Seligmann (sometimes Seligman) is a surname. People bearing the name include:

The arts

* Chris Seligman, a keyboardist in Canadian band

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Daniel Seligman Daniel Seligman (September 25, 1924 – January 31, 2009) was an American newspaper editor and columnist at '' Fortune'' magazine from 1950 to 1997. He also wrote for ''Forbes'', ''Commentary'', ''The American Mercury'', '' Commonweal'', and ''The ...

(1924–2009), editor and columnist *

Ellen Seligman Ellen Jane Seligman (died March 25, 2016) was an American-Canadian editor and publisher. She was a member of the Order of Ontario, the highest honour in the Canadian province of Ontario, and twice won the Canadian Booksellers Association Editor of t ...

(died 2016), American-Canadian literary editor *

Emma Seligman Emma Seligman (born May 3, 1995) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for their feature directorial debut '' Shiva Baby'' (2020). Career As a teenager, Emma Seligman contributed film reviews to ''The Huffington Post''. They st ...

, Canadian director and screenwriter *

Germain Seligman Germain Seligman (25 February 1893, Paris – 27 March 1978, New York) was a successful art dealer, collector, and art historian. From 1924, Seligman headed the Paris and New York offices of Jacques Seligmann & Cie., a prominent art dealership. Or ...

(1893–1978), French-born American art dealer based in New York *

Jacques Seligmann Jacques (Jacob) Seligmann (18 September 1858, in Frankfurt-am-Main – 30 October 1923, in Paris) was a highly successful antiquarian and art dealer with businesses in both Paris and New York. He was one of the first to foster American interest ...

(1858–1923), antiquarian and art dealer active in Paris and New York * Johann Michael Seligmann (1720–1762), German artist and engraver *

Kurt Seligmann Kurt Leopold Seligmann (1900–1962) was a Swiss-American Surrealist painter and engraver. He was known for his fantastic imagery of medieval troubadors and knights in macabre rituals and inspired by the carnival held annually in his native ...

(1900–1962), Swiss painter, writer *

Lincoln Seligman Lincoln Seligman (born 1950) is a British artist, best known for his large-scale sculptures and murals displayed at modern landmark buildings worldwide. Lincoln was born the eldest son of Madron Seligman, (a hereditary industrialist and a pro-Eu ...

(born 1950), British artist * Mariana Seligmann (born 1984), Argentinian actress *

Matthew Seligman Matthew Seligman (14 July 1955 – 17 April 2020) was an English bassist, best known for his association with the new wave music scene of the 1980s. Seligman was a member of the Soft Boys and the Thompson Twins, and was a sideman for Thomas Do ...

(1955-2020), was an English bassist who took part in the New Wave scene in the 1970s and the 1980s *

Walter Herbert (conductor) Walter Herbert (né Seligmann; February 18, 1898 – September 14, 1975) was an American conductor and impresario of German birth, and also a world champion at contract bridge. Operatic career He was born Walter Seligmann in Frankfurt, and studied ...

(1898–1975), ne Seligmann, American conductor *

Werner Seligmann Werner Seligmann (March 30, 1930 – November 12, 1998) was an architect, urban designer and educator. Biography Werner Seligmann was born on March 30, 1930, in Osnabrück, Germany. His father, Fritz, was born December 31, 1902, in Krefeld, German ...

(1930–1998), architect, urban designer, and educator *

Seligmann Heller Seligmann Heller was an Austrian poet and journalist; born at Raudnitz, Bohemia, July 8, 1831; died in Vienna January 8, 1890. After completing his course at the University of Vienna, where he studied philology and law, he engaged in business wit ...

(1831–1890), Austrian poet and journalist

Business, law, and politics

* Aron Elias Seligmann (1747–1824), German Jewish financier *

Arthur Seligman Arthur Seligman (June 14, 1871 – September 25, 1933) was an American businessman and politician. He served in several offices in New Mexico, including mayor of Santa Fe and governor. Early life and education Seligman was born in Santa Fe, N ...

(1873–1933), American businessman and politician *

Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman (1861–1939), was an American economist who spent his entire academic career at Columbia University in New York City. Seligman is best remembered for his pioneering work involving taxation and public finance. His p ...

(1861–1939), American economist *

Isaac Seligman Isaac Seligman (2 December 1834 – 9 April 1928) was a German-American merchant banker and philanthropist. Background He was born Isaak Seligmann in Baiersdorf, Erlangen-Hochstadt, Bayern, Germany (Bavaria), to David Isaak Seligman and Fanny ...

