Oppenheimer
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Oppenheimer may be the surname of:
- Alan Oppenheimer, a film actor
- David Oppenheimer, a mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
- Andrés Oppenheimer, an Argentinian author and journalist known for his analysis of Latin American politics.
- 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
- Joel Oppenheimer, American writer
- 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 director
- Nicholas "Nicky" F. Oppenheimer, chairman of De Beers and The Diamond Trading Company
- Peter Oppenheimer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Apple Computer, Inc.
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
