Altman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert L. Altman (1853–1903), Irish entrepreneur *

Benjamin Altman Benjamin Altman (July 12, 1840 – October 7, 1913) was a New York City department store owner and art collector who is best known today for his large art collection, which he donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Life and career Benjami ...

(1840–1913), American retailer, founder of B. Altman & Co. and art collector * David R. Altman (1915–2000), American advertising executive *

Dennis Altman Dennis Patkin Altman (born 16 August 1943) is an Australian academic and gay rights activist. Early childhood Altman was born in Sydney, New South Wales to Jewish immigrant parents, and spent most of his childhood in Hobart, Tasmania. Educa ...

(born 1943), Australian academic and pioneering gay rights activist *

Doug Altman Douglas Graham Altman FMedSci (12 July 1948 – 3 June 2018) was an English statistician best known for his work on improving the reliability and reporting of medical research and for highly cited papers on statistical methodology. He was profe ...

(1948–2018), English statistician *

Edith Altman Edith Altman (23 May 1931 in Altenburg) is a German Jewish-American artist. She emigrated from Germany to the United States at a young age. Her work investigates the lowest and the highest levels of any hierarchy. She explores systems (government ...

(born 1931), German-American artist *

Edward I. Altman Edward I. Altman (born June 5, 1941) is a Professor of Finance, Emeritus, at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is best known for the development of the Altman Z-score for predicting bankruptcy which he published in 1968. Profe ...

, (born 1941), American professor of finance, creator of Altman Z-score bankruptcy prediction model *

Georges Altman Georges Altman (21 May 1901 – 1960) was a French journalist and resistance fighter. During the Second World War he was involved in the Franc-Tireur organisation. Post-war, he was involved in setting up the left-wing party '' Rassemblement dém ...

(1901–1960), French journalist and resistance fighter * Hannah Altman (born 1995), American photographer * Howard Altman (born 1960), American journalist *

Ida Altman Ida Louise Altman (born 1950) is an American historian of early modern Spain and Latin America. Her book ''Emigrants and Society: Extremadura and Spanish America in the Sixteenth Century'' received the 1990 Herbert E. Bolton Prize of the Confere ...

(born 1950), American historian *

Jeff Altman Jeff Altman (born August 13, 1951) is an American stand-up comedian and actor who has appeared as a guest on ''Late Night with David Letterman'' and ''Late Show with David Letterman'' a combined 45 times. Altman mesmerized contemporaries like Davi ...

(born 1951), American comedian * John Altman (disambiguation), several people *

Joseph Altman Joseph Altman (1925 – 2016) was an American biologist who worked in the field of neurobiology. First years Born in Hungary to a Jewish family, he survived The Holocaust and migrated with his family via Germany and Australia to the United Sta ...

(1925–2016), American neuroscientist and biologist who discovered adult neurogenesis in the 1960s * Jurate Kristina Kazickas-Altman (born 1943), Lithuanian American journalist *

Koby Altman Koby Altman (born September 16, 1982) is the President of Basketball Operations of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Early life Altman was raised in Brooklyn, New York. Altman received his bachelor's degree at ...

(born 1982/1983), American basketball executive *

Kyle Altman Kyle Marten Altman (born January 31, 1986) is an American former soccer player, who last played for Minnesota United FC in the North American Soccer League. He was the 2003 New Mexico High School Coaches Association's Class 4A boys' soccer pla ...

(born 1986), American soccer player *

Mark A. Altman Mark A. Altman is a writer, producer and actor. He is a former Los Angeles bureau chief for Cinefantastique magazine and was also a previous editor in chief of Sci-Fi Universe magazine. He has also been a writer for comic books. Credits Film ...

, writer, producer and actor *

Mike Altman Michael Altman (born August 21, 1975) is an American lightweight rowing, lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the July 2008 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim with the lightweight men's Eight (rowing), eight. At the August Rowing at th ...

