Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are surnames of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

Jews. It is the 9th most common surname in Israel (8th among Jews) and most common exclusively Ashkenazi name. They may refer to:

Artists

Adam Friedman "Lemonade" is a song by American singer, songwriter and producer Adam Friedman featuring Mike Posner. Friedman and Posner co-wrote the song. But when it was not included after some consideration in Posner's album ''At Night, Alone'', Friedman deci ...

, American singer *

Arnold Friedman Arnold Friedman (February 23, 1879 – December 29, 1946) was an American Modernist painter. Life He was born in Corona, Queens, worked for the Federal Art Project and studied at the Art Students League of New York under the tutelage o ...

(1879–1946), American painter *

Barnett Freedman Barnett Freedman CBE RDI (19 May 1901 – 4 January 1958) was a British painter, commercial designer, book illustrator, typographer, and lithographer. Biography Early life and education Barnett Freedman was born in Stepney, in the east ...

(1901–1958), British painter and graphic artist *

Drew Friedman (cartoonist) Drew Friedman is an American cartoonist and illustrator who first gained renown for his humorous artwork and "stippling"-like style of caricature, employing thousands of pen-marks to simulate the look of a photograph. In the mid-1990s, he switche ...

Harold Freedman Harold Emanuel Freedman O.A.M. (21 May 1915 – 16 July 1999) was an artist from Victoria, Australia, renowned as an illustrator and lithographer, as an official war artist, and for his work in public murals. Early life Harold Freedman's ...

(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

* Ann Freedman, American art dealer *

Eugene Freedman Eugene Freedman (March 9, 1925 – February 19, 2008) (a.k.a. Gene Freedman, Gene-san) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is widely known as the founder of the Enesco Corporation, the worldwide distributor for Precious Moments porcelai ...

(1925–2008), entrepreneur and philanthropist *

George Friedman George Friedman ( hu, Friedman György, born February 1, 1949) is a Hungarian-born U.S. geopolitical forecaster, author, and strategist on international affairs. He is the founder and chairman of ''Geopolitical Futures'', an online publication t ...

(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 Bernie Friedman is an attorney in Hollywood, Florida, and a major political figure in South Florida, often called the "sixth commissioner" of California. Formerly president of the College Democrats of America The College Democrats of America ( ...

, attorney in Hollywood, Florida *

Daniel Friedmann Daniel Friedmann ( he, דניאל פרידמן, born 17 April 1936) is a former professor at and dean of the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law. He served as the Minister of Justice of Israel from 2007 to 2009, having been appointed by then-Prime ...

(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 David Melech Friedman (born August 8, 1958) is an American bankruptcy lawyer and the former United States Ambassador to Israel. He joined the law firm Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman (then known as Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson & Torres) in 1994, w ...

(born 1958), American bankruptcy lawyer and United States Ambassador to Israel *

Don Friedman (Colorado politician) William Donald Friedman (March 21, 1930 – August 11, 2013) was an American businessman, talk-show host, and politician. Born in Denver, Colorado, Friedman received his bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University and his master's degree from ...

(1930–2013), American politician * J. Isaac Friedman (1877–1949), American politician *

James Friedman James Friedman is Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Maine School of Law.Jerome B. Friedman Jerome B. Friedman (born 1943) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Education and career Born in Newark, New Jersey, Friedman received a Bachelor of Science degree fr ...

(born 1943), American judge * Lawrence M. Friedman (born 1930), American law professor *

Lee M. Friedman Lee Max Friedman (December 29, 1871 – August 7, 1957) was a Jewish-American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. Life Friedman was born on December 29, 1871, in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of shoe wholesaler Max Friedman and Tillie Marks. ...

(1871–1957), American lawyer and historian *

Leon Friedman (politician) Leon Friedman (October 23, 1886 – September 1, 1948) was a Democrat who served from 1932 to 1940 as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from his native Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Friedman was a member of a prominent l ...

(1886 – 1948), American politician *

Leon Friedman (legal scholar) Leon Friedman (born February 6, 1933) is an American legal scholar and Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law at Hofstra University Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead, New York. It is Long Island's ...

(born 1933), American legal scholar *

Louis L. Friedman Louis L. Friedman (December 29, 1906 – December 12, 1997) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born on December 29, 1906, in New York City. He attended the public schools and Commercial High School. On February 18, ...

