Braunstein (German: brown stone) is a German surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Alexander E. Braunstein (1902–1986), Soviet biochemist
• Edward Braunstein (born 1981), American politician
• Guy Braunstein (born 1971), Israeli-American conductor
• Ilia Braunstein (1908–1980), Belgian philatelist
• Jacques Braunstein (1939–2009), Venezuelan musician
• Mark Mathew Braunstein (born 1951), American writer
• Natasha Lyonne (Natasha Braunstein; born 1979), American actress
• Néstor Braunstein (1941–2022), Argentine-Mexican physician
• Paul Braunstein (born 1970), Canadian actor
• Peter Braunstein (born 1964), American rapist
• Pierre Braunstein (born 1947), French chemist
• Ronald Braunstein (born 1955), American orchestral conductor
• Ron Braunstein (curler) (born c.1940), Canadian curler
• Necro (rapper) (Ron Braunstein; born 1976), American rapper; brother of Ill Bill
• Rubin Braunstein (1922–2018), American physicist
• Samuel L. Braunstein (born 1961), Australian professor
• Terry Braunstein (born 1939), Canadian curler
• Terry Braunstein (artist) (born 1942), photomontage artist
• Ill Bill (William Braunstein; born 1972), American rapper

• Toot Braunstein, character of Drawn Together
• Braunstein (wargame), a game considered to be the ancestor of role-playing games
• Braunstein–Ghosh–Severini entropy, quantum mechanical entropy

• Bronstein
• Brownstein
• Brownstone

This page lists people with the surname Braunstein, Braunshteyn.
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