Grossman (variants include ''Grosmann'', ''Grossmann'', ''Großmann'', etc. is a family name of Germanic origin, meaning ''large man''. *

Adam Grossman Skrew is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1990 and disbanded in 1998, the group announced its return in 2009. Biography Skrew was formed in 1990 in Austin, Texas, by Adam Grossman and Danny Lohner. The band emerged from the dem ...

, guitarist and singer for the band Skrew *

Albert Grossman Albert Bernard Grossman (May 21, 1926 – January 25, 1986) was an American entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music and rock and roll scene. He was famous as the manager of many of the most popular and successful performers of folk and ...

, entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music scene *

Alex Grossmann Alexander Grossmann (5 August 1930 – 12 February 2019) was a French-American physicist of Croatian origin. He travelled to the United States in 1955, working in the physics departments of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton, Brand ...

(1930–2019), Croatian-French physicist *

Allan Grossman Allan Grossman (December 25, 1910 – September 1, 1991) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, for 20 years, a provincial Executive Council (Commonwealth countries), cabinet minister and the father of the late former leade ...

, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario *

Allen Grossman Allen R. Grossman (January 7, 1932 – June 27, 2014) was a noted American poet, critic and professor. Biography Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1932,Bruce Weber (June 29, 2014)Allen Grossman, A Poet's Poet, and Scholar, dies at 82 The N ...

, American poet *

Angela Grossmann Angela Grossmann (born 1955) is a Canadian artist, known for her oil paintings and mixed media collages. Her works range from simplistic drawings to rendering of the human body by layering torn and manipulated photos of body parts. Early life a ...

, Canadian artist *

Ashley Grossman Ashley Grossman (born May 27, 1993) is a water polo player."Ashley Grossman,"
Team ...

(born 1993), American water polo player * Aubrey Grossman, (1911–1999), American attorney and Communist leader *

Austin Grossman Austin Seth Grossman (born June 26, 1969) is an American author and video game designer. He has contributed to ''The New York Times'' and has written for a number of video games, most notably ''Deus Ex'' and ''Dishonored''. Life Grossman was bo ...

, writer and game designer *

Avraham Grossman Avraham Grossman (Hebrew: אברהם גרוסמן; born: March 10, 1936) is a professor emeritus in the Jewish history department in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Recipient of 2003 Israel Prize for his contributions to Jewish history. Bi ...

, professor emeritus for

Jewish history Jewish history is the history of the Jews, and their nation, religion, and culture, as it developed and interacted with other peoples, religions, and cultures. Although Judaism as a religion first appears in Greek records during the Hellenisti ...

Bathsheba Grossman Bathsheba Grossman (born 1966) is an American artist who creates sculptures using computer-aided design and three-dimensional modeling, with metal printing technology to produce sculpture in bronze and stainless steel. Her bronze sculptures a ...

, Santa Cruz, California artist *

Blake Grossman Blake Grossman was the chief executive officer of Barclays Global Investors, the investment management arm of Barclays Bank, the British financial institution. Biography Blake Grossman is a native of Canoga Park, California (outside of Los Angele ...

, chief executive officer of Barclays Global Investors *

Budd Grossman Budd Grossman (born March 2, 1924) was an American producer and screenwriter. He produced and wrote for television programs including '' Dennis the Menace'', ''The Doris Day Show'', ''Get Smart'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Gilligan's Island ...

, American producer and screenwriter *

Burt Grossman Burt L. Grossman (born April 10, 1967) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). Before becoming a professional, Grossman played college football at the University of Pittsburgh where he was a three time A ...

, former American football defensive end *

Carl Großmann Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann (13 December 1863 – 5 July 1922) was a German serial killer, sexual predator, and alleged cannibal, though it was never proven that he cannibalized his victims. He committed suicide while awaiting the end of ...

(1863–1922), German serial killer *

Dave Grossman (author) David Allen Grossman (born August 23, 1956) is an American author and trainer who conducts seminars on the psychology of lethal force. He is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. Early life and military career Grossman was bo ...

, American author and ex-member of the United States Army *

Dave Grossman (game developer) Dave Grossman is an American game programmer and game designer, most known for his work at Telltale Games and early work at LucasArts. He has also written several children's books, and a book of "guy poetry" called ''Ode to the Stuff in the Sink'' ...

