Baum

Baum is a German surname meaning "tree" (not to be confused with the French surname Baume). Notable people with this surname include:


 * Andreas Baum (born 1978), German politician
 * Bernie Baum (1929–1993), American songwriter
 * Bruce Baum (born 1952), American comedian
 * Carol Baum, American film producer
 * Christina Baum (born 1956), German politician
 * Dale Baum, (born 1943), American historian and professor
 * Edgar Schofield Baum (1916–2006), American artist, physician, and WW2 combat medical officer
 * Fran Baum, Australian social scientist
 * Frank Baum (footballer) (born 1956), German footballer
 * Frank Joslyn Baum (1883–1958), American lawyer, soldier, writer and film producer
 * Friedrich Baum (1727–1777), colonel in British service during the American revolutionary war
 * Gerhart Baum (born 1932), German lawyer and minister of the interior
 * Henry Baum (born 1972), American writer
 * James Edwin Baum (1887-1955), American journalist and big game hunter
 * Jiří Baum (1900–1944), Czech zoologist
 * L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), American author (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), actor, and independent filmmaker
 * Michael Baum (surgeon) (born 1937), British surgical oncologist who specialises in breast cancer treatment
 * Oskar Baum (1883–1941), Czech music educator and writer
 * Otto Baum (1911-1998), German high-ranking commander (Oberführer) of the Waffen-SS
 * Paul Baum (artist) (1859–1932), German landscape painter
 * Paul Baum (mathematician) (born 1936), American mathematician
 * Peter Baum (born 1990), American lacrosse player
 * Ray Baum (1955-2018), American lawyer and politician
 * Roger S. Baum (born 1938), American banker, now children's author
 * Tom Baum (born 1940), American screenwriter and playwright
 * Vicki Baum (1888–1960), Austrian writer
 * Walter Baum (1921–2007), German type designer
 * Walter Emerson Baum (1884–1956), Pennsylvania impressionist painter
 * Wilhelm Baum (historian), (born 1948), Austrian historian, publisher
 * Wilhelm Baum (surgeon) (1799–1883), German surgeon
 * William Wakefield Baum (1926–2015), American Roman Catholic cardinal