Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are

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s of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that Ethnogenesis, emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium Common era, CE. They traditionally spe ...

Jews. It is the 9th most common surname in Israel (8th among Jews) and most common exclusively Ashkenazi name. Notable people with these surnames include:

Artists

Adam Friedman (singer) "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 Modernism, American Modernist painter. Life He was born in Corona, Queens, Corona, Queens, worked for the Federal Art Project and studied at the Art Students Leagu ...

(1879–1946), American painter *

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

(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 ...

, American cartoonist * Harold Freedman (1915–1999), artist public murals *

Jill Freedman Jill Freedman (October 19, 1939 – October 9, 2019) was an American documentary photographer and street photographer. She was based in New York City. Early life and education Freedman was born in the Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh), Squirrel Hill n ...

(1939–2019), American photographer *

Ken Friedman Ken Friedman (born September 19, 1949 in New London, Connecticut) is a design researcher. He was a member of Fluxus, an international laboratory for experimental art, architecture, design, and music. Friedman joined Fluxus in 1966 as the youngest ...

(born 1949), Australian-American design researcher *

Tom Friedman (artist) Tom Friedman (born 1965) is an American conceptual sculptor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and received a BFA in graphic illustration from Washington University in St. Louis (1988) and an MFA in sculpture from the University of Illinois at ...

(born 1965), American sculptor

Businesspeople

Adena Friedman Adena T. Friedman (born Adena Robinson Testa; 1969) is an American businesswoman. She currently serves as the President and CEO of Nasdaq, Inc. She was formerly a managing director and CFO of The Carlyle Group. Initially joining Nasdaq in 1993, s ...

, President and CEO of Nasdaq, Inc. * Ann Freedman, American art dealer * Eugene Freedman (1925–2008), American entrepreneur and philanthropist *

George Friedman George Friedman (born February 1, 1949) is a Hungarian-born American futurologist, political scientist, and writer. He is a geopolitical author on international relations. He is the founder and chairman of ''Geopolitical Futures''. Prior to f ...

(born 1949), Hungarian-American geostrategist, founder of Stratfor * Richard L. Friedman (born 1940), businessman and real estate developer *

Stephen Friedman (economist) Stephen Friedman (born December 21, 1937) is an American economist. He is a former chairman of the U.S. President's Intelligence Advisory Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Goldman Sachs. He was nominated on October 27, 2004, to repl ...

(born 1937), American businessman and politician, former chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs

Economists, lawyers and politicians

Benjamin M. Friedman Benjamin Morton Friedman (; born 1944) is an American political economist, who is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institute's Panel ...

(born 1944), American political economist *

Bernát Friedmann Bernhard Friedmann, or Friedmann Bernát (10 October 1843 in Oradea – 14 October 1925 in Budapest) was a Hungarian Jewish jurist and criminal lawyer. He studied law at the "''Rechtsakademie''" there and at the University of Budapest A ...

(1843–1925), Hungarian jurist and criminal lawyer *

Bernhard Friedmann Bernhard Friedmann (8 April 1932 – 18 May 2021) was a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. Friedmann was born in Ottersweier. He served as Member of Parliament (the Bundestag) from 1976 to 1990 and as m ...

(1932–2021), German politician *

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

, attorney in Hollywood, Florida * Daniel Friedmann (born 1936), Israeli law professor and former Minister of Justice *

David D. Friedman David Director Friedman (; born February 12, 1945) is an American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and anarcho-capitalist theorist. Although his academic training was in chemistry and physics and not law or economics, he is known for his t ...

(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, ...

(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 was Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Maine School of Law.Jerome B. Friedman Jerome Barry "Jerry" Friedman (born February 19, 1943) is a former United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Education and career Born in Newark, New Jerse ...

(born 1943), American judge * Lawrence M. Friedman (born 1930), American law professor * Lee M. Friedman (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 the Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law at Hofstra University Hofstra University is a Private university, private research university in Hempstead, ...

(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, Canadian lawyer *

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

(born 1956), German 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 ...

