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Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are surname
s of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by Ashkenazi Jews.
They may refer to:
Surname
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s of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by Ashkenazi Jews.
They may refer to:
Art
- Arnold FriedmanArnold FriedmanArnold Friedman was an American Modernist painter.He was born in Corona, Queens, worked for the Federal Art Project and studied at the Art Students League of New York under the tutelage of Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller. In 1909, he took a six-month leave of absence from his job to study...
(1874 – 1946), an American painter - Drew Friedman, cartoonist
- Harold FreedmanHarold FreedmanHarold Freedman was an artist from Victoria, Australia renowned for his work in public murals.Also known as Freidman.Collections include Ballarat Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia- Notable works and achievements :...
, artist public murals - Ken FriedmanKen FriedmanKen Friedman, is a seminal figure in Fluxus, an international laboratory for experimental art, architecture, design, literature, and music. He had his first solo exhibition in New York in 1966. He has also been involved with mail art, and he has written extensively about Fluxus and Intermedia...
, seminal figure in Fluxus - Tom Friedman (artist)Tom Friedman (artist)Tom Friedman American conceptual sculptor known for his work employing everyday material, such as toothpicks or sugar cubes in intricate geometric arrangements. Friedman was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Washington University in St. Louis, receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic...
, American sculptor
Business
- Eugene FreedmanEugene FreedmanEugene Freedman was an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is widely known as the founder of the Enesco Corporation, the worldwide distributor for Precious Moments porcelain figurines between 1997 and 2005.-Early life and education:Born in Philadelphia, Freedman grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
, entrepreneur and philanthropist - George FriedmanGeorge FriedmanGeorge Friedman is an American political scientist and author. He is the founder, chief intelligence officer, financial overseer, and CEO of the private intelligence corporation Stratfor...
, the founder of Stratfor - Joseph FriedmanJoseph FriedmanJoseph B. Friedman was an independent American inventor with a broad range of interests and ideas...
, inventor - Nat FriedmanNat FriedmanNathaniel Dourif Friedman , known as Nat, is a programmer who co-founded Ximian along with Miguel de Icaza in 1999, a company that was later bought by Novell in 2003....
, programmer
Economics and Politics
- Benjamin M. FriedmanBenjamin M. FriedmanBenjamin Morton Friedman, a leading American political economist, is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. Friedman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institute's Panel on Economic Activity, and the editorial board of the...
, leading American political economist - Daniel Friedman, Economics professor at UCSC and director of LEEPS (Learning and Experimental Economics Projects) of Santa Cruz
- Mark Friedman (FPSI)Mark Friedman (FPSI)Mark Friedman is the Director of the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico, best known for his international work on Results-Based Accountability , also known in the UK and Australia as Outcomes-Based Accountability TM , a framework for turning data into action...
, Director of the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute - Milton FriedmanMilton FriedmanMilton Friedman was an American economist, statistician, academic, and author who taught at the University of Chicago for more than three decades...
, Nobel Prize-winning economist- Friedman ruleFriedman ruleThe Friedman rule is a monetary policy rule proposed by Milton Friedman. Essentially, Friedman advocated setting the nominal interest rate at zero. According to the logic of the Friedman rule, the opportunity cost of holding money faced by private agents should equal the social cost of creating...
, Milton Friedman's policy regarding cash-in-advance models of monetary systems - Friedman's k-percent ruleFriedman's k-percent ruleFriedman's k-percent rule is the monetarist proposal that the money supply should be increased by the central bank by a constant percentage rate every year, irrespective of business cycles....
, Milton Friedman's policy regarding optimal money supply growth - Friedman testFriedman testThe Friedman test is a non-parametric statistical test developed by the U.S. economist Milton Friedman. Similar to the parametric repeated measures ANOVA, it is used to detect differences in treatments across multiple test attempts. The procedure involves ranking each row together, then...
, non-parametric statistical test developed by the U.S. economist Milton Friedman
- Friedman rule
- Rose FriedmanRose FriedmanRose Director Friedman , also known as Rose D. Friedman and Rose Director was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. She was the wife of Milton Friedman , the winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics, and sister of Aaron Director...
