Lehmann is a German surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 75.3% of all bearers of the surname ''Lehmann'' were residents of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, 6.6% of the

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, 6.3% of Switzerland, 3.2% of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

, 1.7% of Australia and 1.3% of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:Lehmann surname distribution
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Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...

(1:90) * 2.

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

(1:206) * 3.

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...

(1:227) * 4.

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

(1:228) * 5.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

(1:408) * 6.

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

(1:493) In Switzerland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following cantons: * 1. Bern (1:240) * 2.

Solothurn Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissens ...

(1:342) * 3.

Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () ...

(1:486) * 4. Basel-Stadt (1:524) * 5. Jura (1:567) * 6.

Thurgau Thurgau (; french: Thurgovie; it, Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, more formally the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is par ...

(1:606)

People

Adolf Lehmann Adolf Lehmann or Adolph Ludwig Ferdinand Lehmann (22 December 1863 - 27 September 1937) was a Canadian chemist and agricultural scientist of German origin. He served as the first agricultural chemist of Mysore state in India. He established a labor ...

, (1863-1937), Canadian chemist who worked in India * Anna Ilsabe Lehmann, wife of Barthold Brockes *

Beatrix Lehmann Beatrix Alice Lehmann (1 July 1903 – 31 July 1979) was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist. Early life and family Lehmann was born in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. She came from a family of notable achievers: the third o ...

, British actress *

Christina Lehmann Christina Lehmann (born 9 December 1951), née Hölzlein, from 1975 to 2005 Domsgen, is a German chess player. She is a two-time winner of the East Germany Women's Chess Championship (1970, 1971). Chess career In the 1970s Christina Lehmann was ...

(born 1951), German chess master *

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (June 14, 1934 – November 7, 2018) was an American journalist, editor of the ''New York Times Book Review'', critic, and novelist, based in New York City. He served as senior Daily Book Reviewer from 1969 to 1995. Bi ...

, American journalist, editor, critic and novelist *

Claire Lehmann Claire Lehmann (née Jensen; born 1985) is an Australian journalist and the founding editor of ''Quillette''. Personal life Born 18 July 1985, Lehmann is the daughter of a former teacher and a speech pathologist who was raised in Adelaide, Sou ...

, Australian writer and editor of

Quillette ''Quillette'' () is an online magazine founded by Australian journalist Claire Lehmann. The magazine primarily focuses on science, technology, news, culture, and politics. It also has a podcast, hosted by Jon Kay. ''Quillette'' was created in ...

* Danny Lehmann, American baseball coach *

Darren Lehmann Darren Scott Lehmann (born 5 February 1970) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who coached the Australian national team. Lehmann made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He was on the fringes of national selection fo ...

, Australian cricket batsman, and Australian national cricket team coach *

Dirk Lehmann Dirk Johannes Lehmann (born 16 August 1971) is a German former professional footballer who manager an Alemannia Aachen youth team. Career Lehmann was born in Aachen. He made his senior debut with 1. FC Köln, and after a brief spell with Lierse ...

, German footballer *

Else Lehmann Else Lehmann (27 June 1866 – 6 March 1940) was a German stage actress. Early life The daughter of an insurance director, Lehmann attended a convent school and then took acting lessons with director Franz Kirschner. Her debut was in 1885 at t ...

, German stage actress *

Erich Leo Lehmann Erich Leo Lehmann (20 November 1917 – 12 September 2009) was a German-born American statistician, who made a major contribution to nonparametric hypothesis testing. He is one of the eponyms of the Lehmann–Scheffé theorem and of the Hodges� ...

, American statistician * Erik E. Lehmann, (born 1963), German economist * Ernst A. Lehmann, (1886-1937), German airship pilot * Federico Carlos Lehmann (1914–1974), Colombian ornithologist *

Frederick William Lehmann Frederick William Lehmann (February 28, 1853 – September 12, 1931) was a prominent American lawyer, politician, United States Solicitor General, and rare book collector. Biography He was born February 28, 1853 in Prussia. His father Friedr ...