(1912–2006), American economist and statistician, Nobel Memorial Prize winner * Patri Friedman (born 1976), American libertarian activist and theorist of political economy *

Rose Friedman Rose Director Friedman ; born Rose Director (30 December 1910 – 18 August 2009) was a free-market economist and co-founder of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation. Biography Rose Director was born in Staryi Chortoryisk, in Ukraine, to ...

(1910–2009), American economist and law professor * Samuel Freedman (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

Avery Friedman Avery Friedman is a Brooklyn-based musician and singer-songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio. Her lineup includes James Chrisman (Sister. / CIAO MALZ) and Felix Walworth (Florist / Told Slant). She released her debut album 'New Thing' via Audio Anti ...

, American musician and singer-songwriter, signed to

Audio Antihero Audio Antihero is an independent record label founded in October 2009 with a South East London base, now located in New York. They have been the subject of several radio BBC, PRI and international radio stories. The label has released titles f ...

. *

Avraham Fried Avraham Shabsi Hakohen Friedman (; born March 22, 1959) better known by his stage name, Avraham Fried, is an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish American singer. Career Fried was encouraged towards a music career by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneers ...

, American 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 athletics administrator. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Friedman played college football as a halfback and quarterback for the University of ...

(born 1985), American Hasidic Jewish singer *

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

(born 1955), American singer-songwriter *

Debbie Friedman Deborah Lynn 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 ''The New York ...

(1951–2011), American 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), American jazz pianist *

Eric Friedman Eric Charles "Erock" Friedman (born June 28, 1984) is an American musician, best known as the current guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Tremonti (band), Tremonti and touring guitarist and backing vocalist for Creed (band), Creed ...

, American musician and songwriter *

Erick Friedman Erick Friedman (16 August 1939 – 30 March 2004) was an American violinist. He performed around the world as guest soloist with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Chicago Symphony Orchest ...

(1939–2004), American 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's 19 ...

, American composer *

Harry Freedman Harry Freedman (''Henryk Frydmann''), (April 5, 1922 – September 16, 2005) was a Canadian composer, English hornist, and music educator of Polish birth. He wrote a significant amount of symphonic works, including the scores to films such as '' ...

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

Ignaz Friedman Ignaz Friedman (born Salomon Izaak Freudmann; ; ; February 13, 1882January 26, 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer. Critics (e.g. Harold Schonberg) and colleagues (e.g. Sergei Rachmaninoff) alike placed him among the supreme piano virtuosi ...

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

Kinky Friedman Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman (November 1, 1944 – June 27, 2024) was an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist for ''Texas Monthly'', who styled himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Roger ...

(1944–2024), American country musician, candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election, 2006 * Marc Friedman (born 1977), electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer *

Marty Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until 1989, as well ...

(born 1962), American-Japanese guitarist *

Matthew Friedman (musician) Matthew Friedman is an American musician, singer and performer. Early life and education Friedman is from New York. His family has several other musicians, including three of his siblings. He attended Haverford College (1986-1987), then transferr ...

, American musician, singer and performer * Michael Friedman (1975–2017), American composer and lyricist *

Ross the Boss Ross Friedman (born January 3, 1954), also known as Ross the Boss, is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of both the Punk rock, punk band the Dictators and the Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Manowar (band), Manowar. Hist ...

Friedman (born 1954), American guitarist *

Tim Freedman Timothy James Freedman (25 November 1964) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band The Whitlams formed in 1993. Note: n-lineversion was expanded from the 2002 edition. The song " N ...

(born 1964), Australian musician

Philosophers

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

(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 * Michael Friedman (1947–2025), American philosopher of science

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), American photographer *

Robert Capa Robert Capa (; born Endre Ernő Friedmann, ; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.Kershaw, Al ...

(1913–1954), 20th century war photographer, born Endré Ernő Friedmann

In religion

* Alexander Zusia Friedman (1897–1943), Polish rabbi, educator, activist and journalist *

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe) Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (28 October 1820Friedman, Yisroel. ''The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus''. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edition, 2000, p. 21. – 12 September 1883) was ...

(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 ed ...

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

David Noel Freedman David Noel Freedman (12 May 1922 – 8 April 2008) was an American biblical scholar, author, editor, archaeologist, and, after his conversion from Judaism, a Presbyterian minister. He was one of the first Americans to work on the Dead Sea Scroll ...

