WARBURG
(Family Name)WARBURG
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name may be a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
The Jewish surname Warburg is associated with Warburg in Westphalia, Germany.
Distinguished 20th century bearers of the Jewish family name Warburg include the German-born American author and business executive James Paul Warburg; the German-born English banker and business executive Siegmund George Warburg; the German-born Israeli educator Gabriel R. Warburg; the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883-1970); and the botanist and Zionist leader Otto Warburg (born 1895 in Berlin, died 1938), delegate to the sixth Zionist Congress, and founder of the first agricultural experiment station in Atlit, Israel.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name may be a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
The Jewish surname Warburg is associated with Warburg in Westphalia, Germany.
Distinguished 20th century bearers of the Jewish family name Warburg include the German-born American author and business executive James Paul Warburg; the German-born English banker and business executive Siegmund George Warburg; the German-born Israeli educator Gabriel R. Warburg; the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883-1970); and the botanist and Zionist leader Otto Warburg (born 1895 in Berlin, died 1938), delegate to the sixth Zionist Congress, and founder of the first agricultural experiment station in Atlit, Israel.