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Abba Berman Abba Mordechai Berman (1919–2005) was a Talmudist and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Iyun HaTalmud. Early life Abba Berman was born on Tu BiShvat 5679 (1919) in Łódź, Poland to Shaul Yosef Berman, rosh yeshiva of Toras Chesed in Lodz and a stu ...

(1919–2005), Polish-Israeli Rosh Yeshiva *

Adolf Berman Adolf Avraham Berman (, 17 October 1906 – 3 February 1978) was a Polish-Israeli activist and communist politician. Biography Born in Warsaw in the Russian Empire (today in Poland), the younger brother of Jakub Berman. Berman attended the Univ ...

(1906–1978), Polish-Israeli activist and politician * Ahmet Berman (1932–1980), Turkish football player *

Alan Berman Alan Lee Berman (born July 10, 1943) also known as Lanny Berman, is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist. He is an adjunct professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Berman was form ...

(born 1943), American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist *

Alexander Johan Berman Ds. Alexander Johan Berman (17 September 1828 in Zierikzee–14 February 1886 in Amsterdam) was the Dutch Reformed minister of Watergang. As an author, he wrote literary criticism, and, in his younger years, poetry. He published an anthology wit ...

(1828–1886), Dutch minister and literary critic * (1964-2017), Russian manager, whose work is connected with the oil and gas industry * Amy Berman (born 1954), circuit judge * (born 1963), American composer, multimedia artist, and music educator * Antoine Berman (1942–1991), French translator and theorist of translation *

Arthur L. Berman Arthur L. "Art" Berman (May 4, 1935 – June 6, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Berman attended the Chicago public schools and Senn High School. In 1955, Berman graduated from University of Illinois Urbana- ...

(1935–2020), American lawyer and former Illinois state Representative *

Bart Berman Bart Berman ( he, ברט ברמן; born 29 December 1938) is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th-century music. Career Bart Berman studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at a predecessor ...

(born 1938), Dutch-Israeli pianist * (1938–2002), Israeli singer and composer *

Bob Berman Robert Berman, known as Bob Berman, is an American astronomer, author, and science popularizer. He runs Overlook Observatory in Woodstock, New York, USA. He was an adjunct professor of astronomy at New York’s Marymount College located in Wes ...

, American astronomer * Boris Berman (born 1948), Russian-Israeli-American pianist * Boris Berman (born 1948), Soviet and Russian journalist and broadcaster * Boris Davydovich Berman (1901–1939), Worker of the USSR State Security officials, Commissioner of Public Security the third rank * (1897–1938), activist of the CPSU (b), 2nd secretary of the Sverdlovsk regional committee of the CPSU (b) *

Brian Berman Brian M. Berman is a tenured professor of family medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Education Berman received his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He completed his residencies at the University ...

, American family physician *

Bruce Berman Bruce Berman (born April 25, 1952) is an American film industry executive and executive producer. He is the chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures, a position he has held from 1997 to 2021. His credits as an executive producer include ''A ...

(born 1952), American film producer *

Chris Berman Christopher James Berman (born May 10, 1955), nicknamed "Boomer", is an American sportscaster. He has been an anchor for ''SportsCenter'' on ESPN since 1979, joining a month after its initial launch, and hosted the network's '' Sunday NFL Count ...

(born 1955), American sportscaster * (born 1937), Soviet and Russian biologist * David Berman (1967–2019), American poet and vocalist * David Berman, Canadian graphic designer * David Berman (1903–1957), American mobster * Debbie Berman, South African film and television editor * Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born 1933), American politician * (born 1946), Israeli psychologist * (born 1979), Israeli singer, songwriter, and composer * Eugène Berman (1899–1972), Russian painter * (1932–2001), Russian theater director, teacher, playwright. * Franklin Berman (born 1939), British barrister, judge, and arbitrator *

Gail Berman Gail Berman (born August 17, 1956) is an American producer and television executive. She is co-owner and founding partner of The Jackal Group, a production entity formed in partnership with Fox Networks Group. The Jackal Group develops and produc ...

(born 1956), American manager in the movie industry *

Geoffrey Berman Geoffrey Steven Berman (born September 12, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020. Berman served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern Dis ...

(born 1959), a United States Attorney *

Harold J. Berman Harold J. Berman (February 13, 1918 – November 13, 2007) was an American legal scholar who was an expert in comparative, international and Soviet/Russian law as well as legal history, philosophy of law and the intersection of law and religion. ...

