Naumann

Naumann is a Central German variation of the surname Neumann. Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert Naumann (1875–?), German Olympic fencer
• Christian August Naumann (1705–?), German architect
• Einar Naumann (1891–1934), Swedish botanist
• Erich Naumann (1905–1951), German Nazi SS-Brigadeführer and Einsatzgruppe commander, executed for war crimes
• Ernst Naumann (1832–1910), German composer
• Francis Naumann, a scholar, curator, and art dealer, specializing in the art of the Dada movement and the Surrealist periods
• Friedrich Naumann (1860–1919), German theologian and politician
  • Friedrich Naumann Foundation, German foundation for liberal politics
• Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797–1873), German geologist
  • Naumann (crater), a lunar impact crater named after him
• Günther Naumann (born 1941), German skier
• Hans Naumann (1886–1951), German literary historian
• Heinrich Edmund Naumann (1854–1927), German geologist
• Horst Naumann (born 1921), German actor
• Johann Andreas Naumann, German farmer and an amateur naturalist
• Johann Christoph von Naumann, German architect
• Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780–1857), German ornithologist
• Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801), German composer
• Joseph Fred Naumann (born 1949), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Kerstin Naumann (born 1981), German rower
• Klaus Naumann (born 1939), German general, who was General Inspector of the German military from 1991 to 1996
• Max Naumann (1875–1939), initiator of the League of National German Jews
• Michael Naumann (born 1941), German politician, journalist and publicist
• Peter Naumann (born 1941), German sailor
• Robert Naumann (1862–1926), American politician
• Werner Naumann (1909–1982), German politician

Nauman is a variant and may refer to:

• Bruce Nauman (born 1941), contemporary American artist
• Theodor Nauman (1885–1947), Swedish water polo player