Friedman
Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are surnames of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by Ashkenazi Jews. It is the 9th most common surname in Israel (8th among Jews) and most common exclusively Ashkenazi name.[1] They may refer to:
Artists
- Adam Friedman, American singer
- Arnold Friedman (1879–1946), American painter
- Drew Friedman (cartoonist)
- Harold Freedman (1915–1999), artist public murals
- Jill Freedman (1939–2019), American photographer
- Ken Friedman (born 1949), seminal figure in Fluxus
- Tom Friedman (artist) (born 1965), American sculptor
Businesspeople
- Eugene Freedman (1925–2008), entrepreneur and philanthropist
- George Friedman (born 1949), founder of Stratfor
- Richard L. Friedman (born 1940), prominent businessman and real estate developer
- Stephen Friedman (PFIAB) (born 1937), former chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs
Economists, lawyers and politicians
- Benjamin M. Friedman (born 1944), American political economist
- Bernát Friedmann (1843–1925), Hungarian jurist and criminal lawyer
- Bernie Friedman, attorney in Hollywood, Florida
- Daniel Friedmann (born 1936), Israeli law professor and former Minister of Justice
- David D. Friedman (born 1945), American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and libertarian theorist, son of Milton Friedman
- David M. Friedman (born 1958), American bankruptcy lawyer and United States Ambassador to Israel
- Don Friedman (Colorado politician) (1930–2013), American politician
- J. Isaac Friedman (1877–1949), American politician
- James Friedman, Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Maine School of Law
- Lawrence M. Friedman (born 1930), American law professor
- Leon Friedman (1886–1948), American politician
- Louis L. Friedman (1906–1997), New York politician and judge
- Marcy S. Friedman, American judge
- Martin Freedman, Canadian lawyer
- Michel Friedman (born 1956), German former lawyer
- Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist
- Patri Friedman (born 1976), American libertarian activist and theorist of political economy, grandson of Milton Friedman
- Rose Friedman (1910–2009), economist and law professor, wife of Milton Friedman
- Samuel Freedman (1903–1993), lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Province of Manitoba
- Stephen J. Friedman (born 1938), dean of Pace University School of Law
- Sylvan Friedman, member of the Louisiana legislature from 1944 to 1972
- Wolfgang Friedmann – (1907 – 1972) German American legal scholar.
Musicians
- Avraham Fried, Jewish composer and musical entertainer, also known as Avraham Friedman
- Benny Friedman (born 1985), American Hasidic Jewish singer
- Dean Friedman (born 1955), singer-songwriter
- Debbie Friedman (1951–2011), musician
- Don Friedman (1935–2016), jazz pianist
- Erick Friedman (1939–2004), violinist
- Gary William Friedman, composer
- Harry Freedman (1922–2005), Canadian composer, musician and educator
- Ignaz Friedman (1882–1948), Polish-Austrian pianist, composer, also known as Ignacy Friedman
- Kinky Friedman (born 1944), singer and candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election, 2006
- Marc Friedman (born 1977), electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Marty Friedman (born 1962), guitarist
- Matthew Friedman (musician), musician, singer and performer
- Michael Friedman (1975–2017), composer and lyricist
- Ross the Boss Friedman (born 1954), guitarist
- Tim Freedman (born 1964), Australian musician
Philosophers
- Egon Friedell (1878–1938), Austrian philosopher, also known as Egon Friedmann
- Hermann Friedmann (1873–1957), Polish-German philosopher and jurist
Photographers
- Glen E. Friedman (born 1962), photographer
- Robert Capa (1913–1954), 20th century war photographer, also known as Endré Ernő Friedmann
In religion
- Alexander Zusia Friedman (1897–1943), Polish rabbi, educator, activist and journalist
- Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe) (1820–1883)
- Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe) (1884–1964)
- Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe) (1928–2013)
- David Noel Freedman (1922–2008), biblical scholar
- Denes Friedmann (1903–1944), Hungarian writer and Chief Rabbi in Újpest
- Edwin Friedman, (1932–1996) applied family systems theory to congregational leadership
- Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn (1796–1850), founder of the Hasidic dynasty of Ruzhin
- Manis Friedman (born 1946), biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker
- Meïr ben Jeremiah Friedmann (1831–1908), Hungarian-Austrian scholar, Jewish theologian
- Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (1891–1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New York
- Richard Elliott Friedman (born 1946), scholar of biblical criticism
- Yisrael Friedman (1923–2017), Pashkaner Rebbe
