Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer as a surname may refer to:

• Alan Oppenheimer (born 1930), film actor
• Andrés Oppenheimer (born 1951), Argentine author and journalist known for his analysis of Latin American politics
• Bernard Oppenheimer (1866–1921), South African and British diamond merchant and philanthropist, brother of Ernest
• David Oppenheimer (1834–1897), second mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• 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
• 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
• Harry Frederick Oppenheimer (1908–2000), South African businessman of De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, son of Ernest
• Hillel Oppenheimer (1899–1971), Israeli professor of botany, son of Franz
• Isabel la Negra (1901–1974), also known as Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, a Puerto Rican criminal
• J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), physicist who headed the Manhattan Project, known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb"
• Jess Oppenheimer (1913–1988), screenwriter who wrote for Lucille Ball
• Joel Oppenheimer (1930–1988), American writer
• Joseph Suss Oppenheimer (1698–1738), financial adviser to Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
• Max Ophüls (1902–1957), born as Maximilian Oppenheimer, a German film director
• Michael Oppenheimer, professor of geosciences at Princeton University, authority on climate change
• Nicky Oppenheimer (born 1945), chairman of De Beers and of The Diamond Trading Company, son of Harry
• Peter Oppenheimer, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Apple Computer
• Stephen Oppenheimer (born 1947), popular science writer in prehistory
• Ben R. Oppenheimer (born 1972)
• Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer (born c. 1910)
• Damon Oppenheimer (born 1962)
• Daniel M. Oppenheimer
• Jerry Oppenheimer
• Joshua Oppenheimer (born 1974)
• Kay Oppenheimer
• Lillian Oppenheimer (1898–1992)
• Samuel Oppenheimer (1635–1703)
• Sharon Oppenheimer (born 1973), jewish activist, writer, actress
• Suzi Oppenheimer (born 1934)
• Thomas Oppenheimer (born 1988)

Oppenheimer may also refer to:

• Oppenheimer (band), an indie-pop electronica duo from Belfast, made up of Shaun Robinson and Rocky O'Reilly
• Oppenheimer & Co., a global investment bank, and a division of Oppenheimer Holdings
• Oppenheimer Funds, acquired by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a New York mutual fund
• Oppenheimer Holdings, of Toronto, Ontario
• Oppenheimer Diamond, a large yellow diamond named in memory of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer
• Oppenheimer (album)
• Oppenheimer (crater)

Television

• Oppenheimer (TV miniseries), a 1980 BBC seven part serial about J. Robert Oppenheimer, starring Sam Waterston.

See also

• Oppenheim (disambiguation)