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/ref> or from the Dutch , meaning the same. Notable people with the surname include: * Abba Berman (1919–2005), Polish-Israeli Rosh Yeshiva *

Adolf Berman Adolf Avraham Berman (; 17 October 1906 – 3 February 1978) was a Polish-Israeli activist and communist politician. Biography Born in Warsaw in the Russian Empire (today in Poland), the younger brother of Jakub Berman. Berman attended the Univ ...

(1906–1978), Polish-Israeli activist and politician * Ahmet Berman (1932–1980), Turkish football player * Alan Berman (born 1943), American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist *

Alexander Johan Berman Ds. Alexander Johan Berman (17 September 1828 in Zierikzee–14 February 1886 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch Reformed minister of Watergang, an author and, in his early retirement, an archivist. As an author, he wrote mostly literary criticism, and, ...

(1828–1886), Dutch minister and literary critic *

Amanda Berman Amanda Berman is an American civil rights attorney. She served as the director of legal affairs at the Lawfare Project which she called the “legal arm of the pro-Israel community”. She is the founder and executive director of the Zioness Mo ...

, civil rights attorney; founder and executive director of Zioness * Amy Berman (born 1954), circuit judge *

Antoine Berman Antoine Berman (; 24 June 1942 – 22 November 1991) was a French translator, philosopher, historian and theorist of translation. Life Antoine Berman was born in the small town of Argenton-sur-Creuse, near Limoges, to a Polish-Jewish father and ...

(1942–1991), French translator and theorist of translation * Arthur L. Berman (1935–2020), American lawyer and former Illinois state Representative *

Bart Berman Bart Berman (; born 29 December 1938) is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th-century music. Career Bart Berman studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at a predecessor of the Conservatorium ...

(born 1938), Dutch-Israeli pianist *

Bob Berman Robert Berman, known as Bob Berman, is an American astronomer, author, and science popularizer. He runs Overlook Observatory in Woodstock, New York, USA. He was an adjunct professor of astronomy at New York’s Marymount College located in West ...

, American astronomer *

Boris Berman (chekist) Boris Davidovich Berman (; 15 May 1901 22 February 1939) was a leading member of the NKVD, who played a prominent role in the Great Purge before he was himself arrested and shot. Early career Berman was born in Andiranovka, Chita, Transbaika ...

(1901–1939), Worker of the USSR State Security officials, Commissioner of Public Security the third rank *

Boris Berman (journalist) Boris Isaakovich Berman (; born August 15, 1948, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian journalist and broadcaster. Biography In 1971 he graduated with honors from the television department of the MSU Faculty of Journalism. Since 1986 through 1989 ...

(born 1948), Soviet and Russian journalist and broadcaster *

Boris Berman (musician) Boris Berman (born Moscow, April 3, 1948) is a Russian pianist and pedagogue. Biography Berman was a student of Lev Oborin at the Moscow Conservatory. He made his debut in Moscow in 1965. He joined an early music ensemble, at the time the on ...

(born 1948), Russian-Israeli-American pianist * Brian Berman, American family physician *

Bruce Berman Bruce Berman (born April 25, 1952) is an American film industry executive and executive producer. He is the chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures, a position he has held from 1997 to 2021. His credits as an executive producer include ''A ...

(born 1952), American film producer *

Chris Berman Christopher James Berman (born May 10, 1955), nicknamed "Boomer", is an American sportscaster. He has been an anchor for ''SportsCenter'' on ESPN since 1979, joining a month after its initial launch, and hosted the network's '' Sunday NFL Count ...

(born 1955), American sportscaster *

David Berman (graphic designer) David Berman, RGD, CGD, FGDC, CPWA is a Canadian communication designer, author, and speaker who has worked on accessible design and codes of ethics and standards for designers. Berman studied at the University of Waterloo from 1975 to 1980. ...

, Canadian graphic designer * David Berman (mobster) (1903–1957), American mobster *

David Berman (musician) David Cloud Berman (born David Craig Berman; January 4, 1967 – August 7, 2019) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and poet. In 1989, he founded – and was the only constant member of – the indie rock band Silver Jews with P ...

