Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer is a toponymic surname, derived from the German town Oppenheim, common among Germans and Ashkenazi Jews. Most uses refer to J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), the American physicist who headed the Manhattan Project. Other notable people with the surname include: In arts and media Alan Oppenheimer (born 1930), American 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), American radio and television writer, producer, and director, creator of 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), British paediatrician, geneticist, and writer on genetics and human prehistory In business Minerals 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