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Bergman Bergman is a surname of German, Swedish, Dutch and Yiddish origin meaning 'mountain man', or sometimes (only in German) 'miner'.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=bergmann People *Alan Bergman (born 1925), American songwriter *Alan Berg ...

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, Germany and the Netherlands. The surname may refer to: * Art Bergmann (born 1953), Canadian rock singer-songwriter * Carl Bergmann, (1814–1865) German anatomist, physiologist and biologist who developed the

Bergmann's rule Bergmann's rule is an ecogeographical rule that states that within a broadly distributed taxonomic clade, populations and species of larger size are found in colder environments, while populations and species of smaller size are found in warmer ...

* Carl Bergmann (1821–1876), German-American cellist and conductor * Carl Bergmann (1874–1935), German secretary of state *

Daniel Bergmann Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

(born 1962), Czech filmmaker and media mogul (son of Pavel) *

Eirikur Bergmann Eirikur Bergmann (Eiríkur Bergmann Einarsson) (born 6 February 1969) is an Icelandic academic and writer. He is author of nine academic books and three novels. Early life and education Eirikur Bergmann was born in Reykjavík in 1969 and stud ...

(born 1969), Icelandic writer and professor of political science * Ernst Bergmann (1881–1945), German philosopher and proponent of Nazism * Ernst David Bergmann (1903–1975), Israeli nuclear scientist and chemist who found a nuclear program (brother of Theodor, the agronomist) * Ernst von Bergmann (1836–1907), Baltic German surgeon who introduced principles of

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Frithjof Bergmann Frithjof Harold Bergmann (24 December 1930 – 23 May 2021) was a German professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, where he taught courses on existentialism, continental philosophy, Hegel, and Marx. He was known for the concept of N ...

(1930–2021), German philosophy professor * Gretel Bergmann (1914–2017), Jewish athlete who competed as a

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er in Germany during the 1930s *

Heinrich Bergmann Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...

(?–?), head of the Criminal Division of the German

Kripo ''Kriminalpolizei'' (, "criminal police") is the standard term for the criminal investigation agency within the police forces of Germany, Austria, and the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland. In Nazi Germany, the Kripo was the criminal polic ...

in German-occupied Estonia *

Franz Xaver Bergmann Franz Xavier Bergman(n) (July 27, 1861 – January 1, 1936) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronzes, Oriental, erotic, and animal figures, the latter often humanized or whimsical, humorous objet ...

(1861–1936), Austrian foundry owner *

Hugo Bergmann Hugo Bergmann (Hebrew: שמואל הוגו ברגמן; December 25, 1883 – June 18, 1975) was an Israeli philosopher, born in Prague. Biography Hugo Samuel Bergmann was born and raised in Prague, Austria-Hungary. He was a member of the Pragu ...

(1883–1975), German-Israeli Jewish philosopher (father of Martin S.) *

Gustav Bergmann Gustav Bergmann (May 4, 1906 – April 21, 1987) was an Austrian-born American philosopher. He studied at the University of Vienna and was a member of the Vienna Circle. Bergmann was influenced by the philosophers Moritz Schlick, Friedrich W ...

(1906–1987), Austrian-born American philosopher *

Jason Bergmann Jason Christopher Bergmann (born September 25, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was born in Neptune Township, New Jersey, and grew up in Manalapan Township, New Jersey where he played high school baseball at Manalapan ...

(born 1981), American baseball player * Júlia Bergmann (born 2001), German-Brazilian volleyball player *

Juliette Bergmann Juliette Bergmann (previously Meijer) (born November 30, 1958) is a Dutch female bodybuilding champion. Early years and education Bergmann (born Juliette Maria Suzanna Bergmann) was born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands, from a Dutch mother and a ...

(born 1958), Dutch bodybuilder *

Martin S. Bergmann Martin S. Bergmann (February 15, 1913 – January 22, 2014) was a clinical professor of psychology of the New York University post-doctoral program where he taught the course on the history of psychoanalysis. He was a major voice in the post-Fre ...

(1913–2014), American psychoanalyst (son of Hugo) *

Michael Bergmann Michael Bergmann is an American writer, director, and producer. Biography Michael Bergmann graduated with a B.A. in Latin from Columbia University in 1975 and studied film concurrently at N.Y.U. Undergraduate Film School. He went on to study a ...

, American filmmaker (grandson of Hugo) *

Pavel Bergmann Pavel Bergmann (14 February 1930, in Prague – 17 April 2005, in Prague) was a Czech historian, philosopher, a signatory of the Charter 77 manifesto, and a founding member of the Civic Forum. Early life Pavel Bergmann was born in Prague, Czech ...

(1930–2005), Czech philosopher & historian, signatory of Charter 77 (father of Daniel and nephew of Hugo) * Peter Bergmann (?–2009), alias used by an unidentified German-speaking man who died under mysterious circumstances * Peter Gabriel Bergmann (1915–2002), German-American physicist *

Ralph Bergmann Ralph Bergmann (born May 26, 1970 in Ruit auf den Fildern, Baden-Württemberg) is a volleyball player from Germany, who played for the National Team in the 2000s. He played as a middle-blocker. Honours *2001 FIVB World League — 13th place ...

(born 1970), German volleyball player *

Sabine Bergmann-Pohl Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (née Schulz; ; born 20 April 1946) is a German doctor and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), she was president of the People's Chamber of East Germany from April to October 1990. Durin ...

(born 1946), German conservative politician who served as the last head of state of the German Democratic Republic *

Stefan Bergmann Stefan Bergman (5 May 1895 – 6 June 1977) was a Congress Poland-born American mathematician whose primary work was in complex analysis. His name is also written Bergmann; he dropped the second "n" when he came to the U. S. He is best known for ...

(1895–1977), mathematician *

Thaisa Storchi Bergmann Thaisa Storchi Bergmann (born 19 December 1955) is a Brazilian astrophysicist working at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. She won the Women in Science Award in 2015 for her work on supermassive black holes. ...

(born 1955), leading Brazilian astrophysicist * Theodor Bergmann (1850–1931), German businessman and industrialist * Theodor Bergmann (1916–2017), German agronomist and published author (brother of Ernst David) * Theodor Bergmann (born 1996), German footballer *

Walter Bergmann Walter Bergmann may refer to: * (1864–1950), German infantry general * Walter Bergmann (1902–1988), German-born harpsichord and recorder player and music editor * Walter Bergman (born Walter Bergmann, 1913–1986), South African numismatist *Wal ...

(1902–1988), German composer and musician

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