(1922–2008), biblical scholar *

Denes Friedmann The Dene people () are an Indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal, subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages and it is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term ' ...

(1903–1944), Hungarian writer and Chief Rabbi in Újpest *

Edwin Friedman Edwin Howard Friedman (May 17, 1932 – October 31, 1996) was an ordained rabbi, family therapist, and leadership consultant. He was born in New York City and worked for more than 35 years in the Washington, D.C., area, where he founded the Beth ...

(1932–1996), applied family systems theory to congregational leadership *

Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn () (5 October 1796 – 9 October 1850Assaf, ''The Regal Way'', p. 170.), also called Israel Ruzhin, was a Hasidic ''rebbe'' in 19th-century Ukraine and Austria. Known as ''Der Heiliger Ruzhiner'' (, "The holy one from R ...

(1796–1850), founder of the Hasidic dynasty of Ruzhin *

Manis Friedman Manis Friedman (full name: Menachem Manis HaKohen Friedman; ; born 1946) is a Hassidic rabbi, author, social philosopher and public speaker. He is the dean of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies. Friedman wrote '' Doesn't Anyone Blush A ...

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

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

(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 an American biblical scholar, theologian, and translator who currently serves as the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia. Life and career Friedman was born in ...

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

Yitzchok Friedman Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman (1850 – 11 March 1917) was the founder and first Rebbe of the Boyan Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the Pachad Yitzchok (''Dread of Isaac''). He authored "Pachad Yitzchok," a collection of his teachings and sermons, ...

(1850–1917), first Rebbe of Boyan

Scientists and mathematicians

Alexander Friedmann Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann (also spelled Friedman or Fridman; ; ; – September 16, 1925) was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. He originated the pioneering theory that the universe is expanding, governed by a set of eq ...

(1888–1925), mathematician and cosmologist *

Avner Friedman Avner Friedman (; born November 19, 1932) is Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at Ohio State University. His primary field of research is partial differential equations, with interests in stochastic processes, mathemati ...

(born 1932), mathematician * Daniel P. Friedman (born 1944), computer scientist and mathematician *

Elizebeth Smith 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), 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 applicatio ...

(1923–2005), US physical chemist *

Harry Friedmann Harry Friedmann (; 28 November 1931 – 28 May 2018) was a professor of chemistry who specialized in theoretical nonlinear optics and lasers in biology. Biography Harry Friedmann (1931–2018) was born in Frankfurt am Main to Miriam (Manya) an ...

(1931–2018), Israeli chemist *

Harvey Friedman (mathematician) 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 axioms of ...

(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 fr ...

(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 Kendall a ...

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

Lex Fridman Alexei "Lex" Fridman (; born 15 August 1983) is an American computer scientist and podcaster. Since 2018, he has hosted the ''Lex Fridman Podcast'', where he interviews notable figures from various fields such as science, technology, sports, and ...

, computer scientist, podcaster and writer * Louis Friedman (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 Pere ...

(1903–1991), reproductive-physiology researcher *

Meyer Friedman Meyer Friedman (July 13, 1910 – April 27, 2001) was an American cardiologist who developed, with colleague Ray H. Rosenman, the hypothesis that the " Type A" behavior of chronically angry and impatient people increases their risk of heart disea ...

(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 gen ...

(born 1951), mathematician at Microsoft Research *

Nat Friedman Nathaniel Dourif Friedman (born 6 August 1977) 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 Instit ...

(born 1977), programmer * Richard A. Friedman, psychiatrist and professor *

Samuel O. Freedman Samuel Orkin Freedman, (born May 8, 1928) is a Canadian clinical immunologist, professor and academic administrator. In 1965, he co-discovered with Phil Gold the carcinoembryonic antigen, the basis of a blood test used in the diagnosis and man ...

(born 1928), clinical immunologist, professor *

Stanton T. Friedman Stanton Terry Friedman (July 29, 1934 – May 13, 2019) was an American–Canadian nuclear physicist and professional ufologist who was based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Early life Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Friedman was rai ...

(1934–2019), physicist and ufologist *

Stuart Freedman Stuart Jay Freedman (January 13, 1944 – November 10, 2012) was an American physicist, known for his experiment testing Bell's inequality proposed to him by John Clauser at the University of California, Berkeley as well as for his contributions ...

