# Newman

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'''Newman''' is an English-language [surname](/source/surname) of [Germanic](/source/Germanic_languages)  [Anglo-Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxon) origins. Newman is the [modern English](/source/modern_English) form of the name used in [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain) and among people of [British ancestry](/source/British_ancestry) around the world (as is 'Numan'), while [Neumann](/source/Neumann) (with variant spellings) is used in [Germany](/source/Germany), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), and [Austria](/source/Austria), and to some degree in The [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) and [Belgium](/source/Belgium).<ref>{{cite web | title=Surname Database: Newman Last Name Origin | website=The Internet Surname Database | url=https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Newman | access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> Both have their origins in the pre-7th-century ([Old English](/source/Old_English)) word ''neowe'' meaning "new", with ''mann'', meaning [man](/source/man). Its first recorded uses were Godwin Nieweman in [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire), England, in 1169, and in Germany, Herman Nyeman of [Barth](/source/Barth%2C_Germany) in 1325.<ref>{{cite web | title=Surname Database: Neumann Last Name Origin | website=The Internet Surname Database | url=https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Neumann | access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> It was mostly likely originally used as a [nickname](/source/nickname) for a recent arrival or settler.<ref name=hon>{{cite web | title=Neumann Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms | website=House of Names | date=January 2000 | url=https://www.houseofnames.com/neumann-family-crest | access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> Related surnames include [Neuman](/source/Neuman), [Naumann(s)](/source/Naumann), [Numan](/source/Numan), [Nauman](/source/Nauman), and [Neiman](/source/Neiman).<ref name=powell2016>{{cite web | last=Powell | first=Kimberly | title=Neumann Surname Meaning and Family History | website=ThoughtCo | date=5 September 2016 | url=https://www.thoughtco.com/neumann-surname-meaning-and-origin-4083900 | access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>

Notable people with the surname include:
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==A==
*[Abram Newman](/source/Abram_Newman) (1736–1799), British grocer
*[Adrian Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Adrian_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Al Newman](/source/Al_Newman) (born 1960), American baseball player
*[Alan Newman (baseball)](/source/Alan_Newman_(baseball)) (born 1969), American baseball player
*[Alec Newman](/source/Alec_Newman) (born 1974), British actor
*[Alfred Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Alfred_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
* Ali Newman (born 1977), better known as [Brother Ali](/source/Brother_Ali), American rapper
*[Alison Newman](/source/Alison_Newman) (born 1968), British actress
*[Allen George Newman](/source/Allen_George_Newman) (1875–1940), American sculptor
*[Alysha Newman](/source/Alysha_Newman) (born 1994), Canadian pole vaulter
*[Amanda Dudamel Newman](/source/Amanda_Dudamel) (born 1999), Venezuelan beauty pageant winner
*[Amy Hauck Newman](/source/Amy_Hauck_Newman), American medicinal chemist
*[Angie F. Newman](/source/Angie_F._Newman) (1837–1910), American lecturer, temperance leader, writer, and editor
*[Andrea Newman](/source/Andrea_Newman) (1938–2019), British author
*[Andrew Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Andrew_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Angelia Thurston Newman](/source/Angelia_Thurston_Newman) (1837–1910), American poet and writer
*[Anne B. Newman](/source/Anne_B._Newman) (born 1955), American gerontologist
*[Arnold Newman](/source/Arnold_Newman) (1918–2006), American photographer
*[Aubrey Newman](/source/Aubrey_Newman) (1903–1994), American army general
*[Aubrey Newman](/source/Aubrey_Newman_(historian)) (born 1927), British historian
*[Augustus Charles Newman](/source/Augustus_Charles_Newman) (1904–1972), British lieutenant colonel
*[Avis Newman](/source/Avis_Newman) (born 1946), British artist

==B==
*[Barnett Newman](/source/Barnett_Newman) (1905–1970), American artist
*[Barry Newman](/source/Barry_Newman) (1930–2023), American actor
*[Bernard Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Bernard_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Beryl Newman](/source/Beryl_Newman) (1911–1998), American soldier
*[Brooke N. Newman](/source/Brooke_N._Newman), American historian
*[Byron Newman](/source/Byron_Newman), British photographer

