Finkel

For the unincorporated community, see Finkle, Minnesota.

Finkel, Finckel or Finkle is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Alan Finkel (born 1953), Australia's Chief Scientist
• Aryeh Finkel (1931–2016), rosh yeshiva of the Brachfeld branch of the Mir yeshiva
• Benjamin Finkel (1865–1947), American mathematician and educator
• Binyomin Beinush Finkel ( (1911–1990), rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem from 1965–1990
• Caroline Finkel, British historian
• Edwin Finckel (1917–2001), American jazz performer, arranger and song composer
• Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1879) (1879–1965), rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Poland and in Jerusalem from 1917–1965
• Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1965), current rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem
• Eliyahu Boruch Finkel (1947–2008), a lecturer at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem
• Frank Finkel (1854–1930), American who claimed to have been the only survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
• Frederick C. Finkle (1865–1949), American consulting engineer and geologist
• Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016), American actor
• George Finkel (1936–2019), TV sports producer and director, son of Maurice Finkel
• Howard Finkel (1950–2020), American professional wrestling announcer
• Irving Finkel (born 1951), British philologist and Assyriologist
• Jon Finkel (born 1978), American Magic: The Gathering champion
• Maurice Herman Finkel (1888–1949), American architect and Yiddish theatre performer, father of George Finkel
• Miriam Posner Finkel (1916–1999), American radiobiologist who made significant contributions to molecular biology
• Moishe Finkel (c. 1850–1904), Yiddish theatre actor, director and producer
• Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka) (1849–1927), Lithuanian leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe and founder of the Slabodka yeshiva
• Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Mir) (1943–2011), rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem from 1990–2008
• Raphael Finkel (born 1951), American computer scientist
• Shelly Finkel (born 1944), American boxing and music promoter
• Terri H. Finkel (born 1953), American pediatric rheumatologist and immunologist

Fictional characters include:

• Gary Finkel, in the videogame Dead Rising 3.
• Harper Finkle, in the TV series Wizards of Waverly Place
• Ray Finkle, in the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
• Sharon Finkel, in the TV series The Flash

See also

• Fin. K.L. (Korean: 핑클), Korean female pop group
• Finkelstein, a related surname