Pear tree (family name)
Birnbaum is a German family name that originally referred to someone who lived near a pear tree .
Name bearer
- Adam Birnbaum (* 1979), American jazz pianist
- Arved Birnbaum (* 1962), German actor
- Axel Birnbaum (* 1966), Austrian fencer
- Brigitte Birnbaum (* 1938), German writer
- Carl Birnbaum (actor) (1803-1865), German actor and opera singer
- Carl Birnbaum, psychiatrist, see Karl Birnbaum (medical doctor)
- Clemens Birnbaum (* 1963), German musicologist and cultural manager
- Daniel Birnbaum (* 1963), Swedish art journalist and exhibition curator
- Dara Birnbaum (* 1946), American video and installation artist
- Dieter Birnbaum (* 1931), German biologist
- Dietrich Birnbaum (1942–2017), German heart surgeon
- Eduard Birnbaum (1855–1920), German cantor
- Ernst Birnbaum (1905–1986), German author
- Ferdinand Birnbaum (1892–1947), Austrian educator and psychologist
- Georg Birnbaum (1890–1948), German dermatologist and university professor
- Gertrud Birnbaum (1897–1956), German pharmacist, see Joachim Pfannschmidt (pastor)
- Hans Birnbaum (1912–1980), German industrial manager
- Heinrich Birnbaum (1403–1473), German clergyman
- Heinz Birnbaum (1920–1943), German worker and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Henrik Birnbaum (1925–2002), Slavist and historian
- Immanuel Birnbaum (1894–1982), German journalist and publicist
- Jacob Birnbaum († 2014), German-American civil rights activist
- Johann Birnbaum (painter) (1793–1872), Czech painter
- Johann Abraham Birnbaum (1702–1748), German lawyer and rhetorician
- Johann Michael Franz Birnbaum (1792–1877), German legal scholar and playwright
- Johanna Birnbaum (1904–?), German non-fiction author and poet
- Johannes Birnbaum (1763-1832), German lawyer
- Karl Birnbaum (agronomist) (1829–1907), German agricultural scientist
- Karl Birnbaum (chemist) (1839–1887), German chemist
- Karl Birnbaum (physician) (1878–1950), German psychiatrist and neurologist
- Lillian Birnbaum (* 1955), Austrian-American film director, film producer and photographer
- Lucas Birnbaum (* 1997), Austrian ice hockey player
- Maria Birnbaum (1808–1862), stage actress, see Maria Sargany
- Maria Birnbaum (politician) (1872–1959), German politician
- Mark Birnbaum (documentary filmmaker) , American filmmaker
- Mark Birnbaum (musician) (* 1952), American pianist and composer
- Martin Birnbaum (* 1970), German actor and musical performer
- Menachem Birnbaum (1893–1944?), Dutch illustrator and draftsman
- Nathan Birnbaum (writer) (1864–1937), Jewish writer and Zionist
- Nathan Birnbaum , known as George Burns (1896-1996), American comedian
- Nico Birnbaum (* 1977), German actor
- Norman Birnbaum (1926–2019), American sociologist
- Paula Birnbaum (* 1986), German actress
- Roger Birnbaum (* 1950), American film producer
- Solomon Birnbaum (1891–1989), Austrian linguist
- Steve Birnbaum (* 1991), American football player
- Udo Birnbaum (* 1937), Austrian fencer and modern pentathlete
- Uriel Birnbaum (1894–1956), Dutch graphic artist and writer
- Uta Birnbaum (* 1933), German theater director and film director
- Vojtěch Birnbaum (1811–1934), Bohemian art historian
- Walter Birnbaum (theologian) (1893–1987), German theologian and university professor
- Walter Birnbaum (physicist) (1897–1925), German physicist
- Werner Birnbaum (* 1963), Australian gymnast
- Wilhelm Birnbaum (1895–1980), German politician (SPD)
- Zdzisław Birnbaum (1878–1921), Polish violinist, composer and conductor