, political author and wife of Milton Friedman - David D. FriedmanDavid D. FriedmanDavid Director Friedman is an American economist, author, and Right-libertarian theorist. He is known as a leader in anarcho-capitalist political theory, which is the subject of his most popular book, The Machinery of Freedom...
, libertarian writer and son of Rose & Milton Friedman - Patri FriedmanPatri FriedmanPatri Friedman is an American activist and theorist of political economy.- Background :Friedman grew up in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Upper Merion Area High School, class of 1994, where he went by the name Patri Forwalter-Friedman. He graduated from Harvey Mudd College in...
, activist, Executive Director of the Seasteading Institute, son of David Friedman, grandson of Rose & Milton Friedman - Stephen Friedman (PFIAB)Stephen Friedman (PFIAB)Stephen Friedman is the former Chairman of the United States President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He was nominated on October 27, 2005 to replace Brent Scowcroft in the position.-Life and career:...
, chairman of the U.S. President Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board - Bernát FriedmannBernát FriedmannBernhard Friedmann, or Friedmann Bernát was a Hungarian Jewish jurist and criminal lawyer.He studied law at the "Rechtsakademie" there and at the University of Budapest...
, Hungarian jurist and criminal lawyer - Bernie FriedmanBernie FriedmanBernie Friedman is an attorney in Hollywood, Florida, and a major political figure in South Florida, often called the "sixth commissioner" of Hollywood. Formerly president of the College Democrats of America, he worked for Rep...
, attorney in Hollywood, Florida - Daniel FriedmannDaniel FriedmannDaniel Friedmann was the Minister of Justice of Israel from 2007 to 2009. A professor of law, he was appointed by PM Ehud Olmert. He was sworn in on February 7, 2007, succeeding Tzipi Livni. In 2009 he was succeeded by Ya'akov Ne'eman.-Early life:...
, Israeli Minister of Justice - Martin FreedmanMartin FreedmanMartin H. Freedman, Q.C., was appointed a judge of the Manitoba Court of Appeal on July 16, 2002. He replaced Madam Justice Bonnie M. Helper, who resigned....
, Manitoba lawyer - Michel FriedmanMichel FriedmanMichel Friedman is a German lawyer, former CDU politician and talk show host. From 2000 to 2003 Friedman was vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and president of the European Jewish Congress from 2001 to 2003. From 1998 to 2003 he had his own show on German television...
, German former lawyer - Samuel FreedmanSamuel FreedmanSamuel Freedman, OC, QC , was a lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Province of Manitoba .-Early life:Born on April 16, 1908, to Nathan and Ada Freedman in Zhytomyr, Russian Empire , Freedman moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada when he was three years old...
, lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Province of Manitoba - Stephen J. FriedmanStephen J. FriedmanStephen J. Friedman, former commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, is the current president of Pace University. Prior to that, Friedman has served as dean of the Pace Law School, and senior partner and co-chairman of Debevoise & Plimpton.Friedman earned an AB from...
, dean of Pace University School of Law - Morris FriedmanMorris FriedmanMorris Friedman was, until 1905, the private stenographer for Pinkerton detective James McParland. Friedman came to the attention of the public when he published an exposé of anti-union actions by the private detective industry which was called The Pinkerton Labor Spy.The book focused in particular...
, private stenographer
Education
- Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and PolicyGerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and PolicyThe Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University brings together biomedical, clinical, social, and behavioral scientists to conduct research, educational, and community service programs in the field of human nutrition...
, school - James O. FreedmanJames O. FreedmanJames Oliver Freedman was a university president. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, he served briefly as Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; as the sixteenth president of the University of Iowa from 1982 to 1987; and as the fifteenth president of Dartmouth College,...
, the fifteenth president of Dartmouth College - Richard A. FriedmanRichard A. FriedmanRichard Alan Friedman, M.D. is Director of Psychopharmacology at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic and the Weill Cornell Medical College, where he is a professor of psychiatry. He is an expert in the pharmacologic treatment of mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder...
