Heidelberger (surname)
Appearance
Heidelberger is a German language habitational surname[1][2] denoting a person originally living in any one of several settlements named Heidelberg ("heath mountain" or less probably "heathen mountain") and may refer to:
- Charles Heidelberger (1920–1983), American cancer researcher
- Irène Heidelberger-Leonard, German literary critic
- Jörg Heidelberger (1942–2015), German politician
- Mark Heidelberger (born 1977), American film producer
- Michael Heidelberger (1888–1991), American immunologist
References
[edit]- ^ "Heidelberger Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
Approximately 1,482 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States; Highest density in: Switzerland.
- ^ "Heidelberger Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of the places named Heidelberg.