Newman
Newman is an English-language surname of Germanic Anglo-Saxon origins. Newman is the modern English form of the name used in Great Britain and among people of British ancestry around the world, while Neumann is used in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, and to some degree in The Netherlands and Belgium. Both have their origins in the pre-7th-century word neowe meaning "new", with mann, meaning man. Its first recorded uses were Godwin Nieweman in Oxfordshire, England, in 1169, and in Germany, Herman Nyeman of Barth in 1325. It was mostly likely originally used as a nickname for a recent arrival or settler. Related surnames include Neuman, Naumann, Numan, Nauman, and Neiman.
Notable people with the surname include:
A
- Abram Newman, British grocer
- Adrian Newman, multiple people
- Al Newman, American baseball player
- Alan Newman , American baseball player
- Alec Newman, British actor
- Alfred Newman, multiple people
- Ali Newman, better known as Brother Ali, American rapper
- Alison Newman, British actress
- Allen George Newman, American sculptor
- Alysha Newman, Canadian pole vaulter
- Amanda Dudamel Newman, Venezuelan beauty pageant winner
- Amy Hauck Newman, American medicinal chemist
- Angie F. Newman, American lecturer, temperance leader, writer, and editor
- Andrea Newman, British author
- Andrew Newman, multiple people
- Angelia Thurston Newman, American poet and writer
- Anne B. Newman, American gerontologist
- Arnold Newman, American photographer
- Aubrey Newman, American army general
- Aubrey Newman, British historian
- Augustus Charles Newman, British lieutenant colonel
- Avis Newman, British artist
B
- Barnett Newman, American artist
- Barry Newman, American actor
- Bernard Newman, multiple people
- Beryl Newman, American soldier
- Brooke N. Newman, American historian
- Byron Newman, British photographer
C
- Campbell Newman, Australian politician
- A. C. Newman, Canadian musician and composer
- Cecil Newman, American civic leader and publisher
- Charlie Newman, British rugby player
- Charles Newman, multiple people
- Chris Newman, multiple people
- Colin Newman, British musician
- Connie Newman, American endocrinologist and physician-scientist
- Constance Berry Newman, American attorney and diplomat
D
- Daisy Newman, American author
- Dan Newman, Canadian politician
- David Newman, multiple people
- Don Newman, multiple people
- Donald J. Newman (1930–2007, American mathematician
E
- Ed Newman, American football player
- Edward Newman, multiple people
- Edwin Newman, American journalist
- Emil Newman, American music director and conductor
- Eric Newman, multiple people
- Ernest Newman, British music critic and musicologist
- Ezra T. Newman, American physicist
F
- Felice Newman, American author
- Frances Newman, American writer
- Francis Newman, English colonist
- Francis William Newman, English scholar and philosopher
- Frank Newman, multiple people
- Fred Newman, multiple people
G
- G. F. Newman, English television producer and writer.
- George Newman, multiple people
- Geraldine Newman, British actress
- Greatrex Newman, British author, songwriter and screenwriter
H
- Harry Newman, multiple people
- Henry Newman, multiple people
- Hugh George de Willmott Newman, British bishop
J
- Jack Newman, multiple people
- Jaime Ray Newman, American actress and singer
- James Newman, multiple people
- Jamie Newman, American football player
- Jay Newman, Canadian philosopher
- Jeff Newman, multiple people
- Jocelyn Newman, Australian politician
- Joey Newman, American composer
- John Newman, multiple people
- Johnny Newman, American basketball player
- Jon O. Newman, American judge
- Joseph Newman, multiple people
- Judith Newman, American journalist and author
- Justice Newman, several people
K
- Kenneth Newman, British police officer
- Kevin Newman, multiple people
- Kim Newman, British journalist and novelist
L
- Laraine Newman, American comedian
- Lesléa Newman, American author and editor
- Leslie Newman, American screenwriter
- Lionel Newman, American film score composer
- Luke Newman, American football player
M
- Malik Newman, American basketball player
- Marie Newman, American politician from Illinois
- Mark Newman, British physicist
- Mark Newman, American baseball coach and executive
- Marvin E. Newman, American artist and photographer
- Max Newman, British mathematician
- Melvin Spencer Newman, American chemist
- Michael Newman, multiple people
- Muriel Newman, New Zealand politician
N
- Nanette Newman, English actress and author
- Nick Newman, British cartoonist
- Nick Newman,, American professor
O
- Oliver Michael Griffiths Newman, Australian metallurgist and ornithologist
P
- Paul Newman, American actor and racing driver
- Paul S. Newman, American comic-book writer
- Pauline Newman, American judge
- Peter Newman, multiple people
- Phyllis Newman, American actress and singer
R
- Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter and composer
- Rebecca Newman, English soprano singer and songwriter
- Richard Newman, multiple people
- Ricky Newman, English footballer
- Riley Newman, American pickleball player
- Robert Newman, multiple people
- Ron Newman, English footballer
- Royce Newman, American footballer
- Romilly Newman, American chef
- Ryan Newman, multiple people
S
- Sam Newman, Australian media executive and TV personality
- Samuel Newman, British clergyman
- Saul Newman, British political theorist
- Scott Newman, multiple people
- Selig Newman, Polish-American Hebraist and editor
- Skye Newman, British singer-songwriter
- Stanley Newman, American editor and crossword puzzle compiler
- Steve Newman, multiple people
- Stuart Newman, American professor
- Sue Newman, Australian squash player
- Sydney Newman, Canadian-British film and television producer
T
- Terence Newman, American football player
- Terry Newman, British-Israeli businessman and activist
- Thomas Newman, singer-songwriter and composer
- Tom Newman, multiple people
- Tony Newman, multiple people
- Troy Newman, multiple people
V
- Victor Newman, multiple people
W
- Walter Newman, multiple people
- William Newman, multiple people
- Willie Betty Newman, American painter
- William Clifford Newman, American Catholic bishop
- William S. Newman, American musicologist
Fictional characters
- Christopher Newman, the protagonist of Henry James's novel The American
- Hedy Newman, a character played by Jane Sibbett from the TV sitcom Herman's Head
- Members of the Newman family, including Cassie, Victor, Nikki, Victoria and Nicholas, long-time characters in the U.S. soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Newman, a character from the U.S. sitcom Seinfeld, portrayed by Wayne Knight
- D. Wire Newman, from "The Stormy Present", episode 98 of ''The West Wing''