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Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
for "new man", and one of the 20 most common German surnames.


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Von Neumann family {{lowercase title The von Neumann family (also spelled de Neuman) is a Jewish family that was elevated to the ranks of nobility in Austria-Hungary. History In 1830 Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor created the title Baron of Neumann for Philipp von N ...
, a Jewish Hungarian noble family


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Adam Neumann Adam Neumann ( he, אדם נוימן; born April 25, 1979) is an Israeli-American billionaire businessman and investor. In 2010, he co-founded WeWork with Miguel McKelvey, where he served as CEO from 2010 to 2019. In 2019, he co-founded a family ...
(born 1979), Israeli-born entrepreneur and founder of WeWork *
Alfred Neumann (writer) Alfred Neumann (15 October 1895 – 3 October 1952) was a German writer of novels, stories, poems, plays, and films, as well as a translator into German. Biography Neumann was born in Lautenburg, Germany (now Poland). He was a recipient of th ...
, German writer *
Alfred Neumann (East Germany) Alfred "Ali" Neumann (15 December 1909 – 8 January 2001) was an East German politician. He was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, and for a short time, he was East German Minister of Mat ...
, East German politician * Angela von Neumann, American artist *
Arthur Henry Neumann Arthur Henry Neumann (12 June 1850 – 29 May 1907) was an English explorer, hunter, soldier, farmer and travel writer famous for his exploits in Equatorial East Africa. In 1898 he published ''Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa''.A H Neum ...
, British born hunter and explorer *
Bernd Neumann Bernd Otto Neumann (born 6 January 1942) is a former German politician and since 2014 president of the German Federal Film Board (FFA). Biography Neumann was born in Elbing, East Prussia, now Elbląg, Poland. Following the flight and expu ...
, German politician *
Balthasar Neumann Johann Balthasar Neumann (; 27 January 1687 (?) – 19 August 1753), usually known as Balthasar Neumann, was a German architect and military artillery engineer who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Ita ...
(1687–1753), Bohemian German architect *
Bernhard Neumann Bernhard Hermann Neumann (15 October 1909 – 21 October 2002) was a German-born British-Australian mathematician, who was a leader in the study of group theory. Early life and education After gaining a D.Phil. from Friedrich-Wilhelms Universit ...
, German-born mathematician *
Bernard de Neumann Frederick Bernard de Neumann (known in Austria and Germany as ''Bernhard von Neumann''; (15 December 1943 – 18 April 2018) was a British mathematician, computer scientist, inventor, and naval historian. He was educated at the Royal Hospital ...
(also Bernhard von Neumann), English mathematician, computer scientist, naval historian *
Birthe Neumann Birthe Neumann (born 30 April 1947 in Vanløse, Copenhagen) is a Danish actress. In 1972 she graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre, and was shortly afterwards employed as an actress at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. At th ...
, Danish actress *
Carl Neumann Carl Gottfried Neumann (also Karl; 7 May 1832 – 27 March 1925) was a German mathematician. Biography Neumann was born in Königsberg, Prussia, as the son of the mineralogist, physicist and mathematician Franz Ernst Neumann (1798–1895), who w ...
, German mathematician **
Neumann boundary condition In mathematics, the Neumann (or second-type) boundary condition is a type of boundary condition, named after Carl Neumann. When imposed on an ordinary or a partial differential equation, the condition specifies the values of the derivative appl ...
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Caspar Neumann Caspar (or Kaspar) Neumann (14 September 1648 – 27 January 1715) was a German professor and clergyman from Breslau with a special scientific interest in mortality rates. Biography Caspar Neuman was born September 14, 1648 in Breslau, to M ...
, Prussian clergyman and statistician *
Caspar Neumann (chemist) Caspar Neumann (or Neuman) (July 11, 1683 – October 20, 1737) was a German chemist and apothecary. Biography Birth and Education Neumann was born at Zullichau,Alexander Chalmers: ''General Biographical Dictionary.'' London, 1812, Vol. 23, p. ...