- Yitzchok Friedman (1850–1917), first Rebbe of Boyan
Scientists and mathematicians
- Alexander Friedman (1888–1925), mathematician and cosmologist
- Avner Friedman (born 1932), mathematician
- Daniel P. Friedman (born 1944), computer scientist and mathematician
- Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892–1980), US Army cryptographer
- Harold Friedman (1923–2005), US physical chemist
- Harry Friedmann (1931–2018), Israeli chemist
- Harvey Friedman (born 1948), mathematical logician
- Herbert Friedman (1916–2000), American rocket scientist, solar physicist, aeronomist, and astronomist
- Herbert Friedmann (1900–1987), American ornithologist
- Irving Friedman (1920–2005), geochemist
- Jerome Isaac Friedman (born 1930), physicist
- Louis Friedman (born 1941), American astronautics engineer
- Meyer Friedman (1910–2001), medical scientist
- Michael Freedman (born 1951), mathematician at Microsoft Research
- Nat Friedman (born 1977), programmer
- Richard A. Friedman, psychiatrist and professor
- Samuel O. Freedman (born 1928), clinical immunologist, professor
- Stanton T. Friedman (1934–2019), physicist and ufologist
- Stuart Freedman (1944–2012), physicist
- Sy Friedman (born 1953), logician
- William F. Friedman (1891–1969), US Army cryptographer
Academic scholars
- Georges Friedmann (1902–1977), French sociologist
- James O. Freedman (1935–2006), fifteenth president of Dartmouth College
- Jeffrey Friedman (political scientist) (born 1959)
- Paul Freedman, historian
- Renée Friedman, American Egyptologist
- Tuviah Friedman (1922–2011), director of the Institute for the Documentation of Nazi War Crimes in Haifa
- Walter A. Friedman, American academic
- Yohanan Friedmann (born 1936), Israeli scholar of Islamic studies
Sportspeople
- Andrew Friedman (born 1976), American, became baseball General Manager of the Tampa Bay Rays at age 28
- Benny Friedman (1905–1982), American Hall of Fame NFL football quarterback
- Birgit Friedmann (born 1960), German runner and 1980 world champion
- Clara Friedman (1920–2015), Israeli chess master
- Dougie Freedman (born 1974), Scottish association football manager
- Gal Fridman (born 1975), Israeli windsurfer and Olympic gold medalist
- Lee Freedman (born 1956), Australian racehorse trainer
- Lennie Friedman (born 1976), American NFL football player for the Cleveland Browns
- Limor Friedman (born 1968), Israeli Olympic gymnast
- Mark Friedman (born 1995), Canadian National Hockey League player
- Marty Friedman (basketball) (1889–1986), Hall of Fame NBA pro basketball player and coach
- Maxwell Jacob Friedman (born 1996), American professional wrestler
- Nicole Freedman (born 1972), American Olympic cyclist
- Ross Friedman (soccer) (born 1992), American Major League Soccer player
- Ze'ev Friedman (1944–1972), Israeli Olympic weightlifter and victim of the Munich massacre
In television and film
- Budd Friedman (born 1932), actor and producer
- David F. Friedman (1923–2011), American filmmaker and producer
- Josh Friedman (born 1967), American screenwriter
- Maria Friedman (born 1961), musical theatre actress
- Mike Freedman, American pioneering cameraman
- Tal Friedman (born 1963), Israeli actor and comedian
- Vivi Friedman (1967–2012), Finnish filmmaker
Writers
- Bruce Jay Friedman (born 1930), novelist, screenwriter and playwright
- Celia S. Friedman (born 1957), science fiction novelist
- David Freedman (1898–1936), playwright and biographer
- David Friedman, a.k.a. Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960), writer
- Esther Pauline Friedman (1918–2002), advice columnist also known as Ann Landers
- Frieda Friedman, author
- Hannah Friedman, writer, director and musician
- Jacques Frémontier (born surname Friedman; 1930–2020), French journalist and television producer
- David Gerrold (born 1944), science fiction author, also known as Jerrold David Friedman
- Mia Freedman (born 1971), former Editor of Australian Cosmopolitan magazine and blogger
- Michael Jan Friedman (born 1955), author
- Rita Friedman, creator of The Letter People
- Samuel G. Freedman (born 1955), journalist
- Thomas Friedman (born 1953), columnist
Other
- Benjamin H. Freedman (1890–1984), American businessman, Holocaust denier and anti-Zionist
- Elizebeth Friedman (1892–1980), cryptanalyst and author
- Friedrich Franz Friedmann, tuberculosis charlatan
- Henryk Friedman (1903–1942), Polish chess master
- Hoshea Friedman, brigadier general in the IDF
- Joseph Friedman (1900–1982), inventor
- Judith Freedman, British solicitor and academic
- Morris Friedman, private stenographer
- Prahlad Friedman (born 1978), professional poker player
Fictional characters
- Luke Friedman, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
- Sidney Freedman, psychiatrist in the television series M*A*S*H
See also
- Friedemann, a German name
- Freedman, a former slave
- Fried (surname)
- Fridman
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