(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 Charles Saatchi arrived at the ''Gambler'' e ...

(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. He is a winner of Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting. In 2024, he was inducted in the Michigan Journalism Hall ...

, American journalist and professor at Michigan State University * Eric M. Freedman, 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 techno ...

(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 University ...

, (1959–2022) *

Paul Freedman Paul Harris Freedman (born September 15, 1949) is an American historian and medievalist who serves as the Chester D. Tripp Professor of History at Yale University. Freedman specializes in medieval social history, the history of Catalonia, the stu ...

, historian *

Renée Friedman Renée Friedman is an American Egyptologist, primarily known for her work at Nekhen (Hierakonpolis). Life Friedman received her BA from the University of California at Berkeley, where her thesis was on the predynastic Egyptian cemetery at Naga ...

, 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 i ...

(1922–2011), director of the Institute for the Documentation of Nazi War Crimes in Haifa *

Walter A. Friedman Walter A. Friedman (born June 7, 1962) is an American academic. He received his PhD in American History from Columbia University in 1996. He serves as a Lecturer of Business Administration and the Director of the Business History Initiative at the ...

, 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 (194 ...

(born 1936), Israeli scholar of Islamic studies

Sportspeople

* Adar Friedmann (born 2006), Israeli rhythmic gymnast *

Andrew Friedman Andrew Friedman is an American professional baseball executive. He is currently the president of baseball operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as the general manager for MLB’s Tampa Bay R ...

(born 1976), American, became baseball General Manager of the

Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major ...

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-distance running, 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 majo ...

(born 1960), German runner and 1980 world champion * Clara Friedman (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 currently the sporting director of Al-Diriyah, where he has been since 2025. Freedman played as a striker, primarily for Crystal Pal ...

(born 1974), Scottish association football manager *

Gal Fridman Gal Fridman (or Friedman, ; 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 a gold medal in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. He is ...

(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 ...

(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 *

(1889–1986), Hall of Fame NBA pro basketball player and coach * Maxwell Friedman (born 1996), American professional wrestler *

Nicole Freedman Nicole Freedman (born May 21, 1972) is an American Olympic cyclist. Early life and career Freedman, who is Jewish, was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She attended MIT, and then Stanford University. Among the teams she has competed on ar ...

(born 1972), American Olympic cyclist * Ross Friedman (born 1992), American Major League Soccer player * Spencer Freedman (born 1998), American college basketball player for the

Harvard Crimson The Harvard Crimson is the nickname of the college sports teams of Harvard College. The school's teams compete in NCAA Division I. As of 2013, there were 42 Division I intercollegiate Varsity team, varsity sports teams for women and men at Harva ...

and

NYU Violets NYU Violets is the nickname of the sports teams and other competitive teams at New York University. The school colors are purple and white. Although officially known as the Violets, the school mascot is a bobcat. The Violets compete as a member ...

Ze'ev Friedman Ze'ev Friedman (Hebrew: זאב פרידמן; 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 bo ...

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

In television and film

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

Budd Friedman Gerson Merton Lenord 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 MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club, which opene ...

(1932–2022), American actor and producer *

David F. Friedman David Frank Friedman (December 24, 1923 – February 14, 2011) was an American filmmaker and film producer best known for his B movies, exploitation films, nudie cuties, and sexploitation films. Life and career Friedman first became interest ...

(1923–2011), American filmmaker and producer *

Josh Friedman Josh Friedman (born February 14, 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 adapt ...

(born 1967), American screenwriter *

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

(born 1961), musical theatre actress *

Mike Freedman Michael Freedman has won nine Emmy Awards The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each wi ...

, American pioneering cameraman *

Tal Friedman Tal Friedman (; born 20 December 1963) is an Israeli actor, comedian and musician best known for starring on Israeli sketch comedy show ''Eretz Nehederet''. Biography Friedman was born in Kiryat Ata, Israel, in 1963. His father was a holocaust ...

