Kaufmann is a surname with many variants such as Kauffmann, Kaufman, and Kauffman. In

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, the name means ''

merchant A merchant is a person who trades in goods produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Merchants have been known for as long as humans have engaged in trade and commerce. Merchants and merchant networks operated i ...

''. It is the

cognate In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language. Because language change can have radical effects on both the s ...

of the English '' Chapman'' (which had a similar meaning in the Middle Ages, though it disappeared from modern English). ''Kaufmann'' may refer to:

Kaufmann

* Alexander Kaufmann (1817–1893), German poet and folklorist, brother of Leopold * Aloys P. Kaufmann (1902–1984), Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri * Andrea Kaufmann (born 1969), Austrian politician * Andreas Kaufmann (born 1973), German footballer * Andy Kaufmann (born 1967), American basketball player * Arthur Kaufmann (1872–1938), Austrian attorney, philosopher and chess master * Arthur Kaufmann (artist) (1888–1971), German avant-garde painter *

Bobby Kaufmann Bobby Kaufmann (born 1985) is an American politician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives since 2013 as a member of the Republican Party. In 2023, Kaufmann was appointed as a senior advisor on Donald Trump's 2024 presidential ...

(born 1985), American politician * Carl Kaufmann (1936–2008), West German sprint runner * Caymen Alexander Kaufmann (born 2004), American Media Man *

Christian Kaufmann (alpine guide) Christian Kaufmann (7 March 1872 – 12 January 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 * Christian Kaufmann (canoeist) (born c. 1940), West German slalom canoeist *

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 * Christine Kaufmann (politician) (born 1951), Montana State Senate * Daniel Kaufmann (footballer) (born 1990), Liechtensteiner footballer * Danielly Kaufmann (1984), Luxembourg-Brazilian visual artist *

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 *

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 *

Edgar J. Kaufmann Edgar Jonas Kaufmann (November 1, 1885 – April 15, 1955) was an American businessman and philanthropist who owned and directed Kaufmann's Department Store, in Pittsburgh. He is also known for commissioning two modern architectural masterpiece ...

(1885–1955), US businessman and philanthropist *

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 *

Elsie Effah Kaufmann Elsie Akosua Biraa Effah Kaufmann (born 7 September 1969) is a Ghanaian academic, academic administrator, biomedical engineer, and current host of the National Science and Maths Quiz. In December 2020, Elsie Kaufmann was appointed an associ ...

(1969), Ghanaian academic and biomedical engineer *

Ernst Kaufmann Ernst Kaufmann (9 June 1895 – 20 December 1943) was a Swiss racing cyclist. He won the sprint event at the 1925 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the Grand Prix de Paris The Grand ...

(1895–1943), Swiss racing cyclist *

Eugen Kaufmann Eugen Carl Kaufmann or Eugene Charles Kent (8 January 1892 – 21 June 1984) was a German architect. Early life Kaufmann was born 8 January 1892 in Frankfurt am Main. From 1925, he was engaged at the New Frankfurt project under the leadership ...

(1892–1984), German architect *

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 Robbi ...

(born 1984), German-American ice hockey player *

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 was ...

(born 1992), German-Italian footballer *

Felix Kaufmann Felix Kaufmann (4 July 1895, Vienna – 23 December 1949, New York) was an Austrian-American philosopher of law. Biography Kaufmann studied jurisprudence and philosophy in Vienna. He became part of the legal-philosophical school of Hans Kelse ...

(1895–1949), Austrian-American law philosopher *

Frank Kaufmann Frank Kaufmann is the director of the List of Unification Church affiliated organizations#InterFaith organizations, Inter Religious Federation for World Peace (IRFWP) (originally a Unification Church ecumenical organization). He served as editor ...

(born 1952), American peace activist * Franz Kaufmann (1886–1944), German jurist and victim of the Holocaust * Franziska Kaufmann (born 1987), Swiss curler * Fritz Kaufmann (1905–1941), Swiss ski jumper and Nordic combined skier * George Adams Kaufmann (1894–1963), British mathematician, translator and anthroposophist *

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 ...

(1888–1949), English-born American architect *

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. Kaufman ...

(1947–2012), German actor * Hans Kaufmann (born 1948), Swiss politician and business consultant * Heinz Kaufmann (1913–1997), German rower * Herbert Kaufmann (1920–1976), German ethnologist, journalist, photographer and writer *

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 time ...

(born 1955), Austrian architect * Hilde Kaufmann (1920–1981), German jurist and criminologist *

Isidor Kaufmann Isidor Kaufmann (, ; 22 March 1853 in Arad – 1921 in Vienna) was an Austro-Hungarian painter of Jewish themes. Having devoted his career to genre painting, he traveled throughout Eastern Europe in search of scenes of Jewish, often Hasidic l ...