, Director of Psychopharmacology - Samuel O. FreedmanSamuel O. FreedmanSamuel Orkin Freedman, OC, CQ, FRSC is a Canadian clinical immunologist, professor and academic administrator. In 1965, he co-discovered with Phil Gold the carcinoembryonic antigen, the basis of a blood test used in the diagnosis and management of people with colorectal cancer.Born in Montreal,...
, clinical immunologist, professor - Stephen J. FriedmanStephen J. FriedmanStephen J. Friedman, former commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, is the current president of Pace University. Prior to that, Friedman has served as dean of the Pace Law School, and senior partner and co-chairman of Debevoise & Plimpton.Friedman earned an AB from...
, dean of Pace University School of Law
Literature and Journalism
- Bruce Jay FriedmanBruce Jay FriedmanBruce Jay Friedman is an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor.Raised in the Bronx by Irving and Mollie Friedman, Bruce Jay Friedman graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School. He then attended the University of Missouri as a journalism major, then served as a First Lieutenant in...
, novelist, screenwriter and playwright - Celia S. FriedmanCelia S. FriedmanCelia S. Friedman is a writer of science fiction and fantasy.Friedman writes epic science fiction and fantasy novels which feature complex interweavings of plot and richly detailed settings. To date she has published eight novels, several short stories, and a sourcebook for White Wolf's Vampire:...
, science fiction novelist - David FreedmanDavid FreedmanDavid Freedman was a Romanian-born American playwright and biographer who became known as the "King of the Gag-writers" in the early days of radio....
, playwright and biographer - David FriedmanDafydd ab HughDafydd ab Hugh is a U.S. science fiction author.Ab Hugh is most noted for writing fiction in media franchises in the 1990's, including several novels for the Star Trek franchise. He also co-wrote four novels associated with the game Doom with fellow science fiction author Brad Linaweaver...
, writer - Elizebeth FriedmanElizebeth FriedmanElizebeth Smith Friedman was a cryptanalyst and author, and a pioneer in U.S. cryptography. The special spelling of her name is attributed to her mother, who disliked the prospect of Elizebeth ever being called "Eliza." She has been dubbed "America's first female cryptanalyst".Although she is...
, cryptanalyst and author - Esther Pauline Friedman, advice columnist also known as Ann Landers
- Frieda FriedmanFrieda Friedman-References:########-External links:...
, author - Hannah FriedmanHannah FriedmanHannah Friedman is a writer, director, and musician from New York.-Biography:Hannah Friedman is the elder of two children born to notable singer-songwriter Dean Friedman. Hannah's mother worked for a time training monkeys...
, writer, director, and musician - David GerroldDavid GerroldJerrold David Friedman , better known by his pen name David Gerrold, is an American science fiction author who started his career in 1966 while a college student by submitting an unsolicited story outline for the television series Star Trek. He was invited to submit several premises, and the one...
, science fiction author, also known as Jerrold David Friedman - Mia FreedmanMia FreedmanMia Freedman is an journalist, columnist, author, blogger and media consultant.-Early life:Freedman was born to Kathy, a psychologist and art gallery owner, and Laurence Freedman, who worked in finance and currently heads The Freedman Foundation. Her father came to Australia to flee the apartheid...
, former Editor of Australian Cosmopolitan magazine and blogger - Michael Jan FriedmanMichael Jan FriedmanMichael Jan Friedman is an author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which are in the Star Trek universe. Ten of his titles have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list...
, author - Rita Friedman, creator of The Letter People
- Samuel G. FreedmanSamuel G. FreedmanSamuel G. Freedman is an American author and journalist and currently a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has authored six nonfiction books, including most recently Who She Was, a book about his mother's life as a teenager and young woman, and Letters to a Young...
, journalist - Thomas L. Friedman, columnist
- Friedman (unit)Friedman (unit)The Friedman, or Friedman Unit , is a tongue-in-cheek neologism coined by blogger Atrios on May 21, 2006.A Friedman is a unit of time equal to six months in the future....
