Oppenheimer (surname)

The Oppenheimer Diamond is the largest whole crystal yellow diamond in the world. Named after Sir Ernest Oppenheimer.

Oppenheimer may be the surname of:

• Alan Oppenheimer, a film actor
• David Oppenheimer, a mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
• Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, founder of a producers' cooperative & single channel marketing, the forerunner of De Beers
• Frank Oppenheimer, a physicist and younger brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer, also a physicist (see below)
• Franz Oppenheimer, a German sociologist and political economist
• Harry Oppenheimer, a South African businessman of De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited
• Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, a Puerto Rican criminal better known as Isabel la Negra
• J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American physicist also known as the "father of the atomic bomb"
• Jess Oppenheimer, a screenwriter who wrote for Lucille Ball
• Jonathan M. E. Oppenheimer, managing director of De Beers
• Joseph Suss Oppenheimer, financial advisor to Karl Alexander, Duke of Wurttemberg
• Max Oppenheimer, birth name of Max Ophüls, a German film actor
• Nicholas "Nicky" F. Oppenheimer, chairman of De Beers and The Diamond Trading Company

Oppenheimer may also be:

• Oppenheimer (band), an indie-pop electronica duo heralding from Belfast, made up of musicians Shaun Robinson and Rocky O'Reilly.
• Oppenheimer & Co., an investment bank in Toronto, Ontario and a division of Oppenheimer Holdings
• Oppenheimer Funds, a mutual fund family in Springfield, Massachusetts; part of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company family
• Oppenheimer Holdings, of Toronto, Ontario; parent of Oppenheimer & Co., Oppenheimer Asset Management, & Freedom Investments
• Oppenheimer, Noonan & Weiss LP, a specialist firm
• Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; an intellectual property law firm

See also

• Oppenheim, Germany
• Oppenheim (disambiguation)
• Oppenheim, New York