, American game programmer and game designer *

David Grossman David Grossman ( he, דויד גרוסמן; born January 25, 1954) is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. In 2018, he was awarded the Israel Prize for literature. Biography David Grossman was born i ...

, Israeli author * Dieter Grossmann, digital artist *

Edith Grossman Edith Grossman (born March 22, 1936) is an American Spanish-to-English literary translator. One of the most important contemporary translators of Latin American and Spanish literature, she has translated the works of Nobel laureate Mario Vargas ...

, American translator *

Emily Grossman Emily Grossman (born 7 July 1978) is a science communicator and populariser, was a resident expert on ''The Alan Titchmarsh Show'', and has been a panellist on the Sky1 television show ''Duck Quacks Don't Echo''. She has hosted events and given ...

, geneticist and science communicator *

Eric Grossman Eric Grossman (born November 25, 1964, New York) is an American musician, best known for playing bass and recording gold and platinum albums with the Belgian band K's Choice. Biography Grossman was born in 1964 in New York, the older of two b ...

, American musician * Ernst August Friedrich Wilhelm Grossmann (1863–1933), German astronomer *

Gene Grossman Gene Michael Grossman (born December 11, 1955, in New York) is the Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics at Princeton University. He received his B.A. in Economics from Yale University in 1976 and his Ph.D. in Economics from the Massa ...

, the Jacob Viner professor of International Economics at Princeton University *

Gheorghe Grossman Gheorghe Gaston Marin (April 14, 1918, Chișineu-Criș – February 25, 2010, Bucharest) was a Romanian communist politician who had many roles under Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and Nicolae Ceaușescu. He was born Gheorghe Grossmann in Pădureni, Ara ...

, Romanian politician *

Gregory Grossman Gregory Grossman (July 5, 1921, Kiev – August 14, 2014) was late professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, an authority on the economy of the Soviet Union. He is credited with the introduction of the terms " second economy" and "command economy". He r ...

, American economist *

Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Grossmann Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: * Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short car ...

, German actor, writer and stage director *

Haika Grossman Haika Grossman ( he, חייקה גרוסמן, 20 November 1919 – 26 May 1996) was an Israeli politician and member of Knesset. In her youth, she was a Zionist leader in Europe, a partisan, and a participant in the ghetto uprisings in occupied ...

, Israeli politician *

Hannes Grossmann Hannes Grossmann (born 8 September 1982) is a German drummer who plays for the German progressive band Alkaloid. He was also the drummer during Necrophagist's ''Epitaph'' era and played with Obscura (band), Obscura. Biography Early life Hannes G ...

, German death metal band member * Heinrich Ernst Grosmann, a Danish composer *

Henryk Grossman Henryk Grossman (alternative spelling: ''Henryk Grossmann''; 14 April 1881 – 24 November 1950) was a Polish economist, historian, and Marxist revolutionary active in both Poland and Germany. Grossman's key contribution to political-economic t ...

, Polish-German economist and historian *

Ignaz Grossmann Ignaz Grossmann (July 30, 1825 – March 19, 1897) was a Hungarian-born rabbi who ministered in Moravia, Croatia, and America. Life Grossmann was born on July 30, 1825 in Trencsen, Hungary. Three of his sons, Louis Grossmann of Cincinnati, Ohio, ...

(1825–1897), Hungarian-born rabbi in Moravia, Croatia, and America *

Jerome Grossman Jerome Grossman (August 23, 1917 – December 18, 2013) was a political activist and commentator, particularly on the issues of weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons. A self-styled "relentless liberal", Grossman played roles in many el ...

(1917–2013), American activist *

Jiří Grossmann Jiří Grossmann (20 July 1941 – 5 December 1971) was a Czechoslovak theatre actor, poet, and composer. Life Grossmann was born in Prague. After his graduation, he started at the technical university ČVUT, but left in 1962 when he met Milo ...

, Czech theatre actor, poet and composer * Joel Grossman, Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University * Jonathan Grossman, Revolutionized Corporal Law Theories *

Judith Grossman Judith Grossman is an American writer. She earned a scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford, from which she received a First Class degree in English in 1958. She received a Ph.D. from Brandeis University, in 1968. She has taught at Bennington Co ...

, American writer *

Karl Grossman Karl Grossman is an author, TV program host and full professor of journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury. For 30 years, he has hosted the TV interview program ''Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman''. He is the autho ...