, a neologism named after columnist Thomas L. Friedman
- Friedman (unit)
Mathematics
- Alexander Friedman, mathematician and cosmologist
- Freedman–Diaconis rule, rule used to specify the number of bins to be used in a histogram
- Friedman numberFriedman numberA Friedman number is an integer which, in a given base, is the result of an expression using all its own digits in combination with any of the four basic arithmetic operators and sometimes exponentiation. For example, 347 is a Friedman number since 347 = 73 + 4...
, integer which, in a given base, is the result of an expression using all its own digits - Daniel P. FriedmanDaniel P. FriedmanDaniel Paul Friedman is a professor of Computer Science at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. His research focuses on programming languages, and he is a prominent author in the field....
, computer scientist and mathematician specializing in functional languages at Indiana University. - Harvey FriedmanHarvey FriedmanHarvey Friedman is a mathematical logician at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He is noted especially for his work on reverse mathematics, a project intended to derive the axioms of mathematics from the theorems considered to be necessary...
, mathematical logician at The Ohio State University - Michael FreedmanMichael FreedmanMichael Hartley Freedman is a mathematician at Microsoft Station Q, a research group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1986, he was awarded a Fields Medal for his work on the Poincaré conjecture. Freedman and Robion Kirby showed that an exotic R4 manifold exists.Freedman was born...
, mathematician at Microsoft Research - Sy FriedmanSy FriedmanSy-David Friedman is an American and Austrian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the University of Vienna and the director of the Kurt Gödel Research Center for Mathematical Logic...
, logician at the University of Vienna - William F. FriedmanWilliam F. FriedmanWilliam Frederick Friedman was a US Army cryptographer who ran the research division of the Army's Signals Intelligence Service in the 1930s, and parts of its follow-on services into the 1950s...
, cryptologist
Music
- Avraham FriedAvraham FriedAvraham Shabshi Hakohen Friedman better known by his stage name, Avraham Fried, is a popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish community.-Career:...
, Jewish composer and musical entertainer, also known as Avraham Friedman - Dean FriedmanDean FriedmanDean Friedman is an American singer-songwriter who plays piano, keyboard, guitar and other instruments, including the harmonica.-Music:...
, singer-songwriter - Debbie FriedmanDebbie FriedmanDeborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman was an American composer and singer of songs with Jewish religious content. She was born in Utica, New York but moved with her family to Minnesota at age 5. She is best known for her setting of “Mi Shebeirach”, the prayer for healing, which is used by hundreds of...
, musician - Erick FriedmanErick FriedmanErick Friedman is considered by many as one of the greatest American born violinists of the past century. Erick Friedman's illustrious career took him to many of the great concert stages of the world appearing as guest soloist with most of the great orchestras throughout the United States and...
, violinist - Gary William FriedmanGary William FriedmanGary William Friedman is an American musician and composer. He completed his undergraduate work at Brooklyn College, and did advanced training in electronic music at Columbia University....
, composer - Harry FreedmanHarry FreedmanHarry Freedman , was a Canadian composer, english hornist, and music educator of Polish birth. He wrote a significant amount of symphonic works, including several film scores, and also composed a substantial amount of chamber music...
, Canadian composer, musician and educator - Ignaz FriedmanIgnaz FriedmanIgnaz Friedman Ignaz Friedman Ignaz Friedman (also spelled by languages Ignace or Ignacy; exactly Solomon (Salomon) Isaac Freudman(n), (February 13, 1882January 26, 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer. Critics (e.g. Harold C. Schonberg) and colleagues (e.g...
, Polish-Austrian pianist, composer, also known as Ignacy Friedman - Kinky FriedmanKinky FriedmanRichard S. "Kinky" Friedman is an American Texas Country singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election...
, singer and candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election, 2006 - Marc FriedmanMarc FriedmanMarc Friedman is an electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer. Marc tours internationally and has recorded seven full-length albums with Boston based avante-rock power trio The Slip. Marc is a co-arranger/producer/writer of the band's material along with the other two members, Brad and...
, electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer - Marty Friedman (guitarist)Marty Friedman (guitarist)Marty Friedman is a guitarist, well known for his tenure as the lead/rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth, which lasted almost a decade...