, former United States Solicitor General * Friedrich Carl Lehmann (1850–1903), German consul to Colombia and botanical collector * Geoffrey Lehmann, Australian poet * Hans G. Lehmann, German photographer *

Harry Lehmann Harry Lehmann (21 March 1924 in Güstrow22 November 1998 in Hamburg) was a German physicist. Biography Lehmann studied physics at Rostock and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. In 1952 he worked at the Max-Planck-Institut in Göttingen, and ...

, German physicist ** Lehmann–Symanzik–Zimmermann *

Henri Lehmann Henri Lehmann (; 14 April 1814 – 30 March 1882) was a German-born French historical painter and portraitist. Life Born Heinrich Salem Lehmann in Kiel, in the Duchy of Holstein, he received his first art tuition from his father Leo Lehmann ( ...

, German artist *

Henry Lehmann Henry Lehmann (August 21, 1929 – February 2, 2000), was the General Manager of General Electric's military systems operations in Syracuse, New York and a philanthropist within the American Jewish Community. Childhood fleeing Nazi Germany ...

, American engineer, emigre from Germany *

Herman Lehmann Herman Lehmann (June 5, 1859 – February 2, 1932) was captured as a child by Native Americans. He lived first among the Apache and then the Comanche but eventually returned to his family later in life. The phenomenon of a white child raised by I ...

(1859–1932), American kidnapped by Native-Americans * Imogen Oona Lehmann, German curler *

Inge Lehmann Inge Lehmann (13 May 1888 – 21 February 1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist. In 1936, she discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core inside a molten outer core. Before that, seismologists believed Earth's core to be a sin ...

, Danish seismologist **

Lehmann discontinuity __NOTOC__ The Lehmann discontinuity is an abrupt increase of ''P''-wave and ''S''-wave velocities at the depth of , discovered by seismologist Inge Lehmann. The thickness is 220 km . It appears beneath continents, but not usually beneath ocea ...

Issachar Berend Lehmann Issachar Berend Lehmann, Berend Lehmann, Yissakhar Bermann Segal, Yissakhar ben Yehuda haLevi, Berman Halberstadt (April 23, 1661 in Essen, Westphalia – July 9, 1730 in Halberstadt, Kingdom of Prussia), was a German banker, merchant, diplomatic ag ...

, German banker * Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann (1800–1863), German astronomer ** Lehmann (lunar crater) * Jean-Pierre Lehmann, professor of international political economy at IMD and founding director of The Evian Group at IMD *

Jens Lehmann Jens Gerhard Lehmann (; born 10 November 1969) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was a member of Arsenal's " Invincibles", playing every match of their unbeaten title-winning season. He holds the UEFA Ch ...

, (born 1969), German football (soccer) player (goalkeeper) *

, German cyclist and politician *

Johann Georg Christian Lehmann Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (25 February 1792 – 12 February 1860) was a German botanist. Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1813 and a do ...

, German botanist * Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German geologist *

John Lehmann Rudolf John Frederick Lehmann (2 June 1907 – 7 April 1987) was an English poet and man of letters. He founded the periodicals ''New Writing'' and '' The London Magazine'', and the publishing house of John Lehmann Limited. Biography Born i ...

, English poet * Jörgen Lehmann, Danish-born Swedish chemist * Julius Friedrich Lehmann (1864–1935), promoter of social psychiatry during the Third Reich * Justus F. Lehmann, prominent German-American physiatrist * Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1858–1940), German microbiologist *

Karl Lehmann Karl Lehmann (16 May 1936 – 11 March 2018) was a German Cardinal prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mainz from 1983 to 2016, being elevated to Cardinal in 2001. He also served as Chairman of the Conference of the Ge ...

(1936–2018), Bishop of Mainz, Cardinal of the Catholic Church *

Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann (1894–1960) was a German-born American art historian, archaeologist, and professor. He was known for archaeology work in Samothrace, Greece and the related publications. He was a professor at New York University Inst ...

