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). Often it is a Jewish name. Kaufmann may refer to:
Aloys P. Kaufmann (1902–1984), Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
Christine Kaufmann (born 1945), Austrian actor
David Kaufmann (1852–1899), Jewish-Austrian scholar
Edgar J. Kaufmann (1885–1955), prominent US businessman and philanthropist
Eduard Kaufmann (1860–1931), German physician, and one of the discoverer's of Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome
Eugen Kaufmann (1892–1984), German architect
Evan Kaufmann (born 1984), ice hockey player
Felix Kaufmann (1895–1949), Austrian-American law philosopher
Frank Kaufmann (born 1952), Peace Activist
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679–1735), Baroque composer from Thuringia (now in southern Germany)
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
Jonas Kaufmann (born 1969), German tenor
Konstantin 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
Maurice Kaufmann (1927–1997), British actor
Max R. Kaufmann, designer of the Kaufmann font family
Michael Kaufmann, character from the Silent Hill series
Oskar Kaufmann (1873–1956), Hungarian-German Jewish architect
Patricia A. (Trish) Kaufmann of Lincoln, Delaware
Peter Kaufmann (politician) (born 1947), politician and businessman in Winnipeg
Stefan Kaufmann (musician) (born 1960), German drummer
Stefan Kaufmann (politician) (born 1969), German Bundestag member
Stefan H.E. Kaufmann (born 1948), German microbiologist
Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (born 1955)
Walter Arnold Kaufmann (1921–1980), German philosopher
Walter Kaufmann (composer) (1907–1984), Czech-born American ethnomusicologist
Walter Kaufmann (physicist) (1871–1947), German physicist
William Kaufmann, who along with Michael B. Morgan founded Morgan Kaufmann Publishers in 1984
William G. Kaufmann (1869–1947), American politician
Prof. Rabbi Yehezkel Kaufmann (1889–1963), Bible scholar
Isaac Kaufmann-Funk, American editor, lexicographer
Kaufmann Kohler (1843–1926), reform rabbi
Kaufmann's (Kaufmann's Furniture Galleries), regional department store chain
Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), Swiss-Austrian painter
Calvin Henry Kauffman (1869–1931), American botanist and mycologist
Guinevere Kauffmann (born 1968), German-American astrophysicist
Léon Kauffman (1869–1952), 12th Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Stanley Kauffmann (1916–2013), long-time film critic for The New Republic
Jean-Paul Kauffmann (born 1944), French journalist and writer
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 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
Andrew Kaufman, 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) (March 10, 1894 – February 5, 1981), World War I Medal of Honor recipient
Boris Kaufman, 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 S. Kaufman (1813–1851), American politician
David Kaufman (actor) (born 1961), American voice actor
David Kaufman (author), theater critic
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
Harold R. Kaufman (born 1926), 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
Isidor Kaufmann (Isidore Kaufmann, 1853–1921), Hungarian Jewish painter
James C. Kaufman (born 1974)
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
Nikolay Kaufman (born 1925), Bulgarian musicologist
Philip Kaufman (born 1936), film director
Philip A. Kaufman (Phil Kaufman), an American engineer, the namesake of the Phil Kaufman Award
Robert Kaufman (1931–1991), American screenwriter and film producer
Smylie Kaufman (born 1991), professional golfer
Terrence Kaufman (born 1937), linguist and professor at the University of Pittsburgh
Theodore N. Kaufman (1910–1986), businessman and writer
Wendy Kaufman (born 1958)
William E. Kaufman, rabbi, philosopher
Dr. Kaufman, a villain in Tomorrow Never Dies
Craig Kauffman (1932–2010), Artist
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, namesake of Kauffman Stadium
George B. Kauffman (born 1930), 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)
Louis Kauffman (born 1945), American mathematician
Marta Kauffman (born 1956), TV producer and writer
Matthew Kauffman (born 1961), journalist
Scott Kauffman (born 1956), businessman
Stuart (Alan) Kauffman (born 1939), US theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher
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