(1967–2019), American poet and vocalist *

Debbie Berman Debbie Berman is a South African film and television editor. She is best known for her editing work on multiple movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including '' Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Panther,'' and ''Captain Marvel''. Life and ca ...

, South African film and television editor *

Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein Dianne Emiel Feinstein (; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democrat ...

(1933–2023), American politician *

Eugène Berman Eugène Berman (; 4 November 1899, Saint Petersburg, Russia – 14 December 1972, Rome) and his brother Leonid Berman (1896 – 1976) were Russian Neo-romantic painters and theater and opera designers. Early years Born in Russia, the Bermans st ...

(1899–1972), Russian painter *

Franklin Berman Sir Franklin Delow Berman, (born 23 December 1939) is a British barrister and leading authority in international law. He was Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1991 to 1999. Background and education Berman was born in So ...

(born 1939), British barrister, judge, and arbitrator *

Fred Berman Fred Berman, born Fred Jean Berman (November 3, 1926 – November 6, 2011), was a Jewish American abstract artist. Early life Fred Berman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1926 to father Ezra Berman and mother Frances, children of Russia ...

(1926–2011), American painter *

Gail Berman Gail Berman (born August 17, 1956) is an American producer and television executive. She is co-owner and founding partner of The Jackal Group, a production entity formed in partnership with Fox Networks Group. The Jackal Group develops and prod ...

(born 1956), American manager in the movie industry *

Geoffrey Berman Geoffrey Steven Berman (born September 12, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020. He is the Global Chair of the litigation department at the law firm Fried, ...

(born 1959), a United States Attorney * Harold J. Berman (1918–2007), American professor of law *

Harris Berman Harris Alan Berman (May 30, 1938 – October 30, 2021) was an American physician and was the dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine. Early life and education Berman was born on May 30, 1938 in Concord, New Hampshire. He completed his un ...

(c.1938–2021), American physician *

Helen Berman Helen Berman (; born 6 April 1936) is a Dutch- Israeli visual artist. She was a textile designer in the 1960s and has been a painter and occasionally an art educator since the 1970s. She is well known in Israel and has exhibited also in Ger ...

(born 1936), Dutch-Israeli painter * Helen M. Berman (born 1943), American chemistry professor * Henry Berman (1914–1979), American film editor *

Howard Berman Howard Lawrence Berman (born April 15, 1941) is an American attorney and retired politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party (United St ...

(born 1941), American politician *

Ilan Berman Ilan I. Berman (born December 23, 1975) is an American lawyer and policy analyst. He is the Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council. He focuses on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation. Ed ...

(born 1975), Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council * Iosif Berman (1892–1941), Romanian photographer, and journalist *

Jakov Berman Jakov Alexandrovich Berman (Russian: Я́ков Алекса́ндрович Берма́н; 15 January 1868 – 1933) was a Russian philosopher and political theorist linked to Russian Machism and pragmatism. In 1908 he published ''Dialectics in ...

(1868–1933), Russian philosopher *

Jakub Berman Jakub Berman (23 December 1901 – 10 April 1984) was a Polish communist politician. An activist during the Second Polish Republic, in post-war communist Poland he was a member of the Politburo of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR) and then of the ...

(1901–1984), Communist politician in Poland * Jekuthiel Berman (1825–), Russian Hebrew novelist *

Jennifer Berman Jennifer Ruth Berman is an American sexual health expert, urologist and female sexual medicine specialist. She is also a former co-host on the television show '' The Doctors''. Media Berman and her sister Laura Berman hosted a US national televis ...

, American sexual health expert, urologist, and female sexual medicine specialist *

John Berman John Berman (born March 21, 1972) is an American news anchor who is a co-anchor of the morning edition of '' CNN News Central'' and a regular relief presenter of ''Anderson Cooper 360°''. Berman is the former co-anchor of CNN's '' New Day'' w ...

(born 1972), American news anchor *

Joost Berman Joost Berman (9 January 1793 – 18 March 1855) was a Dutch lawyer, judge, politician, poet, nonfiction writer, and editor. Childhood and education Joost Berman was born in Ouwerkerk as the son of notary Maarten Berman (1769–1832) and Geertru ...

