Pincus (surname)
Pincus or Pinkus is a surname of Jewish origin, derived from the given name Pinkus, which in turn originates with the Biblical Hebrew male personal name Pinechas or Phinehas. The name may refer to:
- Albert Pinkus, American chess player
- Anne Pincus, Australian artist
- Barry Pincus, birth name of Barry Manilow, American singer
- Ed Pincus, American filmmaker
- David Pincus, American art collector
- Fred Pincus, American sociologist
- Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist
- Harold Alan Pincus, American psychiatrist
- Irving Pincus, American writer
- Jeff Pinkus, American musician
- Lionel Pincus, American businessman
- Mark Pincus, American businessman
- Robert Pincus-Witten, American art critic and historian
- Tom Pincus
- Joe Pincus
- Shimshon Dovid Pincus, Israeli rabbi
- Steven Pincus, American historian at Yale, specializing on early modern England
- Walter Pincus, American journalist
- Zachary Pincus-Roth, American writer
