
Kaufmann is a surname with many variants such as Kauffmann, Kaufman, and Kauffman. In
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
, the name means ''
merchant
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...
''. It is the
cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language. Because language change can have radical e ...
of the English ''
Chapman'' (which had a similar meaning in the Middle Ages, though it disappeared from modern English). ''Kaufmann'' may refer to:
Kaufmann
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Alexander Kaufmann (1817–1893), German poet and folklorist, brother of Leopold
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Aloys P. Kaufmann (1902–1984), Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
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Andrea Kaufmann
Andrea Kaufmann (née Blenk; born 19 March 1969, in Dornbirn, Austria) is an Austrian politician for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) from Vorarlberg. She was, from 2009 to 2013, a regional member of the Vorarlberg state government and is curr ...
(born 1969), Austrian politician
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Andreas Kaufmann (born 1973), German footballer
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Andy Kaufmann
Andy Kaufmann (born c. 1967) is a former basketball 6'5 or 6'6 swingman/small forward who starred at the University of Illinois during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
High school
Kaufmann began his career at Routt Catholic High School in Jackso ...
(born 1967), American basketball player
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Arthur Kaufmann
Arthur Kaufmann (4 April 1872 in Iași, Romania – 25 July 1938 in Vienna) was an Austrian attorney, philosopher and chess master.
Life
Kaufmann was the second son of a wealthy, Jewish merchant family in Iaşi, Romania. In early childhood, he ...
(1872–1938), Austrian attorney, philosopher and chess master
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Arthur Kaufmann (artist) (1888–1971, German avant-garde painter
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Bob Kauffman
Robert Kauffman (July 13, 1946 – July 25, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach. Kaufmann was a three time NBA All-Star.
Early life
Robert Alan Kauffman was born July 13, 1946 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to LeRoy and Anne Ka ...
(1946–2015), American basketball player
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Carl Kaufmann (1936–2008), West German sprint runner
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Christian Kaufmann (alpine guide)
Christian Kaufmann (March 7, 1872 – January 12, 1939) was a Swiss mountain guide who climbed in the Alps, the Canadian Rockies, the Selkirk Mountains, Selkirks, the Himalayas, and List of mountains in Norway by height, Norway, accomplishing ...
(1872-1939), Swiss mountain guide active in Canada
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Christian Kaufmann (canoeist)
Christian Kaufmann is a retired West German slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1960s. He won a silver medal in the C-1 team event at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in S ...
(born c. 1940), West German slalom canoeist
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Christine Kaufmann
Christine Maria Kaufmann (; 11 January 1945 – 28 March 2017) was a German-Austrian actress, author, and businesswoman. The daughter of a German father and a French mother, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress f ...
(1945–2017), German-Austrian actress, author, and businesswoman
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Christine Kaufmann (politician)
Christine Kaufmann (born December 25, 1951) is a Montana politician. A member of the Montana Senate from January 2007 to 2016, she previously served three terms in the Montana House of Representatives. She last represented the 41st senate distric ...
(born 1951), Montana State Senate
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Daniel Kaufmann (footballer) (born 1990), Liechtensteiner footballer
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David Kaufmann
David Kaufmann (7 June 1852 – 6 July 1899) (Hebrew: דוד קויפמן) was a Jewish-Austrian scholar born at Kojetín, Moravia (now in the Czech Republic). From 1861 to 1867 he attended the gymnasium at Kroměříž, Moravia, where he studie ...
(1852–1899), Jewish-Austrian scholar
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Dieter Kaufmann
Dieter Kaufmann (born 22 April 1941) is an Austrian composer.
Biography
Kaufmann was born in Vienna and grew up in Carinthia.
He studied music, German philology, art history, violoncello, composition (with Karl Schiske, Gottfried von Einem, Oli ...
(born 1941), Austrian composer
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Edgar J. Kaufmann (1885–1955), US businessman and philanthropist
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Eduard Kaufmann
Eduard Kaufmann (24 March 1860, Bonn – 15 December 1931, Göttingen) was a German physician.
The disease Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome is named for him.
Career
Kaufmann studied in Bonn and Berlin, and earned his doctorate from ...
(1860–1931), German physician and co-discoverer of the
Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome
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Ernst Kaufmann (1895–1943), Swiss racing cyclist
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Eugen Kaufmann (1892–1984), German architect
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Evan Kaufmann
Evan Kaufmann (born October 31, 1984) is a German-American former professional ice hockey forward who played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Playing career
Kaufmann, who is Jewish, was born in Plymouth, Minnesota and graduated from Robb ...
