Oppenheimer

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The Oppenheimer Diamond is the largest whole crystal yellow diamond in the world. Named after Sir Ernest Oppenheimer.

Oppenheimer may be the surname of:

Alan Oppenheimer, a film actor
David Oppenheimer, a mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
Andrés Oppenheimer, an Argentinian author and journalist known for his deep analysis of Latin American politics.
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, founder of a producers' cooperative & single channel marketing, the forerunner of De Beers
Frank Oppenheimer, a physicist and younger brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer, also a physicist (see below)
Franz Oppenheimer, a German sociologist and political economist
Harry Oppenheimer, a South African businessman of De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited
Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, a Puerto Rican criminal better known as Isabel la Negra
J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American physicist also known as the "father of the atomic bomb"
Jess Oppenheimer, a screenwriter who wrote for Lucille Ball
Joel Oppenheimer, American writer
Jonathan M. E. Oppenheimer, managing director of De Beers
Joseph Suss Oppenheimer, financial advisor to Karl Alexander, Duke of Wurttemberg
Max Oppenheimer, birth name of Max Ophüls, a German film director
Nicholas "Nicky" F. Oppenheimer, chairman of De Beers and The Diamond Trading Company
Peter Oppenheimer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Apple Computer, Inc.

Oppenheimer may also be:

Oppenheimer (band), an indie-pop electronica duo heralding from Belfast, made up of musicians Shaun Robinson and Rocky O'Reilly.
Oppenheimer & Co., an investment bank in Toronto, Ontario and a division of Oppenheimer Holdings
Oppenheimer Funds, a mutual fund family in Springfield, Massachusetts; part of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company family
Oppenheimer Holdings, of Toronto, Ontario; parent of Oppenheimer & Co., Oppenheimer Asset Management, & Freedom Investments
Oppenheimer, Noonan & Weiss LP, a specialist firm
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; an intellectual property law firm

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