(1853–1921), Austro-Hungarian painter * Jeff Kaufmann (born 1963), American politician *

Jonas Kaufmann Jonas Kaufmann (born July 10, 1969) is a German- Austrian tenor opera singer. 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 Teno ...

(born 1969), German tenor *

Judith Kaufmann Judith Kaufmann (born 20 September 1962) is a German cinematographer. Biography Judith Kaufmann was born in Stuttgart, West Germany in 1962. But after moving with her family grew up in West Berlin. After graduating from the National College of O ...

(born 1962), German cinematographer * Julia Kaufmann (born 1984), German voice actress * Karl Kaufmann (painter) (1843–1905), Austrian landscape and architectural painter *

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 *

Karl Maria Kaufmann Karl Maria Kaufmann (March 2, 1872, in Frankfurt am Main – February 6, 1951, in Ranstadt) was a German biblical archaeologist who later embraced National Socialism. Kaufmann also published under the pseudonym ''Marchese di San Callisto''. In a ...

(1972-1951), German Biblical archaeologist * Konstantin von Kaufmann (1818–1882), Russian general, for whom "Mount Kaufmann" (or "Peak Kaufmann", now called Lenin Peak) was named * Klaus Kaufmann (born 1948), Austrian pianist who founded the Austrian-Chinese-Music-University * Lars Kaufmann (born 1982), German handball player * Leon Kaufmann (1872–1933), Polish painter and pastellist * Leonhard Kaufmann (born 1989) Austrian footballer * Leopold Kaufmann (1821–1898), German politician, brother of Alexander * Malte Kaufmann (born 1976), German economist, entrepreneur and politician * Manfred Kaufmann (born 1978), Liechtenstein politician *

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 *

Max Rudolf Kaufmann Max Rudolf Kaufmann (29 April 1886 in Basel, Switzerland – 1963 in Bonn, Germany), was a Swiss author, translator from Turkish, and journalist, who worked and published in Switzerland, Turkey, the United States and Germany. Life Kaufmann ...

(1886–1963), Swiss author, translator, and journalist * Michael Kaufmann (born 1964), German politician * Miranda Kaufmann (born 1982), British historian * Myron Kaufmann (1921–2010), American author * Nico Kaufmann (1916–1996), Swiss pianist and composer *

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 *

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), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or ...

of Lincoln, Delaware *

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 m ...

(1872–1939), Swiss mountain guide from Grindelwald * Peter Kaufmann (politician) (born 1947), politician and businessman in Winnipeg * Peter Kaufmann-Bohren (1886–1971), Swiss mountain guide *

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 ...

(born 1959), German film director * Richard von Kaufmann (1850–1908), German jurist and art collector * Rudolf Kaufmann (1909–1941), German palaeontologist and geologist, son of Walter (physicist) * Sören Kaufmann (born 1971), German slalom canoeist *

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 *

Stefan Kaufmann (politician) Stefan Kaufmann (born 21 August 1969 in Stuttgart) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2009 to 2021 and again from 2024 to March 2025. Early life Kaufmann was b ...

(born 1969), German Bundestag member *

Stefan H.E. Kaufmann Stefan Hugo Ernst Kaufmann (born 8 June 1948 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) is a German immunologist and microbiologist and is one of the highly cited immunologists worldwide for the decade 1990 to 2000. He is amongst the 0.01% most cited scientists ...

(born 1948), German microbiologist * Stevie Kaufmann, (1913–2004), American socialite *

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 *

Theodore Kaufmann Theodore Kaufmann (December 18, 1814 – 1896) was a German-born artist who worked mostly in the United States. Biography Theodore Kaufmann was born in Uelzen, Germany. He served for several years as a mercantile apprentice and he studied paint ...

(1814–1896), German-American painter *

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 ...

(1840–1917), Swiss mountain guide *

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 *

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 Naz ...

(1907–1984), Czech-born American ethnomusicologist *

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 e ...

(1921–1980), German philosopher *

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 sp ...

(1871–1947), German physicist * William Kaufmann (1918-2008) American nuclear strategist * William G. Kaufmann (1869–1947), American politician *

Yehezkel Kaufmann Yehezkel Kaufmann (; also: Yeḥezqêl Qâufman; Yeḥezḳel Ḳoyfman; Jehezqël Kaufmann) (1889 – 9 October 1963) was an Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar associated with the Hebrew University. His main contribution to the study o ...