(born 1984), German-American ice hockey player
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Fabio Kaufmann
Fabio Herbert Kaufmann (born 8 September 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right winger for club Eintracht Braunschweig.
Career
After impressive performances for SSV Ulm in fourth-tier Regionalliga Südwest, Kaufmann wa ...
(born 1992), German-Italian footballer
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Felix Kaufmann (1895–1949), Austrian-American law philosopher
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Frank Kaufmann (born 1952), American peace activist
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Franz Kaufmann
Franz Kaufmann (5 January 1886 – 17 February 1944) was a German jurist murdered in the Holocaust. His role helping underground Jews survive in hiding in Berlin and his execution are documented in ''The Forger'', the memoirs of Cioma Schönhau ...
(1886–1944), German jurist and victim of the Holocaust
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Franziska Kaufmann
Franziska Kaufmann (born November 3, 1987 in Unterseen) is a Swiss curler from Grindelwald. She won a gold medal at the 2014 and 2016 World Women's Curling Championships as second for Binia Feltscher
Career
As a junior curler, Kaufmann played ...
(born 1987), Swiss curler
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Fritz Kaufmann (1905–1941), Swiss ski jumper and Nordic combined skier
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Georg Friedrich Kauffmann
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (14 February 1679 – 24 March 1735) was a Baroque composer and organist from northern-central Germany who composed primarily sacred works for the organ and voice.
Biography
Early life and career
Georg Friedrich Kauf ...
(1679–1735), Baroque composer from Thuringia (now in southern Germany)
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George Adams Kaufmann (1894–1963), British mathematician, translator and anthroposophist
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Gordon Kaufmann
Gordon Bernie Kaufmann (19 March 1888 – 1 March 1949) was an English-born American architect mostly known for his work on the Hoover Dam.
Early life
On 19 March 1888, Kaufmann was born in Forest Hill, London, England.
Education
K ...
(1888–1949), English-born American architect
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Günther Kaufmann
Günther Kaufmann (16 June 1947 – 10 May 2012) was a German film actor best known for his association with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Fassbinder directed Kaufmann in a total of 14 films, casting him in leading and minor roles. Kaufmann ...
(1947–2012), German actor
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Hans Kaufmann (born 1948), Swiss politician and business consultant
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Heinz Kaufmann (1913–1997), German rower
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Herbert Kaufmann
Herbert Kaufmann (24 August 1920 – 27 November 1976) was a German Ethnologist, journalist, photographer and writer. He is known for his body of work concerning Africa, particularly – in the English-speaking world – his translated novel, '' ...
(1920–1976), German ethnologist, journalist, photographer and writer
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Hermann Kaufmann
Hermann Kaufmann (born in Reuthe, Bregenzerwald) is an Austrian architect.
Early life
Hermann Kaufmann was born in 1955 in Reuthe, Bregenzerwald (Austria) and comes from a family with a long tradition in the carpentry business. At that tim ...
(born 1955), Austrian architect
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Hilde Kaufmann
Hilde Kaufmann (born 28 October 1920 in Werne; died 11 January 1981 in Cologne) was a German jurist and criminologist. From 1966 to 1970, she was a professor at the University of Kiel, then from 1970 until her death a professor and director of the ...
(1920–1981), German jurist and criminologist
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Isidor Kaufmann (1853–1921), Austro-Hungarian painter
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Jonas Kaufmann
Jonas Kaufmann (born 10 July 1969) is a German operatic tenor. He is best known for the versatility of his repertoire, performing a variety of opera roles in multiple languages in recital Tommasini, Anthony (21 February 2014)"A Tenor Finds Energy ...
(born 1969), German tenor
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Judith Kaufmann (born 1962), German cinematographer
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Julia Kaufmann (born 1984), German voice actress
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Karl Kaufmann (painter) (1843–1905), Austrian landscape and architectural painter
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Karl Kaufmann
Karl Kaufmann (10 October 1900 – 4 December 1969) was a German politician who served as a Nazi Party ''Gauleiter'' from 1925 to 1945 and as the ''Reichsstatthalter'' (Reich Governor) of Hamburg from 1933 to 1945.
Early life
Kaufmann was the ...
(1900–1965), German Nazi Gauleiter in Hamburg
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Konstantin von Kaufmann
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann (russian: Константи́н Петро́вич Ка́уфман; 2 March 1818 – 16 May 1882), was the first Governor-General of Russian Turkestan.
