# Perlmutter

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This article is about the surname. For the supercomputer, see [Perlmutter (supercomputer)](/source/Perlmutter_(supercomputer)).

**Perlmutter** is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname which means "[mother-of-pearl](/source/Mother-of-pearl)". It may refer to:

- [Adele Perlmutter](/source/Adele_Perlmutter) (1845–1941), Austrian photographer
- [Alvin H. Perlmutter](/source/Alvin_H._Perlmutter), television producer
- [David Perlmutter](/source/David_Perlmutter) (born 1954), American physician and author
- [David M. Perlmutter](/source/David_M._Perlmutter) (born 1938), American linguist
- [Ed Perlmutter](/source/Ed_Perlmutter) (born 1953), US Congressman from Colorado
- [Hayyim Perlmutter](/source/Hayyim_Perlmutter) (fl.), Russian rabbi
- [Inbal Perlmutter](/source/Inbal_Perlmutter) (1971–1997), Israeli musician
- [Isaac Perlmutter](/source/Isaac_Perlmutter) (born 1942), American businessman and financier
- [Jess Perlmutter](/source/Jess_Perlmutter) (born 2009), American snowboarder
- [Jordon Perlmutter](/source/Jordon_Perlmutter) (1931–2011), American real estate developer
- [Richard Perlmutter](/source/Richard_Perlmutter), songwriter, singer and producer
- [Roger Perlmutter](/source/Roger_Perlmutter), Merck research leader and scientist
- [Saul Perlmutter](/source/Saul_Perlmutter) (born 1959), Nobel laureate astrophysicist at [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory](/source/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory)
- [Shira Perlmutter](/source/Shira_Perlmutter) (born 1956), 14th and incumbent US [Register of Copyrights](/source/Register_of_Copyrights)

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