Gomperz, Gompertz, Gumpertz, Gumperz, Gomperts or Gompers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Solomon Gumperz (1723–1769), Jewish German scholar and physician *

Benjamin Gompertz Benjamin Gompertz (5 March 1779 – 14 July 1865) was an English self-educated mathematician and actuary, who became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Gompertz is now best known for his Gompertz law of mortality, a demographic model published in ...

(1779–1865), British actuary, and mathematician **

Gompertz function The Gompertz curve or Gompertz function is a type of mathematical model for a time series, named after Benjamin Gompertz (1779–1865). It is a sigmoid function which describes growth as being slowest at the start and end of a given time period. T ...

, named for Benjamin Gompertz *Don Gumpertz, sailor who circled the world on MV Westward in the 1970s * Henry Gompertz (18671930), English-born judge active in Hong Kong and the Federated Malay States. * Ian Gompertz (born 1975), English cricketer *

John J. Gumperz John Joseph Gumperz (January 9, 1922 – March 29, 2013) was an American linguist and academic. Gumperz was, for most of his career, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, California, Berkeley. H ...

, linguist *

Julian Gumperz Julian Gumperz (May 12, 1898 in New York City – February 1972 in Gaylordsville, Connecticut) was a United States-born German sociologist, Communism, communist political activist, activist, publicist, and translator. Institute for Social Rese ...

, German sociologist, communist activist, publicist and translator *

Heinrich Gomperz Heinrich Gomperz (; January 18, 1873, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – December 27, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an Austrian philosopher. Life A son of Theodor Gomperz, he studied law at the University of Vienna from 1891. In the meantime, he ...

(1873–1942), Austrian philosopher *

Isaac Gompertz Isaac Gompertz (1774 – 25 February 1856) was an English poet. He was known for the poems "The Modern Antique", "Time, or Light and Shade" and "Devon", the latter of which was published under the name J. Gompertz. Biography Early life and ...

(1774–1856), English poet *

Lewis Gompertz Lewis Gompertz (1783/4 – 2 December 1861) was an English activist, philosopher, writer, and inventor. He dedicated his life to promoting animal rights and Animal welfare, welfare, and veganism. Gompertz was the youngest of 15 children in a ...

(1783/4–1865), English activist, philosopher, writer and inventor * Louis Gompertz (1886–1951), Anglo-Indian soldier and writer * Marcia Gumpertz, American statistician * Samuel W. Gompertz (1868–1952), American showman * Sydney G. Gumpertz (1879–1971), American soldier in World War I *

Theodor Gomperz Theodor Gomperz (March 29, 1832August 29, 1912), Austrian philosopher and classical scholar, was born at Brno (Brünn). Biography Gomperz studied at Brno and at Vienna under Hermann Bonitz. Graduating at the University of Vienna in 1867 he bec ...

(1832–1912), Moravian-Austrian philologist *

Will Gompertz William Edward Gompertz (born 1965) is an English journalist, author and art critic. He was formerly the BBC's arts editor before moving to a position as the Barbican Centre's Artistic Director from 1 June 2021. Family and education Gompertz ...

(born 1964), British arts journalist *

Samuel Gompers Samuel Gompers (; January 27, 1850December 11, 1924) was a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization's ...

(1850-1924), US labour organizer and founder of the

AFL AFL may refer to: Education * Angel Foundation for Learning, a Canadian Roman Catholic charity * Ankara Science High School, a high school in Ankara, Turkey, natively referred to as ''Ankara Fen Liesi'' * Assessment for learning Military * ...

* Dr Rebecca Gomperts (born 1966), founder of

Women on Waves Women on Waves (WoW) is a Dutch nongovernmental organization ( NGO) created in 1999 by Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts, in order to bring reproductive health services, particularly non-surgical abortion services and education, to women in coun ...

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