(1918–2007), American professor of law *

Harris Berman Harris A. Berman (1937/8 – October 30, 2021) was an American physician and was the dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine. Early life and education Born in Concord, New Hampshire, Berman completed his undergraduate education at Harva ...

(c.1938–2021), American physician * (1902–1944), American mineralogist *

Helen Berman Helen Berman ( he, הלן ברמן; born 6 April 1936) is a Dutch- Israeli visual artist. She was a textile designer in the 1960s and has been a painter and occasionally an art educator since the 1970s. She is well known in Israel and has ex ...

(born 1936), Dutch-Israeli painter *

Helen M. Berman Helen Miriam Berman is a Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University and a former director of the RCSB Protein Data Bank (one of the member organizations of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank). A structural b ...

(born 1943), American chemistry professor * Henry Berman (1914–1979), American film editor *

Howard Berman Howard Lawrence Berman (born April 15, 1941) is an American attorney and retired politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 26th congressional d ...

(born 1941), American politician * Ilan Berman (born 1975), Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council * Iosif Berman (1892–1941), Romanian photographer, and journalist * Jakov Berman (1868–1933), Russian philosopher * Jakub Berman (1901–1984), Communist politician in Poland *

Jekuthiel Berman Jekuthiel Berman (; 1825 – ) was a Russian Hebrew writer, who published a number of novellas in ''maskilic'' journals. Biography For over thirty years, Berman held a position in the employ of the railroad magnate Samuel Polyakov, and devoted p ...

(1825–), Russian Hebrew novelist *

Jennifer Berman Jennifer Ruth Berman is an American sexual health expert, urologist and female sexual medicine specialist. She is also a former co-host on the television show '' The Doctors''. She has been likened to Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Dr. Ruth). Media Berma ...

, American sexual health expert, urologist, and female sexual medicine specialist *

John Berman John Berman (born March 21, 1972) is an American news anchor, formerly the co-anchor of CNN's ''New Day'' with Brianna Keilar on CNN, and a regular relief presenter of '' Anderson Cooper 360°''. Having been a weekday relief co-anchor of CNN ...

(born 1972), American news anchor * Joost Berman (1793–1855), Dutch judge and poet * Josh Berman, American writer and producer for television * (born 1972), American jazz musician * Joshua Berman, Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University * Jules Berman (1911–1998), American businessperson *

Julie Berman Julie Marie Berman (born November 3, 1983) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Lulu Spencer on the ABC Daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'', for which she received three Daytime Emmy Awards, and for her role on the Golden Glo ...

(born 1983), American actress * Julius Berman, American lawyer and rabbi *

Karel Berman Karel Berman (14 April 1919 in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia – 11 August 1995 in Prague, Czech Republic) was a Jewish Czech opera singer, composer and opera director. Life After extensive musical education, Karel Berman started his c ...

(1919–1995), Czech vocalist and composer * Karen Berman, American psychiatrist and physician-scientist * (1839–1913), German pianist and composer, music teacher * Karl Berman (senior) (1811–1885), German clarinetist and basset horn player * (1923–2007), Soviet and Ukrainian cardiologist and therapist * (1914–2000), clown, Honored Artist of the RSFSR * Laura Berman, American sex therapist and educator * (born 1959), American director and dramaturge *

Lazar Berman Lazar Naumovich Berman (russian: Ла́зарь Нау́мович Бе́рман, ''Lazarʹ Naumovič Berman''; February 26, 1930February 6, 2005) was a Soviet Russian classical pianist, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988). He was hailed for a ...

(1930–2005), Russian pianist * (1894–1980), Russian Soviet poet, writer, journalist * Leah Berman (born 1976), American mathematician * Len Berman (born 1947), American sportscaster, journalist, news anchor and author * Leo Berman (1935–2015), Texas state Representative * Léonide Berman (1896–1976), Russian painter * (1908–1994), American violinist * Lori Berman, former Florida state Representative *

Lyle Berman Lyle Arnold Berman (born August 6, 1941, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional poker player and business executive. Business Berman grew up in Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota where he was graduated in 1964 wi ...

(born 1941), American poker player *

Marshall Berman Marshall Howard Berman (November 23, 1940–September 11, 2013) was an American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer. He was a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at The City College of New York and at the Graduate Center of the City ...

(1940–2013), American philosopher and writer * Matvei Berman (1898–1939), Russian, Head of the

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1932–1937 * (1873–1935), German rabbi *

Maxine Berman Maxine L. Berman (April 17, 1946 – March 2, 2018) was an American politician who served on the Michigan House of Representatives between 1983 and 1996. Berman was raised in Oak Park and graduated from the University of Michigan. She then taugh ...