Early life
His family was German in origin (from Hols ...
(1818–1882), Russian general, for whom "Mount Kaufmann" (or "Peak Kaufmann", now called
Lenin Peak
Lenin Peak or Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Peak ( ky, Ленин Чокусу, ''Lenin Choqusu'', لەنىن چوقۇسۇ; russian: Пик Ленина, ''Pik Lenina''; tg, қуллаи Ленин , ''qulla‘i Lenin/qullaji Lenin'', renamed қулла� ...
) was named
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Klaus Kaufmann
Klaus Kaufmann (born 1948 in Rosenheim) is an Austrian pianist and teacher who founded the Austrian-Chinese-Music-University, a project in which allows him to teach Chinese students from his home in Salzburg, with the aid of modern technology an ...
(born 1948), Austrian pianist who founded the Austrian-Chinese-Music-University
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Lars Kaufmann (born 1982), German handball player
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Leon Kaufmann
Leon Kaufmann, in French, Léon Kamir Kaufmann, also known as Kamir or Kamir-Kaufman (8 June 1872, Pawłowo - 27 May 1933, Louveciennes) was a Polish painter and pastel artist who worked in France after 1902.Biography by H. Bartnicka-Górska, fro ...
(1872-1933), Polish painter and pastellist
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Leonhard Kaufmann (born 1989) Austrian footballer
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Leopold Kaufmann (1821–1898), German politician, brother of Alexander
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Malte Kaufmann
Malte Kaufmann (born 14 December 1976) is a German economist, entrepreneur and politician from the AfD. He has been Member of the German Bundestag for since 2021.
Political career
In the 2021 German federal election
Federal elections in Ge ...
(born 1976), German economist, entrepreneur and politician
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Maurice Kaufmann
Maurice Harington Kaufmann (29 June 1927 – 21 September 1997) was a British actor of stage, film and television, who specialised in whodunits and horror films, from 1954 to 1981, when he retired.
Personal life
He was married to Honor Blackm ...
(1927–1997), British actor
* Max R. Kaufmann, designer of the
Kaufmann
Kaufmann is a surname with many variants such as Kauffmann, Kaufman, and Kauffman. In German, the name means ''merchant''. It is the cognate of the English ''Chapman'' (which had a similar meaning in the Middle Ages, though it disappeared from ...
font family
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Max Rudolf Kaufmann (1886–1963), Swiss author, translator, and journalist
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Myron Kaufmann (1921-2010), American author
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Nico Kaufmann (1916–1996), Swiss pianist and composer
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Oskar Kaufmann
Oskar Kaufmann (2 February 1873 – 8 September 1956) was a Hungarian architect. He was an expert in construction and design and was active in Berlin beginning in 1900.
Among his best-known works are the Krolloper, the Hebbel Theater and the , ...
(1873–1956), Hungarian-German Jewish architect
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Patricia A. (Trish) Kaufmann
Patricia A. Kaufmann is an American philatelist, focusing on postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy ...
of Lincoln, Delaware
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Peter Kaufmann-Bohren (1886-1971), Swiss mountain guide
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Peter Kaufmann (Alpine guide)
Peter Kaufmann (17 January 1858 - 14 October 1924) was a Swiss mountain guide during the Silver Age of Alpinism (1865-1882) and the early twentieth century, who guided amateurs, experienced climbers, and several notables across glaciers, over mou ...
(1872-1939), Swiss mountain guide from Grindelwald
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Peter Kaufmann (politician) Peter Kaufmann is a Canadian businessman and former municipal politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He has been a city councillor and school trustee, and has campaigned for Mayor of Winnipeg on two occasions.
Early life and career
Kaufmann was ...
(born 1947), politician and businessman in Winnipeg
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Rainer Kaufmann
Rainer Kaufmann (born 6 June 1959) is a German film director. He directed more than thirty films including '' The Pharmacist'' and ', a film about human trafficking.
Selected filmography
*''Dann eben mit Gewalt'' (1993, TV film) — (based on a ...
(born 1959), German film director
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Richard von Kaufmann
Richard von Kaufmann (1850–1908) was a German jurist and art collector.
Kaufmann was born in Cologne and became a respected professor and minister of finance. He began to collect art while living in Berlin and donated several works to the new m ...