(1894–1960), German-born American art historian, archeologist, and professor at

New York University Institute of Fine Arts The Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) of New York University is dedicated to graduate teaching and advanced research in the history of art, archaeology and the conservation and technology of works of art. It offers Master of Arts and Doctor of Philoso ...

. * Kevin K. Lehmann, American chemist *

Lilli Lehmann Lilli Lehmann, born Elisabeth Maria Lehmann, later Elisabeth Maria Lehmann-Kalisch (24 November 1848 – 17 May 1929) was a German operatic soprano. She was also a voice teacher. Biography The future opera star's father, Karl-August Lehmann, wa ...

(1848–1929), German soprano and voice coach, sister of Marie * Liza Lehmann (1862–1918), English operatic soprano and composer *

Lotte Lehmann Charlotte "Lotte" Lehmann (February 27, 1888 – August 26, 1976) was a German soprano who was especially associated with German repertory. She gave memorable performances in the operas of Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

(1888–1976), German singer * Marie Lehmann (1851–1931), German soprano and voice teacher, sister of Lilli * Marcus Lehmann (1831–1890), German Rabbi and author *

Michael Lehmann Michael Stephen Lehmann (born March 30, 1957) is an American film and television director known for directing the dark comedy ''Heathers''. Early life and education In 1978, Lehmann graduated from Columbia University.

, film and television director *

Olga Lehmann Olga Lehmann (10 February 1912 – 26 October 2001) was a Chilean-born British visual artist. Early life Born in Catemu, Chile, to Mary Grisel Lehmann (née Bissett) and mining engineer Andrew William Lehmann, Olga Lehmann had one sister, ...

, English artist and film designer *

Orla Lehmann Peter Martin Orla Lehmann (15 May 1810 – 13 September 1870) was a Danish statesman, a key figure in the development of Denmark's parliamentary government. He was born in Copenhagen, son of (1775–1856), assessor, later conference councillo ...

, Danish statesman *

Otto Lehmann (physicist) Otto Lehmann (13 January 1855 in Konstanz, Germany – 17 June 1922 in Karlsruhe) was a German physicist and "father" of liquid crystal. Life Otto was the son of Franz Xavier Lehmann, a mathematics teacher in the Baden-Wurtemberg school system, w ...

(1855–1922), German physicist * Otto Lehmann (movie producer) (1889–1968), German movie producer *

Peter Lehmann (winemaker) Peter Leon Lehmann AM, (18 August 1930 – 28 June 2013) was an Australian wine producer based in the Barossa Valley. Biography Lehmann was born in Angaston, South Australia in Barossa Valley on 18 August 1930. His father was Lutheran Pastor ...

, Australian vintner * Peter Lehmann (author), German author and publisher *

R. C. Lehmann Rudolph Chambers "R.C." Lehmann (3 January 1856 – 22 January 1929) was an English writer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910. As a writer he was best known for three decades in which he was a major c ...

, politician, humourist and father of Beatrix, Rosamond and John *

Rosamond Lehmann Rosamond Nina Lehmann (3 February 1901 – 12 March 1990) was an English novelist and translator. Her first novel, ''Dusty Answer'' (1927), was a ''succès de scandale''; she subsequently became established in the literary world and intimate ...

, British novelist *

Rudolf Lehmann (artist) Wilhelm August Rudolf Lehmann (19 August 1819, near Hamburg – 27 October 1905, in Bushey) was a German-English portraitist and author. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1866. Life Lehmann was born in Ottensen (now part of Hamburg) in the Du ...

, (1819–1905), a German-English portraitist and author * Rudolph Chambers Lehmann, former editor of Punch magazine * Stephan Lehmann, Swiss football goalkeeper * Sven Lehmann (born 1979), German politician * Sylvia Lehmann (born 1954), German politician * Tommy Lehmann, Swedish ice hockey player * Willi Lehmann, German spy for the Soviets *

Winfred P. Lehmann Winfred Philip Lehmann (June 23, 1916August 1, 2007) was an American linguist who specialized in historical, Germanic, and Indo-European linguistics. He was for many years a professor and head of departments for linguistics at the University of ...

, American linguist

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