(1946–2018), American educator and Michigan state Representative * (1908–1976), Soviet industrialist * Mitchell Berman, American Professor of Law at the

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...

*, American artist *

Monty Berman Nestor Montague "Monty" Berman (16 August 1913 in Whitechapel, London, England – 14 June 2006 in London, England) was a British cinematographer and film and television producer. Early career Berman began his film career as a camera assistant ...

(1913–2006), British cinematographer and film and television producer * Morris Berman (born 1944), American historian * Nathaniel Berman, American historian *

Nechemia Berman Rabbi Nechemia Berman was the Chief Rabbi of Uruguay. Born in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he served as Rabbi of Montevideo's Ashkenazi Community (Comunidad Israelita del Uruguay) from 1977 until 1993. This position has always been con ...

, Chief Rabbi of Uruguay * Otto Berman (1891–1935), American accountant * Pandro S. Berman (1905–1996), American film producer * Paul Berman (born 1949), American writer *

Pavel Berman Pavel Berman is a violinist and conductor of Russian origin, laureate of international competitions. Biography Pavel Berman was born in Moscow. Father — renowned Russian pianist Lazar Berman, mother — pianist Valentina Berman (Sedova). He ...

(born 1970), violinist and conductor * Rick Berman (born 1945), American television producer * Richard Berman (born 1942), American corporate lobbyist * Richard M. Berman (born 1943), American federal judge *

Rodney Berman Rodney Simon Berman OBE is a Liberal Democrat politician, currently a councillor for the Penylan ward of Cardiff. He was formerly a councillor for Plasnewydd ward, and was also leader of Cardiff Council between 2004 and 2012. Early life Born ...

(born 1969), Welsh local government politician *

Ruth A. Berman Ruth Berman (née Aronson, born 1935 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an Israeli linguist, Professor Emerita, Tel Aviv University, where she held the chair in “Language across the Lifespan.” Berman's research deals with the morphology, syntax, ...

, Israeli linguist, Professor Emerita, Tel Aviv University *

Ryan Berman Ryan Berman (born October 1980) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of Michigan House of Representatives from district 39. Elected in November 2018, he assumed office on January 1, 2019. Early life and education A native ...

, Michigan state Representative * Sabina Berman (born 1955), Mexican writer and journalist * Sanford Berman (born 1933), American librarian *

Saul Berman Saul J. Berman (born April 30, 1939) is an American scholar and Modern Orthodox rabbi. Berman was ordained at Yeshiva University, from which he also received his B.A. and his M.H.L. He completed a degree in law, a J.D., at New York University ...

(born 1939), American Orthodox rabbi and educator *

Serena Berman Serena Meredith Berman is an American actress, singer, and writer. She has done voice-over work for animated series and films. She played Elyon Brown on the T.V. Series ''W.I.T.C.H.'' as a teenager, and she has guest starred in shows such as '' ...

(born 1990), American actress * Shanik Berman (born 1965), Mexican journalist and entertainer * (born 1963), American film director and screenwriter *

Shelley Berman Sheldon Leonard Berman (February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, and lecturer. In his comedic career, he was awarded three gold records and he won the first Grammy Award for a spoken comedy reco ...

(1925–2017), American entertainer *

Sheri Berman Sheri is a female given name, from the French for ''beloved'', and may refer to: * Sheri Anderson, American TV writer * Sheri Everts, American academic * Sheri Forde, Canadian reporter * Sheri Graner Ray, video game specialist * Sheri L. Dew (bo ...

(BA 1987), American political scientist * (1818–1884), from the Hovevei Zion, the early pioneers in practical terms * Simon Berman (1861–1934), Dutch mayor *

Steve Berman Steve Berman is an American editor, novelist and short story writer. He writes in the field of queer speculative fiction. Biography Berman was born on August 28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in southern New Jersey. Berman realized ...

, American writer * Tal Berman (born 1973), Israeli TV host and Radio broadcaster * Thijs Berman (born 1957), Dutch politician * (1862–1896), Russian social activist and Palestinophil (Zionist) * (1897–1969), Soviet microbiologist, immunologist and epidemiologist *

Wallace Berman Wallace "Wally" Berman (February 18, 1926 – February 18, 1976) was an American experimental filmmaker, Assemblage (art), assemblage, and collage artist and a crucial figure in the history of post-war California art. Personal life and education ...

(1926–1976), American artist * (1878–1974), Russian-Israeli rabbi and educator * Yitzhak Berman (1913–2013), Israeli politician * (1940–2009), Soviet and Ukrainian athlete and coach

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