(1906–1997), New York politician and judge *

Martin Freedman Martin H. Freedman, , was appointed a judge of the Manitoba Court of Appeal on July 16, 2002 and retired from the court in 2012. He replaced Madam Justice Bonnie M. Helper, who resigned. Mr. Justice Freedman received a Bachelor of Laws from the U ...

, Canadian lawyer *

Michel Friedman Julien Michel Friedman (; born 25 February 1956 in Paris) is a German author, former CDU politician and talk show host. From 2000 to 2003 Friedman was vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and president of the European Jewish ...

(born 1956), German former lawyer *

Milton Friedman Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the ...

(1912–2006), Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist *

Patri Friedman Patri Friedman (born July 29, 1976) is an American libertarian, neoreactionary, anarcho-capitalist, and theorist of political economy. He founded The Seasteading Institute, a non-profit that explores the creation of sovereign ocean colonies. ...

(born 1976), American libertarian activist and theorist of political economy, grandson of Milton Friedman *

Rose Friedman Rose Director Friedman (; born Rose Director (December 1910 – 18 August 2009), was a free-market economist and co-founder of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation. Biography Rose Friedman attended Reed College and then transferred to th ...

(1910–2009), economist and law professor, wife of Milton Friedman *

Samuel Freedman Samuel Freedman, (16 April 1908 – 6 March 1993), was a Canadian lawyer and judge, who served as Chief Justice of Manitoba from 1971 to 1983. Personal life and education Born on 16 April 1908, to Nathan and Ada (Foxman) Freedman in Zhytomyr, R ...

(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 (1908–1979), American politician *

Musicians

Avraham Fried Avraham Shabsi Hakohen Friedman ( he, אברהם שבתי הכהן פרידמן, born March 22, 1959) better known by his stage name, Avraham Fried, is a popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish community. Career Fried was encourage ...

, Jewish composer and musical entertainer, also known as Avraham Friedman *

Benny Friedman Benjamin Friedman (March 18, 1905 – November 24, 1982) was an American football player and coach, and athletic administrator. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Friedman played college football as a halfback and quarterback for the University of ...

(born 1985), American

Hasidic Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...

Jewish singer *

Dean Friedman Dean Friedman (born May 23, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter who plays piano, keyboard, guitar and other instruments, including the harmonica. Although considered a one-hit wonder in the US, he has had multiple singles chart in other terr ...

(born 1955), singer-songwriter *

Debbie Friedman Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman (February 23, 1951 – January 9, 2011)Horn, JordanaBeloved US Jewish songwriter, Debbie Friedman, dies '' The Jerusalem Post'', January 9, 2011Fox, MargalitDebbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 59 '' Th ...

(1951–2011), musician *

Don Friedman Donald Ernest Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American jazz pianist. He began playing in Los Angeles and moved to New York in 1958. In the 1960s, he played with both modern stylists and more traditional musicians. Early life Fr ...

(1935–2016), jazz pianist *

Eric Friedman Eric Charles "Erock" Friedman (born June 28, 1984) is an American musician, best known as the current guitarist for Tremonti and former touring guitarist and backing vocalist for Creed. He played with the band on their 2009 United States reu ...

, American musician and songwriter * Erick Friedman (1939–2004), violinist *

Gary William Friedman Gary William Friedman is an American musical theatre, symphonic, film and television composer. His career began in the 1960s in New York City as a saxophonist in an improvisational ensemble and as a composer for experimental theater. Friedman' ...

, composer * Harry Freedman (1922–2005), Canadian composer, musician and educator *

Ignaz Friedman Ignaz Friedman (also spelled ''Ignace'' or ''Ignacy''; full name ''Solomon (Salomon) Isaac Freudman(n)'', yi, שְׁלֹמֹה יִצְחָק פֿרײדמאַן; February 13, 1882January 26, 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer. Critics (e. ...

(1882–1948), Polish-Austrian pianist, composer, also known as Ignacy Friedman *

Kinky Friedman Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman (born November 1, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and former columnist for '' Texas Monthly'' who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Ma ...

