Feinstein, Finestein (Yiddish: פֿײַנשטײַן, Hebrew: פיינשטיין, Russian: Файнштейн, "Fajnsztajn", "Fajnsztejn" in Polish spelling) or anglicized as Finestone, meaning "fine stone", that is gemstone, is a compound surname of German and Yiddish origin, similar to names like Goldstein or Rubinstein which is relatively wide spread among Ashkenazi Jews. It may refer to:

People with the name

Aaron Feinstein (fl. 1903–1910), Estonian chess player
Alan Feinstein (b. 1931), American philanthropist
Alvan Feinstein (1925–2001), American epidemiologist
Andrew Feinstein (born 1964), South African politician
Aryeh Löb Feinstein (1821–1903), Russian Jewish scholar
Charles Feinstein (1932–2004), British economic historian
Daniel Isaac Feinstein (b. 1930), birth name of Swiss artist and author Daniel Spoerri
Dianne Feinstein (1933–2023), American politician and US Senator from California
Dovid Feinstein (1929–2020), American Orthodox rabbi, son of Moshe Feinstein
Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019), British writer
Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein (1912–2006), American cryptanalyst
Harold Feinstein (1931–2015), American photographer
Jeffrey Feinstein (born 1945), retired officer of the United States Air Force
John Feinstein (born 1956), American sportswriter and commentator
Katherine Feinstein (born 1957), American judge
Meir Feinstein (1927–1947), Jewish underground fighter
Michael Feinstein (b. 1956), American singer and pianist
Mike Feinstein, American Green Party politician
Miles Feinstein (1941–2023), American criminal defense attorney and commentator
Moshe Feinstein (1895–1986), American Orthodox rabbi
Rachel Feinstein (b. 1971), American sculptor
Rachel Feinstein, American stand-up comedian
Reuven Feinstein (b. 1937), American Orthodox Rabbi, son of Moshe Feinstein

Morris Feinstone (1878–1943), Jewish Polish-born British and American labor activist
- SS Morris C. Feinstone, United States ship named after Feinstone
Stephen Feinstone, virologist

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