Himmelfarb or Himelfarb is German and Yiddish for "color of the sky". Notable people with the surname include: Alex Himelfarb (born 1947), Canadian civil servant and academic Eric Himelfarb (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player Gary Himelfarb (Doctor Dread) (born 1954), a reggae producer George Him (1900–1982), Polish-British designer born Jerzy Himmelfarb Gertrude Himmelfarb (1922–2019), American historian Milton Himmelfarb (1918–2006), American sociographer See also Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, George Washington University Jewish surnames de:Himmelfarb