Nachman, also Nahman is a Yiddish surname and given name, similar to the German surname Nachmann. Notable people with the name include:

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Dana Nachman Dana Nachman is an independent documentary filmmaker based in Northern California. She has written, directed, and produced six feature documentaries including the 2020 film Dear Santa and the 2018 Pick of the Litter and ''Witch Hunt'', ''The Human E ...

, American documentary filmmaker *

Gerald Nachman Gerald Weil Nachman (January 13, 1938 – April 14, 2018) was an American journalist and author from San Francisco. Biography Nachman was born January 13, 1938, to Leonard Calvert Nachman, a salesman and actor in the Little Theater movement, ...

(born 1938), American journalist and writer *

Jerry Nachman Jerome A. "Jerry" Nachman (February 24, 1946 – January 19, 2004) was the editor-in-chief and vice president of MSNBC cable news network., and former editor of the ''New York Post''. Early years Nachman was born in Red Hook, Brooklyn and raise ...

(1946–2004), American journalist *

Jim Nachman The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 7, 2006 to determine who will represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives. Virginia has eleven seats in the Hou ...

, American politician *

Rav Nachman Rav Nachman bar Yaakov ( he, רב נחמן בר יעקב; died 320) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an Amora of the third generation. It is generally accepted that references to Rav Nachman in the Talmud refer to Rav Nach ...

(died 320), Jewish Talmudist *

Ron Nachman Ron Nachman ( he, רון נחמן, 6 August 1942 – 18 January 2013) was an Israeli politician and former Knesset member for the Likud. The founder of Ariel, one of the largest Israeli settlements in the West Bank, he was its mayor from 1985 unti ...

(1942–2013), Israeli politician

Fictional characters

*Raphael Nachman, fictional mathematician in the late stories of

Leonard Michaels Leonard Michaels (January 2, 1933 – May 10, 2003) was an American writer of short stories, novels, and essays. Early life and education Michaels was born in New York City to Jewish parents; his father was born in Poland. He attended New Yor ...

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*Rebbe Nachman of Breslov *Rebbe

Nachman of Horodenka Rabbi Nachman of Horodenka was a Hasidic leader. At first, Rabbi Nachman was among the Talmidei Chachamim who gathered to study Torah in Brody. After experiencing a dream which he interpreted as a signal for him to go to the Baal Shem Tov, Rabbi ...

Nachman Aronszajn Nachman Aronszajn (26 July 1907 – 5 February 1980) was a Polish American mathematician. Aronszajn's main field of study was mathematical analysis, where he systematically developed the concept of reproducing kernel Hilbert space. He also contrib ...

(1907–1980), Polish-American mathematician * Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Israeli sociologist *

Nahman Berlin Naḥman ben Simḥah Berlin (; ) was a Jewish polemical writer from Lissa, Germany. His literary activity was wholly devoted to the cause of orthodoxy Orthodoxy (from Greek: ) is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion. ...

(), German writer * Nachman Bulman (1925–2002), American rabbi *

Nachman Chazan Nachman Chazan (1813–1884) was a seminal figure in the continuation and growth of Breslov Hasidism in the mid-nineteenth century. The Breslov movement was founded by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, who died in 1810. Rebbe Nachman's closest disciple, Na ...

(1813–1884), Ukrainian Orthodox Jew *

Nachman Dushanski Nachman Dushanski ( lt, Nachmanas Dušanskis, russian: Нахман Ноахович Душанский, he, נחמן דושנסקי; December 29, 1919 in Šiauliai – February 20, 2008 in Haifa) was a Lithuanian officer of Soviet security age ...

(1919–2008), Lithuanian communist *

Nachman Fahrner Nachman Fahrner (born September 21, 1972) is a contemporary religious Jewish musician in Israel. He is a convert to Judaism. Fahrner's main influences are Elvis Presley, Django Reinhardt, 1940s and 1950s blues, R&B, and rockabilly. He received en ...

(born 1972), Israeli musician *

Nachman Goldstein Nachman Goldstein of Tcherin (1825 – 1894), also known as the Tcheriner Rav (rabbi of Tcherin, a town in eastern Ukraine), was a leading disciple of Nathan of Breslov (known as "Reb Noson"), who in turn was the chief disciple of Rebbe Nachman ...

(died 1894), Ukrainian Orthodox rabbi *

Nachman Shlomo Greenspan Rabbi Nachman Shlomo Greenspan ( he, נחמן שלמה גרינשפן; 1878 – August 1961) was a Talmudic scholar, rosh yeshiva of Etz Chaim in London, and an author of a number of works about the Torah.__NOTOC__ Early years Greenspan was born ...

(1878–1961), Talmudic scholar *

Nachman Kahana Nachman Kahana (also spelled Kahane) ( he, רב נחמן בן רב יחזקאל שרגא כהנא) is an Israeli rabbi. Biography Kahana was born in 1937 and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended a branch of the Novardok Yeshiva, wher ...

(born 1937), Israeli rabbi * Nachman Krochmal (1785–1840), Galician philosopher, theologian and historian *

Nachman Shai Nachman Shai ( he, נחמן שי; born Nachman Shaykevich on 28 November 1946) is an Israeli journalist and politician serving as Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs. He previously served as a member of the Knesset and its Deputy Speaker, as w ...

(born 1946), Israeli journalist and politician *

Nachman Syrkin , birth_date = , birth_place = Mogilev, Russian Empire (now Belarus) , death_date = , death_place = New York City, U.S. , spouse = Bassya Syrkin (née Osnos) , partner = , party = , ...

(1868–1924), Belarusian Zionist and writer * Nachman Wolf, Israeli Paralympic athlete

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