(born 1944), singer and candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election, 2006 *

Marc Friedman Marc Friedman (born June 18, 1977 in Ohio) is an American electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer. Marc tours internationally and has recorded seven full-length albums with Boston-based avante-rock power trio The Slip. Marc is a co-ar ...

(born 1977), electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer *

Marty Friedman Marty Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 unti ...

(born 1962), guitarist * Matthew Friedman (musician), musician, singer and performer * Michael Friedman (1975–2017), composer and lyricist *

Ross the Boss Ross Friedman (born January 3, 1954), also known as Ross the Boss, is a guitarist, known as a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators, and the heavy metal band Manowar. History Friedman was born in the Bronx, New York, and forme ...

Friedman (born 1954), guitarist * Tim Freedman (born 1964), Australian musician

Philosophers

Egon Friedell Egon Friedell (born ''Egon Friedmann''; 21 January 1878, in Vienna – 16 March 1938, in Vienna) was a prominent Austrian cultural historian, playwright, actor and Kabarett performer, journalist and theatre critic. Friedell has been described ...

(1878–1938), Austrian philosopher, also known as Egon Friedmann *

Hermann Friedmann Adolph Hermann Friedmann (11 April 1873, in Białystok – 25 May 1957, in Heidelberg) was a German philosopher and jurist, Finnish citizen from 1906. In Finland Friedmann became known to the general public as a lawyer. His most famous case was a ...

(1873–1957), Polish-German philosopher and jurist

Photographers

Glen E. Friedman Glen Ellis Friedman (born March 3, 1962) is an American photographer and artist. He became known for his activities within rebellious skateboarding and music cultures. Photographing artists Fugazi, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Minor ...

(born 1962), photographer *

Robert Capa Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photography, war photographer and Photojournalism, photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda T ...

(1913–1954), 20th century war photographer, also known as Endré Ernő Friedmann

In religion

Alexander Zusia Friedman Alexander Zusia Friedman ( he, אלכסנדר זושא פרידמן) (9 August 1897 – November 1943)Seidman, Hillel. "Alexander Zusia Friedman", in ''Wellsprings of Torah: An Anthology of Biblical Commentaries'', Vol. 1. Nison L. Alpert, ed. ...

(1897–1943), Polish rabbi, educator, activist and journalist * Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe) (1820–1883) *

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe) Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, in English also spelled Abraham Jacob Friedman (July 30, 1884Friedman, Yisroel. ''The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus''. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edit ...

(1884–1964) * Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe) (1928–2013) *

David Noel Freedman David Noel Freedman (May 12, 1922 – April 8, 2008) was an American biblical scholar, author, editor, archaeologist, and, after his conversion from Judaism, a Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protes ...

(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 Manis Friedman (full name: Menachem Manis HaKohen Friedman, he, מנחם מניס הכהן פרידמן; born 1946) is a Hassid, rabbi, author, social philosopher and public speaker. He is also the dean of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish St ...

(born 1946), biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker *

Meïr ben Jeremiah Friedmann Meir (Ish Shalom) Friedmann (10 July 1831 in Kružná, Kraszna ( sk, Kružná), Košice Region, district of Kashau (Košice Region), Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire – 1908 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian-Hungarian Judaism, Jewish ...

(1831–1908), Hungarian-Austrian scholar, Jewish theologian * Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (1891–1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New York *

Richard Elliott Friedman Richard Elliott Friedman (born May 5, 1946) is a biblical scholar and the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia. Friedman was born in Rochester, New York. He attended the University of Miami (BA, 1968), the Je ...

(born 1946), scholar of biblical criticism * Yisrael Friedman (1923–2017), Pashkaner Rebbe *

Yitzchok Friedman Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman (1850 – 11 March 1917) was founder and first Rebbe of the Boyan Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the ''Pachad Yitzchok'' (Dread of Isaac). Early life The Pachad Yitzchok was the eldest son of Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Frie ...

(1850–1917), first Rebbe of Boyan

Scientists and mathematicians

* Alexander Friedman (1888–1925), mathematician and cosmologist * Avner Friedman (born 1932), mathematician *

Daniel P. Friedman Daniel Paul Friedman (born 1944) is a professor of Computer Science at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. His research focuses on programming languages, and he is a prominent author in the field. With David Wise, Friedman wrote a ...

