Eckstein

Eckstein is a surname of German origin, meaning "cornerstone" (eck means 'corner', and stein means 'stone').^[1] According to information gleaned from the U.S. Census, around 2,500 people in the United States have the surname Eckstein.^[2] Notable people with the surname include:

• Anna B. Eckstein (1868–1947), German peace activist
• Anne Eckstein (born 1955), Australian politician
• Arthur Eckstein, American historian
• Ashley Eckstein (born 1981), American actress and fashion designer
• Bernd Eckstein (born 1953) German ski jumper
• David Eckstein (born 1975), American baseball player
• Dieter Eckstein (born 1964), German footballer
• Emma Eckstein (1865–1924), early patient of Sigmund Freud
• Ernestine Eckstein (1941–1992), American Black, Feminist, and LGBT activist
• Ernst Eckstein (1845–1900), German humorist, novelist and poet
• Hans Eckstein (1908–1985), German water polo player
• Harry H. Eckstein (1924–1999), American political scientist
• Heinrich Eckstein (1907–1992), German politician
• Hermann Eckstein (1847–1893), German-born mining magnate and banker in South Africa
• John Eckstein (1736–1817), German artist
• Nathan Eckstein (1873–1945), German-born American businessman
• Otto Eckstein (1927–1984), German-born economist at Harvard University, and member of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers
• Péter Eckstein-Kovács (born 1956), Romanian politician
• Rudolf Eckstein (1915–1993), German rower
• Shlomo Eckstein (1929–2020), Israeli economist and President of Bar-Ilan University
• Yael Eckstein, Jewish-American CEO
• Yechiel Eckstein (1951–2019), Israeli-American rabbi
• Warren Eckstein (born 1949), American animal rights activist

See also

• Eckstein baronets, from a former baronetcy in the United Kingdom
• Eckstein Norton Institute (1890–1912) former black school in Bullitt County, Kentucky, U.S.
• Nathan Eckstein Middle School, public school in Seattle, Washington
• Eckstine
• Eksteen