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Kaufmann is a surname with many variants such as Kauffmann, Kaufman, and Kauffman. In German, the name means merchant. It is the cognate of the English Chapman (which had a similar meaning in the Middle Ages, though it disappeared from modern English). "Kaufmann" may refer to:
Kaufmann
- Aloys P. Kaufmann (1902–1984), Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
- Christine Kaufmann (born 1945), Austrian actor
- David Kaufmann, Jewish-Austrian scholar
- Edgar J. Kaufmann (1885–1955), prominent US businessman and philanthropist
- Eduard Kaufmann, German physician
- Eugen Kaufmann (born 1892), German architect
- Evan Kaufmann (born 1984), ice hockey player
- Felix Kaufmann (1895–1949), Austrian-American law philosopher
- Frank Kaufmann (born 1952), Peace Activist
- Georg Friedrich Kaufmann (1679–1735), Baroque composer from Thuringia (now in southern Germany)
- George Adams Kaufmann (1894-1963), British mathematician, translator and anthroposophist
- Gordon Kaufmann (1888–1949), English-born American architect
- Hans Kaufmann (born 1948), Swiss politician and business consultant
- Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
- Konstantin Kaufmann (1818–1882) Russian general
- Maurice Kaufmann, British actor
- Klaus Kaufmann, Austrian pianist who founded the Austrian-Chinese-Music-University
- Michael Kaufmann, character from the Silent Hill series
- Oskar Kaufmann, Hungarian-German Jewish architect
- Patricia A. (Trish) Kaufmann of Lincoln, Delaware
- Peter Kaufmann, politician and businessman in Winnipeg
- Stefan Kaufmann (musician) (born 1960), German drummer
- Stefan Kaufmann (politician), (born 1969), German Bundestag member
- Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, German microbiologist
- Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann
- Walter Arnold Kaufmann (1921–1980), German philosopher
- Walter Kaufmann (composer) (1907–1984), Czech-born American ethnomusicologist
- Walter Kaufmann (physicist) (1871–1947), German physicist
- Prof. Rabbi Yehezkel Kaufmann (1889–1963), Bible scholar
- Isaac Kaufmann-Funk, American editor, lexicographer
- Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi
- Kaufmann's (Kaufmann's Furniture Galleries), regional department store chain
- Abderhalden-Kaufmann-Lignac syndrome
- Mount Kaufmann
- Peak Kaufmann
- Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
- Kaufmann is also a font family designed by Max R. Kaufmann.
Kauffmann, Kauffman
- Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), Swiss-Austrian painter
- Erle G. Kauffman, American paleontologist
- Guinevere Kauffmann, German-American astrophysicist
- Léon Kauffmann, the 12th Prime Minister of Luxembourg
- Stanley Kauffmann, long-time film critic for The New Republic
Kaufman
- Kaufman, Illinois
- Kaufman, Texas
- Kaufman County, Texas
- Abraham Kaufman (1885–1971), a Russian-born medical doctor, community organizer and Zionist
- Alan S. Kaufman (born 1944), psychologist/IQ test developer
- Andrew Kaufman, Canadian writer
- Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), American entertainer
- Ariel Durant (born Chaya Kaufman), historian and writer, wife of Will Durant
- Bel Kaufman (1911-2014), author of Up the Down Staircase and granddaughter of Sholom Aleichem
- Benjamin Kaufman (Medal of Honor) (March 10, 1894 – February 5, 1981) World War I Medal of Honor recipient
- Boris Kaufman, younger brother of Dziga Vertov
- Brandon Kaufman (born 1990), American football player
- Bruria Kaufman (1918-2010), Israeli theoretical physicist
- Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), American screenwriter, producer, director, and lyricist
- Dan Kaufman, special effects artist
- David S. Kaufman, American politician
- David Kaufman, American voice actor
- David Kaufman, theater critic
- Denis Abramovich Kaufman
- Denis Arkadievich Kaufman
- Donald Kaufman (1930–2009), American toy collector
- Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman, American politician
- George S. Kaufman, American playwright
- Gerald Kaufman, British Member of Parliament
- Harold R. Kaufman (born 1926), American physicist, developed Kaufman ion source
- Henry Kaufman (born 1927), German-American economist
- Herbert Kaufman
- Irving Kaufman (1910–1992), American federal judge
- Irving Kaufman (1890–1976) American entertainer
- Isidor Kaufman (Isidore Kaufmann), Hungarian Jewish painter
- James C. Kaufman
- Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology at Boston University
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Louis Kaufman, violinist
- Mel Kaufman, football player for the Washington Redskins.
- Millard Kaufman, American screenwriter and novelist
- Morris Kaufman, a Manitoba judge
- Moisés Kaufman, playwright and director
- Murray the K (Murray Kaufman)
- Nadeen L. Kaufman psychologist/IQ test developer
- Nikolay Kaufman, Bulgarian musicologist
- Philip Kaufman, film director
- Philip A. Kaufman (Phil Kaufman), an American engineer, the namesake of the Phil Kaufman Award
- Robert Kaufman, American screenwriter and film producer
- Stephen R. Kaufman
- Terrence Kaufman, linguist and professor at the University of Pittsburgh
- Wendy Kaufman
- William E. Kaufman, rabbi, philosopher
- Dr. Kaufman, a villain in Tomorrow Never Dies
Kauffman
- Kauffman, California
- Craig Kauffman, Artist
- Draper Kauffman (1911–1979) Rear Admiral, US Navy
- Elizabeth Bush, born Kauffman
- Ewing Marion Kauffman
- George B. Kauffman, (born 1930) American chemist
- Louis Kauffman, American mathematician
- Marta Kauffman, TV producer and writer
- Matthew Kauffman, journalist
- Scott Kauffman, businessman
- Stuart (Alan) Kauffman, US theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher
- USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
- Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge
- Kauffman Stadium, named after Ewing Kauffman