Singer (surname)

Singer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Business and industry

 * Baruch Singer (born 1954), American real estate investor
 * Carl Singer (1916–2008), American businessman, investor, and philanthropist
 * George Singer (cycle manufacturer) (1874–1909), English cycle manufacturer
 * John Webb Singer (1819–1904), English bronze founder
 * Horace M. Singer (1823–1896), American businessman and politician
 * Isaac Singer (1811–1875), American inventor of the modern sewing machine and founder of the Singer Corporation
 * Lauren Singer, environmental activist, entrepreneur, and blogger
 * Lavoslav Singer (1866–1942), Croatian industrialist
 * Linda Singer (born 1966), American attorney
 * William Rick Singer, American consultant who pleaded guilty to bribing college admission officials

Arts and entertainment

 * Abby Singer (1917–2014), American production manager and assistant director
 * Alexander Singer (1928–2020), American director
 * Andy Singer (born 1965), American political cartoonist
 * Angela Singer (born 1966), artist
 * Arthur B. Singer (1917–1990), American wildlife artist
 * Artie Singer (1919–2008), American songwriter, music producer and bandleader
 * Aubrey Singer (1927–2007), CBE British broadcasting executive
 * Benno Singer (1875–1934), Hungarian-born British entertainment administrator
 * Bob Singer (born 1928), American artist and character designer
 * Bobbie Singer (born 1981), Austrian singer
 * Brooke Singer (born 1972), New York City–based media artist
 * Bryan Singer (born 1965), American film director, nephew of Jacques Singer, cousin of Lori and Marc Singer
 * Burr Singer (1912–1992), American artist
 * Campbell Singer (1909–1976), British character actor
 * Donna Singer (born 1965), American jazz vocalist
 * Dulcy Singer, American television producer
 * Eric Singer (born 1958), American rock drummer
 * Eric Warren Singer, American screenwriter
 * Hal Singer (1919–2020), American R&B and jazz bandleader and saxophonist
 * Henry Singer (born 1957), documentary filmmaker
 * Jacques Singer (1910–1980), Polish-born American violinist, orchestra conductor, father of Lori and Marc Singer
 * Jeanne Singer (1924–2000), American pianist, teacher, and composer of lyrical poetry
 * Jeff Singer (born 1971), British musician and drummer
 * Jill Singer (1957–2017), Australian journalist, writer, and television presenter
 * Jonathan M. Singer, podiatrist and award-winning photographer
 * Josh Singer (born 1972), American film/television writer and producer
 * Leah Singer, photographer and multimedia artist
 * Leo Singer (1877–1951), vaudeville manager
 * Loren Singer (1923–2009), American novelist
 * Lori Singer (born 1957), American actress, daughter of Jacques Singer, sister of Marc Singer
 * Marc Singer (born 1948), American TV actor, son of Jacques Singer, brother of Lori Singer
 * Mike Singer (born 2000), German pop singer
 * Simon Singer (born 1941), American world champion American handball player, and radio and television actor
 * Uri Singer, Israeli businessman and film producer

Poets and authors

 * Burns Singer (1928–1964), American poet
 * Christiane Singer (1943–2007), French writer, essayist, and novelist
 * Florantonia Singer, Venezuelan journalist
 * Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991), Polish-born American novelist and younger brother of Israel Joshua Singer
 * Israel Joshua Singer (1893–1944), Polish-born American a novelist and elder brother of Isaac Bashevis Singer
 * Margot Singer, American writer

Characters

 * Addie Singer, fictional character from the TV show Unfabulous
 * Alvy Singer, lead character played by Woody Allen in the movie Annie Hall