, German/Polish chemist and apothecary *
Christoph Neumann Christoph Neumann (born 7 November 1964) is a German politician from the Alternative for Germany (''Alternative für Deutschland'', AfD) party. Neumann has been a member of the Bundestag since 2017. Life and politics Neumann was born 1964 in t ...
(born 1964), German politician *
Dave Neumann David Emil Neumann (born October 5, 1941) is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1980 to 1987 and served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990. After several year ...
, Canadian politician *
Elsa Neumann Elsa Neumann (23 August 1872 – 23 July 1902) was a German physicist. She was the first woman to receive a PhD in physics from the University of Berlin, in 1899. Early life and education Elsa was the daughter of Maximilian and Anna née Meye ...
, German physicist *
Erich Neumann (politician) Erich Neumann (born 31 May 1892 – died 1948 or 23 March 1951) was a Nazi politician. Neumann was born in Forst (Lausitz) into a Protestant family. His father was a factory owner. After receiving his Abitur, Neumann studied law and economics ...
, Nazi German politician *
Erich Neumann (psychologist) Erich Neumann ( he, אריך נוימן; 23 January 1905 – 5 November 1960) was a German psychologist, philosopher, writer, and student of Carl Jung. Career Neumann was born in Berlin to a Jewish family. He received his PhD in Philosophy from ...
, German psychologist *
Franz Ernst Neumann Franz Ernst Neumann (11 September 1798 – 23 May 1895) was a German mineralogist, physicist and mathematician. Biography Neumann was born in Joachimsthal, Margraviate of Brandenburg, near Berlin. In 1815 he interrupted his studies at Berlin to ...
, German physicist and mathematician *
Franz Leopold Neumann Franz Leopold Neumann (23 May 1900 – 2 September 1954) was a German political activist, Western Marxist theorist and labor lawyer, who became a political scientist in exile and is best known for his theoretical analyses of National Sociali ...
, German-American legal scholar and theoretician *
Gerhard Neumann Gerhard Neumann (October 8, 1917 – November 2, 1997) was an American aviation engineer and executive for General Electric's aircraft engine division (which today is called GE Aviation). Born and raised in Germany, he went to China shortly be ...
, American aviation engineer *
Gerda Neumann Gerda Neumann (14 December 1915 – 26 January 1947) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in nine films between 1936 and 1947. She was born in Copenhagen and died in the 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen airplane crash in Copenhagen, Denm ...
(1915–1947), Danish film actress *
Guenter Neumann Guenter Neumann (born 27. November 1958 in Hechingen, Germany) is an agricultural scientist at the University of Hohenheim. He is a plant physiologist specialising in rhizosphere research and scientific coordinator of the ''EU Research Project Bio ...
, German agricultural scientist *
Günter Neumann (singer) Günter Christian Ludwig Neumann (19 May 1913 – 17 October 1972) was a German singer, composer lyricist, cabaretist and screenwriter. He contributed to many popular songs and worked frequently in the German film industry on productions such as ...
, German cabaret artist *
Gustaf Adolf Jakob Neumann Gustaf Adolf Jakob Neumann (1924–18 February 2013; Klosterneuburg, Austria) was an Austrian investigative journalist and newspaper editor known for his activism against miscarriages of justice during the 1950s.
, Austrian newspaper editor *
Gustav Neumann Gustav Richard Ludwig Neumann (15 December 1838 – 16 February 1881) was a German chess master. Neumann was born in Gleiwitz in the Prussian Province of Silesia. In matches he lost to Louis Paulsen (+3 –5 =3) at Leipzig 1864, and defeate ...
, German chess player


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Hanna Neumann Johanna (Hanna) Neumann (née von Caemmerer; 12 February 1914 – 14 November 1971) was a German-born mathematician who worked on group theory. Biography Neumann was born on 12 February 1914 in Lankwitz, Steglitz-Zehlendorf (today a distric ...
