Lehmann is a German surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 75.3% of all bearers of the surname ''Lehmann'' were residents of

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, 6.6% of the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

, 6.3% of

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

, 3.2% of

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, 1.7% of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and 1.3% of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:Lehmann surname distribution
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Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

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Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

(1:206) * 3.

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

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Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

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Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

(1:493) In Switzerland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following cantons: * 1.

Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

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Solothurn Solothurn ( ; ; ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains. The town is ...

(1:342) * 3.

Fribourg or is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, adminis ...

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Basel-Stadt Canton of Basel-Stadt or Basel-City ( ; ; ; ) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as the capital. It is traditionally considered a " half-canton", the other half being B ...

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Thurgau Thurgau (; ; ; ), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...

(1:606)

People

* Adolf Lehmann, (1863-1937), Canadian chemist who worked in India *

Alisha Lehmann Alisha Debora Lehmann (born 21 January 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus and the Switzerland national team. She is the most followed woman footballer in the world on Instagram. Club car ...

(born 1999), Swiss Footballer * Anna Ilsabe Lehmann, wife of German poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes *

Beatrix Lehmann Beatrix Alice Lehmann (1 July 1903 – 31 July 1979) was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist. Early life and family Lehmann was born in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. She came from a family of notable achievers: the third o ...

(1903–1979), British actress *

Christina Lehmann Christina Lehmann (born 9 December 1951), née Hölzlein, from 1975 to 2005 Domsgen, is a German chess player. She is a two-time winner of the East Germany Women's Chess Championship (1970, 1971). Chess career In the 1970s Christina Lehmann was ...

(born 1951), German chess master *

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (June 14, 1934 – November 7, 2018) was an American journalist, editor of ''The New York Times Book Review'', critic, and novelist, based in New York City. He served as senior Daily Book Reviewer from 1969 to 1995. Bi ...

(1934–2018), American journalist, editor, critic and novelist *

Claire Lehmann Claire Lehmann (''née'' Jensen; born 18 July 1985) is an Australian journalist, publisher, and the founding editor of '' Quillette''. Early life and family Lehmann is the daughter of a former teacher and a speech pathologist who was raised i ...

(born 1985), Australian writer and editor of Quillette *

Danny Lehmann Daniel Joseph Lehmann (born September 5, 1985) is an American professional baseball coach and former minor league baseball catcher. He is the bench coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Career Lehmann was drafted by ...

(born 1985), American baseball coach *

Darren Lehmann Darren Scott Lehmann (born 5 February 1970) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who coached the Australian national team. He is currently head coach at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Lehmann made his ODI debut in 1996 an ...

(born 1970), Australian cricket player and coach *

Dirk Lehmann Dirk Johannes Lehmann (born 16 August 1971) is a German former professional footballer who is currently the manager of SC 1910 Ederen. Career Lehmann was born in Aachen. He made his senior debut with 1. FC Köln, and after a brief spell with L ...

(born 1971), German footballer *

Else Lehmann Else Lehmann (27 June 1866 – 6 March 1940) was a German stage actress. Early life The daughter of an insurance director, Lehmann attended a convent school and then took acting lessons with director Franz Kirschner. Her debut was in 1885 at t ...

(1866–1940), German stage actress *

Erich Leo Lehmann Erich Leo Lehmann (20 November 1917 – 12 September 2009) was a German-born American statistician, who made a major contribution to nonparametric hypothesis testing. He is one of the eponyms of the Lehmann–Scheffé theorem and of the Hodges ...

(1917–2009), American statistician * Erik E. Lehmann, (born 1963), German economist * Ernst A. Lehmann, (1886–1937), German airship pilot * Federico Carlos Lehmann (1914–1974), Colombian ornithologist * Frank Lehmann (born 1989), German footballer *

Frederick William Lehmann Frederick William Lehmann (February 28, 1853 – September 12, 1931) was an American lawyer, politician, United States Solicitor General, and rare book collector. Biography He was born February 28, 1853, in Prussia. His father, Friedrich Wil ...

(1853–1931), American Solicitor General *

Friedrich Carl Lehmann Friedrich Carl Lehmann (27 November 1850 – 23 November 1903) was a German Consul to Colombia, mining engineer, amateur botanist and mycologist, and botanical collector. Career Lehmann conducted explorations in search of specimens of flora in t ...

(1850–1903), German consul and botanical collector * Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940), Australian poet * Geoffrey D. Lehmann (1904–1994), English-born religious missionary *

Hans G. Lehmann Hans Georg Lehmann (born 1939, in Dessau, Germany) is a retired German photographer who is noted for his spy shots of prototype automobiles whilst they undergo test drive, testing stages, frequenting in locations where test sessions are likely to o ...

