Siskind

Siskind is a German-Jewish surname meaning "sweet child", thought to have originated during the early nineteenth century period when German officials assigned surnames to Jews.[1] People having this surname include:

* Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), a renowned American photographer
* Amy Siskind (born 1965), an American activist and writer
* Arthur Siskind (born 1938), a lawyer, businessperson, and executive director of the News Corporation
* Edward Siskind (1886–1955), an American football and basketball coach
* Jeffrey Mark Siskind, writer of the optimizing batch whole-program Scheme compiler used in the program, Stalin
* Jeremy Siskind (born 1986), a jazz pianist taught by Sophia Rosoff
* Martin Siskind, former manager of artist Purvis Young, who successfully petitioned for Young to be declared mentally incompetent
* Murray Jay Siskind, a fictional character in the novel, White Noise
* Paul Siskind, composer of the opera The Sailor-Boy and the Falcon, with librettist Alan Steinberg
* Sarah Siskind (born 1978), an American folk singer and songwriter
* Scott Siskind (born 1984), American blogger and psychiatrist better known under the pseudonym Scott Alexander

## See also

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* Susskind

## References

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1. ^ Elsdon Coles Smith, American Surnames (1986), p. 264.

Surname list

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