, German-born mathematician *
Hannah Neumann Hannah Neumann (born 3 April 1984) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Early life and education Neumann studied media studies at TU Ilmenau from 2002 unt ...
, German politician *
Heinrich Neumann von Héthárs Heinrich Neumann Ritter von Héthárs (10 June 1873, in Héthárs (Lipany), then Hungary, now Slovakia – 6 November 1939, in New York City) was the foremost ear-nose-and-throat doctor in Vienna before World War II. In 1938 he transmitted to t ...
, Austrian medical doctor *
Heinz Neumann Heinz Neumann (6 July 1902 – 26 November 1937) was a German politician from the Communist Party (KPD) and a journalist. He was a member of the Communist International, editor in chief of the party newspaper ''Die Rote Fahne'' and a member of the ...
(1902–1937), German KPD politician *
Herbert Neumann Herbert Neumann (born 14 November 1953) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Neumann was born in Cologne. He played for 1. FC Köln, Udinese Calcio, Bologna, Olympiacos Piraeus, and FC Chiasso. ...
, German football player/manager *
Hildegard Neumann Hildegard Neumann (born 4 May 1919) was a chief overseer at several Nazi concentration, transition and detention camps during the last year of World War II. She was born in Deutsch Gabel, Czechoslovakia. Camp work Neumann came to the Ravensbr ...
, Nazi German concentration camp administrator *
Ilana Neumann Ilana Neumann, in full Ilana Neumann de Azar (b. 1968 or 1969), is a Dominican politician and lawyer. Neumann was born in Sosúa to Avi Neumann (the son of Jewish refugees of World War II, who immigrated to the Dominican Republic; also an Isr ...
, Dominican Republic politician * Iver B. Neumann, Norwegian political scientist and social anthropologist *Saint
John Nepomucene Neumann John Nepomucene Neumann (german: link=no, Johann Nepomuk Neumann, cs, Jan Nepomucký Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Catholic priest from Bohemia. He immigrated to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined t ...
, American clergyman *
John von Neumann John von Neumann (; hu, Neumann János Lajos, ; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath. He was regarded as having perhaps the widest cove ...
, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath *
Kamila Stösslová Kamila Stösslová (née Neumannová; 1891–1935) was a Czech woman. The composer Leoš Janáček, upon meeting her in 1917 in the Moravian resort town of Luhačovice, fell deeply in love with her, despite the fact that both of them were married ...
(née Neumannová), lover of Leoš Janáček *
Karl Eugen Neumann Karl Eugen Neumann (18651915) was the first translator of large parts of the Pali Canon of Buddhist scriptures from the original Pali into a European language (German) and one of the pioneers of European Buddhism. Life When Neumann was born, hi ...
, Austrian translator and Buddhist activist *
Karl Friedrich Neumann Karl Friedrich Neumann (28 December 1793 – 17 March 1870) was a German orientalist. Life Neumann was born, under the name of Bamberger, at Reichsmannsdorf, near Bamberg. He studied philosophy and philology at Heidelberg, Munich and Göttin ...
, German orientalist *
Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Neumannová () (born 15 February 1973) is a Czech retired cross-country skier. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics, in the 30 km freestyle event. She is one of five cross country skiers to have competed at s ...
, Czech cross-country skier *
Kurt Neumann (director) Kurt Neumann (5 April 1908 – 21 August 1958) was a German Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood film director who specialized in science fiction movies in his later career. Biography Born in Nuremberg, the son of a manufacturer of tin stamps s ...
, German-born film director *
Liselotte Neumann Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann (born 20 May 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. When she recorded her first LPGA Tour win, by claiming the 1988 U.S. Women's Open title, Neumann also became the first Swedish golfer, male or female, to win a ...
, Swedish golfer *
Luise Neumann Luise Neumann (7 December 1818 – 17 October 1905) was a German actress, the daughter of the actress Amalie Haizinger. Her younger sister, , was also an esteemed actress of the period. She made her debut at the age of 16 in a performance ...