Scientists, educators, scholars

 * Amy Singer, Ottoman historian
 * André Vítor Singer (born 1958), political sciences professor
 * C. Gregg Singer (1910–1999), American historian and theologian
 * Charles Singer (1876–1960), British historian
 * Dorothea Waley Singer (1882–1964), historian of science
 * E. C. Singer, American engineer
 * Edgar Arthur Singer (1873–1954), American philosopher
 * Eleanor Singer (1930–2017), Austrian-born American expert on survey methodology
 * Fred Singer (1924–2020), Austrian-born American physicist and professor
 * George Singer (1786–1817), English early pioneer of electrical research
 * Hans Singer (1910–2006), German economist
 * Ignatius Singer (c. 1853–1926), British writer and social reformer
 * Irving Singer (1925–2015), American professor of philosophy
 * Isadore Singer (1924–2021), American mathematician
 * Isidore Singer (1859–1939), editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia
 * Itamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli archaeologist
 * J. David Singer (1925–2009), American professor of political science
 * Josef Singer (1923–2009), Israeli President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
 * Joseph W. Singer, American legal theorist
 * Judith D. Singer, American academic, statistician, and social scientist
 * June Singer (1920–2004), American analytical psychologist
 * Kurt Singer (1886–1962), German economist and philosopher
 * Marcus George Singer (1926–2016), American philosopher
 * Michael F. Singer (born 1950), American mathematician
 * P. W. Singer, (né Peter Warren Singer, born 1973/74), American scholar of politics and war
 * Peter Singer (born 1946), Australian philosopher concerned with treatment of animals and other ethical topics
 * Rolf Singer (1906–1994), German-born mycologist
 * Ronald Singer (1924–2006), South African-born anatomist and university professor (Chicago)
 * Samuel Weller Singer (1783–1858), English author, Shakespeare scholar and historian of card games
 * Seymour Jonathan Singer (1924–2017), American cell biologist and university professor
 * Stephen Singer-Brewster (born 1945), American astronomer
 * Tanja Singer (born 1969), German neuroscientist
 * Wolf Singer (born 1943), German neurophysiologist

Applied medicine and clinical psychology

 * Alfred Singer (born 1946), American immunologist
 * Amy Singer (born 1953), Florida trial consultant and research psychologist
 * Donald Singer, president of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
 * Margaret Singer (1921–2003), American clinical psychologist
 * Jerome L. Singer (1924–2019), American psychology professor
 * Jerome E. Singer (1934–2010), psychologist
 * Peter A. Singer (born 1960), (né Peter Alexander Singer; born c. 1960), Canadian physician and bioethicist

Public service

 * Arlene Singer (born 1948), judge


 * Cecile D. Singer (born 1929), New York politician
 * Christine Singer, German politician
 * Gary Singer, Australian politician
 * Israel Singer (born 1942), secretary general of the World Jewish Congress
 * Jack Singer (1917–2013), Canadian real estate developer, financier, and philanthropist
 * Joseph Singer (politician) (1890–1967), Toronto city councillor and lawyer
 * Leonard Singer (born 1943), British politician and pharmacist
 * Mark Singer, doctor
 * Paul Singer (1844–1911), German politician
 * Peter Singer (judge) (1944–2018), judge of the High Court of England and Wales
 * Vlado Singer (1908–1943), Croatian politician
 * William Singer, Chicago alderman

Sports

 * Al Singer (1909–1961), American boxer
 * Andreas Singer (born 1946), Slovak football manager and former player
 * Bill Singer (born 1944), American former professional baseball pitcher
 * Brady Singer (born 1996), American baseball pitcher
 * Chantal Singer, Canadian water skier
 * Christina Singer (born 1968), German tennis player
 * Heike Singer (born 1964), East German sprint canoer
 * Jimmy Singer (1937–2010), Welsh professional footballer
 * Joachim Singer (born 1942), German hurdler
 * Karin Singer (born 1966), former synchronized swimmer
 * Karl Singer (born 1943), American football player
 * Kyle Singer (born 1980), American soccer player
 * Rory Singer (born 1976), American mixed martial artist
 * Sam Singer (born 1995), American-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team Bnei Herzliya
 * Simon Singer (born 1941), American world champion American handball player, and radio and television actor
 * Walt Singer (1911–1992), American football player

Other uses

 * Holm Singer (born 1961), former East German Stasi informant
 * Winnaretta Singer (1865–1943), princess and daughter of Isaac Merrit Singer

Other disambiguations

 * Alex Singer (disambiguation)
 * André Singer (disambiguation)
 * Daniel Singer (disambiguation)
 * David Singer (disambiguation)
 * I. M. Singer (disambiguation)
 * James Singer (disambiguation)
 * Jerome Singer (disambiguation)
 * John Singer (disambiguation)
 * Jonathan Singer (disambiguation)
 * Peter Singer (disambiguation)