Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are surnames of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by Ashkenazi Jews. It is the 9th most common surname in Israel (8th among Jews) and most common exclusively Ashkenazi name. They may refer to:

Artists

Adam Friedman "Lemonade" is a song by American singer, songwriter and producer Adam Friedman featuring Mike Posner. Friedman and Posner co-wrote the song. But when it was not included after some consideration in Posner's album '' At Night, Alone'', Friedman dec ...

, American singer * Arnold Friedman (1879–1946), American painter * Barnett Freedman (1901–1958), British painter and graphic artist *

Drew Friedman (cartoonist) Drew Friedman is an American cartoonist and illustrator who first gained renown for his humorous artwork and "stippling"-like style of caricature, employing thousands of pen-marks to simulate the look of a photograph. In the mid-1990s, he swit ...

Harold Freedman Harold Emanuel Freedman O.A.M. (21 May 1915 – 16 July 1999) was an artist from Victoria, Australia, renowned as an illustrator and lithographer, as an official war artist, and for his work in public murals. Early life Harold Freedman's ...

(1915–1999), artist public murals *

Jill Freedman Jill Freedman (October 19, 1939 – October 9, 2019) was an American documentary photographer and street photographer. She was based in New York City. Early life and education Freedman was Jewish and born in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of ...

(1939–2019), American photographer *

Ken Friedman Ken Friedman (born September 19, 1949 in New London, Connecticut) is a design researcher. He was a member of Fluxus, an international laboratory for experimental art, architecture, design, and music. Friedman joined Fluxus in 1966 as the youngest m ...

(born 1949), seminal figure in Fluxus *

Tom Friedman (artist) Tom Friedman (born 1965) is an American conceptual sculptor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and received a BFA in graphic illustration from Washington University in St. Louis (1988) and an MFA in sculpture from the University of Illinois at ...

(born 1965), American sculptor

Businesspeople

* Ann Freedman, American art dealer * Eugene Freedman (1925–2008), entrepreneur and philanthropist *

George Friedman George Friedman ( hu, Friedman György, born February 1, 1949) is a Hungarian-born U.S. geopolitical forecaster, author, and strategist on international affairs. He is the founder and chairman of ''Geopolitical Futures'', an online publication t ...

(born 1949), founder of Stratfor * Richard L. Friedman (born 1940), prominent businessman and real estate developer *

Stephen Friedman (PFIAB) Stephen Friedman (born December 21, 1937) is the former chairman of the US President's Intelligence Advisory Board. He was nominated on October 27, 2005, to replace Brent Scowcroft in the position. Early life and education Friedman was born in New ...

(born 1937), former chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs

Economists, lawyers and politicians

Benjamin M. Friedman Benjamin Morton Friedman (; born 1944) is an American political economist, who is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institute's Panel o ...

(born 1944), American political economist * Bernát Friedmann (1843–1925), Hungarian jurist and criminal lawyer * Bernie Friedman, attorney in Hollywood, Florida * Daniel Friedmann (born 1936), Israeli law professor and former Minister of Justice *

David D. Friedman David Director Friedman (born February 12, 1945) is an American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and anarcho-capitalist theorist. Although he studied chemistry and physics and not law or economics, he is known for his textbook writings on m ...

(born 1945), American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and libertarian theorist, son of Milton Friedman * David M. Friedman (born 1958), American bankruptcy lawyer and United States Ambassador to Israel * Don Friedman (Colorado politician) (1930–2013), American politician *

J. Isaac Friedman John Isaac Friedman, known as J. Isaac Friedman (October 1871 – December 11, 1949), was an American politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1908 to 1916 and in the Louisiana State Senate from 1922 to 1924 follow ...

(1877–1949), American politician * James Friedman, Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Maine School of Law * Jerome B. Friedman (born 1943), American judge *

Lawrence M. Friedman Lawrence Meir Friedman (born April 2, 1930) is an American Legal education, law professor, historian of American legal history, and author of nonfiction and fiction books. He has been a member of the faculty at Stanford Law School since 1968. Bi ...

(born 1930), American law professor * Lee M. Friedman (1871–1957), American lawyer and historian * Leon Friedman (politician) (1886 – 1948), American politician * Leon Friedman (legal scholar) (born 1933), American legal scholar * Louis L. Friedman (1906–1997), New York politician and judge * Martin Freedman, Canadian lawyer * Michel Friedman (born 1956), German former lawyer *

Milton Friedman Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the ...