(born 1944), computer scientist and mathematician * Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892–1980), US Army cryptographer *

Harold Friedman Harold Leo Friedman (born 24 March 1923 in Manhattan, New York City; died 16 September 2005 in Stony Brook, Long Island, New York) was an American physical chemist who contributed to the study of thermodynamic properties of fluids with application ...

(1923–2005), US physical chemist * Harry Friedmann (1931–2018), Israeli chemist *

Harvey Friedman __NOTOC__ Harvey Friedman (born 23 September 1948)Handbook of Philosophical Logic, , p. 38 is an American mathematical logician at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He has worked on reverse mathematics, a project intended to derive the ax ...

(born 1948), mathematical logician *

Herbert Friedman Herbert Friedman (June 21, 1916 – September 9, 2000) was an American physicist and astronomer who did research in X-ray astronomy. During his career Friedman published hundreds of scientific papers. One such example is "Ultraviolet and X Rays f ...

(1916–2000), American rocket scientist, solar physicist, aeronomist, and astronomist *

Herbert Friedmann Herbert Friedmann (April 22, 1900 – May 14, 1987) was an American ornithologist. He worked at the Smithsonian Institution for more than 30 years. In 1929 he became a fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and served as the Presiden ...

(1900–1987), American ornithologist * Irving Friedman (1920–2005), geochemist *

Jerome H. Friedman Jerome Harold Friedman (born December 29, 1939) is an American statistician, consultant and Professor of Statistics at Stanford University, known for his contributions in the field of statistics and data mining.

(born 1939), American statistician *

Jerome Isaac Friedman Jerome Isaac Friedman (born March 28, 1930) is an American physicist. He is Institute Professor and Professor of Physics, ''Emeritus, ''at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Henry Kenda ...

(born 1930), physicist * Joyce Friedman (1928–2018), American mathematician, operations researcher, computer scientist, and computational linguist *

Louis Friedman Louis Dill Friedman (born July 7, 1941) is an American astronautics engineer and space spokesperson. He was born in New York and raised in the Bronx. Dr. Friedman was a co-founder of The Planetary Society with Carl Sagan and Bruce C. Murray. Edu ...

(born 1941), American astronautics engineer *

Maurice Friedman Maurice Harold Friedman (October 27, 1903 – March 8, 1991) was an American physician and reproductive-physiology researcher. He is known for the development of the rabbit test, a pregnancy test developed in 1931 while he was teaching at the Perel ...

(1903–1991), reproductive-physiology researcher * Meyer Friedman (1910–2001), medical scientist *

Michael Freedman Michael Hartley Freedman (born April 21, 1951) is an American mathematician, at Microsoft Station Q, a research group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1986, he was awarded a Fields Medal for his work on the 4-dimensional gene ...

(born 1951), mathematician at Microsoft Research *

Nat Friedman Nathaniel Dourif Friedman is an American technology executive and investor. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of GitHub, and former Chairman of the GNOME Foundation. Friedman is currently a board member at the Arc Institute, and an advisor ...

(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 Stuart Jay Freedman (January 13, 1944 – November 10, 2012) was an American physicist, known for his work on a Bell test experiment with John Clauser at the University of California, Berkeley as well as for his contributions to nuclear and par ...

(1944–2012), physicist * Sy Friedman (born 1953), logician * William F. Friedman (1891–1969), US Army cryptographer

Academic scholars

Carl Freedman Carl Freedman (born 1965) is the founder of Carl Freedman Gallery (formerly Counter Gallery). He previously worked as a writer and a curator. Life and career The 1990s and the Young British Artists Saatchi arrived at ''Gambler'' in a green B ...

(born 1951), American writer and academic *

Eric Freedman (journalist) Eric Freedman is an American journalist and Knight Center for Environmental Journalism Chair and Professor at Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, lan ...

, American journalist and professor at Michigan State University *

Eric M. Freedman Eric Mark Freedman is an American legal scholar and Siggi B. Wilzig Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Rights at Hofstra University Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead, New York. It is Long Island's largest priva ...

, American legal scholar and professor at Hofstra University *

Georges Friedmann Georges Philippe Friedmann (; 13 May 1902 – 15 November 1977), was a French sociologist and philosopher, known for his influential work on the effects of industrial labor on individuals and his criticisms of the uncontrolled embrace of techn ...

