Kelman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alfred R. Kelman (born 1936), American film and television documentary producer and director
Charles Kelman (1930–2004), ophthalmologist and a pioneer in cataract surgery
Emile Kelman, record producer and audio engineer
Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Seattle-based Redfin, an online real estate brokerage
Herbert Kelman, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus at Harvard University
James Kelman (born 1946), influential writer of novels, short stories, plays and political essays
Jerson Kelman (born 1948), the CEO of Light Group - Rio de Janeiro, former Brazilian regulator for water and electricity
Mark Kelman (born 1951), jurist and vice dean of Stanford Law School
Moshe Kelman, the operational commander of the Palmach's Third Battalion in 1948
Naamah Kelman (born 1955), American-born Rabbi, Dean of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion campus
Nic Kelman (born 1971), writer of novels, short stories, non-fiction, screenplays, and essays
Pat Kelman, British director, writer and actor
Peggy Kelman, Australian pioneer aviator
Ricky Kelman (born 1950), American actor
Scott Kelman (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
Stephen Kelman, English novelist, whose debut novel Pigeon English was a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Man Booker Prize
Todd Kelman (born 1975), retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman
Wolfe Kelman (1923–1990), Austrian-born American Rabbi and leader in the Conservative Judaism in the United States