(1850–1908), German jurist and art collector
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Rudolf Kaufmann (1909–1941), German paleontologist and geologist, son of Walter (physicist)
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Sören Kaufmann
Sören Kaufmann (born 8 May 1971 in Augsburg) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s (decade). He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C1 team: 1995), two silvers (C1: 19 ...
(born 1971), German slalom canoeist
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Stefan Kaufmann (musician)
Stefan Kaufmann (born 4 August 1960) is a German drummer and guitarist, best known as a member of the heavy metal bands Accept and U.D.O.
Career
He joined Accept as drummer early enough to appear on the cover photos for their debut album, b ...
(born 1960), German drummer
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Stefan Kaufmann (politician)
Stefan Kaufmann (born 21 August 1969 in Stuttgart) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag from 2009 to October 2021.
Earlier life
Kaufmann was born as the younge ...
(born 1969), German Bundestag member
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Stefan H.E. Kaufmann (born 1948), German microbiologist
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Stevie Kaufmann
Steven N. Kaufmann (May 29, 1913 – May 18, 2004) was an American socialite. A member of the Kaufmann and May retailing families, he was known for his extensive acquaintance in the New York social scene. His obituary in the ''New York Time ...
, (1913–2004), American socialite
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Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann
Dr. Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (born 23 January 1955) is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009, and from 2014 to 2019. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of Euro ...
(born 1955), German politician
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Theodore Kaufmann
Theodore Kaufmann (December 18, 1814 – 1896) was an artist who worked mostly in the United States.
Biography
He was born in Uelzen, Germany. He served for several years as a mercantile apprentice. He studied painting in Düsseldorf with Peter ...
(1814–1896), German-American painter
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Ulrich Kaufmann
Ulrich Kaufmann ( – ) was a Swiss mountain guide. He was born and died in Grindelwald.
He was among the first Westerners to visit the mountain ranges of New Zealand and the Himalayas.
Biography
In August 1857, Kaufmann participated in the f ...
(1840–1917), Swiss mountain guide
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Walter Kaufmann (physicist)
Walter Kaufmann (June 5, 1871 – January 1, 1947) was a German physicist. He is best known for the first experimental proof of the velocity dependence of mass, which was an important contribution to the development of modern physics, including s ...
(1871–1947), German physicist
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Walter Kaufmann (composer)
Walter Kaufmann (1 April 1907 – 9 September 1984) was a composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, librettist and educator. Born in Karlsbad, Bohemia (at that time part of Austria-Hungary), he trained in Prague and Berlin before fleeing the Nazi ...
(1907–1984), Czech-born American ethnomusicologist
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Walter Kaufmann (philosopher)
Walter Arnold Kaufmann (July 1, 1921 – September 4, 1980) was a German- American philosopher, translator, and poet. A prolific author, he wrote extensively on a broad range of subjects, such as authenticity and death, moral philosophy and exis ...
(1921–1980), German philosopher
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Walter Kaufmann (author)
Walter Kaufmann (19 January 1924 – 15 April 2021) was a German-Australian writer.
Kaufmann was born Jizchak Schmeidler in Berlin, the son of a Polish Jewish woman, Rachela Schmeidler. He was adopted by the wealthy German Jewish couple Dr. Sal ...
(1924–2021), German-Australian writer
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William G. Kaufmann
William G. Kaufmann (December 10, 1869 – January 16, 1947) was an American businessman and politician.
Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Kaufmann was in the meat retail business until retirement. He also worked in a logging camp and owned a fish ...
(1869–1947), American politician
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Yehezkel Kaufmann Yehezkel Kaufmann (Hebrew: יחזקאל קויפמן; also: Yeḥezqêl Qâufman; Yeḥezḳel Ḳoyfman; Jehezqël Kaufmann) (1889 – 9 October 1963) was an Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar associated with the Hebrew University. His ma ...
(1889–1963), Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar
Given name
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Isaac Kaufmann Funk
Isaac Kaufmann Funk (September 10, 1839April 4, 1912) was an American Lutheran minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher, and spelling reformer. He was the co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls Company, the father of author Wilfred J. Funk (who fo ...
(1839–1912), American editor, lexicographer
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Kaufmann Kohler
Kaufmann Kohler (May 10, 1843 – January 28, 1926) was a German-born Jewish American biblical scholar and critic, theologian, Reform rabbi, and contributing editor to numerous articles of ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'' (1906).
Life and work
Kauf ...
