Gomperz, Gompertz, Gumpertz, Gumperz, Gomperts or Gompers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Aaron Solomon Gumperz Aaron Solomon Gumperz (December 10, 1723 – April 10, 1769) was a Jewish German scholar and physician. In March, 1751, Gumperz graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Frankfurt (Oder), his dissertation being "''Ueber die Temper ...

(1723–1769), Jewish German scholar and physician *

Benjamin Gompertz Benjamin Gompertz (5 March 1779 – 14 July 1865) was a British self-educated mathematician and actuary, who became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Gompertz is now best known for his Gompertz law of mortality, a demographic model published in 1 ...

(1779–1865), British actuary, and mathematician **

Gompertz function The Gompertz curve or Gompertz function is a type of mathematical model for a time series, named after Benjamin Gompertz (1779–1865). It is a sigmoid function which describes growth as being slowest at the start and end of a given time period. Th ...

, named for Benjamin Gompertz *Don Gumpertz, sailor who circled the world on MV Westward in the 1970s *

Henry Gompertz Sir Henry Hessey Johnston Gompertz (31 August 1867 – 4 February 1930) was a Puisne Judge in the Supreme Court (Hong Kong), Supreme Court, Hong Kong, and Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States. Biography Born on 31 August 1867, Gompertz was ...

(18671930), English-born judge active in Hong Kong and the Federated Malay States. * Ian Gompertz (born 1975), English cricketer *

John J. Gumperz John Joseph Gumperz (January 9, 1922 – March 29, 2013) was an American linguist and academic. Gumperz was, for most of his career, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His research on the languages of India, on code-switching i ...

, linguist *

Julian Gumperz Julian Gumperz (May 12, 1898 in New York City – February 1972 in Gaylordsville, Connecticut) was a United States-born German sociologist, communist activist, publicist, and translator. Institute for Social Research Julian Gumperz studied p ...

, German sociologist, communist activist, publicist and translator * Heinrich Gomperz (1873–1942), Austrian philosopher *

Lewis Gompertz Lewis Gompertz ( – 2 December 1861) was an English writer and inventor, and early animal rights and veganism advocate. He was a founding member, in June 1824, of the English Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; later the RSPCA. Go ...

(c. 1783–1865), English inventor, writer and animal rights and veganism activist * Louis Gompertz (1886–1951), Anglo-Indian soldier and writer * Marcia Gumpertz, American statistician *

Samuel W. Gompertz Samuel W. Gumpertz (1868–1952) was an American showman who played a part in the building of Coney Island Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brookly ...

(1868–1952), American showman * Sydney G. Gumpertz (1879–1971), American soldier in World War I *

Theodor Gomperz Theodor Gomperz (March 29, 1832August 29, 1912), Austrian philosopher and classical scholar, was born at Brno (Brünn). Biography Gomperz studied at Brno and at Vienna under Hermann Bonitz. Graduating at the University of Vienna in 1867 he beca ...

(1832–1912), Moravian-Austrian philologist * Will Gompertz (born 1964), British arts journalist *

Samuel Gompers Samuel Gompers (; January 27, 1850December 13, 1924) was a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization's ...

(1850-1924), US labour organizer and founder of the

AFL AFL may refer to: Sports * American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues: ** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...

* Dr

Rebecca Gomperts Rebecca Gomperts (born 1966) is a Dutch physician and activist for women's rights, in particular abortion rights. She is the founder of Women on Waves and Women on Web, which provide reproductive health services for women in countries where thes ...

(born 1966), founder of Women on Waves.

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