Furman is a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
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Ashrita Furman (born 1954), American holder of more than 160 Guinness world records
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Dean Furman
Dean Furman (born 22 June 1988) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for English side Warrington Rylands 1906. He has previously played for Scottish Premiership side Rangers, English League Two side Bradford ...
(born 1988), South African footballer
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Dmitri Furman
Dmitri Yefimovich Furman (russian: Дми́трий Ефи́мович Фу́рман ''Dmitrij Yefimovič Furman''; 28 February 1943 – 22 July 2011) was a Russian political scientist, sociologist, and expert on religions. The ''New Left Revie ...
(1943–2011), Russian political scientist
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Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman (born September 5, 1986) is an American musician and songwriter.
Furman was the lead singer and guitarist of Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, formed in 2006, which ended with ''Mysterious Power'' (2011). Her subsequent work has include ...
(born 1986), American singer and songwriter
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Furman Bisher (1918–2012), American sports writer
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Gabriel Furman (state senator)
Gabriel Furman (January 23, 1800 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York — November 11, 1854 Brooklyn) was an American lawyer, historian and politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Judge William Furman (1765–1852). From 1814 to 1816, he att ...
(1800–1854), New York politician and historian
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Jason Furman (born 1970), American economist
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Jesse M. Furman
Jesse Matthew Furman (born June 7, 1972) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Early life and education
Furman is the son of psychologist Gail (née Gorman) and real estat ...
(born 1972), Federal judge for the Southern District of New York
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Lucy Furman
Lucy S. Furman (June 7, 1870 – August 24, 1958) was an American novelist, short story writer, and animal rights activist. Her fiction was a foundational influence on what would become Appalachian literature.
Biography
Lucy Furman was born in He ...
(1870–1958), American writer from Kentucky
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Maayan Furman-Shahaf
Maayan Furman-Shahaf ( he, מעין פורמן-שחף; born November 9, 1986) is an Israeli high jumper and triple jumper. She holds a personal best of for the high jump and for the triple jump.
She competed for Israel at the 2013 World Champ ...
(born 1986), Israeli high jumper and triple jumper
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Richard Furman
Richard Furman (9 October 1755 – 25 August 1825) was a Baptist leader from Charleston, South Carolina, United States. He was elected in 1814 as the first president of the Triennial Convention, the first nationwide Baptist association. Later h ...
(1755–1825), South Carolina Baptist minister, for whom Furman University is named
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Semyon Furman (1920–1978), Soviet chess grandmaster
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Simon Furman (born 1961), British comic book writer
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William Henry Furman, the defendant in the 1972 case of ''
Furman v. Georgia''
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