# Baum

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'''Baum''' is a [German surname](/source/German_surname) meaning "[tree](/source/tree)" (not to be confused with the [French](/source/French_language) surname [Baume](/source/Baume_(surname))). Notable people with this surname include:

* [Andreas Baum](/source/Andreas_Baum) (born 1978), German politician
* [Bernie Baum](/source/Bernie_Baum) (1929–1993), American songwriter
* [Bruce Baum](/source/Bruce_Baum) (born 1952), American comedian
* [Carl Edward Baum](/source/Carl_Edward_Baum) (1940–2010), American electrical engineer
* [Carol Baum](/source/Carol_Baum), American film producer
* [Christina Baum](/source/Christina_Baum) (born 1956), German politician
* [Dale Baum](/source/Dale_Baum), (born 1943), American historian and professor
* [Dan Baum](/source/Dan_Baum) (1956–2020), American journalist and writer
* [Edgar Schofield Baum](/source/Walter_Emerson_Baum) (1916–2006), American artist, physician, and WW2 combat medical officer
* [Fran Baum](/source/Fran_Baum), Australian social scientist
* [Frank Baum (footballer)](/source/Frank_Baum_(footballer)) (born 1956), German footballer
* [Frank Joslyn Baum](/source/Frank_Joslyn_Baum) (1883–1958), American lawyer, soldier, writer and film producer
* [Friedrich Baum](/source/Friedrich_Baum) (1727–1777), colonel in British service during the American revolutionary war
* [Gerhart Baum](/source/Gerhart_Baum) (1932–2025), German lawyer and politician, minister of the interior
* [Gregory Baum](/source/Gregory_Baum) (1923 – 2017), former Catholic priest, LGBT advocate, Vatican II theologian 
* [Henning Baum](/source/Henning_Baum) (born 1972), German actor
* [Henry Baum](/source/Henry_Baum) (born 1972), American writer
* [James Edwin Baum](/source/James_Edwin_Baum) (1887–1955), American journalist and big game hunter
* [Jiří Baum](/source/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Baum) (1900–1944), Czech zoologist
* [L. Frank Baum](/source/L._Frank_Baum) (1856–1919), American author (''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''), actor, and independent filmmaker
* [Michael Baum (surgeon)](/source/Michael_Baum_(surgeon)) (born 1937), British surgical oncologist who specialises in breast cancer treatment
* [Oskar Baum](/source/Oskar_Baum) (1883–1941), Czech music educator and writer
* [Otto Baum](/source/Otto_Baum) (1911–1998), German high-ranking commander (Oberführer) of the Waffen-SS
* [Paul Baum (artist)](/source/Paul_Baum_(artist)) (1859–1932), German landscape painter
* [Paul Baum (mathematician)](/source/Paul_Baum_(mathematician)) (born 1936), American mathematician
* [Peter Baum](/source/Peter_Baum) (born 1990), American lacrosse player
* [Ray Baum](/source/Ray_Baum) (1955–2018), American lawyer and politician
* [Roger S. Baum](/source/Roger_S._Baum) (born 1938), American banker, now children's author
* [Tom Baum](/source/Tom_Baum) (born 1940), American screenwriter and playwright
* [Vicki Baum](/source/Vicki_Baum) (1888–1960), Austrian writer
* [Walter Baum](/source/Walter_Baum) (1921–2007), German type designer
* [Walter Emerson Baum](/source/Walter_Emerson_Baum) (1884–1956), Pennsylvania impressionist painter
* [Wilhelm Baum (historian)](/source/Wilhelm_Baum_(historian)), (born 1948), Austrian historian, publisher
* [Wilhelm Baum (surgeon)](/source/Wilhelm_Baum_(surgeon)) (1799–1883), German surgeon
* [William Wakefield Baum](/source/William_Wakefield_Baum) (1926–2015), American Roman Catholic cardinal

== See also ==
* [eBaum's World](/source/eBaum's_World)
* [Baum–Welch algorithm](/source/Baum%E2%80%93Welch_algorithm)
* [Baum School of Art](/source/Baum_School_of_Art)
* [Baum test](/source/Baum_test) (''Tree Test'')
* [Task Force Baum](/source/Task_Force_Baum)
* [Baume (surname)](/source/Baume_(surname))
* [Bohm (disambiguation)](/source/Bohm_(disambiguation))
* [Baum Baum](/source/Baum_Baum)
* {{Intitle|Baum}}

{{surname|Baum}}

Category:German-language surnames
Category:Surnames of Jewish origin
Category:Surnames derived from nicknames

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