Kaufmann

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 (the common noun chapman 'merchant' has fallen out of use). 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 (born 1984), Luxembourg-Brazilian visual artist
David Kaufmann (1852–1899), Jewish-Austrian scholar
Dieter Kaufmann (1941–2025), 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
Eric Kaufmann (born 1970), Canadian demographer
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
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 (1872-1951), 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
Manfred Kaufmann (born 1978), Liechtenstein 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) [de] (1899–1978), 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
Arnold Kaufman (1927-1971), American political philosopher
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 (singer) (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

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