, German actress * Mani Neumann, German musician *
Mark Neumann Mark William Neumann (born February 27, 1954) is an American businessman and politician. He represented for two terms, from 1995 to 1999. In 2010, Neumann lost a bid to become the Republican nominee for Governor of Wisconsin. Neumann was a cand ...
, American politician * Martin Neumann, German politician *Mic Neumann, American producer/director, creator of ''
Kung Faux ''Kung Faux'' is an international action comedy television series and audiovisual art assemblage created by Mic Neumann, an American creator–developer showrunner, conceptual artist and multimedia entrepreneur, who remixes classic kung fu films ...
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Michael Neumann Michael Neumann (born 1946) is a professor of philosophy at Trent University in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of ''What's Left? Radical Politics and the Radical Psyche'' (1988), ''The Rule of Law: Politicizing Ethics'' (2002) and ''The Case Ag ...
, Canadian philosopher * Monica von Neumann, American socialite


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Nicole Neumann Nicole Neumann (born 31 October 1980, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine model, businesswoman and television host. Biography After her birth Neumann moved with her family to Salzburg, Austria, her father's place of origin. When Neumann was 1 year ...
, Argentinian model *
Oscar Rudolph Neumann Oscar Rudolph Neumann (3 September 1867 in Berlin – 17 May 1946 in Chicago) was a German ornithologist and naturalist who explored and collected specimens in Africa. He fled via Cuba and settled in the United States to escape Nazi persecutio ...
(1867–1946), German ornithologist * Otto Neumann (athlete) (1902-1990), German sprinter *
Otto Neumann (artist) Otto Neumann (14 March 1895 – 2 January 1975) was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker. His work evolved from strongly colored and thickly brushed paintings and sharp and angular black and white prints, to late abstract prints in a va ...
(1895-1975), German Expressionist painter and printmaker *
Otto C. Neumann Otto C. Neumann (born Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, 1936; died Hartford, Connecticut, April 8, 1991) was an American Republican politician. Life Neumann was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Otto W. Neumann and his wife M ...
(1936-1991), American politician * Paul Neumann (disambiguation), several people * Pertti Neumann, Finnish pop musician *
Peter Neumann (Canadian football) Peter Michael Neumann (1931 – January 1, 2020) was a Canadian Football League player for 14 seasons the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was a 9-time CFL's Eastern All-Star and a part of three Grey Cup championship teams. Neumann was inducted into the ...
(1931–2020), Canadian football player *
Peter de Neumann Captain Bernard Peter de Neumann GM (18 September 1917 – 16 September 1972) was a British Merchant Navy officer and convicted pirate (by the French Vichy Government). De Neumann's action-packed seagoing career included being sunk twice in ...
(1917–1972), The Man From Timbuctoo" British mariner *
Peter G. Neumann Peter Gabriel Neumann (born 1932) is a computer-science researcher who worked on the Multics operating system in the 1960s. He edits the RISKS Digest columns for ACM ''Software Engineering Notes'' and ''Communications of the ACM''. He founded ...
(born 1932), American computer scientist *
Peter M. Neumann Peter Michael Neumann OBE (28 December 1940 – 18 December 2020) was a British mathematician. His fields of interest included the history of mathematics and Galois theory. Biography Born in December 1940, Neumann was a son of the German-bo ...
(1940–2020), British mathematician *
Philipp von Neumann Baron Philipp von Neumann (german: Philipp Roger Franz Freiherr von Neumann; en, Philipp Roger Francis Baron de Neumann; 4 December 1781 – 14 January 1851) was an Austrian diplomat. Birth and family Neumann was born in Brussels (then in the ...
(1781–1851), Austrian diplomat *
Randy Neumann Randolph Neumann (born July 21, 1948), raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey,Randy Neumann
, New Jersey Boxing ...
