Friedman
Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are
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
- Barnett Freedman (1901–1958), British painter and graphic artist
- 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
- Adena Friedman, President and CEO of Nasdaq, Inc.
- Ann Freedman, American art dealer
- Eugene Freedman (1925–2008), entrepreneur and philanthropist
- George Friedman (born 1949), founder of Stratfor
- Richard L. Friedman (born 1940), 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
- Jerome B. Friedman (born 1943), American judge
- Lawrence M. Friedman (born 1930), American law professor
- Lee M. Friedman (1871–1957), American lawyer and historian
- Leon Friedman (politician) (1886 – 1948), American politician
- Leon Friedman (legal scholar) (born 1933), American legal scholar
- Louis L. Friedman (1906–1997), New York politician and 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
- Rose Friedman (1910–2009), economist and law professor
- Samuel Freedman (1903–1993), lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Province of Manitoba
- Shuki Friedman, Israeli jurist
- Stephen J. Friedman (born 1938), dean of Pace University School of Law
- Sylvan Friedman (1908–1979), American politician
- 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
- Eric Friedman, American musician and songwriter
- 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, was born 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 Friedmann (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 H. Friedman (born 1939), American statistician
- Jerome Isaac Friedman (born 1930), physicist
- Joyce Friedman (1928–2018), American mathematician, operations researcher, computer scientist, and computational linguist
- Lex Fridman, computer scientist, podcaster and writer
- Louis Friedman (born 1941), American astronautics engineer
- Maurice Friedman (1903–1991), reproductive-physiology researcher
- 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
- Carl Freedman (born 1951), American writer and academic
- Eric Freedman (journalist), American journalist and professor at Michigan State University
- Eric M. Freedman, American legal scholar and professor at Hofstra University
- Georges Friedmann (1902–1977), French sociologist
- James O. Freedman (1935–2006), fifteenth president of Dartmouth College
- Jeffrey Friedman (political scientist), (1959–2022)
- 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
- Adar Friedmann (born 2006), Israeli rhythmic gymnast
- 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 (1889–1986), Hall of Fame NBA pro basketball player and coach
- Maxwell Friedman (born 1996), American professional wrestler
- Nicole Freedman (born 1972), American Olympic cyclist
- Ross Friedman (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
- Albert Freedman (1922-2017), American television producer
- Budd Friedman (1932–2022), American 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 (1930–2020), 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
- Norman Friedman (born 1946), American author and analyst, strategist, and historian
- Pavel Friedmann (1921–1944), Jewish-Czechoslovak poet and victim of the Holocaust
- 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
- Ken Friedman (restaurateur)
- Maurice J. Freedman, (born 1939), librarian
- Morris Friedman, private stenographer
- Prahlad Friedman (born 1978), professional poker player
Fictional characters
- Luke Friedman, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
- Sally J. Freedman, protagonist in Judy Blume novel Starring Sally J. Freedman as herself
- Sidney Freedman, psychiatrist in the television series M*A*S*H
See also
- Friedemann, a German name
- Freedman, a former slave
- Fried (surname)
- Fridman
References
- ^ "למ"ס: אלה שמות המשפחה הנפוצים בישראל". ynet (in Hebrew). 4 February 2019.