(1912–2006), Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist *

Patri Friedman Patri Friedman (born July 29, 1976) is an American libertarian, neoreactionary, anarcho-capitalist, and theorist of political economy. He founded The Seasteading Institute, a non-profit that explores the creation of sovereign ocean colonies. ...

(born 1976), American libertarian activist and theorist of political economy, grandson of Milton Friedman *

Rose Friedman Rose Director Friedman (; born Rose Director (December 1910 – 18 August 2009), was a free-market economist and co-founder of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation. Biography Rose Friedman attended Reed College and then transferred to the ...

(1910–2009), economist and law professor, wife of Milton Friedman *

Samuel Freedman Samuel Freedman, (16 April 1908 – 6 March 1993), was a Canadian lawyer and judge, who served as Chief Justice of Manitoba from 1971 to 1983. Personal life and education Born on 16 April 1908, to Nathan and Ada (Foxman) Freedman in Zhytomyr, R ...

(1903–1993), lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Province of Manitoba * Stephen J. Friedman (born 1938), dean of Pace University School of Law * Sylvan Friedman (1908–1979), American politician *

Musicians

Avraham Fried Avraham Shabsi Hakohen Friedman ( he, אברהם שבתי הכהן פרידמן, born March 22, 1959) better known by his stage name, Avraham Fried, is a popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish community. Career Fried was encourag ...

, Jewish composer and musical entertainer, also known as Avraham Friedman * Benny Friedman (born 1985), American Hasidic Jewish singer *

Dean Friedman Dean Friedman (born May 23, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter who plays piano, keyboard, guitar and other instruments, including the harmonica. Although considered a one-hit wonder in the US, he has had multiple singles chart in other terr ...

(born 1955), singer-songwriter *

Debbie Friedman Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman (February 23, 1951 – January 9, 2011)Horn, JordanaBeloved US Jewish songwriter, Debbie Friedman, dies ''The Jerusalem Post'', January 9, 2011Fox, MargalitDebbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 59 ''The ...

(1951–2011), musician * Don Friedman (1935–2016), jazz pianist *

Eric Friedman Eric Charles "Erock" Friedman (born June 28, 1984) is an American musician, best known as the current guitarist for Tremonti and former touring guitarist and backing vocalist for Creed. He played with the band on their 2009 United States reun ...

, American musician and songwriter * Erick Friedman (1939–2004), violinist *

Gary William Friedman Gary William Friedman is an American musical theatre, symphonic, film and television composer. His career began in the 1960s in New York City as a saxophonist in an improvisational ensemble and as a composer for experimental theater. Friedman's ...

, composer *

Harry Freedman Harry Freedman (''Henryk Frydmann''), (April 5, 1922 – September 16, 2005) was a Canadians, Canadian composer, English hornist, and music educator of Polish birth. He wrote a significant amount of symphony, symphonic works, including the scores ...

(1922–2005), Canadian composer, musician and educator *

Ignaz Friedman Ignaz Friedman (also spelled ''Ignace'' or ''Ignacy''; full name ''Solomon (Salomon) Isaac Freudman(n)'', yi, שְׁלֹמֹה יִצְחָק פֿרײדמאַן; February 13, 1882January 26, 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer. Critics (e.g ...

(1882–1948), Polish-Austrian pianist, composer, also known as Ignacy Friedman *

Kinky Friedman Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman (born November 1, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and former columnist for ''Texas Monthly'' who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mar ...

(born 1944), singer and candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election, 2006 * Marc Friedman (born 1977), electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer *

Marty Friedman Marty Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 unti ...

(born 1962), guitarist *

Matthew Friedman (musician) Matthew Friedman is an American musician, singer and performer. Early life and education Friedman is from New York. His family has several other musicians, including three of his siblings. Career Friedman played the role of the Piano Man in t ...

, musician, singer and performer * Michael Friedman (1975–2017), composer and lyricist *

Ross the Boss Ross Friedman (born January 3, 1954), also known as Ross the Boss, is a guitarist, known as a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators, and the heavy metal band Manowar. History Friedman was born in the Bronx, New York, and formed ...

Friedman (born 1954), guitarist *

Tim Freedman Timothy James Freedman (25 November 1964) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band The Whitlams formed in 1993. Note: n-lineversion was expanded from the 2002 edition. The song ...

(born 1964), Australian musician

Philosophers

Egon Friedell Egon Friedell (born ''Egon Friedmann''; 21 January 1878, in Vienna – 16 March 1938, in Vienna) was a prominent Austrian cultural historian, playwright, actor and Kabarett performer, journalist and theatre critic. Friedell has been described a ...

