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 (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