Kaufmann

For uses other than people with the surname, see Kaufman (disambiguation).

Distribution of the surname in Germany

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

• Alexander Kaufmann (1817–1893), German poet and folklorist, brother of Leopold
• Aloys P. Kaufmann (1902–1984), Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
• Andrea Kaufmann (born 1969), Austrian politician
• Andreas Kaufmann (born 1973), German footballer
• Andy Kaufmann (born 1967), American basketball player
• Arthur Kaufmann (1872–1938), Austrian attorney, philosopher and chess master
• Arthur Kaufmann (artist) (1888–1971, German avant-garde painter
• Bobby Kaufmann (born 1985), American politician
• Carl Kaufmann (1936–2008), West German sprint runner
• Christian Kaufmann (alpine guide) (1872–1939), Swiss mountain guide active in Canada
• Christian Kaufmann (canoeist) (born c. 1940), West German slalom canoeist
• Christine Kaufmann (1945–2017), German-Austrian actress, author, and businesswoman
• Christine Kaufmann (politician) (born 1951), Montana State Senate
• Daniel Kaufmann (footballer) (born 1990), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Danielly Kaufmann (1984), Luxembourg-Brazilian visual artist
• David Kaufmann (1852–1899), Jewish-Austrian scholar
• Dieter Kaufmann (born 1941), Austrian composer
• Edgar J. Kaufmann (1885–1955), US businessman and philanthropist
• Eduard Kaufmann (1860–1931), German physician and co-discoverer of the Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome
• Elsie Effah Kaufmann (1969), Ghanaian academic and biomedical engineer
• Ernst Kaufmann (1895–1943), Swiss racing cyclist
• Eugen Kaufmann (1892–1984), German architect
• Evan Kaufmann (born 1984), German-American ice hockey player
• Fabio Kaufmann (born 1992), German-Italian footballer
• Felix Kaufmann (1895–1949), Austrian-American law philosopher
• Frank Kaufmann (born 1952), American peace activist
• Franz Kaufmann (1886–1944), German jurist and victim of the Holocaust
• Franziska Kaufmann (born 1987), Swiss curler
• Fritz Kaufmann (1905–1941), Swiss ski jumper and Nordic combined skier
• George Adams Kaufmann (1894–1963), British mathematician, translator and anthroposophist
• Gordon Kaufmann (1888–1949), English-born American architect
• Günther Kaufmann (1947–2012), German actor
• Hans Kaufmann (born 1948), Swiss politician and business consultant
• Heinz Kaufmann (1913–1997), German rower
• Herbert Kaufmann (1920–1976), German ethnologist, journalist, photographer and writer
• Hermann Kaufmann (born 1955), Austrian architect
• Hilde Kaufmann (1920–1981), German jurist and criminologist
• Isidor Kaufmann (1853–1921), Austro-Hungarian painter
• Jeff Kaufmann (born 1963), American politician
• Jonas Kaufmann (born 1969), German tenor
• Judith Kaufmann (born 1962), German cinematographer
• Julia Kaufmann (born 1984), German voice actress
• Karl Kaufmann (painter) (1843–1905), Austrian landscape and architectural painter
• Karl Kaufmann (1900–1965), German Nazi Gauleiter in Hamburg
• Karl Maria Kaufmann (1972-1951), German Biblical archaeologist
• Konstantin von Kaufmann (1818–1882), Russian general, for whom "Mount Kaufmann" (or "Peak Kaufmann", now called Lenin Peak) was named
• Klaus Kaufmann (born 1948), Austrian pianist who founded the Austrian-Chinese-Music-University
• Lars Kaufmann (born 1982), German handball player
• Leon Kaufmann (1872–1933), Polish painter and pastellist
• Leonhard Kaufmann (born 1989) Austrian footballer
• Leopold Kaufmann (1821–1898), German politician, brother of Alexander
• Malte Kaufmann (born 1976), German economist, entrepreneur and politician
• Maurice Kaufmann (1927–1997), British actor
• Max R. Kaufmann, designer of the Kaufmann font family
• Max Rudolf Kaufmann (1886–1963), Swiss author, translator, and journalist
• Michael Kaufmann (born 1964), German politician
• Miranda Kaufmann (born 1982), British historian
• Myron Kaufmann (1921–2010), American author
• Nico Kaufmann (1916–1996), Swiss pianist and composer
• Oskar Kaufmann (1873–1956), Hungarian-German Jewish architect
• Patricia A. (Trish) Kaufmann of Lincoln, Delaware
• Peter Kaufmann (Alpine guide) (1872–1939), Swiss mountain guide from Grindelwald
• Peter Kaufmann (politician) (born 1947), politician and businessman in Winnipeg
• Peter Kaufmann-Bohren (1886–1971), Swiss mountain guide
• Rainer Kaufmann (born 1959), German film director
• Richard von Kaufmann (1850–1908), German jurist and art collector
• Rudolf Kaufmann (1909–1941), German palaeontologist and geologist, son of Walter (physicist)
• Sören Kaufmann (born 1971), German slalom canoeist
• Stefan Kaufmann (musician) (born 1960), German drummer
• Stefan Kaufmann (politician) (born 1969), German Bundestag member
• Stefan H.E. Kaufmann (born 1948), German microbiologist
• Stevie Kaufmann, (1913–2004), American socialite
• Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (born 1955), German politician
• Theodore Kaufmann (1814–1896), German-American painter
• Ulrich Kaufmann (1840–1917), Swiss mountain guide
• Walter Kaufmann (author) (1924–2021), German-Australian writer
• Walter Kaufmann (composer) (1907–1984), Czech-born American ethnomusicologist
• Walter Kaufmann (philosopher) (1921–1980), German philosopher
• Walter Kaufmann (physicist) (1871–1947), German physicist
• William Kaufmann (1918-2008) American nuclear strategist
• William G. Kaufmann (1869–1947), American politician
• Yehezkel Kaufmann (1889–1963), Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar

