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Edelmann is German for 'nobleman', and is a common surname. Edelman, the Dutch equivalent, is a variant common among those of Jewish ancestry in the United States and Canada, the 2nd 'n' having been dropped at the time of immigration. Other spellings include Eddelmann, Eddelman, Edellman, Edellmann, Adelmann, Adelman, and others.

Famous Persons named Edelmann

Edelman

  • Arthur Edelman (1925 - ), Tanner, co-founder of Edelman Leather
  • Dan Edelman, founder of PR company
  • Gregg Edelman (1958 - ), American movie, television and theatre actor
  • Ed Edelman (born 1961), President and CEO of Ambient Weather
  • Edmund D. Edelman, Los Angeles, California politician
  • Eric S. Edelman, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey (2003-2005), Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2005-)
  • Gerald (Maurice) Edelman (born 1929), biologist, 1972 Nobel Prize (Physiology/Medicine) for work on the immune system
  • Herb Edelman (1933 – 1996), American actor
  • Judith Edelman (born 1964), contemporary American bluegrass/folk musician
  • Marek Edelman (born 1922) is a political and social activist, cardiologist, and the last living leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
  • Marian Wright Edelman (Marian Wright) (born 1939), founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund
  • Maurice Edelman (1911- 1975), British politician and novelist
  • Randy Edelman (born 1947), American music composer
  • Richard Edelman, president and CEO of the world's largest independent public relations firm with 1800 employees in 40 offices worldwide
  • Scott Edelman (born 1955), American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor
  • Edelman v. Jordan, 1974 United States Supreme Court (11th amendment)

Eidelman

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