Ehrlich is a German/Yiddish surname, meaning "honest" or "honorable". Notable people with the surname Ehrlich or Erlich include:

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Abel Ehrlich Abel Ehrlich (Hebrew: אבל ארליך; September 3, 1915 – October 30, 2003) was an Israeli composer. In 1997, Ehrlich won the Israel Prize for Music. Biography Erlich was born in 1915 in Zelenogradsk, Cranz, East Prussia. In 1934 he and hi ...

(1915–2003), Israeli composer of symphony music * Aline Ehrlich (1928–1991), German-born Israeli biologist *

Alojzy Ehrlich Alojzy "Alex" Ehrlich (1 January 1914 – 7 December 1992), also called "King of the Chiselers," was a Polish table tennis player, widely regarded as one of the best players in Polish history of this sport, who three times won silver in the ...

(1914–1992), Polish table tennis player *

Anne H. Ehrlich Anne Howland Ehrlich (born Anne Fitzhugh Howland; November 17, 1933) is an American scientist and author who is best known for the predictions she made as a co-author of ''The Population Bomb'' with her colleague and husband, Paul R. Ehrlich. She ...

(born 1933), U.S. author of books on overpopulation and ecology *

Arnold Ehrlich Arnold Bogumil Ehrlich (15 January 1848 in Volodovka, Brest-Litovsk – November 1919 in New Rochelle, New York) was a scholar of bible and rabbinics whose work spanned the latter part of the 19th and the early 20th century. A formidable sc ...

(1848–1919), biblical and rabbinical scholar who was born in Poland and immigrated to the U.S. * Dieter Ehrlich (born 1941), German field hockey player *

Eugen Ehrlich Eugen Ehrlich (14 September 1862 – 2 May 1922) was an Austrian legal scholar and sociologist of law. He is widely regarded as one of the primary founders of the modern field of sociology of law. Biography Ehrlich was born in Czernowitz (now ...

(1862–1922), Austrian legal scholar * Eugene Ehrlich (1922–2008), U.S. lexicographer and author * Felix Ehrlich (1877–1942), German chemist and biochemist * Franz Ehrlich (1907–1984), German architect * Gertrude Ehrlich (born 1923), Austrian-American mathematician *

Georg Ehrlich Georg Ehrlich (22 February 1897 – 1 July 1966) was an Austrian sculptor. He lived in London from 1938 and became a British citizen in 1947. Life Ehrlich was born in Vienna. From 1912 until 1915 he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule, or sc ...

(1897–1966), Austrian-born sculptor, also active in the UK *

Gretel Ehrlich Gretel Ehrlich is an American travel writer, poet and essayist. Biography Born in 1946 in Santa Barbara, California, she studied at Bennington College and UCLA film school. She began to write full-time in 1978 while living on a Wyoming ranch ...

(born 1946), U.S. travel writer * Howard J. Ehrlich, U.S. sociologist and anarchist activist * Isaac Ehrlich, Israeli-American economist *

Jacques Ehrlich Sous Lieutenant Jacques Louis Ehrlich (1893-1953) was a French World War I flying ace credited with 19 aerial victories; he was one of the leading balloon busters of the war. Biography Jacques Louis Ehrlich was born in Paris on 25 October 1893.' ...

, (1893–1953), World War I

flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviation, military aviator credited with shooting down a certain minimum number of enemy aircraft during aerial combat; the exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ...

Jake Ehrlich Jake W. Ehrlich (October 15, 1900 – December 24, 1971) was an American lawyer and writer. Biography Ehrlich was born near Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. He earned a law degree and later a doctorate at Georgetown University. He marr ...

, (1900–1971), U.S. attorney and author who was the model for ''

Perry Mason Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason features in 82 novels and four short stories, all of which involve a ...

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Jakob Ehrlich Jakob Ehrlich (15 September 1877 – 17 May 1938) was an early Zionist and leader of the Jewish Community in Vienna, Austria. Ehrlich represented the city's 180,000 Jewish citizens in the city government before World War II, and was among those de ...

(1877–1938), Austrian Zionist killed in the Nazi concentration camp, Dachau *

Jon Ehrlich Jon Ehrlich is a three-time Emmy-nominated TV and film composer. His primetime Emmy nominations in the Music Composition for a Series category came in recognition for his work on '' House, M.D.'', starring Hugh Laurie, '' The Agency'', starring B ...

, American television and film composer *

Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich (; born 5 April 1977) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. During his career, he was mainly a doubles specialist, having won the men's doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2008 Aus ...

(born 1977), Israeli tennis player *

Joseph Ehrlich EMC Motorcycles or the Ehrlich Motor Co was a British motorcycle manufacturer. Based in Isleworth, the business was founded by Joseph Ehrlich who emigrated to the United Kingdom from Austria in the 1930s. A specialist engine tuner, Joe Ehrlich ...