(1902–1977), French sociologist * James O. Freedman (1935–2006), fifteenth president of Dartmouth College *

Jeffrey Friedman (political scientist) Jeffrey Friedman (March 25, 1959 – December 2, 2022) was an American political scientist and was the founder and editor of ''Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society''. Friedman majored in history and philosophy at Brown Universit ...

, (born 1959) * Paul Freedman, historian * Renée Friedman, American Egyptologist *

Tuviah Friedman __NOTOC__ Tuviah Friedman (23 January 1922 – 13 January 2011) was a Nazi hunter and director of the Institute for the Documentation of Nazi War Crimes in Haifa, Israel. Friedman was born in Radom, Poland, in 1922. During World War II he was imp ...

(1922–2011), director of the Institute for the Documentation of Nazi War Crimes in Haifa * Walter A. Friedman, American academic *

Yohanan Friedmann Yohanan Friedmann (born 1936) is an Israeli scholar of Islamic studies. Biography Friedmann was born in Zákamenné, Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1949. He attended high school at the Reali School in Haifa (1945-1 ...

(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 The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since its inception, the team's home v ...

at age 28 *

(1905–1982), American Hall of Fame NFL football quarterback *

Birgit Friedmann Birgit Friedmann (born 8 April 1960) is a German former middle- and long-distance runner who competed in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres for West Germany. Born in Königstein im Taunus, she made her first major appearance for West G ...

(born 1960), German runner and 1980 world champion *

Clara Friedman Clara Friedman ( he, קלרה פרידמן; born 13 April 1920, died 14 October 2015), née Klara Hodosi, was an Israeli chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1966). She was a three-time winner of the Israel Women's ...

(1920–2015), Israeli chess master *

Dougie Freedman Douglas Alan Freedman (born 25 May 1974) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He is the current sporting director of Crystal Palace. Freedman played as a striker, primarily for Crystal Palace and also had spells as a ...

(born 1974), Scottish association football manager *

Gal Fridman Gal Fridman (or Friedman, he, גל פרידמן; born September 16, 1975) is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's first Olympic gold medalist. Fridman won a Bronze Medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, and his gold medal in the Athens 2004 ...

(born 1975), Israeli windsurfer and Olympic gold medalist *

Lee Freedman David Lee Freedman (born 12 August 1956) is an Australian thoroughbred racehorse trainer. and Hall of Fame inductee. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 2 ...

(born 1956), Australian racehorse trainer *

Lennie Friedman Leonard Lebrecht Friedman (born October 13, 1976) is a former American football offensive lineman. He played college football at Duke. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft. Friedman has also played for t ...

(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 The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...

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) Ross Benjamin Friedman (born January 8, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player who played for the Columbus Crew and the Dayton Dutch Lions as a defender. In high school he was first team All- MSL, first team all-district, ...

(born 1992), American Major League Soccer player *

Ze'ev Friedman Ze'ev Friedman (10 June 1944 – 6 September 1972) was an Israeli flyweight weightlifter. A member of the Israeli Olympic team, he was killed in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. Biography Ze'ev Friedman was born in Prokopyevsk, Soviet Un ...

(1944–1972), Israeli Olympic weightlifter and victim of the

Munich massacre The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members ...

Dennis Freedman
(born 1974), Australian Stand-up comedian and part-time cricket journalist

In television and film

* Albert Freedman (1922-2017), American television producer *

Budd Friedman Gerson Merton Friedman (June 6, 1932 – November 12, 2022), known professionally as Budd Friedman, was an American actor and comedian, as well as the founder and original proprietor and Master of Ceremonies, MC of the The Improv, Improvisation ...

(1932–2022), American actor and producer * David F. Friedman (1923–2011), American filmmaker and producer *

Josh Friedman Josh Friedman (born 14 February 1967) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on the science-fiction action genre, including on the series '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', the film adapta ...

(born 1967), American screenwriter *

Maria Friedman Maria Friedman ( Freedman; born 19 March 1960) is a British actress and director of stage and screen, best known for her work in musical theatre. She is an eight-time Olivier Award nominee, winning three. Her first win was for her 1994 one-wo ...