(1843–1926), German-born American Bible scholar, Reform rabbi and theologian
Kauffmann
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Guinevere Kauffmann (born 1968), German-American astrophysicist
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Henrik Kauffmann
Henrik Kauffmann (26 August 1888 – 5 June 1963) was the Danish ambassador to the United States during World War II, who signed over part of Greenland to the US.
Career
Kauffmann started his foreign career by serving as envoy in Rome, 1921� ...
(1888-1962), Danish ambassador to United states of America
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Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann (April 24, 1916 – October 9, 2013) was an American writer, editor, and critic of film and theater.
Career
Kauffmann started with ''The New Republic'' in 1958 and contributed film criticism to that magazine for the next fifty ...
(1916–2013), long-time film critic for ''
The New Republic
''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hu ...
''
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Jean-Paul Kauffmann
Jean-Paul Kauffmann (8 August 1944, Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne) is a French journalist and writer, a former student of the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille (40th class).
Biography
His great-grandfather Michel Kauffmann left Alsace ...
(born 1944), French journalist and writer
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Lillian von Kauffmann (1920–2016), Danish businesswoman
Kaufman
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Aaron Kaufman, American mechanic and fabricator, featured on the television show ''
Fast N' Loud
''Fast N' Loud'' was a reality-styled Discovery Channel TV show featuring Richard Rawlings and his crew from the Dallas, Texas-based Gas Monkey Garage as they search for tired and run-down cars, and restore them for profit.
The show was succes ...
''
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Abraham Kaufman Dr. Abraham Josevich Kaufman (Абрам Иосифович Кауфман, b. November 22, 1885 – d. March 25, 1971) was a Russian-born medical doctor, community organizer and Zionist who helped protect some tens of thousands of Jews seeking sa ...
(1885–1971), Russian-born medical doctor, community organizer and Zionist
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Alan Kaufman (writer)
Alan Kaufman is an American writer, memoirist and poet. He is the author of the memoirs ''Jew Boy'' and ''Drunken Angel'', the novel '' atches', and is listed as editor of '' The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry.
He is also listed as co-editor of ...
, American novelist and poet
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Alan S. Kaufman (born 1944), psychologist/IQ test developer
* Alexis Kaufman (born 1991), birth name of American professional wrestler
Alexa Bliss
Alexis Cabrera (née Kaufman; born August 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Alexa Bliss. In 2013, Bliss ...
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Allen Kaufman (born 1933), chess professional
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Andrew Kaufman, Canadian writer
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Andy Kaufman
Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman ( ; January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an American entertainer and performance artist. While often called a "comedian", Kaufman preferred to describe himself instead as a "song and dance man". He has sometimes b ...
(1949–1984), American entertainer
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Ariel Durant
Ariel Durant (; May 10, 1898 – October 25, 1981) was a Russian-born American researcher and writer. She was the coauthor of ''The Story of Civilization'' with her husband, Will Durant. They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fict ...
(born Chaya Kaufman, 1898–1981), historian and writer, wife of
Will Durant
William James Durant (; November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was an American writer, historian, and philosopher. He became best known for his work ''The Story of Civilization'', which contains 11 volumes and details the history of eastern an ...
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Bel Kaufman (1911–2014), author of ''
Up the Down Staircase'' and granddaughter of
Sholom Aleichem
Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (Соломон Наумович Рабинович), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish and he, שלום עליכם, also spelled in Soviet Yiddish, ; Russian and uk, Шо́лом-Але́й ...
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Benjamin Kaufman (Medal of Honor) (March 10, 1894 – February 5, 1981), World War I Medal of Honor recipient
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Boris Kaufman
Boris Abelevich Kaufman, A.S.C. (russian: Бори́с А́белевич Ка́уфман; August 24, 1906 – June 24, 1980) was a Russian-born American cinematographer and the younger brother of Soviet filmmakers Dziga Vertov and Mikhail Ka ...
, younger brother of
Dziga Vertov
Dziga Vertov (russian: Дзига Вертов, born David Abelevich Kaufman, russian: Дави́д А́белевич Ка́уфман, and also known as Denis Kaufman; – 12 February 1954) was a Soviet pioneer documentary film and newsre ...
