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Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...
for "new man", and one of the 20 most common German surnames.


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Von Neumann family {{lowercase title The von Neumann family (also spelled de Neuman) is a Jewish family that was elevated to the ranks of nobility in Austria-Hungary. History In 1830 Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor created the title Baron of Neumann for Philipp von N ...
, a Jewish Hungarian noble family


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Adam Neumann Adam Neumann ( he, אדם נוימן; born April 25, 1979) is an Israeli-American billionaire businessman and investor. In 2010, he co-founded WeWork with Miguel McKelvey, where he served as CEO from 2010 to 2019. In 2019, he co-founded a family ...
(born 1979), Israeli-born entrepreneur and founder of WeWork *
Alfred Neumann (writer) Alfred Neumann (15 October 1895 – 3 October 1952) was a German writer of novels, stories, poems, plays, and films, as well as a translator into German. Biography Neumann was born in Lautenburg, Germany (now Poland). He was a recipient of th ...
, German writer *
Alfred Neumann (East Germany) Alfred "Ali" Neumann (15 December 1909 – 8 January 2001) was an East German politician. He was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, and for a short time, he was East German Minister of Mat ...
, East German politician * Angela von Neumann, American artist *
Arthur Henry Neumann Arthur Henry Neumann (12 June 1850 – 29 May 1907) was an English explorer, hunter, soldier, farmer and travel writer famous for his exploits in Equatorial East Africa. In 1898 he published ''Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa''.A H Neum ...
, British born hunter and explorer *
Bernd Neumann Bernd Otto Neumann (born 6 January 1942) is a former German politician and since 2014 president of the German Federal Film Board (FFA). Biography Neumann was born in Elbing, East Prussia, now Elbląg, Poland. Following the flight and expu ...
, German politician * Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753), Bohemian German architect *
Bernhard Neumann Bernhard Hermann Neumann (15 October 1909 – 21 October 2002) was a German-born British-Australian mathematician, who was a leader in the study of group theory. Early life and education After gaining a D.Phil. from Friedrich-Wilhelms Universit ...
, German-born mathematician *
Bernard de Neumann Frederick Bernard de Neumann (known in Austria and Germany as ''Bernhard von Neumann''; (15 December 1943 – 18 April 2018) was a British mathematician, computer scientist, inventor, and naval historian. He was educated at the Royal Hospital ...
(also Bernhard von Neumann), English mathematician, computer scientist, naval historian *
Birthe Neumann Birthe Neumann (born 30 April 1947 in Vanløse, Copenhagen) is a Danish actress. In 1972 she graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre, and was shortly afterwards employed as an actress at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. At th ...
, Danish actress * Carl Neumann, German mathematician **
Neumann boundary condition In mathematics, the Neumann (or second-type) boundary condition is a type of boundary condition, named after Carl Neumann. When imposed on an ordinary or a partial differential equation, the condition specifies the values of the derivative appli ...
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Caspar Neumann Caspar (or Kaspar) Neumann (14 September 1648 – 27 January 1715) was a German professor and clergyman from Breslau with a special scientific interest in mortality rates. Biography Caspar Neuman was born September 14, 1648 in Breslau, to M ...
, Prussian clergyman and statistician *
Caspar Neumann (chemist) Caspar Neumann (or Neuman) (July 11, 1683 – October 20, 1737) was a German chemist and apothecary. Biography Birth and Education Neumann was born at Zullichau,Alexander Chalmers: ''General Biographical Dictionary.'' London, 1812, Vol. 23, p. ...
, German/Polish chemist and apothecary * Christoph Neumann (born 1964), German politician *
Dave Neumann David Emil Neumann (born October 5, 1941) is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1980 to 1987 and served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990. After several year ...
, Canadian politician * Elsa Neumann, German physicist * Erich Neumann (politician), Nazi German politician *
Erich Neumann (psychologist) Erich Neumann ( he, אריך נוימן; 23 January 1905 – 5 November 1960) was a German psychologist, philosopher, writer, and student of Carl Jung. Career Neumann was born in Berlin to a Jewish family. He received his PhD in Philosophy from ...
, German psychologist *
Franz Ernst Neumann Franz Ernst Neumann (11 September 1798 – 23 May 1895) was a German mineralogist, physicist and mathematician. Biography Neumann was born in Joachimsthal, Margraviate of Brandenburg, near Berlin. In 1815 he interrupted his studies at Berlin to ...
, German physicist and mathematician *
Franz Leopold Neumann Franz Leopold Neumann (23 May 1900 – 2 September 1954) was a German political activist, Western Marxist theorist and labor lawyer, who became a political scientist in exile and is best known for his theoretical analyses of National Sociali ...
, German-American legal scholar and theoretician *
Gerhard Neumann Gerhard Neumann (October 8, 1917 – November 2, 1997) was an American aviation engineer and executive for General Electric's aircraft engine division (which today is called GE Aviation). Born and raised in Germany, he went to China shortly be ...
, American aviation engineer * Gerda Neumann (1915–1947), Danish film actress * Guenter Neumann, German agricultural scientist *
Günter Neumann (singer) Günter Christian Ludwig Neumann (19 May 1913 – 17 October 1972) was a German singer, composer lyricist, cabaretist and screenwriter. He contributed to many popular songs and worked frequently in the German film industry on productions such as ...
, German cabaret artist * Gustaf Adolf Jakob Neumann, Austrian newspaper editor * Gustav Neumann, German chess player