, guitarist - Ross the Boss Friedman, guitarist
- Tim FreedmanTim FreedmanTimothy "Tim" James Freedman is the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band The Whitlams formed in 1993...
, the vocalist and pianist - Matthew FriedmanMatthew FriedmanMatthew Friedman is a musician, singer and performer from New York, New York. Friedman played the role of the Piano Man in the first national touring company of the musical, Movin' Out. He served the same role in the show's second national tour...
, musician, singer and performer - Don FriedmanDon FriedmanDonald Ernest Friedman , better known as Don Friedman, is a jazz pianist. On the West Coast, he performed with Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Buddy DeFranco and Ornette Coleman, among others, before moving to New York...
, jazz pianist
Photography
- Glen E. FriedmanGlen E. FriedmanGlen E. Friedman is an American photographer and artist.Coming to prominence in the 1980s with his photography of skateboarders and musicians, Friedman is considered one of the most important photographers of his generation.He is perhaps best known for his work promoting rebellious artists such as...
, photographer - Robert CapaRobert CapaRobert Capa was a Hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist who covered five different wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War...
, 20th century war photographer, also known as Endré Ernő Friedmann
Religion
- David Noel FreedmanDavid Noel FreedmanDavid Noel Freedman , son of the writer David Freedman, was a biblical scholar, author, editor, archaeologist, and ordained Presbyterian minister ....
, biblical scholar - Denes FriedmannDenes FriedmannDenes Friedmann was an Hungarian writer and Chief Rabbi in Újpest , Hungary.He was co-editor of Magyar Zsido Szemle....
, Hungarian writer and Chief Rabbi in Újpest - Edwin FriedmanEdwin FriedmanEdwin H. Friedman was an ordained Jewish Rabbi and a family therapist. He was born in New York City and worked for more than 35 years in the Washington DC area where he founded the Bethesda Jewish Congregation....
, applied family systems theory to congregational leadership - Meïr ben Jeremiah Friedmann, Hungarian-Austrian scholar, Jewish theologian
- Richard Elliott FriedmanRichard Elliott FriedmanRichard Elliott Friedman is a biblical scholar and the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia. He joined the faculty of the UGA Religion Department in 2006. Prior to his appointment there, he was the Katzin Professor of Jewish Civilization: Hebrew Bible; Near...
, scholar of biblical criticism - Manis FriedmanManis FriedmanManis Friedman is a Chabad Lubavitch Hassid. He is a Torah scholar, rabbi, author, counselor and speaker and is the dean of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies....
, biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker - Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhin (1797-1850), founder of the Hasidic dynasty of RuzhinRuzhin (Hasidic dynasty)The Ruzhin Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhyn, . Today, Ruzhyn is an urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Rav Yisroel's father was the Rebbe Sholom Shachne of Prhobisht, who was a son of Rabbi Avrohom "HaMalach"...
- Yitzchok FriedmanYitzchok FriedmanYitzchok Friedman was the founder and first Rebbe of the Boyan Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the Pachad Yitzchok .-Early life:...
(1850-1917), first Rebbe of BoyanBoyan (Hasidic dynasty)Boyan is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Boiany in the Ukraine. The Hasidut is presently headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel, with communities in Beitar Ilit, Bnei Brak, London, Antwerp, Brooklyn, and Monsey, New York.-First Boyaner Rebbe:... - Mordechai Shlomo FriedmanMordechai Shlomo FriedmanMordechai Shlomo Friedman , sometimes called Solomon Mordecai Friedman, was the Boyaner Rebbe of New York for over 40 years...
(1891-1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New York
Science
- Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker, exact solution of the Einstein field equations of general relativity
- Friedmann equationsFriedmann equationsThe Friedmann equations are a set of equations in physical cosmology that govern the expansion of space in homogeneous and isotropic models of the universe within the context of general relativity...
, equations relating various cosmological parameters - Daniel P. FriedmanDaniel P. FriedmanDaniel Paul Friedman is a professor of Computer Science at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. His research focuses on programming languages, and he is a prominent author in the field....
