Friedman
Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are surnames of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by Ashkenazi Jews. They may refer to:
Artists
- Adam Friedman, American singer
- Arnold Friedman (1874–1946), American painter
- Drew Friedman (cartoonist)
- Harold Freedman, artist public murals
- Jill Freedman (b. 1939), American photographer
- Ken Friedman, seminal figure in Fluxus
- Tom Friedman (artist), American sculptor
Businesspeople
- Eugene Freedman, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- George Friedman, founder of Stratfor
- Richard L. Friedman, 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, American political economist
- Bernát Friedmann, 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
- 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
- Martin Freedman, Canadian lawyer
- Michel Friedman, 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, lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Province of Manitoba
- Stephen J. Friedman, dean of Pace University School of Law
- Sylvan Friedman, member of the Louisiana legislature from 1944 to 1972
Musicians
- Avraham Fried, Jewish composer and musical entertainer, also known as Avraham Friedman
- Benny Friedman, American Hasidic Jewish singer
- Dean Friedman, singer-songwriter
- Debbie Friedman, musician
- Don Friedman (1935–2016), jazz pianist
- Erick Friedman, violinist
- Gary William Friedman, composer
- Harry Freedman, Canadian composer, musician and educator
- Ignaz Friedman, Polish-Austrian pianist, composer, also known as Ignacy Friedman
- Kinky Friedman, singer and candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election, 2006
- Marc Friedman, electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Marty Friedman (guitarist), guitarist
- Matthew Friedman, musician, singer and performer
- Michael Friedman (1975–2017), composer and lyricist
- Ross the Boss Friedman, guitarist
- Tim Freedman, the vocalist and pianist
- Shea Friedman, American Hasidic Jewish guitarist, Lakewood, NJ
Philosophers
- Egon Friedell, Austrian philosopher, also known as Egon Friedmann
- Hermann Friedmann (1873-1957), Polish-German philosopher and jurist
Photographers
- Glen E. Friedman, photographer
- Robert Capa, 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)
- Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe)
- Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe)
- David Noel Freedman, biblical scholar
- Denes Friedmann, Hungarian writer and Chief Rabbi in Újpest
- Edwin Friedman, applied family systems theory to congregational leadership
- Meïr ben Jeremiah Friedmann, Hungarian-Austrian scholar, Jewish theologian
- Richard Elliott Friedman, scholar of biblical criticism
- Manis Friedman, biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker
- Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (1891-1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New York
- Mordechai Yitzchok Friedman, Tyrnava (CZ) Rav in New York, heads the Vaad HaRabbonim of America ("American Board of Rabbis")
- Yisrael Friedman, Pashkaner Rebbe
- Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhin (1797-1850), founder of the Hasidic dynasty of Ruzhin
- Yitzchok Friedman (1850-1917), first Rebbe of Boyan
Scientists and mathematicians
- Alexander Friedman, mathematician and cosmologist
- Avner Friedman, mathematician
- Daniel P. Friedman, computer scientist and mathematician
- Elizebeth Smith Friedman, US Army cryptographer
- Harvey Friedman, mathematical logician
- Herbert Friedman, rocket science, solar physics, aeronomy, and astronomy
- Herbert Friedmann (1900–1987), American ornithologist
- Georges Friedmann (1902-1977), French sociologist
- Irving Friedman, geochemist
- Jerome Isaac Friedman, physicist
- Louis Friedman (born 1941), American astronautics engineer
- Meyer Friedman, medical scientist
- Michael Freedman (born 1951), mathematician at Microsoft Research
- Nat Friedman, programmer
- Richard A. Friedman, psychiatrist and professor
- Samuel O. Freedman, clinical immunologist, professor
- Stanton T. Friedman, physicist and ufologist
- Sy Friedman, logician
- William F. Friedman, US Army cryptographer
Sportspeople
- Andrew Friedman, 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 (born 1920), Israeli chess master
- Dougie Freedman, Scottish association football manager
- Gal Fridman, Israeli windsurfer and Olympic gold medalist
- Lee Freedman, Australian racehorse trainer
- Lennie Friedman, American NFL football player for the Cleveland Browns
- Limor Friedman (born 1968), Israeli Olympic gymnast
- Marty Friedman (basketball), Hall of Fame NBA pro basketball player and coach
- Nicole Freedman (born 1972), American Olympic cyclist
- Ross Friedman (soccer), American Major League Soccer player
- Ze'ev Friedman, Israeli Olympic weightlifter
In television and film
- Budd Friedman, actor and producer
- David F. Friedman, American filmmaker and producer
- Josh Friedman, American screenwriter
- Maria Friedman, musical theatre actress
- Mike Freedman, American pioneering cameraman
- Tal Friedman (born 1963), Israeli actor and comedian
- Vivi Friedman, Finnish filmmaker
Writers
- Bruce Jay Friedman, novelist, screenwriter and playwright
- Celia S. Friedman, science fiction novelist
- David Freedman, playwright and biographer
- David Friedman, a.k.a. Dafydd ab Hugh, writer
- Esther Pauline Friedman, advice columnist also known as Ann Landers
- Frieda Friedman, author
- Hannah Friedman, writer, director and musician
- David Gerrold, science fiction author, also known as Jerrold David Friedman
- Mia Freedman, former Editor of Australian Cosmopolitan magazine and blogger
- Michael Jan Friedman, author
- Rita Friedman, creator of The Letter People
- Samuel G. Freedman, journalist
- Thomas L. Friedman, 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, Polish chess master
- Hoshea Friedman, brigadier general in the IDF
- James O. Freedman, fifteenth president of Dartmouth College
- Jeffrey Friedman (political scientist)
- Joseph Friedman (1900-1982), inventor
- Judith Freedman, British solicitor and academic
- Morris Friedman, private stenographer
- Paul Freedman, historian
- Prahlad Friedman, professional poker player
- Renee Friedman, American Egyptologist
- Tuviah Friedman, director of the Institute for the Documentation of Nazi War Crimes in Haifa
- Walter A. Friedman, American academic
- Yohanan Friedmann, Israeli scholar of Islamic studies
Fictional characters
- Sidney Freedman, psychiatrist in the television series M*A*S*H
See also
- Freedman, a former slave
- Fried (surname)
- Fridman
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