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Hanna Neumann Johanna (Hanna) Neumann (née von Caemmerer; 12 February 1914 – 14 November 1971) was a German-born mathematician who worked on group theory. Biography Neumann was born on 12 February 1914 in Lankwitz, Steglitz-Zehlendorf (today a distr ...
, German-born mathematician *
Hannah Neumann Hannah Neumann (born 3 April 1984) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Early life and education Neumann studied media studies at TU Ilmenau from 2002 unt ...
, German politician *
Heinrich Neumann von Héthárs Heinrich Neumann Ritter von Héthárs (10 June 1873, in Héthárs (Lipany), then Hungary, now Slovakia – 6 November 1939, in New York City) was the foremost ear-nose-and-throat doctor in Vienna before World War II. In 1938 he transmitted to t ...
, Austrian medical doctor *
Heinz Neumann Heinz Neumann (6 July 1902 – 26 November 1937) was a German politician from the Communist Party (KPD) and a journalist. He was a member of the Communist International, editor in chief of the party newspaper ''Die Rote Fahne'' and a member of the ...
(1902–1937), German KPD politician *
Herbert Neumann Herbert Neumann (born 14 November 1953) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Neumann was born in Cologne. He played for 1. FC Köln, Udinese Calcio, Bologna, Olympiacos Piraeus, and FC Chiasso. ...
, German football player/manager * Hildegard Neumann, Nazi German concentration camp administrator *
Ilana Neumann Ilana Neumann, in full Ilana Neumann de Azar (b. 1968 or 1969), is a Dominican politician and lawyer. Neumann was born in Sosúa to Avi Neumann (the son of Jewish refugees of World War II, who immigrated to the Dominican Republic; also an Isr ...
, Dominican Republic politician * Iver B. Neumann, Norwegian political scientist and social anthropologist *Saint
John Nepomucene Neumann John Nepomucene Neumann (german: link=no, Johann Nepomuk Neumann, cs, Jan Nepomucký Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Catholic priest from Bohemia. He immigrated to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined t ...
, American clergyman *
John von Neumann John von Neumann (; hu, Neumann János Lajos, ; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath. He was regarded as having perhaps the widest cove ...
, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath *
Kamila Stösslová Kamila Stösslová ( née Neumannová; 1891–1935) was a Czech woman. The composer Leoš Janáček, upon meeting her in 1917 in the Moravian resort town of Luhačovice, fell deeply in love with her, despite the fact that both of them were marr ...
(née Neumannová), lover of Leoš Janáček * Karl Eugen Neumann, Austrian translator and Buddhist activist * Karl Friedrich Neumann, German orientalist *
Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Neumannová () (born 15 February 1973) is a Czech retired cross-country skier. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics, in the 30 km freestyle event. She is one of five cross country skiers to have competed at s ...
, Czech cross-country skier *
Kurt Neumann (director) Kurt Neumann (5 April 1908 – 21 August 1958) was a German Hollywood film director who specialized in science fiction movies in his later career. Biography Born in Nuremberg, the son of a manufacturer of tin stamps studied music in several Ge ...
, German-born film director *
Liselotte Neumann Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann (born 20 May 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. When she recorded her first LPGA Tour win, by claiming the 1988 U.S. Women's Open title, Neumann also became the first Swedish golfer, male or female, to win a ...
, Swedish golfer * Luise Neumann, German actress * Mani Neumann, German musician *
Mark Neumann Mark William Neumann (born February 27, 1954) is an American businessman and politician. He represented for two terms, from 1995 to 1999. In 2010, Neumann lost a bid to become the Republican nominee for Governor of Wisconsin. Neumann was a can ...
, American politician * Martin Neumann, German politician *Mic Neumann, American producer/director, creator of '' Kung Faux'' *
Michael Neumann Michael Neumann (born 1946) is a professor of philosophy at Trent University in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of ''What's Left? Radical Politics and the Radical Psyche'' (1988), ''The Rule of Law: Politicizing Ethics'' (2002) and ''The Case Ag ...
, Canadian philosopher * Monica von Neumann, American socialite


