Oberth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hermann Oberth (1894–1989), Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian physicist and engineer Hermann-Oberth-Gesellschaft Oberth (crater) Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum Oberth effect (astrodynamics) Erna Roth Oberth (1923–2012), Transylvanian-German lawyer Christian Oberth (1953?–2012), video game programmer See also Obert, Nebraska Oberthal (disambiguation)