==C==
*[Campbell Newman](/source/Campbell_Newman) (born 1963), Australian politician
*[A. C. Newman](/source/A._C._Newman), Canadian musician and composer
*[Cecil Newman](/source/Cecil_Newman) (1903–1976), American civic leader and publisher
*[Charlie Newman](/source/Charlie_Newman) (1857–1922), British rugby player
*[Charles Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Charles_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Chris Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Chris_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Colin Newman](/source/Colin_Newman) (born 1954), British musician
*[Connie Newman](/source/Connie_Newman), American endocrinologist and physician-scientist 
*[Constance Berry Newman](/source/Constance_Berry_Newman) (born 1935), American attorney and diplomat

==D==
*[Daisy Newman](/source/Daisy_Newman) (1904–1994), American author
*[Dan Newman](/source/Dan_Newman) (born 1963), Canadian politician
*[David Newman](/source/David_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Don Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Don_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Donald J. Newman](/source/Donald_J._Newman) (1930–2007, American mathematician

==E==
*[Ed Newman](/source/Ed_Newman) (born 1951), American football player
*[Edward Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Edward_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Edwin Newman](/source/Edwin_Newman) (1919–2010), American journalist
*[Emil Newman](/source/Emil_Newman) (1911–1984), American music director and conductor
*[Eric Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Eric_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Ernest Newman](/source/Ernest_Newman) (1868–1959), British music critic and musicologist
*[Ezra T. Newman](/source/Ezra_T._Newman) (1929–2021), American physicist

==F==
*[Felice Newman](/source/Felice_Newman), American author
*[Frances Newman](/source/Frances_Newman) (1883–1928), American writer
*[Francis Newman](/source/Francis_Newman) (died 1660), English colonist
*[Francis William Newman](/source/Francis_William_Newman) (1805–1897), English scholar and philosopher
*[Frank Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Frank_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Fred Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Fred_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people

==G==
*[G. F. Newman](/source/G._F._Newman) (born 1947), English television producer and writer.
*[George Newman (disambiguation)](/source/George_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Geraldine Newman](/source/Geraldine_Newman) (born 1934), British actress
*[Greatrex Newman](/source/Greatrex_Newman) (1892–1984), British  author, songwriter and screenwriter

==H==
*[Harry Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Harry_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Henry Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Henry_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Hugh George de Willmott Newman](/source/Hugh_George_de_Willmott_Newman) (1905–1979), British bishop

==J==
*[Jack Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Jack_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Jaime Ray Newman](/source/Jaime_Ray_Newman) (born 1978), American actress and singer
*[James Newman (disambiguation)](/source/James_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Jamie Newman](/source/Jamie_Newman) (born 1997), American football player
*[Jay Newman](/source/Jay_Newman) (1948–2007), Canadian philosopher
*[Jeff Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Jeff_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Jocelyn Newman](/source/Jocelyn_Newman) (1937–2018), Australian politician
*[Joey Newman](/source/Joey_Newman) (born 1976), American composer
*[John Newman (disambiguation)](/source/John_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Johnny Newman](/source/Johnny_Newman) (born 1963), American basketball player
*[Jon O. Newman](/source/Jon_O._Newman) (born 1932), American judge
*[Joseph Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Joseph_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Judith Newman](/source/Judith_Newman) (born 1961), American journalist and author
*[Justice Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Justice_Newman_(disambiguation)), several people

==K==
*[Kenneth Newman](/source/Kenneth_Newman) (1926–2017), British police officer
*[Kevin Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Kevin_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Kim Newman](/source/Kim_Newman) (born 1959), British journalist and novelist

==L==
*[Laraine Newman](/source/Laraine_Newman) (born 1952), American comedian
*[Lesléa Newman](/source/Lesl%C3%A9a_Newman) (born 1955), American author and editor
*[Leslie Newman](/source/Leslie_Newman), American screenwriter
*[Lionel Newman](/source/Lionel_Newman) (1916–1989), American film score composer
*[Luke Newman](/source/Luke_Newman) (born 2002), American football player

==M==

*[Malik Newman](/source/Malik_Newman) (born 1997), American basketball player
*[Marie Newman](/source/Marie_Newman) (born 1964), American politician from Illinois
*[Mark Newman](/source/Mark_Newman), British physicist
*[Mark Newman](/source/Mark_Newman_(baseball)) (1949–2020), American baseball coach and executive
*[Marvin E. Newman](/source/Marvin_E._Newman) (1927–2023), American artist and photographer
*[Max Newman](/source/Max_Newman) (1897–1984), British mathematician
*[Melvin Spencer Newman](/source/Melvin_Spencer_Newman) (1908–1993), American chemist
*[Michael Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Michael_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Muriel Newman](/source/Muriel_Newman) (born 1950), New Zealand politician

