Alter (name)

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Alter (name)

Alter is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:

Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866–1948), Hasidic rabbi
David Alter (1807–1881), American inventor
Dinsmore Alter (1888–1968), American astronomer and meteorologist
Harvey Alter, American virologist
Hobart Alter (1933–2014), American businessman
Israel Alter (also: Yisraʾel Alter, 1901–1979), Jewish composer and last chief cantor in Hanover, Germany
Jonathan Alter, American journalist
Karl Joseph Alter, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Louis Alter, American composer
Michael Alter, American businessman
Moshe Jacob Alter, Yiddish poet
Pinchas Menachem Alter, Hassidic rabbi
Robert Alter, Biblical scholar
Stephen Alter, American author
Simchah Bunim Alter, Hassidic rabbi
Tom Alter, Indian actor
Yaakov Aryeh Alter, Hassidic rabbi
Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hassidic rabbi
Yisrael Alter, Hassidic rabbi
Yitzchak Meir Alter (c. 1798 – 1866), Hassidic rabbi