Schumann (surname)

Schumann is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the name, in English often Schuman, include:

In athletics

 * Desirée Schumann (born 1990), German goalkeeper
 * Manfred Schumann (born 1951), German bobsledder
 * Margit Schumann (1952–2017), German luger
 * Nils Schumann (born 1978), German athlete
 * Ralf Schumann (born 1962), German champion 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter

In music

 * Clara Schumann (née Wieck, 1819–1896), German pianist and composer; wife of Robert Schumann
 * Coco Schumann (1924–2018), German jazz musician
 * Elisabeth Schumann (1888–1952), German opera soprano
 * Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861–1936), opera singer
 * Georg Schumann (composer) (1866–1952), German composer and director
 * John Schumann (born 1953), Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist, formerly in Redgum
 * Melissa Schuman (born 1984), American singer and actress
 * Peter Schumann (born 1934), theater director
 * Robert Schumann (1810–1856), German composer
 * Tom Schuman (born 1958), American jazz musician
 * Walter Schumann (1913–1958), American soundtrack composer
 * William Schuman (1910–1992), American composer

In politics

 * Alfred O. Schumann (1924–2013), American politician
 * Conrad Schumann (1942–1998), East German soldier who defected to the West
 * Georg Schumann (resistance fighter) (1886–1945), German Communist and resistance fighter against the Nazis
 * Dr. Horst Schumann (1906–1983), German Nazi SS-Sturmbannführer, participated in criminal medical experiments at Auschwitz
 * John C. Schuman (1881–1971), American politician and farmer
 * Marvin C. Schumann (1906-1994), American politician
 * Maurice Schumann (1911–1998), French politician
 * Robert Schuman (1886–1963), French politician and a founding father of the European Union

In science

 * Erich Schumann (1898–1985), German physicist
 * Howard Schuman (1928–2021), American sociologist
 * Karl Moritz Schumann (1851–1904), German botanist
 * Winfried Otto Schumann (1888–1974), German physicist who predicted the Schumann resonance

In other fields

 * Allan L. Schuman (born 1934), businessman
 * Patricia G. Schuman (born 1943), American librarian and publisher
 * Paul R. Schumann (1876–1946), American painter
 * Scott Schuman (blogger), creator of the fashion blog The Sartorialist