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Abba Berman Abba Mordechai Berman (1919–2005) was a Talmudist and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Iyun HaTalmud. Early life Abba Berman was born on Tu BiShvat 5679 (1919) in Łódź, Poland to Shaul Yosef Berman, rosh yeshiva of Toras Chesed in Lodz and a stu ...

(1919–2005), Polish-Israeli Rosh Yeshiva *

Adolf Berman Adolf Avraham Berman (, 17 October 1906 – 3 February 1978) was a Polish-Israeli activist and communist politician. Biography Born in Warsaw in the Russian Empire (today in Poland), the younger brother of Jakub Berman. Berman attended the Unive ...

(1906–1978), Polish-Israeli activist and politician *

Ahmet Berman Ahmet Berman (1 January 1932 - 17 December 1980) was a Turkish footballer who played for Turkey in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Beşiktaş and Galatasaray. He died on December 17, 1980, and was laid to rest at the Feriköy Cemete ...

(1932–1980), Turkish football player *

Alan Berman Alan Lee Berman (born July 10, 1943) also known as Lanny Berman, is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist. He is an adjunct professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Berman was form ...

(born 1943), American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist *

Alexander Johan Berman Ds. Alexander Johan Berman (17 September 1828 in Zierikzee–14 February 1886 in Amsterdam) was the Dutch Reformed minister of Watergang. As an author, he wrote literary criticism, and, in his younger years, poetry. He published an anthology with ...

(1828–1886), Dutch minister and literary critic * (1964-2017), Russian manager, whose work is connected with the oil and gas industry * Amy Berman (born 1954), circuit judge * (born 1963), American composer, multimedia artist, and music educator *

Antoine Berman Antoine Berman (; 24 June 1942 – 22 November 1991) was a French translator, philosopher, historian and theorist of translation. Life Antoine Berman was born in the small town of Argenton-sur-Creuse, near Limoges, to a Polish-Jewish father and ...

(1942–1991), French translator and theorist of translation * Arthur L. Berman (1935–2020), American lawyer and former Illinois state Representative *

Bart Berman Bart Berman ( he, ברט ברמן; born 29 December 1938) is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th-century music. Career Bart Berman studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at a predecessor ...

(born 1938), Dutch-Israeli pianist * (1938–2002), Israeli singer and composer *

Bob Berman Robert Berman, known as Bob Berman, is an American astronomer, author, and science popularizer. He runs Overlook Observatory in Woodstock, New York, USA. He was an adjunct professor of astronomy at New York’s Marymount College located in Wes ...

, American astronomer * Boris Berman (born 1948), Russian-Israeli-American pianist * Boris Berman (born 1948), Soviet and Russian journalist and broadcaster * Boris Davydovich Berman (1901–1939), Worker of the USSR State Security officials, Commissioner of Public Security the third rank * (1897–1938), activist of the CPSU (b), 2nd secretary of the Sverdlovsk regional committee of the CPSU (b) * Brian Berman, American family physician *

Bruce Berman Bruce Berman (born April 25, 1952) is an American film industry executive and executive producer. He is the chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures, a position he has held from 1997 to 2021. His credits as an executive producer include ''A ...

(born 1952), American film producer *

Chris Berman Christopher James Berman (born May 10, 1955), nicknamed "Boomer", is an American sportscaster. He has been an anchor for '' SportsCenter'' on ESPN since 1979, joining a month after its initial launch, and hosted the network's '' Sunday NFL Coun ...

(born 1955), American sportscaster * (born 1937), Soviet and Russian biologist * David Berman (1967–2019), American poet and vocalist * David Berman, Canadian graphic designer * David Berman (1903–1957), American mobster *

Debbie Berman Debbie Berman is a South African film and television editor. She is best known for her editing work on multiple movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including '' Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Panther,'' and ''Captain Marvel''. Life and ca ...

, South African film and television editor *

Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein Dianne may refer to: People *Dianne Brushett * Dianne Buswell *Dianne Byrum *Dianne Chandler *Dianne Cunningham *Dianne de Leeuw *Dianne Feinstein * Dianne van Giersbergen, Dutch singer *Dianne Haskett *Dianne Heatherington *Dianne Holum *Dianne Ja ...

(born 1933), American politician * (born 1946), Israeli psychologist * (born 1979), Israeli singer, songwriter, and composer *

Eugène Berman Eugène Berman (russian: Евгений Густавович Берман, links=no; 4 November 1899, Saint Petersburg, Russia – 14 December 1972, Rome) and his brother Leonid Berman (1896 – 1976) were Russian Neo-romantic painters and the ...