Given name

• Isaac Kaufmann Funk (1839–1912), American editor, lexicographer
• Kaufmann Kohler (1843–1926), German-born American Bible scholar, Reform rabbi and theologian

Kauffmann

• Fritz Kauffmann (1855–1934), German composer and conductor
• Fritz Kauffmann (bacteriologist) (1899–1078), German-Danish bacteriologist (Kauffmann–White classification)
• Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679–1735), German Baroque composer
• Guinevere Kauffmann (born 1968), German-American astrophysicist
• Henrik Kauffmann (1888–1962), Danish ambassador to United States of America
• Jean-Paul Kauffmann (born 1944), French journalist and writer
• Lillian von Kauffmann (1920–2016), Danish businesswoman
• Stanley Kauffmann (1916–2013), long-time film critic for The New Republic

Kaufman

• Aaron Kaufman, American mechanic and fabricator, featured on the television show Fast N' Loud
• Abraham Kaufman (1885–1971), Russian-born medical doctor, community organizer and Zionist
• Alan Kaufman (writer), American novelist and poet
• Alan S. Kaufman (born 1944), psychologist/IQ test developer
• Alexis Kaufman (born 1991), birth name of American professional wrestler Alexa Bliss
• Allen Kaufman (born 1933), chess professional
• Alvin Ratz Kaufman (1885–1979), Canadian industrialist, philanthropist, and birth control advocate
• Amie Kaufman (born 1980), an Australian author.
• Andrew Kaufman (born 1968), Canadian writer
• Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), American entertainer
• Ariel Durant (born Chaya Kaufman, 1898–1981), 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) (1894–1981), World War I Medal of Honor recipient
• Boris Kaufman (1906–1980), 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 Kaufman (actor) (born 1961), American voice actor
• David Kaufman (author), theater critic
• David S. Kaufman (1813–1851), American politician, Republic of Texas State Senator
• Donald Kaufman (collector) (1930–2009), American toy collector
• Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman (born 1939), American politician
• Elaine Kaufman (1929–2010), American restaurateur
• George S. Kaufman (1889–1961), American playwright
• Gerald Kaufman (1930–2017), British member of parliament
• Gordon D. Kaufman (1925–2011), American theologian
• Grace Kaufman (born 2002), American child actress
• Harold R. Kaufman (1926–2018), American physicist, developed Kaufman ion source
• Henry Kaufman (born 1927), German-American economist
• Herbert Kaufman (1878–1947)
• Irving Kaufman (1910–1992), American federal judge
• Irving Kaufman (singer) (1890–1976), American entertainer
• Jacob Kaufman, (1847–1920), Canadian manufacturer and industrialist
• Jake Kaufman (born 1981), American video game music composer
• James C. Kaufman, American psychologist
• James D. Kaufman, American politician
• Jane Kaufman (1938-2021), American artist
• Joan Kaufman (psychologist), American child psychologist
• Josh Kaufman (born 1976), American musician and winner of NBC's The Voice season 6
• Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology at Boston University
• Lloyd Kaufman (born 1945)
• Louis Kaufman (1905–1994), violinist
