Friedman
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Friedman, Friedemann, Friedmann, Fridman, Frydman, Frydmann, and Freedman are popular surnames. According to the 1990 U.S. Census, Friedman ranked 1027 out of 88799 (Top 1%) as a surname for males and females of all ages. These may refer to:
In music:
- Aron Friedmann (born August 22, 1855, Schaken, Lithuania - June 9, 1936, Berlin), cantor/chazzan
- Dave Fridmann, musician and record producer
- Dean Friedman, singer-songwriter
- Debbie Friedman, a pioneer of Jewish music
- Gary William Friedman, the composer of the Obie Award winning musical The Me Nobody Knows
- Harry Freedman, Canadian composer, musician and educator
- Ignaz Friedman/Ignacy Friedman, also IgnacyFreudmann (born February 14, 1882, Podgórze bei Kraków - January 26, 1948, Sydney), Polish-Austrian pianist, composer
- Kinky Friedman, singer and independent candidate for the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas.
- Laura Friedmann (born April 8, 1862, Berlin - n. e.), singer
- Marc Friedman, electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Marty Friedman (guitarist), guitarist
- Moritz Friedmann / Mór Friedmann, Móric Friedmann (March 7, 1823, Hrabócz - August 29, 1891, Budapest), Hungarian chazzan ([1])
- Ross "The Boss" Friedman, guitarist best known as a founding member of both the punk band The Dictators and the heavy metal band Manowar
- Tim Freedman, the vocalist and pianist of the Australian band The Whitlams
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, organist
In mathematics:
- Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, mathematician and cosmologist
- Freedman-Diaconis rule, rule used to specify the number of bins to be used in a histogram
- Friedman number, integer which, in a given base, is the result of an expression using all its own digits
- Harvey Friedman, mathematical logician at The Ohio State University
- Michael Freedman, mathematician at Microsoft Research
- William F. Friedman, cryptologist
In sports:
- Benny Friedman, American football quarterback
- Dougie Freedman, Scottish professional association footballer
- Gal Fridman, Israeli windsurfer and an Olympic gold medalist
- Lee Freedman, prominent Australian racehorse trainer
- Lennie Friedman, American football player for the Chicago Bears of the NFL
- Marty Friedman (basketball), pro basketball player and coach
- Prahlad Friedman, professional poker player
In economics:
- Benjamin M. Friedman, leading American political economist
- Emanuel Friedman, banker
- Friedman rule, Milton Friedman's policy regarding cash-in-advance models of monetary systems
- Friedman test, non-parametric statistical test developed by the U.S. economist Milton Friedman
- Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist
- Rose Friedman, the wife of Milton Friedman
- Stephen Friedman, assistant to President George W. Bush for economic policy, later chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
In Politics:
- Eric Friedman, Senator, Associated Students of the University of California, Davis. Fall 2006 - Fall 2007
In law:
- Otto Friedmann (born March 11, 1860, Vienna - December 4, 1901, Prague), Austrian jurist
- Bernát Friedmann (), Hungarian jurist and criminal lawyer
- Bernie Friedman, attorney in Hollywood, Florida
- Ernő Friedmann/Ernst Friedmann (1883 - 1944), Hungarian jurist, professor ([2])
- Michel Friedman, German former lawyer
- S. Friedman & Co., one of the largest law firms in Israel
- Samuel Freedman, lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Province of Manitoba
- Stephen A. Friedman, high-profile Maryland attorney known for his scorched-earth approach
- Stephen J. Friedman, dean of Pace University School of Law, previously senior partner and co-chairman of Debevoise & Plimpton
In geography
- John Friedmann (* 1926), professor and doctor of planning, economy and geography
In literature:
- Alfred Friedmann (born October 26, 1845, Frankfort/Main - February 13, 1923, Berlin), German poet and author ([3])
- Bruce Jay Friedman, novelist, screenwriter and playwright
- Celia S. Friedman, science fiction novelist
- David Freedman, the first child, and only son of Sara and Israel Freedman
- David Friedman, writer
- David D. Friedman, libertarian writer who became a leading figure in the anarcho-capitalist community
- Elizebeth Friedman, cryptanalyst and author
- Erica Friedman, the founder of Yuricon and a proactive member of the American shoujo-ai
- Esther Pauline Friedman, advice columnist also known as Ann Landers
- Frieda Friedman, author of children's literature
- Fritz Friedmann-Frederich, exactly Fritz Friedmann (born March 13, 1883, Berlin - March 16, 1934, Prague), theatre-director (theatre-director (Theaterdirektor)), writer
- Jerrold David Friedman, award-winning science fiction author
- Michael Jan Friedman, New York Times bestselling author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction
- Oskar Friedmann/Oscar Friedmann (born July 13, 1872, Vienna - November 3, 1929, Vienna), Austrian writer, theatre-director (Theaterdirektor), publisher
- Rita Friedman, creator of The Letter People
- Samuel G. Freedman, journalist
- Thomas L. Friedman, columnist
In television and film:
- Budd Friedman, actor and producer
- Capturing the Friedmans, documentary film directed by Andrew Jarecki
- David F. Friedman, American filmmaker and producer from Birmingham, Alabama
- Josh Friedman, American screenwriter best known as the writer of the 2005 adaptation of War of the Worlds
- Marcel Horace Frydman, Austrian dramaturg, opera connoisseur and opera critic
- Maria Friedman, musical theatre actress who has worked on both the Broadway and West End stages
- Sidney Freedman, psychiatrist in the television series M*A*S*H
- Siegwart Friedmann (April 25, 1842, Pest - April 22, 1916, Dresden), Hungarian-German actor ([4])
- Stephen J. Friedman (15 March 1937 - 4 October 1996), American film producer
In science:
- Friedrich Franz Friedmann (born October 26, 1876, Berlin - February 20, 1953, Monte Carlo), lung doctor
- Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker, exact solution of the Einstein field equations of general relativity
- Friedmann equations, equations relating various cosmological parameters
- Daniel P. Friedman, computer scientist
- Egon Friedmann, prominent Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, and cabaret performer
- Georges Friedmann (1902-1977), French sociologist
- Hermann Friedmann
- Irving Friedman, pioneer in geochemistry
- Jerome Isaac Friedman, Nobel Prize physicist
- Stanton T. Friedman, physicist and ufologist
In artistry:
- Arnold Friedman (1874 – 1946), an American Modernist painter.
