Perelman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bob Perelman, poetChaim Perelman, philosopherEliezer Ben-Yehuda (Eliezer Yitzhak Perelman, 1858-1922), instrumental for the modern era revival of Hebrew as a spoken languageGrigori Perelman, Russian mathematician who proved the Poincaré conjectureMikhail Perelman, Soviet Olympic gold medal winning gymnastRichard B. Perelman, author of Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of CigarsRonald Perelman, wealthy investor and businessman who appears 94th on the Forbes 2006 The World's Richest People (40th in the USA)S. J. Perelman (1904–1979), American humorist, author, and screenwriter, best known for the film Around the World in Eighty DaysYakov Perelman, Russian author of science books for childrenVadim Perelman, Ukrainian-American film director best known for his debut House of Sand and FogRaymond G. Perelman, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based philanthropist after whom the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania was named