Kornberg is an habitational German, Swedish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. Its principal meaning is "grain hill", from German Korn "grain" + Berg "mountain", "hill".[1][2][3][4]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Kornberg (1918–2007), American biochemist, winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Medicine, father of Roger D. Kornberg and Thomas B. Kornberg
- Hans Leo Kornberg (1928–2019), British biochemist,
- Roger D. Kornberg (born 1947), American biochemist, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Thomas B. Kornberg (born 1948), American biochemist, University of California, San Francisco
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set 2003, Oxford University Press - Kornberg. ISBN 9780195081374.
- ^ "Dictionary of American Family Names (online) 2006, Oxford University Press - Kornberg".
- ^ "Ancestry - Kornberg Family History". Ancestry.com.
- ^ "Museum of the Jewish People - Kornberg".