Lipman is a surname, and may refer to:
Alan Lipman, clinical psychologist and pundit
Daniel Lipman, writer and producer from Baltimore, Maryland, United States
David J. Lipman, United States biologist and director of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Elinor Lipman, United States novelist
Esther Lipman MBE née Solomon (1900–1991), Adelaide, South Australia's first woman councillor
Hymen Lipman (also Hyman Lipman), who first patented the pencil with an attached eraser
Ira A. Lipman (born c. 1941), American businessman and philanthropist
Jacob Goodale Lipman, soil chemist
Joseph Lipman, Canadian-American Mathematician
Lori Lipman Brown, Nevada state senator
Matthew Lipman, founder of Philosophy for Children
Maureen Lipman, British actress and comedian
Mel Lipman, attorney from Nevada and father of Lori Lipman Brown
Michael Lipman, English rugby union player
Doctor Rex J. Lipman, AO, ED, Australian soldier and businessman
Samuel Lipman (1934–1994), music and cultural critic, pianist, and co-founder (with Hilton Kramer) of The New Criterion literary magazine
As a given name, it can refer to:
Lipman Bers, Latvian mathematician & activist
Lipman "Lip" Emanuel Pike, United States baseball player