(born 1939), German photographer * Hans-Peter Lehmann (1934–2025), German opera and artistic director, and intendant *

Harry Lehmann Harry Lehmann (21 March 1924 in Güstrow22 November 1998 in Hamburg) was a German physicist. Known for his work on correlation functions in quantum field theory. Biography Lehmann studied physics at Rostock and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berl ...

(1924–1998), German physicist ** Lehmann–Symanzik–Zimmermann reduction formula *

Henri Lehmann Henri Lehmann (; 14 April 1814 – 30 March 1882) was a German-born French historical painter and portraitist. Life Born Heinrich Salem Lehmann in Kiel, in the Duchy of Holstein, he received his first art tuition from his father Leo Lehmann ...

(1814–1882), German artist * Henry Lehmann (1929–2000), American engineer *

Herman Lehmann Herman Lehmann (June 5, 1859 – February 2, 1932) was captured as a child by Native Americans. He lived first among the Apache and then the Comanche but returned to his Euro-American birth family later in life. He published his autobiography, ...

(1859–1932), American kidnapped by Native-Americans *

Hinrich Lehmann-Grube Hinrich Lehmann-Grube (21 December 1932 – 6 August 2017) was a German politician. He served as Mayor of Leipzig from 1990 through 1998. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was born in Königsberg (present day Kalini ...

(1932–2017), German politician *

Imogen Oona Lehmann Imogen Oona Lehmann (born 30 December 1989) is a Swiss- German curler. She is a member of the German national women's team. She is originally from Basel, Switzerland. Oona Lehmann played her junior career in her native Switzerland. In 2009, she ...

(born 1989), German curler *

Inge Lehmann Inge Lehmann (13 May 1888 – 21 February 1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist who is known for her discovery in 1936 of the solid inner core that exists within the molten outer core of the Earth. The seismic discontinuity in the sp ...

(1888–1993), Danish seismologist **

Lehmann discontinuity __NOTOC__ The Lehmann discontinuity is an abrupt increase of ''P''-wave and ''S''-wave velocities at the depth of in Earth's mantle, discovered by seismologist Inge Lehmann. It appears beneath continents, but not usually beneath oceans, a ...

Issachar Berend Lehmann Issachar Berend Lehmann, Berend Lehmann, Yissakhar Bermann Segal, Yissakhar ben Yehuda haLevi, or Berman Halberstadt (April 23, 1661 in Essen, Westphalia – July 9, 1730 in Halberstadt, Kingdom of Prussia), was a German banker, merchant, diploma ...

(1661–1730), German banker * Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann (1800–1863), German astronomer ** Lehmann (lunar crater) * Jean-Pierre Lehmann (1945–2017),economist *

Jens Lehmann Jens Gerhard Lehmann (; born 10 November 1969) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was a member of Arsenal's " Invincibles", playing every match of their unbeaten title-winning season. He holds the UEFA ...

(born 1969), German football player *

Jens Lehmann (cyclist) Jens Lehmann (born 19 December 1967) is a German politician of the CDU and a former professional cyclist and double Olympic champion. Cycling career Despite his many successes (including being part of the first team pursuit squad to break ...

(born 1967), German cyclist and politician *

Johann Georg Christian Lehmann Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (25 February 1792 – 12 February 1860) was a German botanist. Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1813 and a do ...

(1792–1860), German botanist ** Johann Gottlob Lehmann (1719–1767), German mineralogist and geologist *

John Lehmann Rudolf John Frederick Lehmann (2 June 1907 – 7 April 1987) was an English publisher, poet and man of letters. He founded the periodicals '' New Writing'' and ''The London Magazine'', and the publishing house of John Lehmann Limited. Early ...

(1907–1987), English poet *

Jörgen Lehmann Jörgen Erik Lehmann (15 January 1898 – 26 December 1989) was a Denmark, Danish-Sweden, Swedish physician and chemist best known for his discovery in the 1940s that para-amino salicylic acid (PAS) would make an excellent orally-available tub ...

(1898–1989), Danish-born Swedish chemist * J. F. Lehmann (1864–1935), promoter of social psychiatry during the Third Reich * Justus F. Lehmann (1921–2006), German-American psychiatrist *

Karl Bernhard Lehmann Karl Bernhard Lehmann (27 September 1858 – 28 January 1940) was a German hygienist and bacteriologist born in Zurich. He was a brother to publisher Julius Friedrich Lehmann (1864–1935). Lehmann studied medicine at the University of M ...

(1858–1940), German microbiologist * Karl Lehmann (1936–2018), German bishop and cardinal * Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann (1894–1960), American art historian and archeologist * Kevin K. Lehmann (born 1955), American chemist * Laura Lehmann (born 1994), Filipino actress, TV host, model and beauty queen *

Lilli Lehmann Lilli Lehmann (born Elisabeth Maria Lehmann, later Elisabeth Maria Lehmann-Kalisch; 24 November 1848 – 17 May 1929) was a German operatic dramatic coloratura soprano. She was also a voice teacher and animal welfare advocate. Biography The fu ...

