Naum

Naum may refer to:

Given name

 * Saint Naum (c. 830–910), medieval Bulgarian writer and missionary
 * Naum (biblical figure) or Nahum, a minor prophet; or a figure mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus
 * Naum (metropolitan) (born 1961), Macedonian Orthodox metropolitan of the Diocese of Strumica
 * Naum Akhiezer (1901–1980), Soviet mathematician
 * Naum Babaev (born 1977), Russian entrepreneur
 * Naum Batkoski (born 1978), Macedonian footballer
 * Naum Birman (1924–1989), Soviet theater and film director
 * Naum Bozda (1784-1853), Serbian merchant and philanthropist
 * Naum Faiq (1868–1930), Assyrian nationalist
 * Naum Il'ich Feldman (1918–1994), Soviet mathematician
 * Naum Gabo (1890–1977), Russian sculptor
 * Naum Gurvich (1905–1981), Soviet-Jewish cardiac physician
 * Naum Idelson (1885–1951), Soviet astronomer
 * Naum Kleiman (born 1937), Russian historian of cinema
 * Naum Koen (born 1981), UAE-based Israeli-Ukrainian businessman
 * Naum Kove (born 1963), Albanian footballer
 * Naum Krasner (1924–1999), Russian mathematician and economist
 * Naum Krnar (died 1817), secretary to Karađorđe, the leader of the First Serbian Uprising
 * Naum Levin (1933–2020), Ukrainian–Australian chess master and trainer
 * Naum Luria (1892–1966), later changed his name to Artur Luriye, or Arthur Lourié, Russian composer
 * Naum Meiman (1912–2001), Soviet/Israeli mathematician, physicist, dissident, and refusenik
 * Naum Miladinov (1817–1897), of the Miladinov brothers, Albanian folklorists
 * Naum Dhimitër Naçi (1871–1927), Albanian teacher and patriot
 * Naum Olev (1939–2009), Russian lyricist
 * Naum Panovski (born 1950), Macedonian theatre director and writer
 * Naum Prokupets (born 1948), Moldovan-born Soviet world champion sprint canoer
 * Naum Rogozhin (1879–1955), Soviet actor
 * Naum Sekulovski (born 1982), Australian soccer player
 * Naum Senyavin (c. 1680–1738), Russian Royal Navy officer
 * Naum Shopov (1930–2012), Bulgarian actor
 * Naum Z. Shor (1937–2006), Soviet and Ukrainian mathematician
 * Naum Shtarkman (1927–2006), Russian pianist
 * Naum Shusterman (1912–1976), Soviet engineer and Lieutenant Colonel
 * Naum Sluzsny (1914–1979), Swiss pianist
 * Naum Slutzky (1894–1965), Ukrainian goldsmith
 * Naum Sorkin (1899–1980), Soviet military officer and diplomat
 * Naum Terebinsky (1851—after 1908), Russian politician
 * Naum Tomalevski (1882–1930), Bulgarian revolutionary in the Macedonian revolutionary movement
 * Naum Torbov (1880–1952), Bulgarian architect
 * Naum Veqilharxhi (1797–1846), Albanian lawyer and scholar
 * Naum Ya. Vilenkin (1920–1991), Soviet mathematician

Surname

 * Anton Naum (1829–1917), Moldavian/Romanian poet
 * Dorothy Naum (1928–2008), American baseball player
 * Gellu Naum (1915–2001), Romanian poet
 * Said Naum (fl. 19th century), Muslim philanthropist in the Dutch East Indies

Other uses

 * Naum (chess), a chess engine
 * Naum Theatre, a theatre and opera house in Istanbul, Turkey, 1839–1870