(1878–1938), Austrian philosopher, also known as Egon Friedmann * Hermann Friedmann (1873–1957), Polish-German philosopher and jurist

Photographers

Glen E. Friedman Glen Ellis Friedman (born March 3, 1962) is an American photographer and artist. He became known for his activities within rebellious skateboarding and music cultures. Photographing artists Fugazi, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Minor ...

(born 1962), photographer *

Robert Capa Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some t ...

(1913–1954), 20th century war photographer, also known as Endré Ernő Friedmann

In religion

* Alexander Zusia Friedman (1897–1943), Polish rabbi, educator, activist and journalist *

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe) Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (October 28, 1820Friedman, Yisroel. ''The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus''. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edition, 2000, p. 21. – September 12, 1883) was ...

(1820–1883) *

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe) Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, in English also spelled Abraham Jacob Friedman (July 30, 1884Friedman, Yisroel. ''The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus''. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edit ...

(1884–1964) *

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe) Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (August 21, 1928 – January 1, 2013) was the fifth Rebbe of the Sadigura (Hasidic dynasty), Sadigura Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic List of Hasidic dynasties, dynasty. In 1979 he succeeded his father, the fourth Sadigura Re ...

(1928–2013) *

David Noel Freedman David Noel Freedman (May 12, 1922 – April 8, 2008) was an American biblical scholar, author, editor, archaeologist, and, after his conversion from Judaism, a Presbyterian minister. He was one of the first Americans to work on the Dead Sea Scroll ...

(1922–2008), biblical scholar * Denes Friedmann (1903–1944), Hungarian writer and Chief Rabbi in Újpest * Edwin Friedman (1932–1996), applied family systems theory to congregational leadership *

Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn ( he, ישראל פרידמן מרוז'ין) (5 October 1796 – 9 October 1850Assaf, ''The Regal Way'', p. 170.), also called Israel Ruzhin, was a Hasidic '' rebbe'' in 19th-century Ukraine and Austria. Known as ''Der ...

(1796–1850), founder of the Hasidic dynasty of Ruzhin *

Manis Friedman Manis Friedman (full name: Menachem Manis HaKohen Friedman, he, מנחם מניס הכהן פרידמן; born 1946) is a Hassid, rabbi, author, social philosopher and public speaker. He is also the dean of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish St ...

(born 1946), biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker * Meïr ben Jeremiah Friedmann (1831–1908), Hungarian-Austrian scholar, Jewish theologian *

Mordechai Shlomo Friedman Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (15 October 1891 in Boiany, Ukraine – 2 March 1971 in New York City), sometimes called Solomon Mordecai Friedman, was the Boyaner Rebbe of New York for over 40 years. In 1927 he left Europe to become one of the first H ...

(1891–1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New York *

Richard Elliott Friedman Richard Elliott Friedman (born May 5, 1946) is a biblical scholar and the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia. Friedman was born in Rochester, New York. He attended the University of Miami (BA, 1968), the Je ...

(born 1946), scholar of biblical criticism * Yisrael Friedman (1923–2017), Pashkaner Rebbe *

Yitzchok Friedman Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman (1850 – 11 March 1917) was founder and first Rebbe of the Boyan Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the ''Pachad Yitzchok'' (Dread of Isaac). Early life The Pachad Yitzchok was the eldest son of Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Frie ...

(1850–1917), first Rebbe of

Boyan Boyan may refer to: People * Bojan, a common Slavic given name spelled as Boyan in Bulgarian * Boyan (bard) (10th–11th century), a bard active at the court of Yaroslav the Wise * Boyan (given name), a common Bulgarian given name * Boyan (Hasid ...

Scientists and mathematicians

* Alexander Friedman (1888–1925), mathematician and cosmologist * Avner Friedman (born 1932), mathematician * Daniel P. Friedman (born 1944), computer scientist and mathematician * Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892–1980), US Army cryptographer * Harold Friedman (1923–2005), US physical chemist * Harry Friedmann (1931–2018), Israeli chemist *

Harvey Friedman __NOTOC__ Harvey Friedman (born 23 September 1948)Handbook of Philosophical Logic, , p. 38 is an American mathematical logician at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He has worked on reverse mathematics, a project intended to derive the axi ...

(born 1948), mathematical logician *

Herbert Friedman Herbert Friedman (June 21, 1916 – September 9, 2000) was an American physicist and astronomer who did research in X-ray astronomy. During his career Friedman published hundreds of scientific papers. One such example is "Ultraviolet and X Rays f ...

