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Kaufmann is a surname with many variants such as Kauffmann, Kaufman, and Kauffman. In German, the name means merchant. It is the cognate of the English Chapman (which had a similar meaning in the Middle Ages, though it disappeared from modern English). Often it is a Jewish name. Kaufmann may refer to:
Kaufmann
- Aloys P. Kaufmann (1902–1984), Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
- Christine Kaufmann (1945–2017), Austrian actor
- David Kaufmann (1852–1899), Jewish-Austrian scholar
- Edgar J. Kaufmann (1885–1955), prominent US businessman and philanthropist
- Eduard Kaufmann (1860–1931), German physician, and one of the discoverers of Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome
- Eugen Kaufmann (1892–1984), German architect
- Evan Kaufmann (born 1984), ice hockey player
- Felix Kaufmann (1895–1949), Austrian-American law philosopher
- Frank Kaufmann (born 1952), Peace activist
- Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679–1735), Baroque composer from Thuringia (now in southern Germany)
- George Adams Kaufmann (1894–1963), British mathematician, translator and anthroposophist
- Gordon Kaufmann (1888–1949), English-born American architect
- Günther Kaufmann (1947–2012), German actor
- Hans Kaufmann (born 1948), Swiss politician and business consultant
- Jonas Kaufmann (born 1969), German tenor
- Konstantin Kaufmann (1818–1882), Russian general, for whom "Mount Kaufmann" (or "Peak Kaufmann", now called Lenin Peak) was named
- Klaus Kaufmann (born 1948), Austrian pianist who founded the Austrian-Chinese-Music-University
- Maurice Kaufmann (1927–1997), British actor
- Max R. Kaufmann, designer of the Kaufmann font family
- Michael Kaufmann, character from the Silent Hill series
- Oskar Kaufmann (1873–1956), Hungarian-German Jewish architect
- Patricia A. (Trish) Kaufmann of Lincoln, Delaware
- Christian Kaufmann (Alpine guide) (1858-1924), Swiss mountain guide from Grindelwald
- Peter Kaufmann (Alpine guide) (1872-1939), Swiss mountain guide from Grindelwald
- Peter Kaufmann (politician) (born 1947), politician and businessman in Winnipeg
- Pierre Kaufmann (1938–2017), Brazilian of French origin astronomer. "AAS obituary".
- Stefan Kaufmann (musician) (born 1960), German drummer
- Stefan Kaufmann (politician) (born 1969), German Bundestag member
- Stefan H.E. Kaufmann (born 1948), German microbiologist
- Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (born 1955), German politician
- Walter Arnold Kaufmann (1921–1980), German philosopher
- Walter Kaufmann (composer) (1907–1984), Czech-born American ethnomusicologist
- Walter Kaufmann (physicist) (1871–1947), German physicist
- William Kaufmann, who along with Michael B. Morgan founded Morgan Kaufmann Publishers in 1984
- William G. Kaufmann (1869–1947), American politician
- Prof. Rabbi Yehezkel Kaufmann (1889–1963), Bible scholar
- Isaac Kaufmann-Funk, American editor, lexicographer
- Kaufmann Kohler (1843–1926), reform rabbi
- Kaufmann's (Kaufmann's Furniture Galleries), regional department store chain
Kauffmann, Kauffman
- Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), Swiss-Austrian painter
- Calvin Henry Kauffman (1869–1931), American botanist and mycologist
- Guinevere Kauffmann (born 1968), German-American astrophysicist
- Léon Kauffman (1869–1952), 12th Prime Minister of Luxembourg
- Stanley Kauffmann (1916–2013), long-time film critic for The New Republic
- Jean-Paul Kauffmann (born 1944), French journalist and writer
Kaufman
- Aaron Kaufman, American mechanic and fabricator, featured on the television show Fast N' Loud
- Abraham Kaufman (1885–1971), Russian-born medical doctor, community organizer and Zionist
- Alan S. Kaufman (born 1944), psychologist/IQ test developer
- Alexis Kaufman (born 1991), birth name of American professional wrestler Alexa Bliss
- Allen Kaufman (born 1933), chess professional