(1889–1963), Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar

Given name

* Isaac Kaufmann Funk (1839–1912), American editor, lexicographer *

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 in '' The Jewish Encyclopedia'' (1906). Life and work Ka ...

(1843–1926), German-born American Bible scholar, Reform rabbi and theologian

Kauffmann

* Fritz Kauffmann (1855–1934), German composer and conductor * (1899–1078), German-Danish bacteriologist ( Kauffmann–White classification) *

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 (music), organ and voice. Biography Early life and career Georg F ...

(1679–1735), German Baroque composer * Guinevere Kauffmann (born 1968), German-American astrophysicist *

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 * Jean-Paul Kauffmann (born 1944), French journalist and writer * Lillian von Kauffmann (1920–2016), Danish businesswoman *

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 55 ye ...

(1916–2013), long-time film critic for ''The New Republic''

Kaufman

* Aaron Kaufman, American mechanic and fabricator, featured on the television show ''Fast N' Loud'' * Abraham Kaufman (1885–1971), Russian-born medical doctor, community organizer and Zionist *

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 ...

, American novelist and poet *

Alan S. Kaufman Alan S. Kaufman (born April 1944) is an American psychologist, writer, and research professor known for his work on Intelligence quotient, intelligence testing. Early life and career Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Kaufman earned ...

(born 1944), psychologist/IQ test developer * Alexis Kaufman (born 1991), birth name of American professional wrestler Alexa Bliss *

Allen Kaufman Allen Kaufman (born 1933) is an American chess master and the former Executive Director of the American Chess Foundation and Chess-in-the-Schools. Kaufman, a longtime member of the Marshall Chess Club and former president and vice-president,

(born 1933), chess professional * Alvin Ratz Kaufman (1885–1979), Canadian industrialist, philanthropist, and birth control advocate * Amie Kaufman (born 1980), an Australian author. * Andrew Kaufman (born 1968), Canadian writer *

Andy Kaufman Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman ( ; January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an American entertainer and performance artist. He has sometimes been called an "anti-humor, anti-comedian". He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was tra ...

(1949–1984), American entertainer *

Ariel Durant Ariel Durant (; May 10, 1898 – October 25, 1981) was a Ukrainian-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 ...

(born Chaya Kaufman, 1898–1981), historian and writer, wife of Will Durant *

Arnold Kaufman Arnold Saul Kaufman (14 September 1927 – 6 June 1971) was an American political philosopher. Early and personal life Kaufman was born on 14 September 1927 in Hartford, Connecticut to Louis Kaufman and Norma Grant Kaufman Gofberg. His parents were ...

(1927-1971), American political philosopher *

Bel Kaufman Bella Kaufman (May 10, 1911 – July 25, 2014) was an American teacher and author, well known for writing the bestselling 1964 novel ''Up the Down Staircase.'' Early life Bella's father, Michael Kaufman (Mikhail Y. Koyfman) and her mother, Lal ...

(1911–2014), author of ''Up the Down Staircase'' and granddaughter of Sholom Aleichem * Benjamin Kaufman (Medal of Honor) (1894–1981), World War I Medal of Honor recipient * Boris Kaufman (1906–1980), younger brother of Dziga Vertov * Brandon Kaufman (born 1990), American football player * Bruria Kaufman (1918–2010), Israeli theoretical physicist *

Charlie Kaufman Charles Stuart Kaufman (; born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist. Having first come to prominence for writing ''Being John Malkovich'' (1999), ''Adaptation (film), Adaptation'' (2002), and ''Eternal Sun ...

(born 1958), American screenwriter, producer, director, and lyricist * Dan Kaufman, special effects artist * David Kaufman (actor) (born 1961), American voice actor * David Kaufman (author), theater critic * David S. Kaufman (1813–1851), American politician, Republic of Texas State Senator * Donald Kaufman (collector) (1930–2009), American toy collector * Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman (born 1939), American politician *

Elaine Kaufman Elaine Edna Kaufman (February 10, 1929 – December 3, 2010) was a restaurateur whose Manhattan restaurant, Elaine's, attracted a following among prominent actors, writers, and other celebrities. Life and career Kaufman was born in Manhatta ...

(1929–2010), American restaurateur * George S. Kaufman (1889–1961), American playwright *

Gerald Kaufman Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman (21 June 1930 – 26 February 2017) was a British politician and author who served as a minister throughout the Labour government of 1974 to 1979. Elected as a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of parliame ...