(1916–2000), American rocket scientist, solar physicist, aeronomist, and astronomist *

Herbert Friedmann Herbert Friedmann (April 22, 1900 – May 14, 1987) was an American ornithologist. He worked at the Smithsonian Institution for more than 30 years. In 1929 he became a fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and served as the Presiden ...

(1900–1987), American ornithologist * Irving Friedman (1920–2005), geochemist * Jerome H. Friedman (born 1939), American statistician * Jerome Isaac Friedman (born 1930), physicist * Joyce Friedman (1928–2018), American mathematician, operations researcher, computer scientist, and computational linguist * Louis Friedman (born 1941), American astronautics engineer * Maurice Friedman (1903–1991), reproductive-physiology researcher *

Meyer Friedman Meyer Friedman (July 13, 1910 – April 27, 2001) was an American cardiologist who developed, with colleague Ray H. Rosenman, the theory that the " Type A" behavior of chronically angry and impatient people increases their risk of heart disease. ...

(1910–2001), medical scientist *

Michael Freedman Michael Hartley Freedman (born April 21, 1951) is an American mathematician, at Microsoft Station Q, a research group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1986, he was awarded a Fields Medal for his work on the 4-dimensional gene ...

(born 1951), mathematician at Microsoft Research *

Nat Friedman Nathaniel Dourif Friedman is an American technology executive and investor. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of GitHub, and former Chairman of the GNOME Foundation. Friedman is currently a board member at the Arc Institute, and an advisor ...

(born 1977), programmer * Richard A. Friedman, psychiatrist and professor *

Samuel O. Freedman Samuel Orkin Freedman, (born May 8, 1928) is a Canadians, Canadian clinical immunology, immunologist, professor and academic administrator. In 1965, he co-discovered with Phil Gold the carcinoembryonic antigen, the basis of a blood test used in ...

(born 1928), clinical immunologist, professor * Stanton T. Friedman (1934–2019), physicist and ufologist * Stuart Freedman (1944–2012), physicist * Sy Friedman (born 1953), logician *

William F. Friedman William Frederick Friedman (September 24, 1891 – November 12, 1969) was a US Army cryptographer who ran the research division of the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, and parts of its follow-on services into the 1950s. ...

(1891–1969), US Army cryptographer

Academic scholars

* Carl Freedman (born 1951), American writer and academic * Eric Freedman (journalist), American journalist and professor at Michigan State University * Eric M. Freedman, American legal scholar and professor at Hofstra University *

Georges Friedmann Georges Philippe Friedmann (; 13 May 1902 – 15 November 1977), was a French sociologist and philosopher, known for his influential work on the effects of industrial labor on individuals and his criticisms of the uncontrolled embrace of techn ...

(1902–1977), French sociologist *

James O. Freedman James Oliver Freedman (September 21, 1935 – March 21, 2006) was an American educator and academic administrator. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, he served as Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1979 to 1 ...

(1935–2006), fifteenth president of Dartmouth College * Jeffrey Friedman (political scientist), (born 1959) * Paul Freedman, historian * Renée Friedman, American Egyptologist * Tuviah Friedman (1922–2011), director of the Institute for the Documentation of Nazi War Crimes in Haifa *

Walter A. Friedman Walter A. Friedman is an American academic. He received his PhD in American History from Columbia University in 1996. He serves as a Lecturer of Business Administration and the Director of the Business History Initiative at the Harvard Business Sch ...

, American academic *

Yohanan Friedmann Yohanan Friedmann (born 1936) is an Israeli scholar of Islamic studies. Biography Friedmann was born in Zákamenné, Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1949. He attended high school at the Reali School in Haifa (1945-19 ...

(born 1936), Israeli scholar of Islamic studies

Sportspeople

* Adar Friedmann (born 2006), Israeli rhythmic gymnast *

Andrew Friedman Andrew Friedman is an American baseball executive. He is currently the President of Baseball Operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as the general manager for MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays, where '' ...

(born 1976), American, became baseball General Manager of the

Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since its inception, the team's home v ...

at age 28 * Benny Friedman (1905–1982), American Hall of Fame NFL football quarterback * Birgit Friedmann (born 1960), German runner and 1980 world champion * Clara Friedman (1920–2015), Israeli chess master *

Dougie Freedman Douglas Alan Freedman (born 25 May 1974) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He is the current sporting director of Crystal Palace. Freedman played as a striker, primarily for Crystal Palace and also had spells as ...