, computer scientist - Herbert FriedmanHerbert FriedmanHerbert Friedman was an American pioneer in the application of sounding rockets to solar physics, aeronomy, and astronomy. He was also a statesman and public advocate for science...
, rocket science, solar physics, aeronomy, and astronomy - Egon FriedellEgon FriedellEgon Friedell born Egon Friedmann, 21 January 1878, in Vienna, died 16 March 1938, in Vienna, was a prominent Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer and theatre critic.- Early life :...
, Austrian philosopher, also known as Egon Friedmann - Georges FriedmannGeorges FriedmannGeorges Philippe Friedmann , French Sociologist.Georges Friedmann was the founder of a human work sociology after World War II. In 1921, after studying industrial chemistry, he entered a teacher training college on the rue d'Ulm, in Paris, France. During the war, he was an intellectual Marxist...
(1902-1977), French sociologist - Hermann FriedmannHermann FriedmannAdolph Hermann Friedmann was a Polish-German philosopher and jurist.- Literary works :...
- Irving FriedmanIrving FriedmanIrving Friedman was a U.S. Geological Survey scientist and a pioneer in geochemistry. Born in New York City, New York, he obtained a B.S. degree in chemistry from Montana State University, a M.S. degree in chemistry from Washington State University, and a Ph.D...
, geochemist - Jerome Isaac FriedmanJerome Isaac FriedmanJerome Isaac Friedman is an American physicist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois to parents who emigrated to the US from Russia, and excelled particularly in art while growing up...
, Nobel Prize physicist - Stanton T. FriedmanStanton T. FriedmanStanton Terry Friedman is a professional Ufologist, currently residing in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He is the original civilian investigator of the Roswell incident. He studied physics at the University of Chicago and worked as a nuclear physicist on research and development projects for...
, physicist and ufologist - Meyer FriedmanMeyer FriedmanMeyer Friedman was an American cardiologist who developed, with colleague R.H. Rosenman, the theory that the "Type A" behavior of chronically angry and impatient people raises their risk of heart attacks...
, medical scientist
Social Work
- Freedman's Aid SocietyFreedman's Aid SocietyThe Freedmen’s Aid Society was founded in 1861 during the American Civil War by the American Missionary Association , a group supported chiefly by the Congregational, Presbyterian and Methodist churches in the North. It organized a supply of teachers from the North and provided housing for them,...
, organization - Freedman's Bureau, federal agency that was formed during the American Civil War
Sports
- Henryk FriedmanHenryk FriedmanHenryk Friedman was a Polish chess master.He lived in Lvov . In 1926–1934, Friedman won seven times in succession the Championship of Lvov but 1930, when he took 2nd place behind Stepan Popel. Friedman played in four Polish championships. In 1926, he took 14th in Warsaw . The event was won by...
, Polish chess master - Benny FriedmanBenny FriedmanBenjamin "Benny" Friedman was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan , Cleveland Bulldogs , Detroit Wolverines , New York Giants , and Brooklyn Dodgers .He is generally considered the first great passer in professional football...
, American Hall of Fame NFL football quarterback - Dougie FreedmanDougie FreedmanDouglas "Dougie" Freedman is a Scottish former professional football player who played as a striker. He is currently manager at Championship club Crystal Palace, where he spent ten of his sixteen years as a player.-Barnet:...
, Scottish association football manager - Lee FreedmanLee FreedmanDavid Lee Freedman is a prominent Australian racehorse trainer. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 20 years, with four Golden Slippers, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates, and five Melbourne Cups,...
, prominent Australian racehorse trainer - Lennie FriedmanLennie FriedmanLeonard Lebrecht Friedman is an American football offensive lineman who is currently a free agent in the National Football League....
, American NFL football player for the Cleveland Browns - Marty Friedman (basketball)Marty Friedman (basketball)Max "Marty" Friedman was an American pro basketball player and coach.-Career:He played almost 20 years of pro basketball , while being mostly known for playing with the New York Whirlwinds....