(1899–1972), Russian painter * (1932–2001), Russian theater director, teacher, playwright. *

Franklin Berman Sir Franklin Delow Berman, (born 23 December 1939) is a British barrister and leading authority in international law. He was Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1991 to 1999. Background and education Berman was born in So ...

(born 1939), British barrister, judge, and arbitrator *

Gail Berman Gail Berman (born August 17, 1956) is an American producer and television executive. She is co-owner and founding partner of The Jackal Group, a production entity formed in partnership with Fox Networks Group. The Jackal Group develops and produc ...

(born 1956), American manager in the movie industry *

Geoffrey Berman Geoffrey Steven Berman (born September 12, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020. Berman served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern Dis ...

(born 1959), a United States Attorney * Harold J. Berman (1918–2007), American professor of law *

Harris Berman Harris A. Berman (1937/8 – October 30, 2021) was an American physician and was the dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine. Early life and education Born in Concord, New Hampshire, Berman completed his undergraduate education at Harva ...

(c.1938–2021), American physician * (1902–1944), American mineralogist *

Helen Berman Helen Berman ( he, הלן ברמן; born 6 April 1936) is a Dutch-Israeli visual artist. She was a textile designer in the 1960s and has been a painter and occasionally an art educator since the 1970s. She is well known in Israel and has exhi ...

(born 1936), Dutch-Israeli painter *

Helen M. Berman Helen Miriam Berman is a Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University and a former director of the RCSB Protein Data Bank (one of the member organizations of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank). A structural b ...

(born 1943), American chemistry professor *

Henry Berman Henry Berman (January 1, 1914 – June 12, 1979) was an American film editor for RKO and a film producer for MGM. Early life Henry Berman was born to a Jewish family in Newcastle, Pennsylvania in 1914. His father Henry (Harry) Berman, was genera ...

(1914–1979), American film editor *

Howard Berman Howard Lawrence Berman (born April 15, 1941) is an American attorney and retired politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 26th congressional ...

(born 1941), American politician *

Ilan Berman Ilan I. Berman (born December 23, 1975) is an American lawyer and educator. He is the Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council, a non-profit U.S. foreign policy think tank in Washington, DC. He focuses on regional security in the M ...

(born 1975), Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council * Iosif Berman (1892–1941), Romanian photographer, and journalist *

Jakov Berman Jakov Alexandrovich Berman (Russian: Я́ков Алекса́ндрович Берма́н; 15 January 1868 – 1933) was a Russian philosopher and political theorist linked to Russian Machism and pragmatism. In 1908 he published ''Dialectics in ...

(1868–1933), Russian philosopher *

Jakub Berman Jakub Berman (23 December 1901 – 10 April 1984) was a Polish communist politician. Was born in Jewish family, son of Iser and Guta. An activist during the Second Polish Republic, in post-war communist Poland he was a member of the Politburo ...

(1901–1984), Communist politician in Poland * Jekuthiel Berman (1825–), Russian Hebrew novelist *

Jennifer Berman Jennifer Ruth Berman is an American sexual health expert, urologist and female sexual medicine specialist. She is also a former co-host on the television show '' The Doctors''. She has been likened to Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Dr. Ruth). Media Berman ...

, American sexual health expert, urologist, and female sexual medicine specialist *

John Berman John Berman (born March 21, 1972) is an American news anchor, formerly the co-anchor of CNN's ''New Day'' with Brianna Keilar on CNN, and a regular relief presenter of ''Anderson Cooper 360°''. Having been a weekday relief co-anchor of CNN's ...

(born 1972), American news anchor * Joost Berman (1793–1855), Dutch judge and poet *

Josh Berman Joshua Berman is an American writer and producer for television. He was an executive producer on the TV show '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and consulting producer on ''Bones''. Career Josh Berman was born in 1972. Berman's writing care ...

, American writer and producer for television * (born 1972), American jazz musician *

Joshua Berman Joshua Berman (born February 29, 1964) is an Orthodox rabbi and professor of bible at Bar-Ilan University. He is known for his views on the history of Jewish belief, and on biblical source criticism, arguing that "knowledge of the cultural contex ...

, Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University *

Jules Berman Jules Berman (c. 1911 – July 18, 1998) was a liquor importer, southern California real estate developer and Pre-Columbian art collector known as "Mr Kahlua". Business career in 1962 Berman became the first importer of the liquor Kahlua to the ...