(born 1974), Scottish association football manager *

Gal Fridman Gal Fridman (or Friedman, he, גל פרידמן; born September 16, 1975) is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's first Olympic gold medalist. Fridman won a Bronze Medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, and his gold medal in the Athens 2004 ...

(born 1975), Israeli windsurfer and Olympic gold medalist * Lee Freedman (born 1956), Australian racehorse trainer * Lennie Friedman (born 1976), American NFL football player for the Cleveland Browns * Limor Friedman (born 1968), Israeli Olympic gymnast *

Mark Friedman Mark Isaac Friedman (born December 25, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the 3rd round the 2014 NHL Entry Draft by the P ...

(born 1995), Canadian

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

player *

Marty Friedman (basketball) Max "Marty" Friedman (July 12, 1889 – January 1, 1986) was an American Hall of Fame pro basketball player and coach. Early life Friedman was born in New York City and grew up on Manhattan's Lower East Side. He attended high school at Hebrew ...

(1889–1986), Hall of Fame NBA pro basketball player and coach *

Maxwell Jacob Friedman Maxwell T. Friedman (born March 15, 1996), better known by his ring name Maxwell Jacob Friedman (often abbreviated to MJF), is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), wh ...

(born 1996), American professional wrestler *

Nicole Freedman Nicole Freedman (born May 21, 1972) is an American Olympic cyclist. Early life and career Freedman, who is Jewish, was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She attended MIT, and then Stanford University. Among the teams she has competed on ar ...

(born 1972), American Olympic cyclist *

Ross Friedman (soccer) Ross Benjamin Friedman (born January 8, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player who played for the Columbus Crew and the Dayton Dutch Lions as a defender. In high school he was first team All- MSL, first team all-district, ...

(born 1992), American Major League Soccer player *

Ze'ev Friedman Ze'ev Friedman (10 June 1944 – 6 September 1972) was an Israeli flyweight weightlifter. A member of the Israeli Olympic team, he was killed in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. Biography Ze'ev Friedman was born in Prokopyevsk, Soviet Unio ...

(1944–1972), Israeli Olympic weightlifter and victim of the

Munich massacre The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two member ...

Dennis Freedman
(born 1974), Australian Stand-up comedian and part-time cricket journalist

In television and film

Albert Freedman Albert Freedman (March 27, 1922 – April 11, 2017) was an American television producer who was involved with the 1950s quiz show scandals. He became a central figure in the cheating scandals and was the first person indicted. He was arrested fo ...

(1922-2017), American television producer *

Budd Friedman Gerson Merton Friedman (June 6, 1932 – November 12, 2022), known professionally as Budd Friedman, was an American actor and comedian, as well as the founder and original proprietor and MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club, which opened in 19 ...

(1932–2022), American actor and producer *

David F. Friedman David Frank Friedman (December 24, 1923 – February 14, 2011) was an American filmmaker and film producer best known for his B movies, exploitation films, Nudity in film#Nudie-cuties, nudie cuties, and sexploitation films. Life and career Fri ...

(1923–2011), American filmmaker and producer * Josh Friedman (born 1967), American screenwriter *

Maria Friedman Maria Friedman ( Freedman; born 19 March 1960) is a British actress and director of stage and screen, best known for her work in musical theatre. She is an eight-time Olivier Award nominee, winning three. Her first win was for her 1994 one-w ...

(born 1961), musical theatre actress * Mike Freedman, American pioneering cameraman *

Tal Friedman Tal Friedman ( he, טל פרידמן; born 20 December 1963) is an Israeli actor, comedian and musician. Biography Friedman was born in Kiryat Ata, Israel, in 1963. His father was a holocaust survivor. He served in the Israeli Navy on a missile ...

(born 1963), Israeli actor and comedian * Vivi Friedman (1967–2012), Finnish filmmaker

Writers

Bruce Jay Friedman The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been ...

(1930–2020), novelist, screenwriter and playwright * Celia S. Friedman (born 1957), science fiction novelist *

David Freedman David Freedman (April 26, 1898 – December 8, 1936) (aged 38) was a Romanian-born American playwright and biographer who became known as the "King of the Gag-writers" in the early days of radio. Biography David Freedman was born in Botoşan ...

(1898–1936), playwright and biographer *David Friedman, a.k.a.

Dafydd ab Hugh Dafydd ab Hugh is an author whose novelette, "The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk" in '' Asimov's Science Fiction'', was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1990. Simon & Schuster has published eleven ab Hugh ...

