Furman is a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
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Ashrita Furman
Ashrita Furman (born Keith Furman, September 16, 1954) is a ''Guinness World Records'' record-breaker. As of 2017, Furman has set more than 600 official Guinness Records and currently holds 530 records, thus holding the Guinness world record for th ...
(born 1954), American holder of more than 160 Guinness world records
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Dean Furman (born 1988), South African footballer
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Dmitri Furman (1943–2011), Russian political scientist
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Ezra Furman (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
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Furman Bisher (1918–2012), American sports writer
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Gabriel Furman (state senator) (1800–1854), New York politician and historian
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Jason Furman
Jason Furman (born August 18, 1970) is an American economist and professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. On June 10, 2013, Furman was named ...
(born 1970), American economist
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Jesse M. Furman (born 1972), Federal judge for the Southern District of New York
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Lucy Furman (1870–1958), American writer from Kentucky
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Maayan Furman-Shahaf (born 1986), Israeli high jumper and triple jumper
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Richard Furman (1755–1825), South Carolina Baptist minister, for whom Furman University is named
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Semyon Furman
Semyon Abramovich Furman (December 1, 1920 – March 17, 1978) was a Soviet chess player and trainer of Belarussian Jewish origin. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1966. Furman is best known for developing Anatoly Karpov into a ...
(1920–1978), Soviet chess grandmaster
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Simon Furman
Simon Christopher Francis Furman (born 22 March 1961) is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro's ''Transformers'' franchise, starting with writing Marvel's initial comic book to promote the toyline worldwide, a ...
(born 1961), British comic book writer
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William Henry Furman
William Henry Furman (born 1942) is an American convicted felon who was the central figure in ''Furman v. Georgia'' (1972), the case in which the United States Supreme Court outlawed most uses of the death penalty in the United States.
Backgrou ...
, the defendant in the 1972 case of ''
Furman v. Georgia
''Furman v. Georgia'', 408 U.S. 238 (1972), was a landmark criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court invalidated all then existing legal constructions for the death penalty in the United States. It was 5–4 decision, with each memb ...
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