The Neumann family (also spelled von Neumann) is a Jewish family that was elevated to the ranks of nobility in

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History

In 1830

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Francis II and I (; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II from 1792 to 1806, and the first Emperor of Austria as Francis I from 1804 to 1835. He was also King of Hungary, List of rulers of Croatia, Croa ...

created the title Baron of Neumann for Philipp von Neumann. In 1913

Franz Joseph I of Austria Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( ; ; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the Grand title of the emperor of Austria, other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death ...

elevated three branches of the family to noble rank. One branch of the family, von Neumann de Végvár, were elevated to the rank of

baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than ...

. The first three members of the family to be created Barons of Végvár were Adolf and Dániel Neumann. Later that year Franz Joseph I elevated Miksa von Neumann to the

landed nobility Landed nobility or landed aristocracy is a category of nobility in the history of various countries, for which landownership was part of their noble privileges. The landed nobility show noblesse oblige, they have duty to fulfill their social resp ...

. This branch was given the nobiliary particle and style von Neymann de Margitta. Another branch of the family Neumann von Héthárs were granted the rank of hereditary knight by the emperor.

Notable family members

* Baron Philipp von Neumann (1781–1851), diplomat * Heinrich Neumann Ritter von Héthárs (1873–1939), otorhinolaryngologist *

John von Neumann John von Neumann ( ; ; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and engineer. Von Neumann had perhaps the widest coverage of any mathematician of his time, in ...

(1903–1957), mathematician * Klara Dan von Neumann (1911–1963), computer scientist *

Angela von Neumann Angela von Neumann Ulbricht (1928–2010) was a German American artist from Wisconsin who lived much of her life in Majorca. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, where she met her husband, but had strong ties to her native Milwaukee ...

(1928–2010), artist * Marina von Neumann Whitman (1935–2025), economist * Frederick Bernard de Neumann (1943–2018), mathematician *

(1921-2003), race car driver and entrepreneur

Sources

* Béla Kempelen: Magyar nemes családok (VII. kötet) * János Gudenus: A magyarországi főnemesség XX. századi genealógiája Austrian noble families Hungarian noble families Jewish-Hungarian families Von Neumann family