(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 Celia S. Friedman (born January 12, 1957) is an American speculative fiction author who often writes as "C. S. Friedman." As of 2022, she has published fourteen novels, numerous short stories—several of which were included in her 2021 colle ...

(born 1957), science fiction novelist * David Freedman (1898–1936), playwright and biographer *David Friedman, a.k.a.

Dafydd ab Hugh Dafydd ab Hugh is an author whose novelette, "The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk" in '' Asimov's Science Fiction'', was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1990. Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is ...

(born 1960), writer * Esther Pauline Friedman (1918–2002), advice columnist also known as Ann Landers * Frieda Friedman, author *

Hannah Friedman Hannah Friedman is an American writer, producer, musician and director. She is known for writing and producing roles in film and television, including projects with ABS, Amazon, CBS, Comedy Central, Conaco, Disney, DreamWorks, Hasbro, Imagine, ...

, writer, director and musician * Jacques Frémontier (born surname Friedman; 1930–2020), French journalist and television producer *

David Gerrold David Gerrold (born Jerrold David Friedman; January 24, 1944)Reginald, R. (September 12, 2010)''Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2'' Borgo Press p. 911. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved June 23, 2013. is an American science fic ...

(born 1944), science fiction author, also known as Jerrold David Friedman *

Mia Freedman Mia Freedman, also known as Mia Lavigne, (born 1 October 1971) is the co-founder of women’s digital media company Mamamia. She was the youngest editor of the Australian edition of '' Cosmopolitan'' in 1996, aged 24. Career Freedman began her ...

(born 1971), former Editor of Australian Cosmopolitan magazine and blogger *

Michael Jan Friedman Michael Jan Friedman (born March 7, 1955) is a New York City born American author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which are in licensed tie-in products of the ''Star Trek'' franchise. Ten of his titles have app ...

(born 1955), author * Norman Friedman, Ph.D., (born 1946), is an American internationally known author and analyst, strategist, and historian *

Rita Friedman ''The Letter People'' is a children's literacy program. The term also refers to the family of various characters depicted in it. Original program Elayne Reiss-Weimann and Rita Friedman created the concept of Letter People as teachers in Nanuet, ...

, creator of The Letter People *

Samuel G. Freedman Samuel G. Freedman is an American author and journalist and currently a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has authored six nonfiction books, including ''Who She Was: A Son's Search for His Mother's Life'', a ...

(born 1955), journalist *

Thomas Friedman Thomas Loren Friedman (; born July 20, 1953) is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for ''The New York Times''. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global ...

(born 1953), columnist

Other

* Benjamin H. Freedman (1890–1984), American businessman, Holocaust denier and anti-Zionist *

Elizebeth Friedman Elizebeth Smith Friedman (August 26, 1892 – October 31, 1980) was an Americans, American cryptanalyst and author who deciphered enemy codes in both World Wars and helped to solve international smuggling cases during Prohibition in the United S ...

(1892–1980), cryptanalyst and author *

Friedrich Franz Friedmann Friedrich Franz Friedmann (October 26, 1876 – February 19, 1953) was a tuberculosis researcher in Berlin who came to New York City to give what he called the "turtle vaccine" to people who came to his clinic in 1913. He claimed to have develo ...

, tuberculosis charlatan *

Henryk Friedman Henryk Friedman (Friedmann) (1903–1942) was a Polish chess master. He lived in Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg). In 1926–1934, Friedman won seven times in succession the Championship of Lviv but 1930, when he took 2nd place behind Stepan Popel. Friedman ...

(1903–1942), Polish chess master * Hoshea Friedman, brigadier general in the IDF * Joseph Friedman (1900–1982), inventor *

Judith Freedman Judith Freedman, Lady Freedman , is a British solicitor and academic. Freedman is the Pinsent Masons Professor of Taxation Law and Policy at the University of Oxford and senior research fellow at Worcester College. She was the inaugural profess ...

, 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 Judith Blume (née Sussman; born February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult and adult fiction. Blume began writing in 1959 and has published more than 25 novels. Among her best-known works are ''Are You There God? It's ...

novel Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself * Sidney Freedman, psychiatrist in the television series ''M*A*S*H''

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