Ransohoff
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Ransohoff, or Ransonov is a family of mixed Jewish and Russia
n ancestry originating in Smolensk
, http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Ransohoff-family-history.ashx allegedly descended from the Rurik Dynasty
. http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/FindingAids/RobertandJeanRothenberg.htm http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/FindingAids/stern.htm http://www.chivalricorders.org/nobility/nobjews.htm Notable individuals bearing this surname include:
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n ancestry originating in Smolensk
Smolensk
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
, http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Ransohoff-family-history.ashx allegedly descended from the Rurik Dynasty
Rurik Dynasty
The Rurik dynasty or Rurikids was a dynasty founded by the Varangian prince Rurik, who established himself in Novgorod around the year 862 AD...
. http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/FindingAids/RobertandJeanRothenberg.htm http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/FindingAids/stern.htm http://www.chivalricorders.org/nobility/nobjews.htm Notable individuals bearing this surname include:
- Mikhail Abramovich Ransohov (1758-1812), Russian military officer, killed at the Battle of BorodinoBattle of BorodinoThe Battle of Borodino , fought on September 7, 1812, was the largest and bloodiest single-day action of the French invasion of Russia and all Napoleonic Wars, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties...
. http://books.google.com/books?id=vSMWAAAAYAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Joseph+Ransohoff%22&hl=en&ei=rHtgTKGaA5TEONOv5ZsP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ - Joseph RansohoffJoseph RansohoffDr. Joseph 'Joe' Ransohoff, II was a member of the Ransohoff family and a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. In addition to training numerous neurosurgeons, his "ingenuity in adapting advanced technologies" saved many lives and even influenced the television program Ben Casey...
(1915-2001), an American neurosurgeon, inventor, and former chairman of the New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
School of Medicine. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/12/nyregion/joseph-ransohoff-a-pioneer-in-neurosurgery-dies-at-85.html?scp=2&sq=Joseph%20Ransohoff&st=cse - Daniel J. Ransohoff (1927-1993), Cincinnati-based photographer and political activist. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/16/obituaries/daniel-ransohoff-71-booster-for-cincinnati.html
- Martin RansohoffMartin RansohoffMartin Ransohoff is a cinema and television producer, and member of the Ransohoff family.Ransohoff was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1927. He founded the film production company Filmways, Inc. in 1960 and remained with the company until 1972...
(b.1927), a cinema and television producer. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710388/
See also
- 25469 Ransohoff25469 Ransohoff25469 Ransohoff is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research project in Socorro, New Mexico, on December 6, 1999. It is named after Julia Dory Ransohoff, a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search.-External links:...
, a planet named for the family. - Ben CaseyBen CaseyBen Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, *, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph...
, an American medical dramaMedical dramaA medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the...
series partially inspired by the life of Joseph Ransohoff.
External Links
- Westheimer Rothenberg Family Papers at the American Jewish Archives
- Malcolm H. Stern Papers at the American Jewish Archives
- Ransohoff Ancestry
- Under the Northern Lights and Other Stories.