- Marie-Rosalia Friedmann-Otten, also Mitzi Friedmann-Otten, Mizi Friedmann-Otten (born November 28, 1884, Vienna - May 5, 1955, New York), Austrian artisan/craftsman (Kunstgewerbler)
- Drew Friedman, cartoonist known for his "stippling"-like style of caricature
- Harold Freedman, artist from Victoria, Australia renowned for his work in public murals
- Ken Friedman, seminal figure in Fluxus
- Susan K. Freedman, the President of the Public Art Fund
- Tom Friedman (artist), American conceptual sculptor
In photography:
- Glen E. Friedman, photographer
- Endré Ernő Friedmann, possibly the most famous war photographer of the 20th century
In religion:
- Aaron Ẓebi Friedman / Aaron Cwi Friedman (b. March 22, 1822, Stavisk, Poland - May 17, 1876, New York city), shochet ([5])
- David Noel Freedman, biblical scholar
- Dénes Friedmann (1903 - 1944, KZ Auschwitz), Hungarian rabbi, Judaic scholar ([6])
- Desider Friedmann (1880, Boskovice -1944, KZ Auschwitz), Czech Zionism activist ([7])
- Meïr ben Jeremiah Friedmann/Meïr ben Jeremiah Ish Shalom/Meïr ben Jeremiah Isch Schalom/Isch Schalom, also Meyer Friedmann (July 10, 1831, Kraszna, Komitat Kaschau - November 23, 1908, Vienna), Hungarian-Austrian scholar, Jewish theologian ([8])
- Richard Elliott Friedman, world-renowned scholar of biblical criticism
- Israel Friedmann, the founder of the Ruzhiner dynasty
In history:
- Renee Friedman, American Egyptologist
- Paul Freedman, historian
In education:
- Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, school
- James O. Freedman, the fifteenth president of Dartmouth College
- Löb Behr Friedmann, also Aryeh Dob Friedmann (1865, Suwalki - ), Polish author and pedagogue ([9])
- Richard A. Friedman, Director of Psychopharmacology at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic
- Samuel O. Freedman, Canadian clinical immunologist, professor and academic administrator
- Stephen J. Friedman, dean of Pace University School of Law
In business:
- Eugene Freedman, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- George Friedman, the founder and chief intelligence officer of the private intelligence corporation Stratfor
- Joseph Friedman, inventor
- Ken Freedman, the current General Manager of WFMU
- Mikhail Fridman, Russian businessman
- Nat Friedman, programmer
- Paul Friedmann (middle of the 19 c. - ), German philanthropist ([10])
- Scott Friedman, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Seegrid Corporation
- Werner Friedmann (born May 12, 1909, Berlin - April 23, 1969, München), publicist, publisher
In social work:
- Otto Bernhard Friedmann (born March 13, 1824, Vienna - June 14, 1880, Salmannsdorf bei Vienna), Austrian publicist
- Freedman's Aid Society, organization
- Freedman's Bureau, federal agency that was formed during the American Civil War
In other fields:
- Fridman (crater), the remains of a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon
- Friedman Memorial Airport, public airport located in the town of Hailey in Blaine County, Idaho, USA
- Tuviah Friedman, Nazi hunter and director of the Institute for the Documentation of Nazi War Crimes in Haifa
- William F. Friedman, cryptologist
- Omer Friedman, Acclaimed writer for High Times Magazine; Grandson of Habib Edery, head Pharmocologist in the Israeli team that first extracted THC from the cannabis plant.
- Thomas Friedman, journalist
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