, professor of journalism at State University of New York/College at Old Westbury * Karol Grossmann, the first Slovene amateur filmmaker *

Karolien Grosemans Karolien Grosemans (born 9 March 1970 in Herk-de-Stad) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: , french: link=no, Chamb ...

, Belgian politician * Kurt Grossmann, German journalist *

Larry Grossman (politician) Lawrence Sheldon "Larry" Grossman, (December 2, 1943 – June 22, 1997) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly as a Progressive Conservative from 1975 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governme ...

, politician in Ontario, Canada *

Larry Grossman (composer) Larry Grossman (born September 3, 1938) is an American composer for theatre, television, film, concerts, and cabaret. Life and career Grossman, a native of Chicago, graduated from Northwestern University School Communication in 1960. He started w ...

, composer of Broadway musicals *

Leslie Grossman Leslie Erin Grossman (born October 25, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Lauren on The WB sitcom '' What I Like About You'', and for her frequent collaborations with Ryan Murphy, appearing as Mary Cherry on The WB’s co ...

, American actress *

Lev Grossman Lev Grossman (born June 26, 1969) is an American novelist and journalist who wrote ''The Magicians Trilogy'': '' The Magicians'' (2009), '' The Magician King'' (2011), and '' The Magician's Land'' (2014). He was the book critic and lead technolog ...

, American writer *

Louis Grossmann Louis Grossmann (February 24, 1863 – September 21, 1926) was an Austrian-born Jewish-American rabbi and professor. Life Grossmann was born on February 24, 1863, in Vienna, Austria, the son of Rabbi Ignaz Grossmann and Nettie Rosenbaum. His brot ...

(1863–1926), Austrian-American rabbi *

Loyd Grossman Loyd Daniel Gilman Grossman (born 16 September 1950) is an American-British author, broadcaster and cultural campaigner who has mainly worked in the United Kingdom. He is well known for presenting the BBC programme ''MasterChef'' from 1990 to 20 ...

, Anglo-American television presenter and chef *

Marc Grossman Marc Isaiah Grossman (born September 23, 1951) is an American former diplomat and government official. He served as United States Ambassador to Turkey, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Under Secretary of State for Politica ...

, former American ambassador to Turkey *

Marcel Grossmann Marcel Grossmann (April 9, 1878 – September 7, 1936) was a Swiss mathematician and a friend and classmate of Albert Einstein. Grossmann was a member of an old Swiss family from Zurich. His father managed a textile factory. He became a Profe ...

, Hungarian mathematician * Mary Belle Grossman (1879 – 1977), American judge and suffragist *

Martin Grossman Martin Edward Grossman (January 19, 1965 – February 16, 2010) was convicted of first degree murder for his part in the December 13, 1984, Florida killing of wildlife officer Peggy Park. He was executed by lethal injection. In the days before his ...

(1965–2010), American murderer *

Mindy Grossman Mindy Grossman (born September 8, 1957) is the former CEO of WW International (formerly Weight Watchers). The ''Financial Times'' listed her in the top 50 women in world business in 2010 and 2011, and she has been ranked among ''Forbes'' 100 mos ...

, CEO of HSN, Inc. *

Nancy Grossman Nancy Grossman (born April 28, 1940) is an American artist. Grossman is best known for her wood and leather sculptures of heads. Early life and education Nancy Grossman was born in 1940 in New York City to parents who worked in the garment ind ...

, American artist *

Naomi Grossman Naomi Grossman (born February 6, 1975) is an American actress, writer, and producer best known for her role as Pepper in the second and fourth season of the FX horror television series ''American Horror Story''. Early life Grossman was born in ...

, American actress *

Natalia Grossman Natalia Grossman (born June 22, 2001) is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. She represents the United States at IFSC Climbing World Cup in competition bouldering and competition lead climbing. She won ...

, (born 2001), American sport climber *

Nicklas Grossmann Nicklas Grossmann (born January 22, 1985) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. Playing career Grossmann's professional career began in the Swedish Elite League during the 2003–04 season with Södertälje SK. However, Grossm ...

, Swedish ice hockey player *

Randy Grossman Curt Randy Grossman (born September 20, 1952) is a former professional American football player who played tight end for eight seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League. Early life Grossman was born in Philadelphia, Pe ...

(born 1952), American NFL football player *

Rex Grossman Rex Daniel Grossman III (born August 23, 1980) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, most notably with the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Florida, where he rece ...

