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Gluck is a surname of
German or
Yiddish origin. the root word means luck in either language. It is a last name found among
Ashkenazi Jews and those of German ancestry. However, there is evidence that the composer
Christoph Willibald Gluck 's surname derives from the Czech word kluk (boy).
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Notable people with the surname include:
Abbe Gluck , American legal academic
Alma Gluck (Reba Feinsohn) (1884–1938), Romanian-American soprano
Arie Gluck (1930–2016), Israeli runner and coach
Barbara Gluck (born 1938), American photographer
Benjamin Gluck (born 1979), American screenwriter, animator and director
Carol Gluck (born 1941), American historian of modern Japan
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), one of the most important opera composers of the Classical music era
Earle J. Gluck (1900–1972), American radio pioneer
Edgar Gluck (born 1936), rabbi in Galicia
Frederick Gluck (born 1935), American management consultant
Gemma La Guardia Gluck (1881–1962), American writer and Holocaust survivor
Griffin Gluck (born 2000), American actor
Hazel Gluck (born 1934), American politician and lobbyist
Heidi Gluck , Canadian-American musician and singer-songwriter
Henry Gluck (born 1929), American business executive and philanthropist
Herschel Gluck (born 1959), British rabbi
Jay Gluck (1927–2000), American archaeologist and art historian
Jeff Gluck , American motorsports journalist
John Duval Gluck (1878–1951), American philanthropist and con artist
Laurence Gluck (1953–2024), American real estate businessman
Louis Gluck (1924–1997), American neonatologist
Malcolm Gluck , British wine writer
Mark A. Gluck , American professor of neuroscience
Maxwell Henry Gluck (1899–1984), American businessman, diplomat, thoroughbred horse breeder and philanthropist
Michael Gluck (born 1983), American pianist
Pearl Gluck , American filmmaker and professor
Peter L. Gluck (born 1939), American architect
Rita Buglass Gluck , American writer
Robert Gluck (born 1955), American pianist and composer
Salomon Gluck (1914–1944), French physician and member of the French Resistance
Themistocles Gluck (1853–1942), German physician
Viktor Gluck (1897–1957), German cinematographer
Will Gluck (born 1978), American film director, screenwriter, and producer
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