(1914–2003) (Dr Joe Ehrlich), founded

EMC Motorcycles EMC Motorcycles or the Ehrlich Motor Co was a British motorcycle manufacturer. Based in Isleworth, the business was founded by Joseph Ehrlich who emigrated to the United Kingdom from Austria in the 1930s. A specialist engine tuner, Joe Ehrlich ...

after emigrating from Austria to Great Britain in 1930s *

Kendel Ehrlich Kendel Sibiski Ehrlich (born 1961) is a former First Lady of Maryland, having served from 2003 to 2007 during the administration of Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich. She is the first woman of Polish descent to have been Maryland's First Lady. ...

(born 1961), former first lady of Maryland *

Lambert Ehrlich Lambert Ehrlich (18 September 1878 – 26 May 1942)Mlakar, Boris. 1989. “Lambert Ehrlich”. ''Enciklopedija Slovenije,'' vol. 3. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. was a Carinthian Slovene Roman Catholic priest, political figure, and ethnologist. ...

(1878–1942), Slovene Roman Catholic priest, political figure, and ethnologist *

Marty Ehrlich Marty Ehrlich (born May 31, 1955) is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinets, flutes) and is considered one of the leading figures in avant-garde jazz. Biography Though born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the portion of Ehrlich's youth spent in ...

(b. 1955), U.S. jazz musician *

Max Ehrlich Max Michaelis Ehrlich (7 December 1892 – 1 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor, screenwriter, and director on the German theater, comedy and cabaret scene of the 1930s. Ehrlich began his career in the 1920s at various theatres, including ...

(1892–1944), German actor, director and master of ceremony *

Meshullam Ehrlich Meshullam Ehrlich (; 1818–1861) was a Polish-Jewish philologist and Talmud The Talmud (; ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of Haskala ...

(1818–1861), Polish-Jewish philologist *

Paul Ehrlich Paul Ehrlich (; 14 March 1854 – 20 August 1915) was a Nobel Prize-winning German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and antimicrobial chemotherapy. Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure fo ...

(1854–1915), German scientist who won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and developed the

ehrlich reagent Ehrlich's reagent or Ehrlich reagent is a reagent containing ''p''-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde (DMAB) and thus can act as an indicator to presumptively identify indoles and urobilinogen. Several Ehrlich tests use the reagent in a medical test; so ...

Paul R. Ehrlich Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29, 1932) is an American biologist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population ...

(born 1932), U.S. biologist and Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University *

Ricardo Ehrlich Ricardo Mario Ehrlich (Montevideo, born 4 November 1948) is a Uruguayan biologist and a political figure. Biography From 2005 until 2010 he was Mayor (styled ''Intendente Municipal'' in Uruguayan vernacular Spanish) of Montevideo. He is from the ...

, (born 1948), Uruguayan politician *

Robert Ehrlich Robert Leroy Ehrlich Jr. (born November 25, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the List of Governors of Maryland, 60th governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, Ehrlich represe ...

(born 1957), U.S. politician and former governor of Maryland * Robert Ehrlich (physicist) (born 1938) * Rotem Erlich (born 1969), Israeli basketball player *

Simon M. Ehrlich Simon M. Ehrlich (January 6, 1852 – July 16, 1895) was a Jewish-American lawyer and judge from New York City. Life Ehrlich was born on January 6, 1852, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of German Jewish immigrants. He moved to New York City, N ...

(1852–1895), American lawyer and judge *

S. Paul Ehrlich Jr. Saul Paul Ehrlich Jr. (May 4, 1932 – January 6, 2005) was an American physician and public health administrator. He served as acting Surgeon General of the United States from 1973 to 1977. *Director, Office of International Health, Office of ...

(1937–2005), acting Surgeon General of the United States from 1973 to 1977 * Steven Ehrlich (born 1946), American architect *

Thomas Ehrlich Thomas Ehrlich (born March 4, 1934) is an American legal scholar. From 2000 to 2010 he was a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He has previously served as president of Indiana University, provost of the Uni ...

(born 1934) consulting professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, president of Indiana University 1987-1994 *

Walter Ehrlich Walter Ehrlich (16 May 1896 in Berlin – 26 December 1968 in Bad Ragaz, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland) was a German philosopher. Biography Walter Ehrlich was born on 16 May 1896 as the son of the merchant, Jakob Ehrlich, and his wife, Nin ...

(1896–1968), German philosopher * William Ehrlich (1894–1923), German Nazi who was killed in the attempted coup of 1923 called the Beer Hall Putsch *

Yakov Ehrlich Yakov Nikolayevich Erlikh (; born 3 June 1988) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Biography He made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Rostov on 25 May 2008 in a game against FC Zvezda Irkutsk. In July ...

(born 1988), Russian professional football (soccer) player * Yom-Tov Ehrlich (1914–1990), Hasidic musician born in Poland who immigrated to the U.S.

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Dennis Erlich Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius. The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is sometime ...

, U.S. scientologist * Esther Erlich, Australian artist *

(born 1977), Israeli tennis player * Leandro Erlich, Argentine conceptual artist *

Paul Erlich Paul Erlich (born 1972) is a guitarist and music theorist living near Boston, Massachusetts. He is known for his seminal role in developing the theory of regular temperaments, including being the first to define pajara temperament Accessed 2013- ...

(born 1972), American music theorist

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