(born 1975), American rower *

Mike Altman (lyricist) "Suicide Is Painless" (or "Song from M*A*S*H") is a song written by Johnny Mandel (music) and Michael Altman (lyrics) for the 1970 film ''M*A*S*H''. In addition to being performed by characters in the film, it plays during the title sequence as ...

(born 1955), American songwriter *

Mitch Altman Mitch Altman (born December 22, 1956) is a Berlin-based hacker and inventor, best known for inventing TV-B-Gone, as featured speaker at hacker conferences, as international expert on the hackerspace movement, and for teaching introductory electr ...

(born 1956), American hacker and inventor * Moyshe Altman (1890–1981), Russian Yiddish writer *

Naomi Altman Naomi Altman is a statistician known for her work on kernel smoothing and kernel regression, and interested in applications of statistics to gene expression and genomics. She is a professor of statistics at Pennsylvania State University, and a re ...

, Canadian-American statistician *

Nathan Altman Nathan Isaiovych Altman (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: , transliterated: ''Natan Isaiovych Altman''; – December 12, 1970) was a Russian, Soviet and Ukrainian artist, Cubist Painting, painter, stage designer and book illustrator. Early life ...

(1889–1970), Russian painter *

Phyllis Altman Phyllis Altman (25 September 1919 – 18 September 1999) was a trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Altman was an employee of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). She was also the general secretary of the Inter ...

(1919–1999), South African trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist * Ray H. Altman (born 1943), American politician from Kentucky *

Roger Altman Roger Charles Altman (born April 2, 1946) is an American investment banker, the founder and senior chairman of Evercore, and a former Democratic politician. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Carter administration from Jan ...

(born 1946), founder of Evercore Partners and former U.S. Deputy treasury secretary *

Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New H ...

(1925–2006), American film director *

Robert A. Altman Robert Alan Altman (February 23, 1947February 3, 2021) was an American lawyer and video game executive. He worked as a lawyer in Washington, D.C. and was involved in a scandal surrounding the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. In 1999, ...

(1947–2021), American lawyer involved in Bank of Credit and Commerce International scandal *

Sam Altman Samuel H. Altman ( ; born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and blogger. He is the CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y Combinator. Early life and education Altman grew up in St. Louis, Missouri; his mothe ...

(born 1985), American entrepreneur, investor, programmer; president of Y Combinator *

Scott Altman Scott Douglas "Scooter" Altman (born August 15, 1959) is a retired United States Navy Captain and naval aviator, engineer, test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. His fourth mission on STS-125 was ...

(born 1959), American astronaut *

Sean Altman Sean Altman (born May 9, 1961) is an American musician and songwriter. He is a founder and former lead singer (tenor) of the a capella musical group Rockapella and a pioneer of the modern a cappella movement. He was a member of Rockapella from ...

(born 1961), American musician and songwriter (Rockapella) *

Semen Altman Semen Yosypovych Altman ( ua, Семен Йосипович Альтман, born 21 April 1946 in Chuhuiv) is a Ukrainian football coach and former goalkeeper. He is of Jewish ancestry. Semen's son, Hennadiy Altman is also a goalkeeper and has ...

(born 1946), Ukrainian football coach *

Sidney Altman Sidney Altman (May 7, 1939 – April 5, 2022) was a Canadian-American molecular biologist, who was the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989, he shared the Nobel Prize in ...

(1939–2022), Canadian biologist *

Stuart Altman Stuart H. Altman (born August 8, 1937) is an American economist whose research interests are primarily in the area of federal and state health policy. He is the Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at Brandeis University, in the ...

(born 1937), American Health-care economist *

Tosia Altman Tosia Altman ( he, טוסיה אלטמן) (24 August 1919 – 26 May 1943) was a courier and smuggler for Hashomer Hatzair and the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB) during the German occupation of Poland and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. ...

(1918–1943), Polish Jewish resistance fighter

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