Medem is a surname. Notable people with that name include:
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Christoph Johann von Medem
Count Christoph Johann Friedrich von Medem (''Jeannot Medem''; 1763 – 1838) was a nobleman from Courland and courtier in the courts of Prussian kings Frederick the Great, Frederick William II and Emperor of Russia Paul I. His sisters were poe ...
(1763–1838), nobleman from Courland and courtier in the courts of Prussian kings
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Dorothea von Medem
Countess Anna Charlotte Dorothea von Medem (3 February 1761 – 20 August 1821) was born a Gräfin (Countess) of the noble German Baltic Medem family and later became Duchess of Courland. Popularly known as Dorothea of Courland after her marria ...
(1761–1821), Countess, Duchess of Courland, popularly known as Dorothea of Courland
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Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem
Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem (29 August 1912 in Remten, Russian Empire presently Latvia – 1 May 1984 in Bogotá, Colombia) was a Baltic German zoologist who emigrated to Colombia at age 38 (in 1950) and later became a representative of the IU ...
(1912–1984), German-born zoologist who emigrated to Colombia, representative of the IUCN Crocodiles Specialist Group for South America
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Julio Medem
Julio Medem Lafont (born 21 October 1958) is a Basque film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter.
Biography
Medem was born on 21 October 1958 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when ...
(born 1958), Spanish screenwriter and film director
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Pavel Medem
Count Pavel Ivanovich Medem (russian: Павел Иванович Медем; 9 January 1800, in Mitava, Courland Governorate – 10 January 1854, in Courland) was a Russian diplomat and privy councillor.
Medem held the post of Counsellor of the ...
(1800–1854), Russian diplomat and privy councillor
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Rudolph von Medem (1846–unknown), German-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served during the Indian Wars
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Stephan Medem (born 1960), Swiss former professional tennis player
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Vladimir Medem
Vladimir Davidovich Medem, né ''Grinberg'' (, ; 30 July 1879 in Liepāja, Russian Empire – 9 January 1923 in New York City), was a Russian Jewish politician and ideologue of the Jewish Labour Bund. The Medem Library in Paris, the largest E ...
(1879–1923), Russian Jewish politician and ideologue of the Jewish Labour Bund, eponym of the Medem library
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