• Mel Kaufman (1958–2009), football player for the Washington Redskins
• Micha Kaufman (born 1946), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
• Millard Kaufman (1917–2009), American screenwriter and novelist
• Morris Kaufman, Manitoba judge
• Moisés Kaufman (born 1963), playwright and director
• Murray the K (Murray Kaufman, 1922–1982)
• Nadeen L. Kaufman (born 1945), psychologist/IQ test developer
• Napoleon Kaufman (born 1973), American football player
• Nikolay Kaufman (1925–2018), Bulgarian musicologist
• Philip Kaufman (born 1936), film director
• Philip A. Kaufman (Phil Kaufman), American engineer, namesake of the Phil Kaufman Award
• Robert Kaufman (1931–1991), American screenwriter and film producer
• Ruth Kaufman, British operations research specialist
• Sean Kaufman (born 2000), actor
• Smylie Kaufman (born 1991), professional golfer
• Steve Kaufman (1960–2010), artist
• Ted Kaufman (born 1939), United States Senator from Delaware from 2009 to 2010
• Terrence Kaufman (1937–2022), linguist and professor at the University of Pittsburgh
• Theodore N. Kaufman (1910–1986), businessman and writer
• Trey Kaufman-Renn (born 2002), American basketball player
• Vlodko Kaufman (born 1957), Ukrainian artist
• Wendy Kaufman (born 1958), American television personality
• William E. Kaufman (born 1938), American rabbi, philosopher
• Dr. Kaufman, a villain in Tomorrow Never Dies

Kauffman

• Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), Swiss-Austrian painter
• Bob Kauffman (1946–2015), American basketball player
• Calvin Henry Kauffman (1869–1931), American botanist and mycologist
• Claudia Kauffman, Washington State Senate (served 2007–2011)
• Craig Kauffman (1932–2010), American artist
• Doug Kauffman (born 1969), American curler and golfer
• Draper Kauffman (1911–1979), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy and son of James L. Kauffman, with whom he was the joint namesake of USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
• Elizabeth Bush, born Kauffman
• Ewing Marion Kauffman (1916–1993), former owner of the Kansas City Royals and namesake of Kauffman Stadium
• George B. Kauffman (1930–2020), American chemist
• James Laurence Kauffman (1887–1963), United States Navy Vice Admiral and father of Draper Kauffman, with whom he was the joint namesake of USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
• John D. Kauffman (1847–1913), Amish "sleeping preacher"
• Leah Kauffman (born c.1986), American actress, singer and songwriter
• Léon Kauffman (1869–1952), 12th Prime Minister of Luxembourg
• Louis Kauffman (born 1945), American mathematician
• Marta Kauffman (born 1956), TV producer and writer
• Matthew Kauffman (born 1961), journalist
• Nehemiah Kauffman (c.1996–2016), American victim of unsolved shooting
• Sandra Kauffman (born 1933), American politician from Missouri
• Scott Kauffman (born 1956), businessman
• Stuart Kauffman (born 1939), US theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher

See also

• Kauffman Amish Mennonite
• Kaufmann's (Kaufmann's Furniture Galleries), regional department store chain
• Kofman, Koffman, Yiddish equivalents
• Koopman, Dutch equivalent