Shulman is an

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

Jewish surname that literally means "

shul A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...

- man". A shul is another name for a synagogue, a Jewish house of worship, and the name was usually given to the head of the synagogue or the synagogue's

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

. It can also appear as a result of double transliteration, to and from the Cyrillic alphabet, of the German surname " Schulmann".

Notable people

* Alexandra Shulman, editor of '' British Vogue'' *

Andrew Shulman Andrew Shulman (born 1960 in London, England) is an English virtuoso cellist, conductor and composer. He is currently the principal cellist of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and maintains his cello studio at the University of Southern Californ ...

, English cellist and conductor *

Barry Shulman Barry Shulman (born May 8, 1946) is an American poker player who has enjoyed success in competitive poker tournaments over the past 15 years, and is the CEO of CardPlayer Magazine. Life and career Shulman was born in Seattle, Washington. He be ...

, American poker player and CEO of the magazine ''Card Player'' *

Claire Shulman Claire Shulman (née Kantoff; February 23, 1926August 16, 2020) was an American politician and registered nurse from New York City. She served as director of community boards and deputy president of Queens Borough, before becoming interim boro ...

, American politician * Daniel Shulman (disambiguation), several people * David Shulman, American lexicographer *

Derek Shulman Derek Victor Shulman (born 11 February 1947) is a Scottish musician and singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record executive. From 1970 to 1980, he was lead vocalist for the band Gentle Giant. Career Born in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland, Shul ...

, Scottish musician * Douglas H. Shulman, Commissioner of the

IRS The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory tax ...

Eli Baruch Shulman Rabbi Eli Baruch Shulman (born October 1959) is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University's affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and a lecturer at its Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies (MYP), where he holds the Rab ...

rosh yeshiva Rosh yeshiva ( he, ראש ישיבה, pl. he, ראשי ישיבה, '; Anglicized pl. ''rosh yeshivas'') is the title given to the dean of a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primar ...

at RIETS *

Eliezer Shulman Eliezer Shulman (Hebrew אליעזר שולמן; July 11, 1923, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Romania – January 3, 2006 Tevet 5766 Bat Yam, Israel) was a biblical scholar and historian. He wrote in Hebrew. Shulman was born in the German-Jewish town Ta ...

, biblical scholar and historian *

Ekaterina Schulmann Ekaterina Mikhailovna Schulmann (russian: Екатерина Михайловна Шульман, ; ); born 19 August 1978) is a Russian political science, political scientist specializing in legislative processes. Schulmann is an associate profe ...

, Russian political scientist * Eyal Shulman (born 1987), Israeli basketball player * Harry Shulman, dean of Yale Law School, 1954-55 * Irving Shulman, American author and screenwriter *

Jack Shulman Jacob (Jack) Shulman, (1914–1999), was an American anti-Revisionist Communist activist who fought in the Spanish Civil War and later moved to the People's Republic of China. Background Jacob Schulman was born and raised in Rochester, New York ...

, American communist activist *

Jeff Shulman Jeff Shulman (born February 18, 1975) is the editor of ''Card Player Magazine'', and an American poker player with a record of success in tournament play, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the son of Jan Shulman and Barry Shulman. Shulman's fath ...

, poker player and editor of ''Card Player'' magazine *

John Shulman John Shulman (born June 28, 1966) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Central Arkansas. He previously served as the head coach at the University of Alabama, Huntsville. He is a former head varsity ...

, basketball coach *

Julius Shulman Julius Shulman (October 10, 1910 – July 15, 2009) was an American architectural photographer best known for his photograph " Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, 1960. Pierre Koenig, Architect." The house is also known as the Stahl House. Shulman ...

, American photographer *

Lawrence Shulman Lawrence Shulman (born May 17, 1937) is the former Dean of the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. His scholarship covers these subfields of social work: group work, supervision, child welfare Child protection is the saf ...

, dean of the University at Buffalo *

Lee Shulman Lee S. Shulman (born September 28, 1938) is an American educational psychologist and reformer. He has made notable contributions to the study of teaching, assessment of teaching, and the fields of medicine, science, and mathematics. Backgroun ...

, American educational psychologist *

Mark Shulman (author) Mark Shulman (born April 1, 1962) is an American children's author, born in Rochester, New York, and has written more than 200 books. He is the founder of Oomf, Inc, a book production company. His debut novel, ''Scrawl'', edited by Neal Porter ...

, American author and publisher *

Mark Shulman (rugby league) Mark Shulman (2 April 1951 – 12 February 2022) was an Australian rugby league footballer. Career A Ramsgate United junior, he debuted for St. George Dragons in 1971, but for much of his career he was the understudy of club legend Billy Smit ...

, Australian rugby player *

Marshall D. Shulman Marshall Darrow Shulman (1916 - June 21, 2007) was an American diplomat, scholar of Soviet studies and the founding director of Harriman Institute, W. Averell Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union at Columbia University. Born i ...

, American diplomat * Max Shulman, American writer and humorist *

Michael Shulman (actor) Michael Shulman is a Tony Award-winning American film, stage, television actor and producer. Shulman is the founder of Sand & Snow Entertainment, a company formed in 2021, dedicated to artist-driven work that stirs conversation, especially in yo ...

(born 1981), American actor *

Michael Shulman (mathematician) Michael "Mike" Shulman (; born 1980) is an American associate professor of mathematics at the University of San Diego who works in category theory and higher category theory, homotopy theory, logic as applied to set theory, and computer scienc ...

(born 1980), American mathematician *

Michael Shulman (writer) Michael Shulman (born April 28, 1973) is an American writer, artist, and pop culture expert, residing in Las Vegas, Nevada. Early life and family Shulman was born in Seattle, Washington to Jan Shulman, an artist, and Barry Shulman, CEO of ...

(born 1973), American writer * Milton Shulman, Canadian writer and broadcaster *

Morton Shulman Morton Shulman (25 April 1925 – 18 August 2000) was a Canadian politician, businessman, broadcaster, columnist, coroner, and physician. He was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1925 to a Jewish family. He first came to fame as Ontario's Chief Coron ...

, Canadian politician * Naphtali Herz Shulman (died ), Russian Hebrew writer * Neville Shulman, English mountaineer and personal consultant to filmmaker

Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades thr ...

Nicola Shulman Nicola Shulman Phipps Marchioness of Normanby (born 1960), is a British biographer, former model, and aristocrat. After her marriage in 1990 she has been known as Nicola Phipps, Marchioness of Normanby. Early life Nicola Shulman was born into a ...

, English biographer *

Phil Shulman Philip Arthur Shulman (born 27 August 1937, The Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland), is a Scottish musician who was a member of the progressive rock group Gentle Giant from 1970 to 1973 and performed on their albums ''Gentle Giant'', ''Acquiring the Taste' ...

, Scottish musician *

Ray Shulman Raymond Shulman (born 8 December 1949) is a Scottish musician, and the youngest of three brothers in progressive rock band Gentle Giant. Shulman was born in Portsmouth. His father was a trumpet player in a jazz band, and that was the first inst ...

, English musician *

Robert G. Shulman Robert Gerson Shulman (born March 3, 1924) is an American biophysicist and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and a senior research scientist at the Department Diagnostic Radiology at Yale University. Early life ...

, American biophysicist *Yaniv Shulman, member of Israeli ambient music group Shulman * Yury Shulman, Belarusian chess grandmaster

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