Nachman, Nahman, or Nachmann (perhaps ''consoler'') is a

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given name and an

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surname. Compare Nahmani (Neh. 7:7),

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from the same trilateral root. The form Nachman was popular by the 4th century and shared by at least nine

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rabbis. By some Jews translated into

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as Consolo. Derived surnames include Nachmani, Nachmanovici, Nachmanoviz, Nachmanowitz, Nachmansohn, Nachmanson, Nachmanovici, Nachmanovitch, Nachmias, Nacmias, Nahmanovitch, Nahmanowitz, Nahmanson, Nahmiech, Nahmoni, Nahmuni, Nacamu, Nacamulli, Nehmuka. Notable people with the name include:

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Rav Nachman Rav Nachman bar Yaakov (; died 320) was a prominent Jewish Talmudic sage ( Amora) of the third generation, who lived in Babylonia. He is generally identified with the figure referred to simply as ''Rav Nachman'' in the Babylonian Talmud. He was ...

(d. ) *

Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak :''You might be looking for Nachman bar Huna or Nachman bar Yaakov.'' Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak (Hebrew: רב נחמן בר יצחק; died 356 CE) was a Babylonian rabbi, of the fourth and fifth generations of amoraim. It is generally accepted t ...

(d. 356) *

Nachman of Breslov Nachman of Breslov ( ''Rabbī'' ''Naḥmān mīBreslev''), also known as Rabbi Nachman of Breslev, Rabbi Nachman miBreslev, Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Reb Nachman Breslover ( ''Rebe Nakhmen Breslover''), and Nachman from Uman (April 4, 1772 – O ...

(1712-1810) *

Nachman of Horodenka Rabbi Nachman of Horodenka (approximately 1680-1765) was a Hasidic leader. At first, Rabbi Nachman was among the Talmidei Chachamim who gathered to study Torah in Brody. After experiencing a dream which he interpreted as a signal for him to go ...

(d. 1765) * Nahman Berlin (), German writer * Nachman Krochmal (1785–1840), Galician philosopher, theologian and historian *

Nachman Chazan Nachman Chazan (1813–1884) was a seminal figure in the continuation and growth of Breslov Hasidism in the mid-nineteenth century. The Breslov movement was founded by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, who died in 1810. Rebbe Nachman's closest disciple, Nat ...

(1813–1884), Ukrainian Orthodox Jew * Nachman Goldstein (died 1894), Ukrainian Orthodox rabbi *

Nachman Syrkin Nachman Syrkin (also spelled ''Nahman Syrkin'' or ''Nahum Syrkin''; ; 11 February 1868 – 6 September 1924) was a political theorist, founder of Labor Zionism and a prolific writer in the Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, German and English languages. ...

(1868–1924), Belarusian Zionist and writer *

Nachman Shlomo Greenspan Rabbi Nachman Shlomo Greenspan (; 1878 – August 1961) was a Talmudic scholar, rosh yeshiva of Etz Chaim in London, and an author of a number of Torah works.__NOTOC__ Biography Greenspan was born in the village of Lyakhovichi in the Minsk Gover ...

(1878–1961), Talmudic scholar *

Nahman Avigad Nahman Avigad (; September 25, 1905 – January 28, 1992), born in Zawalow, Galicia (then Austria-Hungary, now Zavaliv, Ukraine), was an Israeli archaeologist. Biography Avigad studied architecture in what is now the town of Brno, Czech Rep ...

(1905-1992) *

Nachman Aronszajn Nachman Aronszajn (26 July 1907 – 5 February 1980) was a Polish American mathematician. Aronszajn's main field of study was mathematical analysis, where he systematically developed the concept of reproducing kernel Hilbert space. He also contrib ...

(1907–1980), Polish-American mathematician * Nachman Dushanski (1919–2008), Lithuanian communist * Nahman Raz (1924-2015) *

Nachman Bulman Nachman Bulman (also known as Nathan Bulman, ;1925-July 6, 2002) was an American rabbi associated with Orthodox Judaism. He was born to Rabbi Meir and Etil Bulman after a blessing from the Rebbe of Ger, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter. He grew ...

(1925–2002), American rabbi * Nachman Kahana (born 1937), Israeli rabbi *

Nachman Shai Nachman Shai (; born 28 November 1946) is an Israeli journalist and politician who served as Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs. He previously served as a member of the Knesset and its Deputy Speaker, as well as the IDF spokesman. In April ...

(born 1946), Israeli journalist and politician * Nachman Ben-Yehuda (born 1948), Israeli sociologist * Nachman Wolf (1951–2022), Israeli Paralympic athlete * Nachman Fahrner (born 1972), Israeli musician *

Nachman Seltzer Nachman Seltzer (; born 1978) is an American-Israeli Haredi rabbi, author, public speaker and journalist. He is known for his work in Jewish literature, particularly focusing on biographies and inspirational stories based on real-life events. He ...

(born 1978), Orthodox Jewish writer

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* Samuel bar Nahman (3rd-4th century) *

Rabbah bar Nahmani Rabbah bar Naḥmani () (died c. 320 CE) was a Jewish Talmudist known throughout the Talmud simply as Rabbah. He was a third-generation amora of the talmudic academies in Babylonia, which were in Asoristan, the Lower Mesopotamian part of the ...

(d. ) *

Nachmanides Moses ben Nachman ( ''Mōše ben-Nāḥmān'', "Moses son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides (; ''Nakhmanídēs''), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban (; ) and by the contemporary nickname Bonastruc ça Porta (; l ...

(13th century) *

Fritz Nachmann Fritz Nachmann (born 16 August 1929) is a West German former luger who competed during the 1950s and the 1960s. He was born in Kreuth. He won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Nachm ...

(born 1929), West German luger *

Kurt Nachmann Kurt Nachmann (1915–1984) was an Austrian screenwriter and film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional med ...

(1915–1984), Austrian screenwriter and film actor * Werner Nachmann (1925 – 1988), German entrepreneur and politician *

Gerald Nachman Gerald Weil Nachman (January 13, 1938 – April 14, 2018) was an American journalist and author from San Francisco. Biography Nachman was born January 13, 1938, to Leonard Calvert Nachman, a salesman and actor in the Little Theater movement, a ...

(born 1938), American journalist and writer *

Ron Nachman Ron Nachman (; 6 August 1942 – 18 January 2013) was an Israeli politician and former Knesset member for the Likud. The founder of Ariel, one of the largest Israeli settlements in the West Bank, he was its mayor from 1985 until his death in 2013. ...

(1942–2013), Israeli politician *

Jerry Nachman Jerome A. "Jerry" Nachman (February 24, 1946 – January 19, 2004) was the editor-in-chief and vice president of MSNBC cable news network., and former editor of the ''New York Post''. Early years Nachman was born in Red Hook, Brooklyn and raise ...

(1946–2004), American journalist *

Dana Nachman Dana Nachman is an independent documentary filmmaker based in Northern California. She has written, directed, and produced six feature documentaries including the 2020 film Dear Santa and the 2018 Pick of the Litter and ''Witch Hunt'', ''The Human E ...

, American documentary filmmaker * Jim Nachman, American politician * Rod Nachman, Alabama lawyer

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*Raphael Nachman, fictional mathematician in the late stories of

Leonard Michaels Leonard Michaels (January 2, 1933 – May 10, 2003) was an American writer of short stories, novels, and essays, and a Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Early life and education Michaels was born in New York City ...

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