, former NFL quarterback * Rex Grossman Sr., American football linebacker and fullback *

Richard Grossman (bassist) Richard Grossman is an Australian Rock music, rock musician who has played bass guitar for two iconic bands: Divinyls and Hoodoo Gurus. Hoodoo Gurus' status on the Australian rock scene was acknowledged when they were inducted into the 2007 ARI ...

, bassist for the Hoodoo Gurus and the Divinyls *

Richard Grossman (publisher) Richard Lee Grossman (June 26, 1921 – January 27, 2014) was an American publisher. Early life, education and military service He was born in Chicago and attended University of Pennsylvania, but left before graduating. He served in the Army Signal ...

, American publisher, founder of Grossman Publishers * Richard Grossman (author) (1943–2011), American anti-globalization writer *

Richard Grossman (pianist) Richard Grossman (November 14, 1937 – October 2, 1992) was a jazz pianist known for his work as an improviser. He began his musical career in the late 1950s in Philadelphia, moved to the Bay Area of California in 1978, to record with a band of h ...

(1937–1992), American jazz pianist *

Robbie Grossman Robert Edward Grossman (born September 16, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers ...

, American MLB outfielder *

Robert Grossman Robert Grossman (March 1, 1940 – March 15, 2018) was an American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, comics artist, illustrator and author. In a career spanning fifty years, Grossman's illustrations have appeared over 500 times on the covers of var ...

, American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and author *

Robert Lee Grossman Robert Lee Grossman is an American computer scientist and bioinformatician at the University of Chicago. His primary research interests are data science and data-intensive computing. Research Grossman has worked in several fields. His early wo ...

, American computer scientist and bioinformatician * Rudolph Grossman (1867–1927), Austrian-American rabbi *

Sally Grossman Sally Ann Grossman (née Buehler; August 22, 1939March 11, 2021) was an American model and the wife of Bob Dylan's one-time manager, Albert Grossman. According to some Dylan biographers, she introduced Dylan to his first wife Sara (although this ...

, widow of

and operator of the Woodstock-based

Bearsville Records Bearsville Records was founded in 1970 by Albert Grossman. Artists included Todd Rundgren, Elizabeth Barraclough, Foghat, Halfnelson/ Sparks, Bobby Charles, Randy VanWarmer, Paul Butterfield's Better Days, Lazarus, Jesse Winchester, and NRBQ. ...

Sanford J. Grossman Sanford "Sandy" Jay Grossman (born July 21, 1953) is an American economist and hedge fund manager specializing in quantitative finance. Grossman’s research has spanned the analysis of information in securities markets, corporate structure, prop ...

, American economist, John Bates Clark Medal winner in 1987 *

Siegfried Grossmann Siegfried Grossmann (born 28 February 1930) is a German theoretical physicist who has been awarded the Max Planck Medal, the major prize for achievements in theoretical physics. Biography He was born near Königsberg in Prussia (now Kaliningrad ...

, (born 1930), German theoretical physicist *

Stefan Grossman Stefan Grossman (born April 16, 1945) is an American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and singer, music producer and educator, and co-founder of Kicking Mule records. He is known for his instructional videos and Vestapol line of videos and DVDs. ...

, American guitarist and singer * Steven Grossman, American politician and investor * Thomas Grossmann, (born 1951), German writer and psychologist *

Tuvia Grossman Tuvia Grossman is an United States, American-Israeli man who was wrongly identified as a Palestinian Arabs, Palestinian in the caption of an Associated Press (AP) photograph of an Israeli police officer defending him from a violent Arab mob. The p ...

, Jewish American student attacked by a violent Arab mob and later wrongly identified as a Palestinian *

Vasily Grossman Vasily Semyonovich Grossman (russian: Васи́лий Семёнович Гро́ссман; 12 December (29 November, Julian calendar) 1905 – 14 September 1964) was a Soviet writer and journalist. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, then pa ...

, Soviet writer and journalist * Victor Grossman, American socialist and writer * Wayne Grossman, British financier, trader and Wealth Manager. *

Yitzchak Dovid Grossman Yitzchak Dovid Grossman ( he, יצחק דוד גרוסמן) (born 15 September 1946 in Jerusalem), also known as the "Disco Rabbi", is the Chief Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek, founder and dean of Migdal Ohr educational institutions, and a member of th ...

, Israeli rabbi - the "''Disco Rabbi''"

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