Goldman is a surname most common among

Ashkenazi Jew 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 ...

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 Alan Harris Goldman (born 1945) is an American philosopher and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the College of William & Mary. He is known for his works on philosophy and popular culture, literature, morality, love, and b ...

(born 1945), American philosopher *

Alan S. Goldman Alan S. Goldman is an American chemist and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Goldman's research area is homogeneous catalysis with emphasis on C-H activation. Recognition Goldman has been recognized by nu ...

(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 Albina Abramovna Goldman (, Suntarsky District, 4 September 1944) is the director of the Mirny Polytechnic Institute of the North-Eastern Federal University. She is a Russian philologist with a post-graduate degree in Philology. Awards She is an ...

, philologist, professor North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk State University) * Allan H. Goldman (1943–2022), American real estate investor *

Allen Goldman Allen Marshall Goldman (October 18, 1937 – May 16, 2025) was an American experimental condensed matter physicist, known for his research on electronic transport properties of superconductors and for the eponymous Carlson-Goldman mode involving ...

(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 Charley Goldman (December 22, 1887, in Warsaw, Poland – November 11, 1968) was a famed boxing trainer who trained five world champions. Goldman's most famous pupil was the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world Rocky Marciano. Career a ...

, 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 Douglas E. Goldman (born 1952) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Haas family. Biography Goldman was born to a Jewish family, the son of Richard and Rhoda (née Haas) Goldman. He has a sister and two brothers: Susie ...

(born 1952), American businessman and philanthropist *

Duff Goldman Jeffrey Adam "Duff" Goldman (born December 17, 1974) is an American businessman, pastry chef, television personality, and writer. He is the executive chef of the Baltimore-based Charm City Cakes shop, which was featured in the Food Network reali ...

, 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 Irving B. Goldman (1898–1975) was an American otolaryngologist and plastic surgeon. Dr. Goldman created and taught a popular rhinoplasty course at Mount Sinai Hospital (New York). The course focus was the "Goldman Tip," a rhinoplasty techniqu ...

, 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 John D. Goldman (born August 18, 1949) is an American businessman and philanthropist in San Francisco, California. He is a member of the Haas family through his mother. Biography Goldman was born to a Jewish family on August 18, 1949, in San Fra ...

(born 1949), American businessman and philanthropist * John M. Goldman (1938–2013), British haematologist, oncologist and medical researcher *

Leon Goldman Leon Goldman (1906 – December 2, 1997) was an American dermatologist and a pioneer in laser medicine.L. Goldman, Surgery by laser of malignant melanoma, ''J. Dermat. Surg. Onc.'' 5, 141-144 (1979).L. Goldman, A. Taylor, T. Putman, New developmen ...

(1906–1997), American surgeon and pioneer in laser medicine * Leon Goldman (1904-1975), American surgeon *

Lipa Goldman Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Goldman (1905/1907 – July 6, 1980) was a renowned Orthodox rabbi, '' dayan'', and publisher in Hungary and the United States. Goldman was born in Neupest (), a suburb of Budapest, Hungary. His father, Rabbi Yosef Goldman, ...

, Orthodox rabbi *

Lloyd Goldman Lloyd Goldman is a New York real estate developer and founder of BLDG Management. Biography Goldman is the son of real estate investor Irving 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 Marie Clare Goldman is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since 2024. She is the first non-Conservative politician to represent Chelmsford in 74 years. She is the Liberal Democr ...

(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 Marvin Goldman (born May 2, 1928 in New York City) is an American radiation biologist, known for "his highly significant contributions to the understanding of the effects of bone-seeking radionuclides—in carcinogenic characteristics of long-term ...

(born 1928), American physiologist and radiation biologist * Marvin G. Goldman (born 1939), American lawyer and aviation historian *

Mike Goldman Michael Goldman (born 7 November 1972), is an Australian actor, television and radio host and voice over. He has appeared in television roles, mini-series and films like '' Young Rock'', '' The Wilds'' and '' A Place to Call Home''. He is the s ...

, Australian TV personality * Neil Goldman, television writer (see

Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan are a television writing team who have worked on television comedies ''Family Guy'', ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'', and ''Community (TV series), Community''. Another project was the television pilot ''Nobody's Wa ...

) *

Norma Goldman Norma Wynick Goldman (March 30, 1922 – October 1, 2011) was an American classics scholar, author, professor at Wayne State University, and president of the Detroit Classical Association. Her works include textbooks of the Latin language as well a ...

(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 Pierre Goldman (; 22 June 1944 – 20 September 1979) was a French left-wing intellectual who was convicted of several robberies and mysteriously assassinated. It has been suspected that the Spanish death squads GAL were involved in his murder. ...

, French left-wing intellectual *

Rachel Goldman Rachel Goldman is an American scientist. She is professor of materials science and engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, and physics at the University of Michigan where she has been a faculty member since 1997. She also serves a ...

, American physicist *

Rhoda Haas Goldman Rhoda Haas Goldman (September 20, 1924 – February 17, 1996) was an American billionaire in San Francisco, California. She was a member of the board of directors of Levi Strauss & Co. from 1985 until her death in 1996. Biography Rhoda Gold ...

(1924–1996), American philanthropist *

Richard Goldman Richard N. Goldman (April 16, 1920 – November 29, 2010) was an American billionaire philanthropist who was the co-founder of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 with his wife, Rhoda Haas Goldman, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune. He fo ...

(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 Ronald Lyle Goldman (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994) was an American restaurant waiter and aspiring actor. A volunteer working with children suffering from cerebral palsy, Goldman appeared as a contestant on the short-lived game show '' Studs' ...

, victim in the O.J. Simpson murder case *

Ronald Goldman Ronald Lyle Goldman (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994) was an American restaurant waiter and aspiring actor. A volunteer working with children suffering from cerebral palsy, Goldman appeared as a contestant on the short-lived game show '' Studs' ...

, 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 Sylvan Nathan Goldman (November 15, 1898 – November 25, 1984) was an American businessman and inventor of the shopping cart. His design had a pair of large wire baskets connected by tubular metal arms with four wheels.Terry P. Wilson, ''Th ...

, American businessman and inventor *

Sean Goldman In the Goldman child abduction case David Goldman fought for his son Sean Goldman to be returned to the United States after his abduction by his mother to Brazil in 2004. After years of court battles, Sean was returned to his father five and a half ...

, 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 Wendy Z. Goldman is an American historian, currently the Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Her current works involve the history of Joseph Stalin. She is currently married to pirate historian Marcus Rediker. Se ...

, 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 Yoel Goldman (born 1980) is an American real estate developer who founded the Brooklyn, New York-based development company, All Year Management. Biography Goldman was born to a Hasidic Jewish family into the Satmar dynasty

(born 1980), American real estate developer * Yosef Goldman (1942–2015), scholar and author

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