(1793–1855), Dutch judge and poet * Josh Berman, American writer and producer for television *

Joshua Berman Joshua Berman (born February 29, 1964) is an Orthodox rabbi and professor of bible at Bar-Ilan University. He is known for his views on the history of Jewish belief, and on biblical source criticism, arguing that "knowledge of the cultural conte ...

, Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University *

Jules Berman Jules Berman ( – July 18, 1998) was a liquor importer, southern California real estate developer and Pre-Columbian art collector known as "Mr Kahlua". Business career in 1962 Berman became the first importer of the liquor Kahlua to the United ...

(1911–1998), American businessperson * Julie Berman (born 1983), American actress * Julius Berman, American lawyer and rabbi *

Karel Berman Karel Berman (14 April 1919 in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia – 11 August 1995 in Prague, Czech Republic) was a Jewish Czech people, Czech opera singer, composer, opera director, and translator. Life After extensive musical education, Karel ...

(1919–1995), Czech vocalist and composer * Karen Berman, American psychiatrist and physician-scientist * Karl Berman (senior) (1811–1885), German clarinettist and basset horn player *

Laura Berman Laura Berman is an American relationship therapist and television host. She is the host of ''In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman'' on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). She is also a regular guest on '' The Dr. Oz Show'', and hosts her own nationa ...

, American sex therapist and educator *

Lazar Berman Lazar Naumovich Berman (, ''Lazar Naumovich Berman''; February 26, 1930February 6, 2005) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Russian European classical music, classical pianist, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988). He was hailed for a huge, thunderous t ...

(1930–2005), Russian pianist *

Leah Berman Leah Wrenn Berman Williams (born 1976) is a mathematician at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, specializing in discrete geometry. At the University of Alaska, she is a professor of mathematics, the head of the department of mathematics and statis ...

(born 1976), American mathematician *

Len Berman Leonard Berman (born June 14, 1947) is an American television sportscaster and journalist who is based in New York City. He is currently hosting the morning show on WOR along with Michael Riedel. Berman is widely known for his television c ...

(born 1947), American sportscaster, journalist, news anchor and author * Leo Berman (1935–2015), Texas state Representative * Léonide Berman (1896–1976), Russian painter *

Lori Berman Lori Berman (born June 27, 1958) is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate, representing parts of central Palm Beach County since being elected in an April 2018 special election. She previously served four terms in the Florida House of Represe ...

, former Florida state Representative *

Lyle Berman Lyle Arnold Berman (born August 6, 1941, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional poker player and business executive. Business Berman grew up in Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota where he was graduated in 1964 wi ...

(born 1941), American poker player *

Marshall Berman Marshall Howard Berman (November 24, 1940 – September 11, 2013) was an American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer. He was a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the City College of New York and at the Graduate Center of the ...

(1940–2013), American philosopher and writer * Matvei Berman (1898–1939), Russian, Head of the

GULAG The Gulag was a system of Labor camp, forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word ''Gulag'' originally referred only to the division of the Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies, Soviet secret police that was in charge of runnin ...

1932–1937 * Maxine Berman (1946–2018), American educator and Michigan state Representative * Mitchell Berman, American Professor of Law at the

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Carey Law, or Penn Law; previously University of Pennsylvania Law School) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Phi ...

Monty Berman Nestor Montague "Monty" Berman (16 August 1913 in Whitechapel, London, England – 14 June 2006 in London, England) was a British cinematographer and film and television producer. Early career Berman began his film career as a camera assistant ...

(1913–2006), British cinematographer and film and television producer *

Morris Berman Morris Berman (born August 3, 1944) is an American historian and social critic. He earned a BA in mathematics at Cornell University in 1966 and a PhD in the history of science at Johns Hopkins University in 1971. Berman is an academic humanist cu ...

(born 1944), American historian * Nathaniel Berman, American historian * Nechemia Berman, Chief Rabbi of Uruguay *

Nina Berman Nina Berman (born 1960) is an American documentary photographer, filmmaker, author and educator. Her wide-ranging work looks at American politics, militarism, environmental contamination and post violence trauma. Berman is the author of three mo ...

