Friedman

Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are surnames of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by Ashkenazi Jews.

They may refer to:

Art

• Arnold Friedman (1874 – 1946), an American painter
• Drew Friedman, cartoonist
• Harold Freedman, artist public murals
• Ken Friedman, seminal figure in Fluxus
• Tom Friedman (artist), American sculptor

Business

• Eugene Freedman, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• George Friedman, the founder of Stratfor
• Joseph Friedman, inventor
• Nat Friedman, programmer

Cryptology

• Elizebeth Friedman
• William F. Friedman

Economics and Politics

• Benjamin M. Friedman, leading American political economist
• Mark Friedman (FPSI), Director of the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute
• Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist
  • Friedman rule, Milton Friedman's policy regarding cash-in-advance models of monetary systems
  • Friedman's k-percent rule, Milton Friedman's policy regarding optimal money supply growth
  • Friedman test, non-parametric statistical test developed by the U.S. economist Milton Friedman
• Rose Friedman, political author and wife of Milton Friedman
• David D. Friedman, libertarian writer and son of Rose & Milton Friedman
• Patri Friedman, activist, Executive Director of the Seasteading Institute, son of David Friedman, grandson of Rose & Milton Friedman
• Stephen Friedman (PFIAB), chairman of the U.S. President Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
• Bernát Friedmann, Hungarian jurist and criminal lawyer
• Bernie Friedman, attorney in Hollywood, Florida
• Daniel Friedmann, Israeli Minister of Justice
• Martin Freedman, Manitoba lawyer
• Michel Friedman, German former lawyer
• Samuel Freedman, lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Province of Manitoba
• Stephen J. Friedman, dean of Pace University School of Law
• Morris Friedman, private stenographer

Education

• Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, school
• James O. Freedman, the fifteenth president of Dartmouth College
• Richard A. Friedman, Director of Psychopharmacology
• Samuel O. Freedman, clinical immunologist, professor
• Stephen J. Friedman, dean of Pace University School of Law

History

• Renee Friedman, American Egyptologist
• Paul Freedman, historian

Literature and Journalism

• Bruce Jay Friedman, novelist, screenwriter and playwright
• Celia S. Friedman, science fiction novelist
• David Freedman, playwright and biographer
• David Friedman, writer

• Esther Pauline Friedman, advice columnist also known as Ann Landers
• Frieda Friedman, author
• Hannah Friedman, writer, director, and musician
• David Gerrold, science fiction author, also known as Jerrold David Friedman
• Mia Freedman, former Editor of Australian Cosmopolitan magazine and blogger
• Michael Jan Friedman, author
• Rita Friedman, creator of The Letter People
• Samuel G. Freedman, journalist
• Thomas L. Friedman, columnist
  • Friedman (unit), a neologism named after columnist Thomas L. Friedman

Mathematics

• Alexander 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
• Daniel P. Friedman, computer scientist and mathematician specializing in functional languages at Indiana University.
• Harvey Friedman, mathematical logician at The Ohio State University
• Michael Freedman, mathematician at Microsoft Research
• Sy Friedman, logician at the University of Vienna

Music

• Avraham Fried, Jewish composer and musical entertainer, also known as Avraham Friedman
• Dean Friedman, singer-songwriter
• Debbie Friedman, musician
• Erick Friedman, violinist
• Gary William Friedman, composer
• Harry Freedman, Canadian composer, musician and educator
• Ignaz Friedman, Polish-Austrian pianist, composer, also known as Ignacy Friedman
• Kinky Friedman, singer and candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election, 2006
• Marc Friedman, electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer
• Marty Friedman (guitarist), guitarist
• Ross the Boss Friedman, guitarist
• Tim Freedman, the vocalist and pianist
• Matthew Friedman, musician, singer and performer
• Don Friedman, jazz pianist

Photography

• Glen E. Friedman, photographer
• Robert Capa, 20th century war photographer, also known as Endré Ernő Friedmann

Religion

• David Noel Freedman, biblical scholar
• Denes Friedmann, Hungarian writer and Chief Rabbi in Újpest
• Edwin Friedman, applied family systems theory to congregational leadership
• Meïr ben Jeremiah Friedmann, Hungarian-Austrian scholar, Jewish theologian
• Richard Elliott Friedman, scholar of biblical criticism
• Manis Friedman, biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker
• Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhin (1797-1850), founder of the Hasidic dynasty of Ruzhin
• Yitzchok Friedman (1850-1917), first Rebbe of Boyan
• Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (1891-1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New York

Science

• 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
• Herbert Friedman, rocket science, solar physics, aeronomy, and astronomy
• Egon Friedell, Austrian philosopher, also known as Egon Friedmann
• Georges Friedmann (1902-1977), French sociologist
• Hermann Friedmann
• Irving Friedman, geochemist
• Jerome Isaac Friedman, Nobel Prize physicist
• Stanton T. Friedman, physicist and ufologist
• Meyer Friedman, medical scientist

Social Work

• Freedman's Aid Society, organization
• Freedman's Bureau, federal agency that was formed during the American Civil War

Sports

• Henryk Friedman, Polish chess master
• Benny Friedman, American Hall of Fame NFL football quarterback
• Dougie Freedman, Scottish association football manager
• Lee Freedman, prominent Australian racehorse trainer
• Lennie Friedman, American NFL football player for the Cleveland Browns
• Marty Friedman (basketball), Hall of Fame NBA pro basketball player and coach
• Nicole Freedman (born 1972), American Olympic cyclist
• Prahlad Friedman, professional poker player
• Ze'ev Friedman, Israeli Olympic weightlifter

Television and Film

• Budd Friedman, actor and producer
• Capturing the Friedmans, documentary film directed by Andrew Jarecki
• David F. Friedman, American filmmaker and producer
• Josh Friedman, American screenwriter
• Maria Friedman, musical theatre actress
• Sidney Freedman, fictional psychiatrist in the television series M*A*S*H
• Tal Friedman (born 1963), Israeli actor and comedian

Other

• Battle-Friedman House, an antebellum town home located Alabama
• Friedman Memorial Airport, public airport located in the town of Hailey in Blaine County, Idaho
• Friedrich Franz Friedmann, tuberculosis charlatan
• Jeffrey Friedman, political scientist
• Sylvan Friedman, Louisiana politician
• Tuviah Friedman, director of the Institute for the Documentation of Nazi War Crimes in Haifa
• Yohanan Friedmann, an Israeli scholar of Islamic studies.

See also

• Freedman, a former slave
• Fried (disambiguation)
• Fridman