Suzi Oppenheimer (born 1934), former New York politician.

Clive Oppenheimer (born 1964), British volcanologist
Daniel M. Oppenheimer, professor of psychology at UCLA
Frank Oppenheimer (1912–1985), American 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), American embryologist and historian of science
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), American physicist who headed the Manhattan Project, known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb"
Katherine Oppenheimer (1910–1972), German-American biologist, wife of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Michael Oppenheimer, American professor of geosciences at Princeton University, authority on climate change
Rebecca Oppenheimer (born 1972), American astrophysicist
Stephen Oppenheimer (born 1947), British popular science writer in prehistory

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
Joseph Oppenheimer (1820-1893), German-British business man and inventor of telegraphic equipment
Josh Oppenheimer (born 1970), Israeli-American professional basketball coach, and former professional basketball player
Thomas Oppenheimer (born 1988), a German professional ice hockey player