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Reitman Family
Reitman (alternate spelling Reitmann) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ben Reitman (1879–1943), American physician * Bob Reitman (born 1941), American radio personality * Catherine Reitman (born 1981), Canadian-American actress * Dorothy Reitman (born 1932), Canadian community volunteer * Greg Reitman (born 1971), American film producer * Herman Reitman (1870–1941), Romanian-Canadian businessman * Ivan Reitman (1946–2022), Czechoslovak-born Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter * Jason Reitman (born 1977), Canadian-American movie director and writer, son of Ivan Reitman * Jerry Reitman (born 1938), American author, businessman and advertising executive * Joseph D. Reitman (born 1968), American actor * Sarah Reitman (1881–1950), Romanian-Canadian businesswoman; wife of Herman * Francis Reitmann (1905–1955), British psychiatrist See also *Reitmans, a Canadian retailing company *Reitman v. Mulkey *Martín Rejtman {{surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Reitman
__NOTOC__ Ben Lewis Reitman M.D. (1879–1943) was an American anarchist and physician to the poor ("the hobo doctor"). He is best remembered today as one of radical Emma Goldman's lovers. Martin Scorsese's 1972 feature film ''Boxcar Bertha'' is based on ''Sister of the Road'', one of Reitman's books. Biography Reitman was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to poor Russian Jewish immigrants in 1879, and grew up in Chicago. At the age of twelve, he became a hobo, but returned to Chicago and worked in the Polyclinic Laboratory as a "laboratory boy".Reitman profile, UIC. In 1900, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago, completing his medical studies in 1904. During this time he was briefly married; he and his wife had a daughter together. His wife was Mae Schwartz, and their daughter was Jan Gay (born Helen Reitman), the author, nudism advocate, and founder of the nudist ''Out-of-Door Club'' at Highland, New York. He worked as a physician in Chicago, choosing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |