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s. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alain Goldman Alain Goldman, also known as Ilan Goldman (born 12 January 1961), is a French film producer. Early life Goldman was born in Montmartre, Paris, the son of Ashkenazi Jews, Jewish parents. His grandfather was the first representative for Universal P ...

(born 1961), French film producer * Alan H. Goldman (born 1945), American philosopher * Alan S. Goldman (born 1958), American chemist *

Albert Goldman Albert Harry Goldman (April 15, 1927 – March 28, 1994) was an American academic and author. Goldman wrote about the culture and personalities of the American music industry, both in books and as a contributor to magazines. He is known for ...

, American professor and author *

Albert Goldman (politician) Albert Goldman (1897–1960) was a Belarusian-born American political and civil rights lawyer, closely associated with the American communist movement. Goldman broke with the mainline Communist Party, USA in 1933, joining the Trotskyist oppositi ...

, American Trotskyist lawyer * Albina A. Goldman, philologist, professor North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk State University) * Allan H. Goldman (1943–2022), American real estate investor * Allen Goldman (1937–2025), American physicist *

Alvin Goldman Alvin Ira Goldman (October 1, 1938 – August 4, 2024) was an American philosopher who was emeritus Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a leading figure in epistemology. Educat ...

, philosopher, epistemologist *

Ari L. Goldman Ari L. Goldman (born September 22, 1949) is an American professor and journalist. He is professor of journalism at Columbia University and a former reporter for ''The New York Times''. Early life and education Goldman attended the Rabbi Jacob ...

, American journalist * Bernard Goldman (1922–2006), American art historian, married to Norma *

Bo Goldman Bo Goldman (born Robert Spencer Goldman; September 10, 1932 – July 25, 2023) was an American screenwriter and playwright. He received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Writers Guild of America A ...

, American writer, Broadway playwright and screenwriter. * Bobby Goldman (1938-1999), American bridge player *

Charles R. Goldman Charles Remington Goldman (born 9 November 1930 in Urbana, Illinois) is an American limnologist and ecologist. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Department of Environmental Science of the University of California, Davis. Education G ...

(born 1930), American limnologist and ecologist * Charley Goldman, boxing trainer *

Craig Goldman Craig Alan Goldman (born October 3, 1968) is an American politician who is serving as the U.S. representative for since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented the 97th district in the Texas House of Representatives fr ...

, American politician *

Danny Goldman Daniel Goldman (October 30, 1939 – April 12, 2020) was an American actor and casting director. He was the voice of Brainy Smurf in Hanna-Barbera's '' The Smurfs'' (1981–1989). Early life Goldman graduated from Far Rockaway High School in ...

(1939–2020), American actor and voice actor *

Dan Goldman Daniel Sachs Goldman (born February 26, 1976) is an American politician and lawyer who has been the U.S. representative for New York's 10th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the lead m ...

(born 1976), American politician and attorney * Douglas E. Goldman (born 1952), American businessman and philanthropist * Duff Goldman, Food Network personality *

Edward Alphonso Goldman Edward Alphonso Goldman (July 7, 1873 – September 2, 1946) was an American field naturalist and mammalogist. He worked extensively in Mexico with Edward William Nelson and described and revised many groups of mammals. He was considered a leading ...

, American zoologist *

Edwin Franko Goldman Edwin Franko Goldman (January 1, 1878 – February 21, 1956) was an American composer and conductor. One of the most significant American band composers of the early 20th century, Goldman composed over 150 works, but is best known for his March ...

, American band composer, founder of American Bandmasters Association *

Emma Goldman Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) was a Russian-born Anarchism, anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europ ...

, anarchist writer and speaker *

Francisco Goldman Francisco Goldman (born 1954) is an American novelist, journalist, and Allen K. Smith Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, Trinity College. His most recent novel, ''Monkey Boy'' (2021), was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fi ...

