Kushner

This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Kushner (disambiguation).

The surname Kushner is an English-based transliteration of the Yiddish name קושנער, a variant of קושניר (Kushnir), an occupational name stemming from קירזשנער (kirzshner), a furrier. This is related to the German word Kürschner and the Ukrainian word кушнір (kushnir), with the same meaning.

## People[edit]

Notable people with the surname include:

* Alexander Kushner, Russian poet
* Bernard Kouchner, French politician and physician
* Boris Kushner, mathematician, poet, and essayist
* Burton J. Kushner, ophthalmologist
* Dave Kushner, U.S. guitarist
* David Kushner, writer
* David Howard Kushner, American gynecologist-obstetrician and infertility specialist
* Donald Kushner, American film producer
* Donn Kushner, Canadian scientist and writer
* Ellen Kushner, U.S. fantasy author
* Eva Kushner, Canadian scholar
* Eva Bella Kushner, American child actress and voice actress
* Harold (Samuel) Kushner, Conservative rabbi and author
* Harold J. Kushner, U.S. applied mathematics professor at Brown University
* Lawrence Kushner, Reform rabbi and author
* Rachel Kushner, U.S. author
* Tony Kushner, U.S. playwright
* Yvonne Levy Kushner, American actress and fundraiser

## Kushner-Berkowitz-Trump American real estate family[edit]

* Kushner family
* Joseph Kushner (né: Berkowitz), founder of the Kushner real-estate mogul family
* Charles Kushner, real estate mogul, son of Joseph and Rae
* Jared Kushner, senior White House official and husband of Ivanka Trump, son of Charles, son-in-law of President Donald Trump
* Ivanka Trump Kushner, wife of Jared, daughter of President Donald Trump and Ivanna Trump
* Arabella Kushner, daughter of Jared and Ivanka
* Joshua Kushner, businessman, son of Charles
* Murray Kushner, real estate mogul, son of Joseph and Rae
* Marc Kushner, architect, son of Murray

## See also[edit]

* Kushnir (Ukrainian form)
* Kouchner (French form)
* Kürschner (German form)

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Surnames associated with the occupations of furrier/skinner

Germanic|

* Kürschner, Kushner, Kouchner
* Peltz, Pelz, Pelzer
* Skinner

Romance|

* Pelletier, Peletier, Le Peletier, Peltier
* Peleter, Peletero, Peleiro
* Pellicciaro
* Blănaru, Cojocaru/Cojocar (calque from 'Kozhukhar'), Suciu (calque from 'Szűcs')

Slavic|

* Skornyakov
* Kushnir, Kuśnierz, Kuśmierz, Kuśmierek, Kuśmierczyk, Kuśmierski
* Pelc, Pelczar
* Kozhukhar, Krznar, Kožar, Kozhevnik, Kozhevnikov, Kožešník, Kožušník

Other|

* Hungarian: Szűcs

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