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* Nicole Neumann, Argentinian model *
Oscar Rudolph Neumann Oscar Rudolph Neumann (3 September 1867 in Berlin – 17 May 1946 in Chicago) was a German ornithologist and naturalist who explored and collected specimens in Africa. He fled via Cuba and settled in the United States to escape Nazi persecutio ...
(1867–1946), German ornithologist * Otto Neumann (athlete) (1902-1990), German sprinter * Otto Neumann (artist) (1895-1975), German Expressionist painter and printmaker * Otto C. Neumann (1936-1991), American politician * Paul Neumann (disambiguation), several people * Pertti Neumann, Finnish pop musician * Peter Neumann (Canadian football) (1931–2020), Canadian football player *
Peter de Neumann Captain Bernard Peter de Neumann GM (18 September 1917 – 16 September 1972) was a British Merchant Navy officer and convicted pirate (by the French Vichy Government). De Neumann's action-packed seagoing career included being sunk twice in ...
(1917–1972), The Man From Timbuctoo" British mariner *
Peter G. Neumann Peter Gabriel Neumann (born 1932) is a computer-science researcher who worked on the Multics operating system in the 1960s. He edits the RISKS Digest columns for ACM ''Software Engineering Notes'' and ''Communications of the ACM''. He founded ...
(born 1932), American computer scientist *
Peter M. Neumann Peter Michael Neumann OBE (28 December 1940 – 18 December 2020) was a British mathematician. His fields of interest included the history of mathematics and Galois theory. Biography Born in December 1940, Neumann was a son of the German-bo ...
(1940–2020), British mathematician * Philipp von Neumann (1781–1851), Austrian diplomat * Randy Neumann (born 1948), American boxer and referee *
Robert G. Neumann Robert Gerhard Neumann (January 2, 1916 – June 18, 1999) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia. Biography Born in Vienna, Austria, Neumann received degrees from the ...
(1916–1999), American politician and diplomat * Robin Neumann, Dutch swimmer * Ronald E. Neumann (born 1944), American diplomat * Sigmund Neumann (1904–1962), German political scientist and sociologist *
Therese Neumann Therese Neumann (9 April 1898 – 18 September 1962) was a German Catholic mystic and stigmatic. She was born in the village of Konnersreuth in Bavaria, Germany, where she lived all her life. She was born into a large family with little i ...
(1898–1962), German mystic * Thomas Neumann (born 1977), German computer scientist *
Václav Neumann Václav Neumann (29 October 1920 – 2 September 1995) was a Czech conductor, violinist, violist, and opera director. Life and career Neumann was born in Prague, where he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Micka (violin), and ...
(1920–1995), Czech conductor and musician * Victor Neumann (born 1953), Romanian historian, political analyst, and professor * Víctor Neumann-Lara (1933–2004), Mexican mathematician *
Werner Neumann Werner Neumann (21 January 1905, Königstein – 24 April 1991, Leipzig) was a German musicologist. He founded the Bach-Archiv Leipzig on 20 November 1950 and was a principal editor of the Neue Bach-Ausgabe, the second edition of the complete wo ...
(1905–1991), German musicologist * Werner Neumann (jazz musician), German jazz guitarist and music lecturer * Werner Neumann (judge) (born 1953), German jurist, lawyer and judge *
Werner Neumann (officer) __NOTOC__ Werner Neumann (13 May 1905 – 4 July 1970) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 563rd Volksgrenadier Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Neumann surren ...
(1905–1970), German general * Wolfgang Neumann (born 1945), Austrian opera tenor


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Georg Neumann Georg Neumann GmbH (Neumann), founded in 1928 and based in Berlin, Germany, is a prominent manufacturer of professional recording microphones. Their best-known products are condenser microphones for broadcast, live and music production purpose ...
, microphone manufacturer *
Neumann University Neumann University is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Aston, Pennsylvania. It is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. History The roots of Neumann University began in 1855 when Bishop (later Saint) John ...
in Aston, Pennsylvania *Neumann Bygg, a Norwegian buildings supplies retailer owned by the Danish Stark Group * Neuman * Naumann * Niemann * Najman, Yiddish variant of Neumann {{surname German-language surnames