, Hall of Fame NBA pro basketball player and coach - Nicole FreedmanNicole FreedmanNicole Freedman is an American Olympic cyclist.Freedman, who is Jewish, was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She attended MIT, and then Stanford University. Among the teams she has competed on are Shaklee , Charles Schwab , Credit Suisse First Boston , RONA , and Basis .In 1997, she was a US...
(born 1972), American Olympic cyclist - Prahlad FriedmanPrahlad FriedmanPrahlad S. Friedman is an American professional poker player from Los Angeles, California. He has played under the screen names "Spirit Rock" on Full Tilt Poker, "Mahatma" on Ultimate Bet, "Zweig" on Prima Network, and "Prefontaine" on PokerStars...
, professional poker player - Ze'ev FriedmanZe'ev FriedmanZe'ev Friedman , was an Israeli flyweight weightlifter. A member of the Israeli Olympic team, he was murdered by terrorists in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. -Biography:...
, Israeli Olympic weightlifter
Television and Film
- Budd FriedmanBudd FriedmanBudd Friedman is best known as the founder and original proprietor and MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club, which opened in 1963, on West 44th Street near the SE corner of 9th Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan...
, actor and producer - Capturing the FriedmansCapturing the FriedmansCapturing the Friedmans is a documentary film directed by Andrew Jarecki. It focuses on the 1980s investigation of Arnold and Jesse Friedman for child molestation...
, documentary film directed by Andrew Jarecki - David F. FriedmanDavid F. FriedmanDavid Frank Friedman was an American filmmaker and film producer.-Life and career:Friedman first became interested in entertainment after spending part of his childhood in Birmingham and Anniston, Alabama, traveling carnival sites. He met exploitation film pioneer Kroger Babb during his stay in...
, American filmmaker and producer - Josh FriedmanJosh FriedmanJosh Friedman is an American screenwriter best known as screenwriter of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and as the writer of the 2005 film adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds....
, American screenwriter - Maria FriedmanMaria FriedmanMaria Friedman is an English actress working in television, musical theatre, and concerts. She has won three Olivier Awards for her stage work.-Early years:...
, musical theatre actress - Sidney Freedman, fictional psychiatrist in the television series M*A*S*H
- Tal FriedmanTal Friedman-Biography:Friedman was born in Kiryat Ata, Israel, in 1963. His father was a holocaust survivor.He served in the Israeli Sea Corps on a missile boat during the 1982 Lebanon War. He studied acting at Tel Aviv University, where he met Moshe Furster, with whom he put on his first act, Alilot Moshe...
(born 1963), Israeli actor and comedian
Other
- Battle-Friedman HouseBattle-Friedman HouseThe Battle Friedman House is an antebellum town home located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The house was built in 1835 by Alfred Battle and his wife, Millicent Battle. The house's grounds include the only remaining documented antebellum garden in the state, the house itself is noted for its vernacular...
, an antebellum town home located Alabama - Friedman Memorial AirportFriedman Memorial AirportFriedman Memorial Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Hailey, a city in Blaine County, Idaho, United States. The airport is operated by the Friedman Memorial Airport Authority under a Joint Powers Agreement between the...
, public airport located in the town of Hailey in Blaine County, Idaho - Friedrich Franz FriedmannFriedrich Franz FriedmannFriedrich Franz Friedmann was a tuberculosis researcher in Berlin who came to New York City to give what he called the "turtle vaccine" to people who came to his clinic in 1913. He claimed to have developed a strain capable of providing immunity, by passing the strain through turtles.-Biography:He...
, tuberculosis charlatan - Jeffrey Friedman, political scientist
- Sylvan FriedmanSylvan FriedmanSylvan N. Friedman was a Louisiana politician, a rare Jewish member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature...
, LouisianaLouisianaLouisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making... - Tuviah Friedman, director of the Institute for the Documentation of Nazi War Crimes in Haifa
- Yohanan FriedmannYohanan Friedmann-Biography:Friedmann was born in Zákamenné, Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1949. He attended high school at the Reali School in Haifa . In 1956 he began his undergraduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Arabic Language and Literature,...
, an Israeli scholar of Islamic studies.