, American photographer *

Otto Berman Otto Biederman, known as Otto "Abbadabba" Berman (August 10, 1891 – October 24, 1935) was an accountant for American organized crime. He is known for having coined the phrase "Nothing personal, it's just business." Biography Early life Ber ...

(1891–1935), American accountant *

Pandro S. Berman Pandro Samuel Berman (March 28, 1905July 13, 1996), also known as Pan Berman, was an American film producer. Early life Berman was born to a American Jews, Jewish family in Pittsburgh in 1905. His father Henry was general manager of Universal ...

(1905–1996), American film producer *

Paul Berman } Paul Lawrence Berman (born 1949) is an American writer on politics and literature. His books include '' Terror and Liberalism'' ( a ''New York Times'' best-seller in 2003), ''The Flight of the Intellectuals'', ''A Tale of Two Utopias'', ''Power ...

(born 1949), American writer *

Pavel Berman Pavel Berman (born January 13, 1970, Moscow) is a violinist and conductor of Russian origin, laureate of international competitions. Biography Pavel Berman was born in Moscow. Father — renowned Russian pianist Lazar Berman, mother — pianist ...

(born 1970), violinist and conductor *

Rick Berman Richard Keith Berman (born December 25, 1945) is an American television producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as the executive producer of several of the ''Star Trek'' television series: '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', '' ...

(born 1945), American television producer * Richard Berman (born 1942), American corporate lobbyist * Richard M. Berman (born 1943), American federal judge *

Rodney Berman Rodney Simon Berman OBE is a Liberal Democrat politician, currently a councillor for the Penylan ward of Cardiff. He was formerly a councillor for Plasnewydd ward, and was also leader of Cardiff Council between 2004 and 2012. Early life Bor ...

(born 1969), Welsh local government politician * Ruth A. Berman, Israeli linguist, Professor Emerita, Tel Aviv University * Ryan Berman, Michigan state Representative * Sabina Berman (born 1955), Mexican writer and journalist *

Sanford Berman Sanford Berman (born October 6, 1933) is a librarian (specifically, a cataloger). He is known for radicalism, promoting alternative viewpoints in librarianship, and acting as a proactive information conduit to other librarians around the world ...

(born 1933), American librarian *

Saul Berman Saul J. Berman (born April 30, 1939) is an American scholar and Modern Orthodox rabbi. Berman was ordained at Yeshiva University, from which he also received his B.A. and his M.H.L. He completed a degree in law, a J.D., at New York University ...

(born 1939), American Orthodox rabbi and educator * Serena Berman (born 1990), American actress * Shanik Berman (born 1965), Mexican journalist and entertainer *

Shelley Berman Sheldon Leonard Berman (February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, and lecturer. He was awarded three gold records for his comedy albums and he won the first Grammy Award for a spoken comedy recor ...

(1925–2017), American entertainer *

Sheri Berman Sheri E. Berman (born 1965) is an American political scientist. She is a Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of scholarly books and articles on European social democracy, fascism, populism an ...

(BA 1987), American political scientist *

Simon Berman Simon Berman (April 24, 1861 – October 19, 1934) was the mayor of Kwadijk, Middelie, Warder, Netherlands, Warder, Schagen, Bedum, and Alblasserdam in the Netherlands. He was the first mayor of Kwadijk, Middelie, and Warder to actually live in on ...

(1861–1934), Dutch mayor *

Steve Berman Steve Berman is an American editor, novelist and short story writer. He writes in the field of queer speculative fiction. Early life and education Berman was born in Philadelphia, and raised in South Jersey. Berman says he realized in junior h ...

, American writer * Tal Berman (born 1973), Israeli TV host and Radio broadcaster *

Thijs Berman Thijs Berman (born 26 September 1957) is a Dutch former journalist. Between 2004 and 2014, he was a Dutch politician and a Member of the European Parliament. Biography Berman was a correspondent in Paris and Moscow for Dutch weekly De Groene Am ...

(born 1957), Dutch politician *

Wallace Berman Wallace "Wally" Berman (February 18, 1926 – February 18, 1976) was an American experimental filmmaker, assemblage, and collage artist and a crucial figure in postwar California art. Personal life and education Wallace Berman was born in Stat ...

(1926–1976), American artist * Yitzhak Berman (1913–2013), Israeli politician

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