Rockefeller

Rockefeller is a German surname, originally given to people from the now-abandoned village of Rockenfeld near Neuwied in the Rhineland[1] and commonly referring to subjects associated with the Rockefeller family. It may refer to:

People with the name

Rockefeller family

Other people with the name

  • Clark Rockefeller (born Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, 1961), convicted murderer and impostor
  • Jim Rockefeller, inventor of the Rockefeller Yankee, a fiberglass-bodied sports car
  • Lewis K. Rockefeller (1875–1948), US Representative from New York, Republican; not a member of the John D. Rockefeller branch of the family dynasty

Places

Arts, entertainment, and media

Institutions

Other uses

See also

References

  1. Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2002). The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford University Press. p. 528. ISBN 0198605617.
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