# Bettman

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**Bettman** or **Bettmann** is a [German Jewish](/source/History_of_the_Jews_in_Germany) surname[1] meaning "mattress maker" or "mattress seller". Another variant is [Bethmann](/source/Bethmann).[2] Notable people with the surname include:

- [Alfred Bettman](/source/Alfred_Bettman) (1873–1945), American urban planner
- [Gary Bettman](/source/Gary_Bettman) (born 1952), American sports executive
- [Gilbert Bettman](/source/Gilbert_Bettman) (1881–1942), American politician
- [Otto Bettmann](/source/Otto_Bettmann) (1903–1998), German and American archivist; founder of the Bettmann archive
- [Siegfried Bettmann](/source/Siegfried_Bettmann) (1863–1951), Anglo-German cycle and motor vehicle manufacturer

## See also

- [Bettman Preserve](/source/Bettman_Preserve), a park in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

## References

1. Rottenberg, Dan (1986). [*Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy*](https://books.google.be/books?id=IlL6kbumlKoC). Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-8063-1151-7.

1. Doepper, Rudolf (2004). [*Jüdische Namen in Geschichte und Gegenwart: neue Entwicklungen und Erkenntnisse ; Beiträge zum Verständis unserer Zeit*](https://books.google.com/books?newbks=0&redir_esc=y&id=pCcXAQAAIAAJ) (in German). Selbstverlag. p. 365. ISBN 978-2-8399-0010-2.

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