Blumenthal (surname)

Blumenthal is a surname meaning German: "flower valley" or "flowered thaler [coin]" (from the Florentine coin, the "florin") in German.

People with the surname

• Albert H. Blumenthal (1928–1984), New York politician
• Alfred Cleveland Blumenthal (1885-1957), American theatrical producer and real estate developer
• Antje Blumenthal (born 1947), German politician
• Bartolomé Blumenthal (1511–1585), supposedly the first German to arrive in Chile
• Casimir von Blumenthal (1787–1849), Belgian violinist and conductor who worked in Switzerland
• Daniel Blumenthal (1860–1930), French politician
• Daniel Blumenthal (born 1952), German-born American pianist
• Florence Meyer Blumenthal, (1875–1930) American philanthropist, underwrote the Prix Blumenthal
• Georg von Blumenthal (1490-1550), German Prince-Bishop and Bishop
• George R. Blumenthal (born 1945), American astrophysicist, astronomer, professor, and academic administrator
• Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal (1907-1944), German aristocrat and army officer
• Herman A. Blumenthal (1916 –1986), American art director and production designer for films
• Hermann Blumenthal (1905-1942), German sculptor and posthum participating in the documenta 1
• Heston Blumenthal (born 1966), British chef and owner of The Fat Duck restaurant
• Howard Blumenthal, American television and media producer, author, educator, and executive
• Jacques Blumenthal (1829-1908), German pianist and composer
• Joachim Friedrich von Blumenthal (1609–1657), German nobleman, diplomat, founder of the early Brandenburg-Prussian Army
• Joseph Blumenthal, main character in the novel The Hope by Herman Wouk
• Joseph Blumenthal (1897-1990), American printer and typographer
• Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1856), Belgian violinist and composer
• Josip Mikoczy-Blumenthal (1734-1800), Croatian historian
• Leonard Blumenthal (born 1901), American mathematician
• Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810-1900), Prussian field marshal
• Max Blumenthal (born 1977) is an American journalist, filmmaker, and political vlogger; son of Sidney
• Naomi Blumenthal (born 1943), former Israeli politician
• Naftali Blumenthal (born 1922), former Israeli politician
• Nathan Blumenthal (born 1930), birth name of Nathaniel Branden, Canadian psychotherapist and writer
• Oscar Blumenthal (1852-1917), German writer, critic, and chess player
• Otto Blumenthal (1876-1944), German mathematician
• Richard Blumenthal (born 1946), Democratic U. S. Senator from the state of Connecticut, elected 2010
• Roy Blumenthal (born 1968), South African poet
• Sidney Blumenthal (born 1948), American journalist; advisor to Bill and Hillary Clinton
• Vera von Blumenthal (fl. 1918), contributed to the development of the Pueblo Indian pottery
• W. Michael Blumenthal (born 1926), U.S. business executive and Treasury Secretary
• Wolfgang Charles Werner von Blumenthal (1918-2009), birth name of Charles Arnold-Baker, OBE, English barrister, academic and historian.

Other

• von Blumenthal family