Rosenberger
Surname
Rosenberger is a Germanic-language family name derived from a toponym Rosenberg + the ending er, with the principal meaning "one from Rose Mountain". However, as a toponym Rosenberg (Rose Mountain), may have originally meant "death mountain" or simply "red hill", from rot + berg.
Today there are many people around the world whose central European ancestors adopted the surname, including many Germans. It is, additionally, used by many Ashkenazi Jews.
People
- Adolf Rosenberger - (1900 - 1967) German businessman and race car driver
- Carol Rosenberger - Classical pianist
- Christine Rosenberger - Miss Minnesota USA 1987
- Cliff Rosenberger - member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Gerald Rosenberger - inventor of the modern Carry-lookahead adder
- Ian Rosenberger (born August 24, 1981) - contestant on the CBS reality television series Survivor: Palau
- Iris Rosenberger (born 1985), German-Turkish female swimmer
- James Rosenberger - (1887 – 1946) U.S. Olympic Athlete, 1912 Summer Olympics
- Jasmin Rosenberger (born 1985), German-Turkish female swimmer
- John Francis Rosenberger (1918 - 1977) - American comic book artist infield
- Joseph Rupert Rosenberger - (1925 - 1993) - author of a COBRA series of novels and a series of adventure novels featuring the Death Merchant
- Joseph Rosenberger - (d. November 2/3, 1996) - founder the first shatnes laboratory in America.
- Katharina Rosenberger - Swiss composer and sound artist
- Martina Rosenberger - specialist in the waldzither
- Otto August Rosenberger (August 10, 1800 - January 23, 1890) - German astronomer
- Waldemar Rosenberger - (1848 - 1918) a director of the Volapük Academy
Other
- Rosenberger (crater) - lunar impact crater
- Rosenberger v. University of Virginia - Supreme Court of the United States case
- Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik - Electronics firm headquartered in Germany, designer of the N connector and part of the Quick Lock Formula Alliance which designed the QMA and QN connectors.
- Rosenberger's Dairies - a dairy company owned by HP Hood.
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