(1930–2017), British member of parliament * Gordon D. Kaufman (1925–2011), American theologian *

Grace Kaufman Grace Kaufman (born April 29, 2002) is an American actress, known for her roles including Deema in '' Bubble Guppies'', Kate Burns in the CBS sitcom '' Man with a Plan'' (2016–2020), Bronwen in the CBS sitcom '' Bad Teacher'' (2014), Ashley C ...

(born 2002), American child actress * Harold R. Kaufman (1926–2018), American physicist, developed Kaufman ion source *

Henry Kaufman Henry Kaufman (born October 20, 1927) is president of Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc., a firm established in April 1988, specializing in economic and financial consulting, and is known by the nickname "Dr. Doom." Early life Kaufman was born on Octob ...

(born 1927), German-American economist *

Herbert Kaufman Herbert Kaufman (March 6, 1878 – September 6, 1947) was an American writer and newspaperman whose editorials were widely syndicated in both the United States and Canada. During World War I, Kaufman regularly contributed articles and editorials ...

(1878–1947) *

Irving Kaufman Irving Robert Kaufman (June 24, 1910 – February 1, 1992) was a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States Distri ...

(1910–1992), American federal judge *

Irving Kaufman (singer) Irving Kaufman (February 8, 1890 – January 3, 1976) was a prolific American early twentieth century singer, recording artist and vaudeville performer. Life and career Kaufman was born Isidore Kaufman in Syracuse, New York, the son of Russi ...

(1890–1976), American entertainer * Jacob Kaufman, (1847–1920), Canadian manufacturer and industrialist *

Jake Kaufman Jake Kaufman (born 1981; also known as virt or virtjk) is an American video game music composer. After starting out creating arrangements and remixes of video game soundtracks, he began his commercial composing career in 2000 with the score t ...

(born 1981), American video game music composer * James C. Kaufman, American psychologist * James D. Kaufman, American politician * Jane Kaufman (1938-2021), American artist * Joan Kaufman (psychologist), American child psychologist * Josh Kaufman (born 1976), American musician and winner of NBC's ''The Voice'' season 6 * Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology at Boston University *

Lloyd Kaufman Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr. (born December 30, 1945) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Alongside producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their featu ...

(born 1945) *

Louis Kaufman Louis Kaufman (May 10, 1905 – February 9, 1994) was an American violinist. He played on the soundtrack of as many as 500 movies and made over 100 musical recordings. He is also credited with reviving the music of Antonio Vivaldi with his re ...

(1905–1994), violinist * Mel Kaufman (1958–2009), football player for the Washington Redskins *

Micha Kaufman Michael Kaufman or Kauffman may refer to: * Michael Kaufman (author), promoter of the White Ribbon Campaign * Andy Kaufman's brother * Michael T. Kaufman (1938–2010), writer for the ''New York Times'' * Michael J. Kaufman, dean and law professor a ...

(born 1946), Israeli Olympic sport shooter *

Millard Kaufman Millard Kaufman (March 12, 1917 – March 14, 2009) was an American screenwriter and novelist. His works include the Academy Award-nominated '' Bad Day at Black Rock'' (1955). He was also one of the creators of Mr. Magoo. Early life Kau ...

(1917–2009), American screenwriter and novelist * Morris Kaufman, Manitoba judge *

Moisés Kaufman Moisés Kaufman (born November 21, 1963) is a Venezuelan American theater director, filmmaker, playwright, founder of Tectonic Theater Project based in New York City, and co-founder of Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre. He was awarded the ...

(born 1963), playwright and director *

Murray the K Murray Kaufman (February 14, 1922 – February 21, 1982), professionally known as Murray the K, was a New York City rock and roll impresario and disc jockey of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. During the early days of Beatlemania, he frequently referre ...

(Murray Kaufman, 1922–1982) * Nadeen L. Kaufman (born 1945), psychologist/IQ test developer *

Napoleon Kaufman Napoleon "Nip" Kaufman (born June 7, 1973) is an American former professional football player who played his entire career as a running back and kick returner for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college footb ...

(born 1973), American football player * Nikolay Kaufman (1925–2018), Bulgarian musicologist *

Philip Kaufman Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is an American film director and screenwriter who has directed fifteen films over a career spanning nearly five decades. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award along with nominations fo ...

(born 1936), film director * Philip A. Kaufman (Phil Kaufman), American engineer, namesake of the Phil Kaufman Award * Robert Kaufman (1931–1991), American screenwriter and film producer * Ruth Kaufman, British operations research specialist * Sean Kaufman (born 2000), actor * Smylie Kaufman (born 1991), professional golfer *

Steve Kaufman Steven Alan Kaufman (also known as Steve Kaufman, December 29, 1960 – February 12, 2010) was an American pop artist, fine artist, sculptor, stained glass artist, filmmaker, photographer and humanitarian. His entry into the world of serious pop ...