, American novelist * Irving B. Goldman, plastic surgeon *

James Goldman James Goldman (June 30, 1927 – October 28, 1998) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay '' The Lion in Winter'' (1968). His younger brother was novelist and screenwriter William Goldman. Biog ...

, American playwright and screenwriter *

Jane Goldman Jane Loretta Anne Goldman''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 11 June 1970) is a British screenwriter and producer. She is mostly known for collaborating with director Matthew Vaughn on ...

, British writer and television presenter; wife of Jonathan Ross *

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a retired French singer-songwriter and record producer whose work remains hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017, he has been the highest-grossing ...

, French singer and songwriter * John D. Goldman (born 1949), American businessman and philanthropist * John M. Goldman (1938–2013), British haematologist, oncologist and medical researcher * Leon Goldman (1906–1997), American surgeon and pioneer in laser medicine * Leon Goldman (1904-1975), American surgeon * Lipa Goldman, Orthodox rabbi * Lloyd Goldman, New York real estate developer *

Lynn Goldman Lynn R. Goldman (born April 24, 1951) is the Dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. She is an American public health physician, a pediatrician and an epidemiologist. Early life and education Gol ...

, American academic *

Marcus Goldman Marcus Goldman (born Marcus Goldmann; December 9, 1821 – July 20, 1904) was a German American investment banker, businessman, and financier. He was the founder of Goldman Sachs, which has since become one of the world's largest investment ban ...

, German-American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Goldman Sachs * Marcus J. Goldman, psychiatrist, physician, conservative writer * Marie Goldman (elected 2024), British politician * Marion Goldman (born 1945), American sociologist *

Marshall Goldman Marshall Irwin Goldman (July 26, 1930 – August 2, 2017) was an American economist and writer. He was an expert on the economy of the former Soviet Union. Goldman was a professor of economics at Wellesley College and associate director of the Har ...

, economist * Marvin Goldman (born 1928), American physiologist and radiation biologist * Marvin G. Goldman (born 1939), American lawyer and aviation historian * Mike Goldman, Australian TV personality * Neil Goldman, television writer (see Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan) * Norma Goldman (1922–2011), American classicist, married to Bernard * Omer Goldman, young political activist *

Oscar Goldman ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, United States Air Force, USAF Colonel (United States), Colonel Steve ...

, fictional character *

(1925–1986), American mathematician * Patricia A. Goldman (1942–2023), American public official and women's rights advocate * Peter Goldman American law consultant *

Phil Goldman Phillip York Goldman (July 17, 1964 – December 26, 2003) was an American software engineer and entrepreneur. He was a Macintosh software engineer at Apple Inc., and was best known for co-founding WebTV. Early life Phillip York Goldman was born ...

, American engineer and entrepreneur * Pierre Goldman, French left-wing intellectual * Rachel Goldman, American physicist * Rhoda Haas Goldman (1924–1996), American philanthropist * Richard Goldman (1920–2010), American businessman and philanthropist * Robert D. Goldman (born 1939), American cell and molecular biologist, author, and President of

American Society for Cell Biology The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is a professional society that was founded in 1960.Ronald Goldman, victim in the O.J. Simpson murder case * Ronald Goldman, psychologist and author *

Sally Goldman Sally Ann Goldman is an American computer scientist specializing in computational learning theory. She was a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, and Edwin H. Murty Professor of E ...

, American computer scientist and powerlifter * Sylvan Goldman, American businessman and inventor * Sean Goldman, American Author, Screenwriter and Ladies man * Todd Goldman, American entrepreneur and artist *

Vivien Goldman Vivien Goldman (born 1952) is a British journalist, writer and musician. Early life and education Goldman was born in London in 1952, the child of two German-Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. She studied English and American literature at the ...

, journalist, author and musician * Wendy Z. Goldman, American historian currently the Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. *

William Goldman William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting. Among other accolades, Goldman won two Aca ...

(1931-2018), American screenwriter and author * Yoel Goldman (born 1980), American real estate developer * Yosef Goldman (1942–2015), scholar and author

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