Freeman (surname)
| Freeman | |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | England, Ireland, Scotland |
| Meaning | The free man one who was not a serf. Son of a craft's man in Old Irish. |
| Other names | |
| Variant(s) | Fry, Freedman, Free |
Freeman as a surname may refer to:
A–E
- Aaron Freeman (born 1956), American journalist, stand-up comedian, author, cartoonist, blogger
- Alan Freeman (1927–2006), Australian-born DJ
- Antonio Freeman (born 1972), American football player
- Ben Freeman, British actor
- Bobby Freeman (politician) (1934–2016), Louisiana attorney and politician
- Buck Freeman (1871–1949), American baseball outfielder
- Buck Freeman (pitcher) (1896–1953), American baseball pitcher
- Bucky Freeman (1895–1987), American football and baseball coach
- Bud Freeman (1906–1991), American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer
- Cassidy Freeman (born 1982), American actress
- Castle Freeman Jr. (born 1944), American author
- Cathy Freeman (born 1973), Australian Olympic athlete
- Charles Freeman (disambiguation)
- Chapman Freeman (1832–1904), US congressman from Pennsylvania
- Christopher Freeman (1921–2010), English economist
- Crispin Freeman (born 1972), American voice actor
- David Freeman (disambiguation)
- Daniel Freeman (1826–1908), American homesteader
- Dennis L. Freeman (born 1939), Iowa politician
- Derek Freeman (1916–2001), New Zealander anthropologist
- Don Freeman, children's book author
- Douglas Freeman (1916–2013), English cricketer
- Douglas Southall Freeman (1886–1953), American journalist
- Ed Freeman (1927–2008), U.S. Army helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient
- Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892), British historian
- Edward Monroe Freeman (1875–1954), American botanist
- Elizabeth Freeman (disambiguation)
- Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett) (c.1742–1829), Massachusetts slave, won freedom 1781
- Emily Freeman, British athlete competing in the 200 metres
F–M
- Frank Freeman (1861–1949), Canadian-American architect
- Frankie Muse Freeman (1916–2018), American lawyer
- Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866–1941), Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India
- Gary Freeman (disambiguation)
- Gordon Freeman, the fictional protagonist of the video game series Half-Life
- Greg Freeman (American football), American football player
- Habern W. Freeman (born 1941), Maryland politician
- Hans Freeman (1929–2008), German-born Australian protein crystallographer and chemist
- Harold Freeman, maker of pornographic films who was involved in the court case California v. Freeman
- Harry Lawrence Freeman (1869–1954), American composer, conductor, impresario and teacher
- Hobart Freeman (1920–1984), Word of Faith preacher and author
- James Freeman (disambiguation)
- Jay Freeman, developer of Cydia software
- Jerrell Freeman, American football player, linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts
- Joan Maie Freeman (1918–1998), Australian physicist
- John Freeman (disambiguation)
- Jon Freeman, influential computer game industry figure
- Jonathan Freeman (actor) (born 1950), Tony-nominated American actor known for voicing the villainous Jafar in Disney's Aladdin
- Jonathan Freeman (representative) (1745–1808), United States congressman from New Hampshire
- Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, principal of the Royal Academy of Music in London
- Joseph Freeman (Mormon) (born 1952), Latter Day Saints bishop
- Joseph Freeman (politician) (1765–1839), Nova Scotia politician
- Joseph Freeman (writer) (1897–1965), American left-wing writer and editor
- Josh Freeman, American football player, backup quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings
- Julia Wheelock Freeman (1833–1900), American Civil War nurse
- Julie Freeman (born 1972), British artist
- Julius "Julie" Freeman (1868–1921), American baseball pitcher
- Kathleen Freeman (classicist), (1897–1959), British classical scholar and novelist
- Ken Freeman (astronomer) (born 1940), Australian astronomer
- Kevin Freeman (basketball) (born 1978), American basketball player and coach
- Lewis R. Freeman (1878–1960), American author
- Mark Freeman (1908–2003), artist
- Martin Freeman (born 1971), English actor
- Martin Henry Freeman (1826–1889), first black president of an American college
- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, American author
- Michael Freeman (chess player) (born 1960), New Zealand chess player
- Michael O. Freeman (born 1948), Minnesota attorney and politician
- Mona Freeman (1926–2014), American actress
- Morgan Freeman (born 1937), American actor
- Morgan J. Freeman (born 1969), American film director
- Mylène Freeman (born 1989), Canadian member of parliament
N–Z
- Nathaniel Freeman (physician) (1741–1827), American physician and jurist
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. (1766–1800), American congressman
- Orville Freeman (1918–2003), Governor of Minnesota and US Secretary of Agriculture
- Paul Freeman (actor) (born 1943), British actor
- Paul Freeman (conductor) (1936–2015), American conductor
- Paul Freeman (cryptozoologist) (1943–2003), American Bigfoot hunter
- Paul Freeman (songwriter), Welsh-born singer-songwriter
- Paul L. Freeman Jr. (1907–1988), United States Army general
- Sir Ralph Freeman (1880–1950), English bridge designer (father of next entry)
- Sir Ralph Freeman (1911–1998), English bridge designer
- R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943), British writer of detective stories
- Richard B. Freeman, labor economist
- Richard Freeman (bridge) (1933–2009), American bridge player
- Robert Freeman (pastor) (born 1878), American clergyman
- Robert Freeman (photographer)
- Robin Freeman (basketball) (born 1934), two-time All-American guard at Ohio State University in the 1950s
- Robin Freeman (golfer) (born 1959), American professional golfer
- Roger Freeman (disambiguation)
- Royce Freeman (born 1996), American football player
- Russ Freeman (pianist) (1926–2002), American jazz pianist and composer
- Samuel Freeman Miller (1816–1890), US Supreme Court justice
- Sarah Freeman (skier), Canadian skier
- Scott Freeman (voice actor), voice actor for various characters
- Scott Freeman (1954–2004), American economist
- Sultaana Freeman, Muslim woman who sued for the right to wear a veil for her driver's license photo
- Tich Freeman (Alfred Percy Freeman, 1888–1965), Kent cricketer
- Walter Freeman (footballer) (1895–1972), English footballer
- Walter Jackson Freeman III (1927–2016), American biologist, theoretical neuroscientist and philosopher
- Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895–1972), pioneer of psychosurgery
- Wilfrid Freeman (1888–1953), British air marshal
- Woody Freeman (born 1946), Arkansas businessman and 1984 Republican gubernatorial nominee
- Y. Frank Freeman (1890–1969), American film company executive
Fictional characters
- Django Freeman, protagonist of the film Django Unchained
- Gordon Freeman, silent protagonist of Half-Life Series
- Huey Freeman, protagonist of The Boondocks
- Augustus Freeman IV, secret identity of DC comics superhero Icon
- Elijah Freeman, protagonist of the novel Elijah of Buxton
- Francis Freeman, a character from the 2016 film Deadpool
Distribution
As a surname, Freeman is the 215th most common surname in Great Britain, with 38,498 bearers. It is most common in Hampshire, where it is the 52nd most common surname, with 4,880 bearers. Other concentrations include, Wiltshire, (12th,4,838), Gloucestershire, (14th,4,864), City of Leeds, (41st,3,254), County Tyrone (44th,1,676), Staffordshire, (53rd,3,298), City of Bradford, (103rd,1,610), Essex, (204th,3,198), City of Aberdeen, (207th,1,682), East Sussex, (243th,1,646), North Yorkshire, (255th,1,732), Devon, (467th,1,684), Merseyside, (494th,1,624), Kent, (834th,1,614), and Lancashire, (837th,1,730).
See also
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