* Brandon Kaufman (born 1990), American football player
* Bruria Kaufman (1918–2010), Israeli theoretical physicist
* Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), American screenwriter, producer, director, and lyricist
* Dan Kaufman, special effects artist
* David S. Kaufman (1813–1851), American politician, Republic of Texas State Senator
* David Kaufman (actor) (born 1961), American voice actor
* David Kaufman (author), theater critic
* Donald Kaufman (collector) (1930–2009), American toy collector
* Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman (born 1939), American politician
* Elaine Kaufman (1929–2010), American restaurateur
* George S. Kaufman (1889–1961), American playwright
* Gerald Kaufman (1930–2017), British member of parliament
* Gordon D. Kaufman (1925–2011), American theologian
* Grace Kaufman (born 2002), American child actress
* Harold R. Kaufman (born 1926), American physicist, developed Kaufman ion source
* Henry Kaufman (born 1927), German-American economist
* Herbert Kaufman (1878–1947)
* Irving Kaufman (1910–1992), American federal judge
* Irving Kaufman (singer) (1890–1976), American entertainer
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Isidor Kaufmann (Isidore Kaufmann, 1853–1921), Hungarian Jewish painter
* Jacob Kaufman, (1847–1920), Canadian manufacturer and industrialist
* Jake Kaufman (born 1981), American video game music composer
* James Kaufman (various people)
* Jane Kaufman (1938-2021), American artist
* Josh Kaufman (born 1976), American musician and winner of NBC's ''The Voice'' The Voice (U.S. season 6), season 6
* Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology at Boston University
* Lloyd Kaufman (born 1945)
* Louis Kaufman (1905–1994), violinist
* Mel Kaufman (1958–2009), football player for the Washington Redskins
* Micha Kaufman (born 1946), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
* Millard Kaufman (1917–2009), American screenwriter and novelist
* Morris Kaufman, Manitoba judge
* Moisés Kaufman (born 1963), playwright and director
* Murray the K (Murray Kaufman, 1922–1982)
* Nadeen L. Kaufman (born 1945), psychologist/IQ test developer
* Napoleon Kaufman (born 1973), American football player
* Nikolay Kaufman (born 1925), Bulgarian musicologist
* Philip Kaufman (born 1936), film director
* Philip A. Kaufman (Phil Kaufman), an American engineer, the namesake of the Phil Kaufman Award
* Robert Kaufman (1931–1991), American screenwriter and film producer
* Ruth Kaufman, British operations research specialist
* Smylie Kaufman (born 1991), professional golfer
* Steve Kaufman (1960–2010), artist
* Ted Kaufman (born 1939) was a United States Senator from Delaware from 2009 to 2010
* Terrence Kaufman (born 1937), linguist and professor at the University of Pittsburgh
* Theodore N. Kaufman (1910–1986), businessman and writer
* Wendy Kaufman (born 1958)
* William E. Kaufman, rabbi, philosopher
* Dr. Kaufman, a villain in ''Tomorrow Never Dies''
Kauffman
* Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), Swiss-Austrian painter
* Calvin Henry Kauffman (1869–1931), American botanist and mycologist
* Claudia Kauffman, Washington State Senate (served 2007–2011)
* Craig Kauffman (1932–2010), Artist
* Doug Kauffman (born 1969), American curler and golfer
* Draper Kauffman (1911–1979), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy and son of James L. Kauffman, with whom he was the joint namesake of USS Kauffman (FFG-59), USS ''Kauffman'' (FFG-59)
* Elizabeth Bush, born ''Kauffman''
* Ewing Kauffman, Ewing Marion Kauffman (1916-1993), Former owner of the Kansas City Royals and namesake of Kauffman Stadium
* George B. Kauffman (born 1930), American chemist
* John D. Kauffman (1847-1913), Amish "sleeping preacher".
* James Laurence Kauffman (1887–1963), United States Navy Vice Admiral and father of Draper Kauffman, with whom he was the joint namesake of USS Kauffman (FFG-59), USS ''Kauffman'' (FFG-59)
* Leah Kauffman (born c. 1986), American actress, singer and songwriter
* Léon Kauffman (1869–1952), 12th Prime Minister of Luxembourg
* Louis Kauffman (born 1945), American mathematician
* Marta Kauffman (born 1956), TV producer and writer
* Matthew Kauffman (born 1961), journalist
* Sandra Kauffman (born 1933), American politician from Missouri
* Scott Kauffman (born 1956), businessman
* Stuart Kauffman, Stuart (Alan) Kauffman (born 1939), US theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher
See also
* Kauffman Amish Mennonite
* Kaufmann's (Kaufmann's Furniture Galleries), regional department store chain
* Kofman
* Koopman, Dutch language, Dutch equivalent
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