==N==
*[Nanette Newman](/source/Nanette_Newman) (born 1934), English actress and author
*[Nick Newman](/source/Nick_Newman) (born 1958), British cartoonist
*[Nick Newman](/source/Nick_Newman_(naval_architect)), (born 1935), American professor

==O==
*[Oliver Michael Griffiths Newman](/source/Oliver_Michael_Griffiths_Newman) (born 1941), Australian metallurgist and ornithologist

==P==
*[Paul Newman](/source/Paul_Newman) (1925–2008), American actor and racing driver
*[Paul S. Newman](/source/Paul_S._Newman) (1924–1999), American comic-book writer
*[Pauline Newman](/source/Pauline_Newman) (born 1927), American judge
*[Peter Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Peter_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Phyllis Newman](/source/Phyllis_Newman) (1933–2019), American actress and singer

==R==
*[Randy Newman](/source/Randy_Newman) (born 1943), American singer-songwriter and composer
*[Rebecca Newman](/source/Rebecca_Newman) (born 1981), English soprano singer and songwriter
*[Richard Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Richard_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Ricky Newman](/source/Ricky_Newman) (born 1970), English footballer
*[Riley Newman](/source/Riley_Newman) (born 1993), American pickleball player
*[Robert Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Robert_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Ron Newman](/source/Ron_Newman) (1934–2018), English footballer
*[Royce Newman](/source/Royce_Newman) (born 1997), American footballer
*[Romilly Newman](/source/Romilly_Newman) (born 1998), American chef 
*[Ryan Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Ryan_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people

==S==
*[Sam Newman](/source/Sam_Newman) (born 1945), Australian media executive and TV personality
*[Samuel Newman](/source/Samuel_Newman) (1602–1663), British clergyman
*[Saul Newman](/source/Saul_Newman) (born 1972), British political theorist
*[Scott Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Scott_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Selig Newman](/source/Selig_Newman) (1788–1871), Polish-American Hebraist and editor
*[Skye Newman](/source/Skye_Newman) (born 2003), British singer-songwriter
*[Stanley Newman](/source/Stanley_Newman_(puzzle_creator)) (born 1952), American editor and crossword puzzle compiler
*[Steve Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Steve_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Stuart Newman](/source/Stuart_Newman) (born 1945), American professor
*[Sue Newman (squash player)](/source/Sue_Newman_(squash_player)), Australian squash player
*[Sydney Newman](/source/Sydney_Newman) (1917–1997), Canadian-British film and television producer

==T==
*[Terence Newman](/source/Terence_Newman) (born 1978), American football player
*[Terry Newman](/source/Terry_Newman) (born 1981), British-Israeli businessman and activist
*[Thomas Newman](/source/Thomas_Newman) (born 1955), singer-songwriter and composer
*[Tom Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Tom_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Tony Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Tony_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Troy Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Troy_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people

==V==
*[Victor Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Victor_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people

==W==
*[Walter Newman (disambiguation)](/source/Walter_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[William Newman (disambiguation)](/source/William_Newman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Willie Betty Newman](/source/Willie_Betty_Newman) (1863–1935), American painter

==Fictional characters==
*Christopher Newman, the protagonist of [Henry James](/source/Henry_James)'s novel [''The American''](/source/The_American_(novel))
*Hedy Newman, a character played by [Jane Sibbett](/source/Jane_Sibbett) from the TV sitcom ''[Herman's Head](/source/Herman's_Head)''
*Members of the [Newman family](/source/Newman_family), including [Cassie](/source/Cassie_Newman), [Victor](/source/Victor_Newman), [Nikki](/source/Nikki_Newman), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_Newman) and [Nicholas](/source/Nicholas_Newman),  long-time characters in the U.S. soap opera ''[The Young and the Restless](/source/The_Young_and_the_Restless)''
*[Newman](/source/Newman_(Seinfeld)) (first name not disclosed), a character from the U.S. sitcom ''[Seinfeld](/source/Seinfeld)'', portrayed by [Wayne Knight](/source/Wayne_Knight)
*[D. Wire Newman](/source/D._Wire_Newman), from "The Stormy Present", episode 98 of ''The West Wing''

==References==
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