(born 1948), American boxer and referee *
Robert G. Neumann Robert Gerhard Neumann (January 2, 1916 – June 18, 1999) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia. Biography Born in Vienna, Austria, Neumann received degrees from the ...
(1916–1999), American politician and diplomat *
Robin Neumann Robin Neumann (born 12 December 1997) is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle. Neumann competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where she swam individually in the backstroke events. Since then she has changed he ...
, Dutch swimmer * Ronald E. Neumann (born 1944), American diplomat *
Sigmund Neumann Sigmund Neumann (May 1, 1904 - October 22, 1962) was a German political scientist and sociologist. Born in Leipzig but emigrating first to London and then to the United States following the rise of Nazi Germany, Neumann was a leading proponent o ...
(1904–1962), German political scientist and sociologist *
Therese Neumann Therese Neumann (9 April 1898 – 18 September 1962) was a German Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is ...
(1898–1962), German mystic *
Thomas Neumann Thomas Neumann (born 1977) is a German computer scientist and full professor for ''Data Science and Engineering'' at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Education and career Thomas Neumann finished his studies in business informatics at ...
(born 1977), German computer scientist *
Václav Neumann Václav Neumann (29 October 1920 – 2 September 1995) was a Czech conductor, violinist, violist, and opera director. Life and career Neumann was born in Prague, where he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Micka (violin), and Pav ...
(1920–1995), Czech conductor and musician *
Victor Neumann Victor Neumann is a Romanian historian, political analyst, and professor at the West University in Timișoara. He is a well-known specialist in the recent cultural and intellectual histories of Eastern and Central Europe (focusing his research o ...
(born 1953), Romanian historian, political analyst, and professor * Víctor Neumann-Lara (1933–2004), Mexican mathematician *
Werner Neumann Werner Neumann (21 January 1905, Königstein, Saxony, Königstein – 24 April 1991, Leipzig) was a German musicologist. He founded the Bach-Archiv Leipzig on 20 November 1950 and was a principal editor of the Neue Bach-Ausgabe, the second editio ...
(1905–1991), German musicologist * Werner Neumann (jazz musician), German jazz guitarist and music lecturer *
Werner Neumann (judge) Werner Neumann (born 1953, Freckenhorst) is a German jurist, lawyer and judge. Since 2010 he has been chief judge of the Federal Administrative Court of Germany The Federal Administrative Court (german: Bundesverwaltungsgericht, ) is one of ...
(born 1953), German jurist, lawyer and judge *
Werner Neumann (officer) __NOTOC__ Werner Neumann (13 May 1905 – 4 July 1970) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 563rd Volksgrenadier Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Neumann surren ...
(1905–1970), German general * Wolfgang Neumann (born 1945), Austrian opera tenor


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Georg Neumann Georg Neumann GmbH (Neumann), founded in 1928 and based in Berlin, Germany, is a prominent manufacturer of professional recording microphones. Their best-known products are condenser microphones for broadcast, live and music production purposes ...
, microphone manufacturer *
Neumann University Neumann University is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Aston, Pennsylvania. It is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. History The roots of Neumann University began in 1855 when Bishop (later Saint) John Ne ...
in Aston, Pennsylvania *Neumann Bygg, a Norwegian buildings supplies retailer owned by the Danish
Stark Group STARK Group is one of the largest retailers and distributors of building materials for the professional segment in Northern Europe with approx. 12,500 employees at its more than 550 branches in 7 countries, and headquartered at Frederiksberg, Denm ...
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Neuman Neuman is a surname. People with the surname include: * Abraham A. Neuman (1890—1970), American rabbi, historian, and president of Dropsie College * Alberto Neuman (1933–2021), Argentinian classical pianist *Andrés Neuman (born 1977), Spanish ...
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Naumann Naumann is a Central German variation of the surname Neumann. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Naumann (1875–?), German Olympic fencer * Alexander Naumann (1837–1922), German chemist * Christian August Naumann (1705–?), Germa ...
* Niemann * Najman, Yiddish variant of Neumann {{surname German-language surnames