(1911–1998), American businessperson * Julie Berman (born 1983), American actress * Julius Berman, American lawyer and rabbi *

Karel Berman Karel Berman (14 April 1919 in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia – 11 August 1995 in Prague, Czech Republic) was a Jewish Czech opera singer, composer and opera director. Life After extensive musical education, Karel Berman started his career ...

(1919–1995), Czech vocalist and composer * Karen Berman, American psychiatrist and physician-scientist * (1839–1913), German pianist and composer, music teacher * Karl Berman (senior) (1811–1885), German clarinetist and basset horn player * (1923–2007), Soviet and Ukrainian cardiologist and therapist * (1914–2000), clown, Honored Artist of the RSFSR *

Laura Berman Laura Berman is an American relationship therapist and television host. She is the host of ''In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman'' on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). She is also a regular guest on '' The Dr. Oz Show'', and hosts her own nationa ...

, American sex therapist and educator * (born 1959), American director and dramaturge *

Lazar Berman Lazar Naumovich Berman (russian: Ла́зарь Нау́мович Бе́рман, ''Lazarʹ Naumovič Berman''; February 26, 1930February 6, 2005) was a Soviet Russian classical pianist, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988). He was hailed for a h ...

(1930–2005), Russian pianist * (1894–1980), Russian Soviet poet, writer, journalist *

Leah Berman Leah Wrenn Berman Williams (born 1976) is a mathematician at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, specializing in discrete geometry. At the University of Alaska, she is a professor of mathematics, the head of the department of mathematics and statis ...

(born 1976), American mathematician *

Len Berman Leonard Berman (born June 14, 1947) is an American television sportscaster and journalist who is based in New York City. He is currently hosting the morning show on WOR-AM along with Michael Riedel. Berman is widely known for his television ...

(born 1947), American sportscaster, journalist, news anchor and author *

Leo Berman Leo Berman (October 21, 1935 – May 23, 2015) was an American businessman, military officer, and politician from Tyler, Texas, who was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 6 in Smith County from 1999 to 2 ...

(1935–2015), Texas state Representative * Léonide Berman (1896–1976), Russian painter * (1908–1994), American violinist *

Lori Berman Lori Berman (born June 27, 1958) is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate, representing parts of central Palm Beach County since being elected in an April 2018 special election. She previously served four terms in the Florida House of Repres ...

, former Florida state Representative *

Lyle Berman Lyle Arnold Berman (born August 6, 1941, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional poker player and business executive. Business Berman grew up in Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota where he was graduated in 1964 wi ...

(born 1941), American poker player *

Marshall Berman Marshall Howard Berman (November 23, 1940–September 11, 2013) was an American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer. He was a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at The City College of New York and at the Graduate Center of the City U ...

(1940–2013), American philosopher and writer *

Matvei Berman Matvei Davidovich Berman (Russian: Матвей Давыдович Берман; April 10, 1898 – March 7, 1939) was a Soviet security officer and head of the Gulag Soviet prison camp system from 1932 to 1937.Khlevniuk, p. 346 Biography ...

(1898–1939), Russian, Head of the

GULAG The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...

1932–1937 * (1873–1935), German rabbi * Maxine Berman (1946–2018), American educator and Michigan state Representative * (1908–1976), Soviet industrialist * Mitchell Berman, American Professor of Law at the

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...

*, American artist *

Monty Berman Nestor Montague "Monty" Berman (16 August 1913 in Whitechapel, London, England – 14 June 2006 in London, England) was a British cinematographer and film and television producer. Early career Berman began his film career as a camera assistant a ...

(1913–2006), British cinematographer and film and television producer *

Morris Berman Morris Berman (born August 3, 1944) is an American historian and social critic. He earned a BA in mathematics at Cornell University in 1966 and a PhD in the history of science at Johns Hopkins University in 1971. Berman is an academic humanist cu ...

(born 1944), American historian * Nathaniel Berman, American historian *

Nechemia Berman Rabbi Nechemia Berman was the Chief Rabbi of Uruguay. Born in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he served as Rabbi of Montevideo's Ashkenazi Community (Comunidad Israelita del Uruguay) from 1977 until 1993. This position has always been consi ...

, Chief Rabbi of Uruguay *

Otto Berman Otto Biederman, known as Otto "Abbadabba" Berman (August 10, 1891 – October 24, 1935) was an accountant for American organized crime. He is known for having coined the phrase "Nothing personal, it's just business." Biography Early life Berm ...

(1891–1935), American accountant *

Pandro S. Berman Pandro Samuel Berman (March 28, 1905July 13, 1996), also known as Pan Berman, was an American film producer. Early life Berman was born to a Jewish family in Pittsburgh in 1905. His father Henry was general manager of Universal Pictures durin ...