(1848–1929), German soprano and voice coach, sister of Marie * Liza Lehmann (1862–1918), English operatic soprano and composer *

Lotte Lehmann Charlotte "Lotte" Pauline Sophie Lehmann (February 27, 1888 – August 26, 1976) was a German-American dramatic soprano noted for her successful performances with international opera houses, on the recital stage and in teaching.She gave memorable ...

(1888–1976), German singer *

Marie Lehmann (soprano) Marie Lehmann (15 May 1851 – 19 December 1931) was a German operatic soprano. She had a coloratura soprano voice, but also appeared in Wagner's stage works, including the first complete performance of ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' at the inaugur ...

(1851–1931), German soprano and voice teacher, sister of Lilli *

Marcus Lehmann Marcus or Meyer Lehmann or Meir Lehmann (29 December 1831 – 14 April 1890) was a leading German Orthodox rabbi and author. Rabbinical career After graduating from the gymnasium, Lehmann studied in Halberstadt under Rabbi Azriel Hildesheim ...

(1831–1890), German Rabbi and author *

Michael Lehmann Michael Stephen Lehmann (born March 30, 1957) is an American film and television director known for directing the dark comedy '' Heathers''. Early life and education In 1978, Lehmann graduated from Columbia University.

(born 1957), film and television director *

Olga Lehmann Olga Lehmann (10 February 1912 – 26 October 2001) was a British visual arts, visual artist. Early life Born in San Felipe de Aconcagua Province, Catemu, Chile, to Mary Grisel Lehmann (née Bissett) and mining engineer Andrew William Lehm ...

(1912–2001), English artist and film designer *

Orla Lehmann Peter Martin Orla Lehmann (15 May 1810 – 13 September 1870) was a Danish statesman, a key figure in the development of Denmark's parliamentary government. Early life and education He was born in Copenhagen, son of (1775–1856), assessor ...

(1810–1870), Danish statesman *

Otto Lehmann (physicist) Otto Lehmann (13 January 1855 in Konstanz, Germany – 17 June 1922 in Karlsruhe) was a German physicist and "father" of liquid crystal. Life Otto was the son of Franz Xavier Lehmann, a mathematics teacher in the Baden-Wurtemberg school system, w ...

(1855–1922), German physicist *

Otto Lehmann (movie producer) Otto Lehmann (22 January 1889 in Berlin – 28 April 1968 in Munich ) was a German movie producer. Career Lehmann studied to be a teacher at the Lutheran seminary in Neuzelle. Upon graduation, he taught at primary and middle schools. 1925 Bor ...

(1889–1968), German movie producer * Peter Lehmann (winemaker) (1930–2013), Australian vintner *

Peter Lehmann (author) Peter Lehmann (born 1950 in Calw, Black Forest, West Germany), D. Phil. h.c., is an author, social scientist, publisher, and an independent freelance activist in humanistic anti-psychiatry, living in Berlin, Germany. In 1986, he founded Peter Le ...

(born 1950), German author and publisher *

Rosamond Lehmann Rosamond Nina Lehmann (3 February 1901 – 12 March 1990) was an English novelist and translator. Her first novel, '' Dusty Answer'' (1927), was a ''succès de scandale''; she subsequently became established in the literary world, and intimat ...

(1901–1990), British novelist *

R. C. Lehmann Rudolph Chambers Lehmann (3 January 1856 – 22 January 1929) was an English writer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910. As a writer he was best known for three decades in which he was a major contribu ...

(1856–1929), English writer, politician, humourist, and former editor of Punch magazine; father of Beatrix, Rosamond and John *

Rudolf Lehmann (artist) Wilhelm August Rudolf Lehmann (19 August 1819, near Hamburg – 27 October 1905, in Bushey) was a German-born British portraitist and author. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1866. Life Lehmann was born in Ottensen (now part of Hamburg) in t ...

, (1819–1905), German-English portraitist and author * Stephan Lehmann (born 1963), Swiss football player * Sven Lehmann (politician) (born 1979), German politician *

Sylvia Lehmann Sylvia Lehmann (born 23 April 1954) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg since 2019. Political career Between 2004 and 2019 Lehmann was a me ...

(born 1954), German politician * Tommy Lehmann (born 1964), Swedish ice hockey player *

Willi Lehmann Willi (Willy) Lehmann (15 March 1884 – 13 December 1942) was a police official and Soviet agent in Nazi Germany. Lehmann was a criminal inspector and SS-'' Hauptsturmführer'' (captain), alias Agent A-201/Breitenbach. During World War II ...

(1884–1942), German police official and spy for the Soviets *

Winfred P. Lehmann Winfred Philip Lehmann (June 23, 1916August 1, 2007) was an American linguist who specialized in historical, Germanic, and Indo-European linguistics. He was for many years a professor and head of departments for linguistics at the University o ...

(1916–2007), American linguist

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