(1834–1928), German-American merchant banker and philanthropist *

Isaac Newton Seligman Isaac Newton Seligman (July 10, 1855 – September 30, 1917) was an American banker and communal worker. Early life Seligman attended Columbia Grammar School and Columbia College, from which he graduated in 1876. At Columbia, he was one of the c ...

(1855–1917), American banker and communal worker *

Joseph Seligman Joseph Seligman (November 22, 1819 – April 25, 1880) was an American banker and businessman who founded J. & W. Seligman & Co. He was the patriarch of what became known as the Seligman family in USA and was subsequently related to the wealthy ...

(born ''Seligmann'', 1819–1880), a German-American banker, founder of J. & W. Seligman & Co. *

Madron Seligman Richard Madron Seligman (10 November 1918 – 9 July 2002) was a British Conservative Party politician. He spent most of his career in industry, where he came to understand and support the European Economic Community and was latterly a member of ...

(1918–2002), British politician * Naomi O. Seligman, member of the Board of Directors of Oracle Corporation *

Nicole Seligman Nicole Seligman (born 1957) is an American attorney and corporate director. She received national attention in the United States for her representation of Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North during the Iran–Contra hearings, and of President Bill C ...

(born 1957), American attorney and corporate director *

Scott Seligman Scott Seligman (born 1951) is an American real estate developer, the founder of the Sterling Bank and Trust FSB, and minority owner of the San Francisco Giants major league baseball team. Biography Seligman was born to a Jewish family in Detroit ...

(born 1951), American real estate developer and bank founder

Science and education

Charles Gabriel Seligman Charles Gabriel Seligman FRS FRAI (24 December 1873 – 19 September 1940) was a British physician and ethnologist. His main ethnographic work described the culture of the Vedda people of Sri Lanka and the Shilluk people of the Sudan. He was ...

(1873–1940), British anthropologist *

George Seligman George Benham Seligman (born April 30, 1927) is an American mathematician who works on Lie algebras, especially semi-simple Lie algebras. Biography Seligman received his bachelor's degree in 1950 from the University of Rochester and his PhD in ...

(born 1927), American mathematician *

Joel Seligman Joel Seligman (born January 11, 1950) is an American legal scholar and former academic administrator. He served as the 10th president of the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York, from 2005 to 2018. Seligman is also one of the leading au ...

(born 1950), tenth president of the University of Rochester *

Martin Seligman Martin Elias Peter Seligman (; born August 12, 1942) is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of positive psychology and of well-being. His ...

(born 1942), American psychologist and author, father of modern positive psychology movement

Religion

Seligman Baer Seligman (Isaac) Baer (1825–1897) was a Masoretic scholar, and an editor of the Hebrew Bible and of the Jewish liturgy. He was born in Mosbach, the northern district of Biebrich, on 18 September 1825 and died at Biebrich-on-the-Rhine in March ...

(1825–1897), masoretic scholar, and an editor of the Hebrew Bible and of the Jewish liturgy *

Seligman Baer Bamberger Seligman Baer (Isaac Dov) Bamberger (born Wiesenbronn, near Kitzingen, Bavaria, 6 November 1807; died Würzburg 13 October 1878) was a Talmudist and a leader of Orthodox Judaism in Germany. Between 1840 and his death he served as rabbi of Würzb ...

(1807–1878), Talmudist and a leader of Orthodox Judaism in Germany

Sportsmen

Edgar Seligman Edgar Isaac Seligman (14 April 1867 – 27 September 1958) was a British épée, foil, and sabre fencer. After the family moved to London he became a British citizen by naturalisation. Seligman competed in five Olympiads and won two silver me ...

(1867–1958), American-born British 6-time champion and 2-time Olympic fencing medalist *

Reade Seligmann The Duke lacrosse case was a widely reported 2006 criminal case in Durham, North Carolina, United States in which three members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team were falsely accused of rape. The three students were David Evans, Collin F ...

, one of the three falsely accused students in

2006 Duke University lacrosse case The Duke lacrosse case was a widely reported 2006 criminal case in Durham, North Carolina, United States in which three members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team were falsely accused of rape. The three students were David Evans, Collin ...

Steve Seligman __NOTOC__ Steve Seligman is a former American stock car racing driver. A native of Lake Forest, Illinois, Seligman raced in the ARCA, ARTGO and ASA series during the 1980s. Starting in 1989, Seligman moved to the NASCAR Winston Cup Series; he a ...

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