(1905–1996), American film producer *

Paul Berman Paul Lawrence Berman (born 1949) is an American writer on politics and literature. His books include ''Terror and Liberalism'' ( a ''New York Times'' best-seller in 2003), ''The Flight of the Intellectuals'', ''A Tale of Two Utopias'', ''Power and ...

(born 1949), American writer *

Pavel Berman Pavel Berman is a violinist and conductor of Russian origin, laureate of international competitions. Biography Pavel Berman was born in Moscow. Father — renowned Russian pianist Lazar Berman, mother — pianist Valentina Berman (Sedova). He s ...

(born 1970), violinist and conductor *

Rick Berman Richard Keith Berman (born December 25, 1945) is an American television producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as the executive producer of several of the '' Star Trek'' television series: '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ...

(born 1945), American television producer * Richard Berman (born 1942), American corporate lobbyist * Richard M. Berman (born 1943), American federal judge * Rodney Berman (born 1969), Welsh local government politician *

Ruth A. Berman Ruth Berman (née Aronson, born 1935 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an Israeli linguist, Professor Emerita, Tel Aviv University, where she held the chair in “Language across the Lifespan.” Berman's research deals with the morphology, syntax, ...

, Israeli linguist, Professor Emerita, Tel Aviv University *

Ryan Berman Ryan Berman (born October 1980) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of Michigan House of Representatives from district 39. Elected in November 2018, he assumed office on January 1, 2019. Early life and education A native ...

, Michigan state Representative *

Sabina Berman Sabina Berman Goldberg (born August 21, 1955, in Mexico City) is a writer and journalist. Her work deals mainly with issues related to diversity and its obstacles. She is a four-time winner of the National Playwriting Award in Mexico (Premio Naci ...

(born 1955), Mexican writer and journalist *

Sanford Berman Sanford Berman (born October 6, 1933) is a librarian (specifically, a cataloger). He is known for radicalism, promoting alternative viewpoints in librarianship, and acting as a proactive information conduit to other librarians around the world. ...

(born 1933), American librarian *

Saul Berman Saul J. Berman (born April 30, 1939) is an American scholar and Modern Orthodox rabbi. Berman was ordained at Yeshiva University, from which he also received his B.A. and his M.H.L. He completed a degree in law, a J.D., at New York University, a ...

(born 1939), American Orthodox rabbi and educator * Serena Berman (born 1990), American actress * Shanik Berman (born 1965), Mexican journalist and entertainer * (born 1963), American film director and screenwriter * Shelley Berman (1925–2017), American entertainer *

Sheri Berman Sheri is a female given name, from the French for ''beloved'', and may refer to: * Sheri Anderson, American TV writer * Sheri Everts, American academic * Sheri Forde, Canadian reporter * Sheri Graner Ray, video game specialist * Sheri L. De ...

(BA 1987), American political scientist * (1818–1884), from the Hovevei Zion, the early pioneers in practical terms *

Simon Berman Simon Berman (April 24, 1861 – October 19, 1934) was the mayor of Kwadijk, Middelie, Warder, Schagen, Bedum, and Alblasserdam in the Netherlands. He was the first mayor of Kwadijk, Middelie, and Warder to actually live in one of those villag ...

(1861–1934), Dutch mayor *

Steve Berman Steve Berman is an American editor, novelist and short story writer. He writes in the field of queer speculative fiction. Biography Berman was born on August 28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in southern New Jersey. Berman realized i ...

, American writer * Tal Berman (born 1973), Israeli TV host and Radio broadcaster *

Thijs Berman Thijs Berman (born 26 September 1957 in Coevorden) is a former journalist. Between 2004 and 2014, he was a Dutch politician and a Member of the European Parliament. Biography Berman was a correspondent in Paris and Moscow for Dutch weekly De ...

(born 1957), Dutch politician * (1862–1896), Russian social activist and Palestinophil (Zionist) * (1897–1969), Soviet microbiologist, immunologist and epidemiologist *

Wallace Berman Wallace "Wally" Berman (February 18, 1926 – February 18, 1976) was an American experimental filmmaker, assemblage, and collage artist and a crucial figure in the history of post-war California art. Personal life and education Wallace Berman ...

(1926–1976), American artist * (1878–1974), Russian-Israeli rabbi and educator * Yitzhak Berman (1913–2013), Israeli politician * (1940–2009), Soviet and Ukrainian athlete and coach

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