(born 1960), writer * Esther Pauline Friedman (1918–2002), advice columnist also known as Ann Landers * Frieda Friedman, author *

Hannah Friedman Hannah Friedman is an American writer, producer, musician and director. She is known for writing and producing roles in film and television, including projects with ABS, Amazon, CBS, Comedy Central, Conaco, Disney, DreamWorks, Hasbro, Imagine, ...

, writer, director and musician * Jacques Frémontier (born surname Friedman; 1930–2020), French journalist and television producer *

David Gerrold David Gerrold (born Jerrold David Friedman; January 24, 1944)Reginald, R. (September 12, 2010)''Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2'' Borgo Press p. 911. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved June 23, 2013. is an American science fic ...

(born 1944), science fiction author, also known as Jerrold David Friedman *

Mia Freedman Mia Freedman, also known as Mia Lavigne, (born 1 October 1971) is the co-founder of women’s digital media company Mamamia. She was the youngest editor of the Australian edition of ''Cosmopolitan'' in 1996, aged 24. Career Freedman began her ...

(born 1971), former Editor of Australian Cosmopolitan magazine and blogger *

Michael Jan Friedman Michael Jan Friedman (born March 7, 1955) is a New York City born American author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which are in licensed tie-in products of the '' Star Trek'' franchise. Ten of his titles have a ...

(born 1955), author *

Norman Friedman Norman Friedman (born 1946) is an American internationally known author and analyst, strategist, and historian. He has written over 30 books and numerous articles on naval and other military matters, has worked for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ...

, Ph.D., (born 1946), is an American internationally known author and analyst, strategist, and historian * Rita Friedman, creator of The Letter People *

Samuel G. Freedman Samuel G. Freedman is an American author and journalist and currently a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has authored six nonfiction books, including ''Who She Was: A Son's Search for His Mother's Life'', a ...

(born 1955), journalist *

Thomas Friedman Thomas Loren Friedman (; born July 20, 1953) is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for ''The New York Times''. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global ...

(born 1953), columnist

Other

* Benjamin H. Freedman (1890–1984), American businessman, Holocaust denier and anti-Zionist *

Elizebeth Friedman Elizebeth Smith Friedman (August 26, 1892 – October 31, 1980) was an American cryptanalyst and author who deciphered enemy codes in both World Wars and helped to solve international smuggling cases during Prohibition. Over the course of her ...

(1892–1980), cryptanalyst and author * Friedrich Franz Friedmann, tuberculosis charlatan *

Henryk Friedman Henryk Friedman (Friedmann) (1903–1942) was a Polish chess master. He lived in Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg). In 1926–1934, Friedman won seven times in succession the Championship of Lviv but 1930, when he took 2nd place behind Stepan Popel. Friedman ...

(1903–1942), Polish chess master *

Hoshea Friedman Hoshea Friedman-Ben Shalom (1959 - ) is a brigadier general in the IDF. Biography Hoshea Friedman-Ben Shalom was born in Reshafim, a kibbutz in northeastern Israel. When he was 3 years old, his family moved to Sa'ad, a religious kibbutz in the Ne ...

, brigadier general in the IDF *

Joseph Friedman Joseph B. Friedman (October 9, 1900 – June 21, 1982) was an independent American inventor with a broad range of interests and ideas. Friedman was a first generation American and the fifth of eight children of Jacob David Frie ...

(1900–1982), inventor *

Judith Freedman Judith Freedman, Lady Freedman , is a British solicitor and academic. Freedman is the Pinsent Masons Professor of Taxation Law and Policy at the University of Oxford and senior research fellow at Worcester College. She was the inaugural profess ...

, British solicitor and academic * Ken Friedman (restaurateur) * Maurice J. Freedman, (born 1939), librarian *

Morris Friedman Morris Friedman was, until 1905,Anthony Lukas, Big Trouble, 1997, page 687. the private stenographer for Pinkerton detective James McParland. Friedman came to the attention of the public when he published an exposé of anti-union actions by the pr ...

, private stenographer * Prahlad Friedman (born 1978), professional poker player

Fictional characters

*Luke Friedman, a character in the Netflix series '' Grand Army'' *Sally J. Freedman, protagonist in

Judy Blume Judith Blume (née Sussman; born February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult and adult fiction. Blume began writing in 1959 and has published more than 25 novels. Among her best-known works are ''Are You There God? It's Me ...

novel Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself * Sidney Freedman, psychiatrist in the television series ''M*A*S*H''

References

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