- Andrew Kaufman, Canadian writer
- Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), American entertainer
- Ariel Durant (born Chaya Kaufman, 1898–1981), historian and writer, wife of Will Durant
- Bel Kaufman (1911–2014), author of Up the Down Staircase and granddaughter of Sholom Aleichem
- Benjamin Kaufman (Medal of Honor) (March 10, 1894 – February 5, 1981), World War I Medal of Honor recipient
- Boris Kaufman, younger brother of Dziga Vertov
- Brandon Kaufman (born 1990), American football player
- Bruria Kaufman (1918–2010), Israeli theoretical physicist
- Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), American screenwriter, producer, director, and lyricist
- Dan Kaufman, special effects artist
- David S. Kaufman (1813–1851), American politician
- David Kaufman (actor) (born 1961), American voice actor
- David Kaufman (author), theater critic
- Donald Kaufman (collector) (1930–2009), American toy collector
- Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman (born 1939), American politician
- Elaine Kaufman (1929–2010), American restaurateur
- George S. Kaufman (1889–1961), American playwright
- Gerald Kaufman (1930–2017), British member of parliament
- Harold R. Kaufman (born 1926), American physicist, developed Kaufman ion source
- Henry Kaufman (born 1927), German-American economist
- Herbert Kaufman (1878–1947)
- Irving Kaufman (1910–1992), American federal judge
- Irving Kaufman (singer) (1890–1976), American entertainer
- Isidor Kaufmann (Isidore Kaufmann, 1853–1921), Hungarian Jewish painter
- James C. Kaufman (born 1974)
- Josh Kaufman (born 1976), American musician and winner of NBC's The Voice season 6
- Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology at Boston University
- Lloyd Kaufman (born 1945)
- Louis Kaufman (1905–1994), violinist
- Mel Kaufman (1958–2009), football player for the Washington Redskins
- Micha Kaufman (born 1946), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
- Millard Kaufman (1917–2009), American screenwriter and novelist
- Morris Kaufman, Manitoba judge
- Moisés Kaufman (born 1963), playwright and director
- Murray the K (Murray Kaufman, 1922–1982)
- Nadeen L. Kaufman (born 1945), psychologist/IQ test developer
- Nikolay Kaufman (born 1925), Bulgarian musicologist
- Philip Kaufman (born 1936), film director
- Philip A. Kaufman (Phil Kaufman), an American engineer, the namesake of the Phil Kaufman Award
- Robert Kaufman (1931–1991), American screenwriter and film producer
- Smylie Kaufman (born 1991), professional golfer
- Terrence Kaufman (born 1937), linguist and professor at the University of Pittsburgh
- Theodore N. Kaufman (1910–1986), businessman and writer
- Wendy Kaufman (born 1958)
- William E. Kaufman, rabbi, philosopher
- Dr. Kaufman, a villain in Tomorrow Never Dies
Kauffman
- Craig Kauffman (1932–2010), Artist
- Draper Kauffman (1911–1979), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy and son of James L. Kauffman, with whom he was the joint namesake of USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
- Elizabeth Bush, born Kauffman
- Ewing Marion Kauffman (1916-1993), Former owner of the Kansas City Royals and namesake of Kauffman Stadium
- George B. Kauffman (born 1930), American chemist
- John D. Kauffman (1847-1913), Amish "sleeping preacher".
- James Laurence Kauffman (1887–1963), United States Navy Vice Admiral and father of Draper Kauffman, with whom he was the joint namesake of USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
- Louis Kauffman (born 1945), American mathematician
- Marta Kauffman (born 1956), TV producer and writer
- Matthew Kauffman (born 1961), journalist
- Scott Kauffman (born 1956), businessman
- Stuart (Alan) Kauffman (born 1939), US theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher
See also
- Kofman
- Koopman, Dutch equivalent
- Kauffman Amish Mennonite
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