Berman

Berman is a surname that may be derived from the German and Yiddish phrase בער מאַן (lit. ‘bear-man’) or from the Dutch Beerman, meaning the same. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abba Berman (1919–2005), Polish-Israeli Rosh Yeshiva
• Adolf Berman (1906–1978), Polish-Israeli activist and politician
• Ahmet Berman (1932–1980), Turkish football player
• Alan Berman (born 1943), American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist
• Alexander Johan Berman (1828–1886), Dutch minister and literary critic
• Amanda Berman, civil rights attorney; founder and executive director of Zioness
• Amy Berman (born 1954), circuit judge
• Antoine Berman (1942–1991), French translator and theorist of translation
• Arthur L. Berman (1935–2020), American lawyer and politician from Illinois
• Bart Berman (born 1938), Dutch-Israeli pianist
• Bob Berman, American astronomer
• Boris Berman (chekist) (1901–1939), Worker of the USSR State Security officials, Commissioner of Public Security the third rank
• Boris Berman (journalist) (born 1948), Soviet and Russian journalist and broadcaster
• Boris Berman (musician) (born 1948), Russian-Israeli-American pianist
• Brian Berman, American family physician
• Bruce Berman (born 1952), American film producer
• Chris Berman (born 1955), American sportscaster
• David Berman (graphic designer), Canadian graphic designer
• David Berman (mobster) (1903–1957), American mobster
• David Berman (musician) (1967–2019), American poet and vocalist
• Debbie Berman, South African film and television editor
• Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (1933–2023), American politician
• Emma Berman (born 2008), American actress
• Eugène Berman (1899–1972), Russian painter
• Franklin Berman (born 1939), British barrister, judge, and arbitrator
• Fred Berman (1926–2011), American painter
• Gail Berman (born 1956), American manager in the movie industry
• Geoffrey Berman (born 1959), American attorney
• Harold J. Berman (1918–2007), American professor of law
• Harris Berman (c.1938–2021), American physician
• Helen Berman (born 1936), Dutch-Israeli painter
• Helen M. Berman (born 1943), American chemistry professor
• Henry Berman (1914–1979), American film editor
• Howard Berman (born 1941), American politician
• Ilan Berman (born 1975), Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council
• Iosif Berman (1892–1941), Romanian photographer, and journalist
• Jakov Berman (1868–1933), Russian philosopher
• Jakub Berman (1901–1984), Polish politician
• Jekuthiel Berman (1825–c. 1889), Russian Hebrew novelist
• Jennifer Berman, American sexual health expert, urologist, and female sexual medicine specialist
• John Berman (born 1972), American news anchor
• Joost Berman (1793–1855), Dutch judge and poet
• Josh Berman, American writer and producer for television
• Joshua Berman, Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University
• Jules Berman (1911–1998), American businessperson
• Julie Berman (born 1983), American actress
• Julius Berman (1935–2025), American lawyer and rabbi
• Karel Berman (1919–1995), Czech vocalist and composer
• Karen Berman, American psychiatrist and physician-scientist
• Karl Berman (senior) (1811–1885), German clarinettist and basset horn player
• Laura Berman, American sex therapist and educator
• Lazar Berman (1930–2005), Russian pianist
• Leah Berman (born 1976), American mathematician
• Len Berman (born 1947), American sportscaster, journalist, news anchor and author
• Leo Berman (1935–2015), Texas state Representative
• Léonide Berman (1896–1976), Russian painter
• Lori Berman, former Florida state Representative
• Lyle Berman (born 1941), American poker player
• Marshall Berman (1940–2013), American philosopher and writer
• Matvei Berman (1898–1939), Russian, Head of the GULAG 1932–1937
• Maxine Berman (1946–2018), American educator and Michigan state Representative
• Mitchell Berman, American Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Monty Berman (1913–2006), British cinematographer and film and television producer
• Morris Berman (born 1944), American historian
• Nathaniel Berman, American historian
• Nechemia Berman, Chief Rabbi of Uruguay
• Nina Berman, American photographer
• Otto Berman (1891–1935), American accountant
• Pandro S. Berman (1905–1996), American film producer
• Paul Berman (born 1949), American writer
• Paul Schiff Berman (born 1966), American lawyer
• Pavel Berman (born 1970), violinist and conductor
• Rick Berman (born 1945), American television producer
• Richard Berman (born 1942), American corporate lobbyist
• Richard M. Berman (born 1943), American federal judge
• Rodney Berman (born 1969), Welsh local government politician
• Rosalind Berman (died 2012), American politician
• Ruth A. Berman, Israeli linguist
• Ryan Berman, Michigan state Representative
• Sabina Berman (born 1955), Mexican writer and journalist
• Sanford Berman (born 1933), American librarian
• Saul Berman (born 1939), American rabbi and educator
• Serena Berman (born 1990), American actress
• Shanik Berman (born 1965), Mexican journalist and entertainer
• Shelley Berman (1925–2017), American entertainer
• Sheri Berman (BA 1987), American political scientist
• Simon Berman (1861–1934), Dutch mayor
• Steve Berman, American writer
• Tal Berman (born 1973), Israeli TV host and radio broadcaster
• Thijs Berman (born 1957), Dutch politician
• Wallace Berman (1926–1976), American artist
• Yitzhak Berman (1913–2013), Israeli politician

See also

• Berman and Company, Washington DC–based public affairs firm
• Berman v. Parker
• Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, and Berman, New York–based law firm
• Neuberger Berman, New York–based investment management firm
• Beerman
• Behrmann
• Behrman
• Bearman
• Biermann
• Noah Baerman (born 1974), American jazz pianist
• Carl Baermann (1810–1885), German clarinetist and composer, son of Heinrich Baermann
• Heinrich Baermann (1784–1847), German musician
• Gottfried Bermann (1897–1995), German publisher, known as Gottfried Fischer