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Central German Central German or Middle German (german: mitteldeutsche Dialekte, mitteldeutsche Mundarten, Mitteldeutsch) is a group of High German dialects spoken from the Rhineland in the west to the former eastern territories of Germany. Central German di ...

variation of the surname

Neumann Neumann is German language, German and Yiddish language, Yiddish for "new man", and one of the List of the most common surnames in Europe#Germany, 20 most common German surnames. People * Von Neumann family, a Jewish Hungarian noble family A� ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Naumann (1875–?), German Olympic fencer * Alexander Naumann (1837–1922), German chemist *

Christian August Naumann Christian August Naumann (1705 – 1766) was a German architect. Naumann's designs included the Luisenstädtische Kirche and Holy Trinity Church, both in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and popul ...

(1705–?), German architect *

Cilla Naumann Cilla Naumann (born 16 July 1960) is a Swedish author and journalist. Her first book, ''Vattenhjärta'', came out in 1995. It won the Katapulpriset for "Best debut of the Year". Her next book was ''Dom'', published in 2000. Bibliography *1995 � ...

(born 1960), Swedish journalist *

Einar Naumann Einar Christian Leonard Naumann (13 August 1891 – 22 September 1934) was a Swedish botanist and limnologist who was professor of limnology at the University of Lund. Naumann worked during the summers at the Fishery Station in Aneboda (Smålan ...

(1891–1934), Swedish botanist *

Erich Naumann Erich Naumann (29 April 1905 – 7 June 1951) was an SS-Brigadeführer, member of the SD, and a convicted war criminal. Naumann had a key role in the Holocaust in Eastern Europe as the commander of Einsatzgruppe VI and the commander of Einsat ...

(1905–1951), German Nazi SS-Brigadeführer and Einsatzgruppe commander, executed for war crimes *

Ernst Naumann Carl Ernst Naumann (15 August 183215 December 1910) was a German organist, composer, conductor, editor, arranger and musicologist. He is best known now as an arranger and editor of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, J.S. Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus ...

(1832–1910), German composer *

Francis Naumann Francis M. Naumann (born April 25, 1948) is a scholar, curator, and art dealer, specializing in the art of the Dada movement and the Surrealist periods. He has an MFA degree in painting from the Art Institute of Chicago (1973) and a PhD in art hist ...

, a scholar, curator, and art dealer, specializing in the art of the Dada movement and the Surrealist periods *

Friedrich Naumann Friedrich Naumann (25 March 1860 – 24 August 1919) was a German Liberalism in Germany, liberal politician and Protestant parish pastor. In 1896, he founded the National-Social Association that sought to combine liberalism, nationalism and ...

(1860–1919), German theologian and politician **

Friedrich Naumann Foundation The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (german: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit) (''FNF''), is a German foundation for liberal politics, related to the Free Democratic Party. Established in 1958 by Theodor Heuss, the first pres ...

, German foundation for liberal politics *

Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann (30 May 1797 – 26 November 1873), also known as Karl Friedrich Naumann, was a German mineralogist and geologist. The crater Naumann on the Moon is named after him. Life Naumann was born at Dresden, the s ...

(1797–1873), German geologist ** Naumann (crater), a lunar impact crater named after him * Günther Naumann (born 1941), German skier *

Hans Naumann Hans Naumann (May 13, 1886 – September 25, 1951) was a German literary historian (philologist) and folklorist (''Germanist''). Naumann was the first historian to describe the Ottonian period as a medieval renaissance. Naumann was born in ...

(1886–1951), German literary historian *

Heinrich Edmund Naumann Heinrich Edmund Naumann (September 11, 1854 – February 1, 1927) was a German geologist, regarded as the "father of Japanese geology" in Meiji period Japan. Biography Heinrich Edmund Naumann was hired by the Meiji government in 1875 as a fo ...

(1854–1927), German geologist *

Horst Naumann Horst Naumann (born 17 November 1925 in Dresden, Germany) is a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Das geheimnisvolle Wrack'' (1954) * '' Carola Lamberti - Eine vom Zirkus'' (1954) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1957) * '' Alter Kahn und junge ...

(born 1925), German actor *

Johann Andreas Naumann Johann Andreas Naumann (13 April 1744 – 15 May 1826) was a German farmer and an amateur naturalist. He was the father of Johann Friedrich Naumann and geologist Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann. He wrote an important book on the birds of Ger ...

, German farmer and an amateur naturalist *

Johann Christoph von Naumann Johann Christoph von Naumann was the urban designer who, with Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, designed portions of the city of Warsaw, Poland, including the Saxon Axis and other important streetscapes. 1729-30 he modernized the town hall at Bautzen w ...

, German architect *

Johann Friedrich Naumann Johann Friedrich Naumann (14 February 1780 – 15 August 1857) was a German scientist, engraver, and editor. He is regarded as the founder of scientific ornithology in Europe. He published ''The Natural History of German Birds'' (1820–1844) a ...

(1780–1857), German ornithologist *

Johann Gottlieb Naumann Johann Gottlieb Naumann (17 April 1741 – 23 October 1801) was a German composer, conductor, and Kapellmeister. Life Johann Gottlieb Naumann was born in Blasewitz and received his musical training from the teachers at his town school, where he ...

(1741–1801), German composer *

Joseph Fred Naumann Joseph Fred Naumann (born June 4, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas since 2004. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Lo ...

(born 1949), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *

Kerstin Naumann Kerstin Naumann (born 17 September 1981 in Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. ...

(born 1981), German rower *

Klaus Naumann Klaus Naumann (born 25 May 1939 in Munich) is a retired German General, who served as Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, from 1991 to 1996, and as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1996 to 1999, succeeding the ...

(born 1939), German general, who was General Inspector of the German military from 1991 to 1996 *

Max Naumann Max Naumann (12 January 1875 – 18 May 1939) was the founder of ''Verband nationaldeutscher Juden'' ( League of National German Jews), which called for the elimination of Jewish ethnic identity through Jewish assimilation. The league was outl ...

(1875–1939), initiator of the League of National German Jews *

Michael Naumann Michael Naumann (born 8 December 1941) is a German politician, publisher and journalist. He was the German secretary of culture from 1998 until 2001. He is married to Marie Warburg, daughter of Eric Warburg and granddaughter of Max Warburg. S ...

(born 1941), German politician, journalist and publicist *

Peter Naumann Peter Naumann (born 12 October 1941) is a German sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics with Ullrich Libor Ulrich "Ulli" Libor (born 2 ...

(born 1941), German sailor *

Robert Naumann Robert Naumann (July 31, 1862 – August 20, 1926) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. Born in Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, Naumann was a farmer. In 1895, he purchased a cheese factory of which he operated until 1916. ...

(1862–1926), American politician *

Werner Naumann Werner Naumann (16 June 1909 – 25 October 1982) was a German civil servant and politician. He was State Secretary in Joseph Goebbels' Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the Nazi Germany era. He was appointed head of th ...

(1909–1982), German politician Nauman is a variant and may refer to: *

Bruce Nauman Bruce Nauman (born December 6, 1941) is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives near Galisteo, New Mexico. Life and work ...

(born 1941), contemporary American artist *

Theodor Nauman Frans Johan Theodor Nauman (7 December 1885 – 6 February 1947) was a Swedish water polo goalkeeper. He competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished in third and fourth place, respectively. His son Åke also became an Olympic wate ...

(1885–1947), Swedish water polo player

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