Blumenthal (surname)

Blumenthal is a surname of German origin, meaning: "flower valley" in German. It can be found among people of German and Jewish origin.

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
• Ferdinand Blumenthal (1847–1914), American-French entrepreneur and art collector, builder of Hôtel Blumenthal-Montmorency in Paris
• Florence Meyer Blumenthal (1875–1930), American philanthropist, underwrote the Prix Blumenthal
• Georg von Blumenthal (1490–1550), German Prince-Bishop and Bishop
• George Blumenthal (banker) (1858–1941), German-born banker
• George R. Blumenthal (born 1945), American astrophysicist, astronomer, professor, and academic administrator
• Gerda Blumenthal (1923–2004), German-American literary scholar
• 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
• Karen Blumenthal (1959–2020), American business journalist and educator
• Leonard Blumenthal (1901–1986), American mathematician
• Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810–1900), Prussian field marshal
• Morton J. Blumenthal (1931–2022), American lawyer and politician
• Mark Blumenthal (1831–1921), German-American physician
• Max Blumenthal (born 1977), American journalist
• Naomi Blumenthal (born 1943), former Israeli politician
• Naftali Blumenthal (1922–2022), former Israeli politician
• Nathan Blumenthal (1930–2014), 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
• Robert Blumenthal (microbiologist), American microbiologist
• Robert McCallum Blumenthal (1931–2012), mathematician, known for Blumenthal's zero–one law
• Roy Blumenthal (born 1968), South African poet
• Sidney Blumenthal (born 1948), American journalist; advisor to Bill and Hillary Clinton
• Uta-Renate Blumenthal (1935–2025), German-born American medievalist and expert on canon law history
• 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, English barrister, academic and historian

See also

• Felicja Blumental (1908–1991), a Polish born pianist and composer

References

Other

• von Blumenthal family