(born 1963), Israeli actor and comedian * Vivi Friedman (1967–2012), Finnish filmmaker

Writers

Bruce Jay Friedman Bruce Jay Friedman (April 26, 1930June 3, 2020) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. He was noted for his versatility of writing in both literature and pop culture. He was also a trailblazer in the style of modern Ameri ...

(1930–2020), novelist, screenwriter and playwright * Celia S. Friedman (born 1957), science fiction novelist *

David Freedman David Freedman (April 26, 1898 – December 8, 1936) was a Romanian-born American playwright and biographer who became known as the "King of the Gag-writers" in the early days of radio. Biography David Freedman was born in Botoșani, Romania ...

(1898–1936), playwright and biographer *David Friedman, a.k.a.

Dafydd ab Hugh Dafydd ab Hugh (born October 22, 1960) is an American science-fiction author. On October 22, 1960, Dafydd ab Hugh was born in Los Angeles as David M. Friedman. An author of science fiction, ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' described ab ...

(born 1960), writer *

Esther Pauline Friedman Ann Landers was a pen name created by ''Chicago Sun-Times'' advice columnist Ruth Crowley in 1943 and taken over by Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer in 1955. For 56 years, the ''Ask Ann Landers'' syndicated advice column was a regular featur ...

(1918–2002), advice columnist also known as Ann Landers *

Frieda Friedman Frieda Friedman (born 1905, date of death unknown) was a writer of children's literature who, from the mid-1940s to the late 1960s, published several short, illustrated novels primarily intended for preteen and adolescent girls. Her works enjoyed ...

, 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 Jacques Frémontier (born surname Friedman; 8 May 1930 – 7 April 2020) was a French journalist and television producer. Biography Jacques Frémontier, born Friedman, was Jewish and came from an Ashkenazi Jewish family of merchants of which he ...

(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 fict ...

(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 60 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 appear ...

(born 1955), author *

Norman Friedman Norman Friedman (born 1946) is an American author, analyst, strategist, and historian. He has written over 30 books and numerous articles on naval and other military matters, has worked for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and has appeared on tel ...

(born 1946), American author and analyst, strategist, and historian * Pavel Friedmann (1921–1944), Jewish-Czechoslovak poet and victim of the Holocaust *

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, two teachers from George Miller Elementary in Nanuet, New ...

, creator of The Letter People *

Samuel G. Freedman Samuel G. Freedman (born October 3, 1955) is an American author, journalist, and longtime professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Biography Born in 1955 in Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, Freedman was raised in H ...

(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 *

(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 devel ...

, tuberculosis charlatan * Henryk 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, Oxford, Worcester College. Sh ...

, British solicitor and academic *

Karen Friedman (disambiguation) Karen Friedman may refer to: * Karen Friedman Agnifilo (born 1965/1966), American attorney * Karen Friedman Hill Karen B. Friedman Hill (; born January 16, 1946) is an American woman known for her involvement in the American Mafia through her h ...

, several people *

Ken Friedman (restaurateur) Ken Friedman is a restaurateur. Biography Before becoming a restaurateur, Friedman worked for twenty years in the music industry including time as an executive at Arista Records. He worked in A&R. In 2016, he was named outstanding restaurateu ...

Maurice J. Freedman Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman is an American librarian best known for his advocacy for socially responsible cataloging and library technologies, as well as for championing the cause of intellectual freedom. He served as president of the American Li ...

, (born 1939), librarian *

Morris Friedman Morris Friedman was, until 1905,Anthony Lukas, Big Trouble, 1997, page 687. the private stenographer for Pinkerton detective James McParland. Friedman came to the attention of the public when he published an exposé of anti-union actions by the pr ...

, private stenographer *

Prahlad Friedman Prahlad S. Friedman (born May 20, 1978) is an American professional poker player and rapper from Los Angeles, California. He has played under the screen names "Spirit Rock" on Full Tilt Poker, "Mahatma" on Ultimate Bet, "Zweig" on Prima Networ ...

(born 1978), professional poker player

Fictional characters

*Luke Friedman, a character in the Netflix series ''

Grand Army Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor Places * Grand, Oklahoma, USA * Grand, Vosges, village and commune in France with Gallo-Roman amphitheatre * Grand County (disambiguation) ...

'' *Sally J. Freedman, protagonist in the

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 26 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''

References

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