(1960–2010), artist *

Ted Kaufman Edward Emmett Kaufman (born March 15, 1939) is a retired American politician and businessman who served as a United States senator from Delaware from 2009 to 2010. He chaired the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Oversight of the Troubled ...

(born 1939), United States Senator from Delaware from 2009 to 2010 *

Terrence Kaufman Terrence Kaufman (1937 – March 3, 2022) was an American linguist specializing in documentation of unwritten languages, lexicography, Mesoamerican historical linguistics and language contact phenomena. He was an emeritus professor of linguistic ...

(1937–2022), linguist and professor at the University of Pittsburgh * Theodore N. Kaufman (1910–1986), businessman and writer *

Trey Kaufman-Renn Trey Kaufman-Renn (born August 19, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball, Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference. High school career Kaufman-Renn attended Silver Creek High School (In ...

(born 2002), American basketball player * Vlodko Kaufman (born 1957), Ukrainian artist *

Wendy Kaufman Wendy Kaufman is an American television personality, known for being the spokesperson for Snapple and for her two stints on ''Celebrity Fit Club''. Early life and education Kaufman was born in North Woodmere, New York, to a homemaking mother an ...

(born 1958), American television personality * William E. Kaufman (born 1938), American rabbi, philosopher * Dr. Kaufman, a villain in ''

Tomorrow Never Dies ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' is a 1997 spy film, the eighteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a screenplay ...

Kauffman

Angelica Kauffman Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann ( ; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss people, Swiss Neoclassicism, Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered prima ...

(1741–1807), Swiss-Austrian painter *

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 on July 13, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York, to LeRoy and ...

(1946–2015), American basketball player * Calvin Henry Kauffman (1869–1931), American botanist and mycologist * Claudia Kauffman, Washington State Senate (served 2007–2011) *

Craig Kauffman Craig Kauffman (March 31, 1932 – May 9, 2010) was an artist who has exhibited since 1951. Kauffman's primarily abstract paintings and wall relief sculptures are included in over 20 museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whi ...

(1932–2010), American artist *

Doug Kauffman Doug Kauffman (born September 18, 1973) is an American curling, curler from Hayward, California. At the national level, he is a two-time United States Men's Curling Championship, United States men's curling champion (2001, 2004). Kauffman picke ...

(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) *

Elizabeth Bush The Bush family is an American political family that has played a prominent role in American politics since the 1950s, foremost as the first family of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and again from 2001 to 2009, during the respective preside ...

, born ''Kauffman'' * Ewing Marion Kauffman (1916–1993), former owner of the Kansas City Royals and namesake of Kauffman Stadium * George B. Kauffman (1930–2020), American chemist * 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) * John D. Kauffman (1847–1913), Amish "sleeping preacher" * Leah Kauffman (born 1986), American actress, singer and songwriter *

Léon Kauffman Léon Kauffman (16 August 1869 – 25 March 1952)Thewes (2011), p. 75 was a Luxembourgish politician. He was prime minister of Luxembourg, serving for one year, from 18 June 1917 until 28 September 1918. Biography After studying law, in 1893 ...

(1869–1952), 12th Prime Minister of Luxembourg *

Louis Kauffman Louis Hirsch Kauffman (born February 3, 1945) is an American mathematician, mathematical physicist, and professor of mathematics in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He doe ...

(born 1945), American mathematician *

Marta Kauffman Marta Fran Kauffman (born September 21, 1956) is an American television writer and producer. She is best known for co-creating the NBC sitcom ''Friends'' with her longtime friend, David Crane; Crane and Kauffman similarly were in a friend group ...

(born 1956), TV producer and writer * Matthew Kauffman (born 1961), journalist *

Nehemiah Kauffman On October 26, 2016, Sydney Land and her boyfriend Nehemiah Kauffman were shot and killed in her apartment in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their bodies were found the next day. Initially, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (also known as Metro) annou ...

(1996–2016), American victim of unsolved shooting * Sandra Kauffman (born 1933), American politician from Missouri *

Scott Kauffman Scott L. Kauffman (born 1956) is an American business manager. He is currently chair and CEO of the advertising holding company MDC Partners. In July 1992, ''Advertising Age'' named him one of the top 100 marketers in the country and was named i ...

(born 1956), businessman *

Stuart Kauffman Stuart Alan Kauffman (born September 28, 1939) is an American medical doctor, theoretical biology, theoretical biologist, and complex systems researcher who studies the origin of life on Earth. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, Un ...

(born 1939), US theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher

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