{{otheruses}} '''Numan''' is a surname of multiple origins. It may be a spelling variant of the surname Newman<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> or it may be an Arabic surname (or name) {{lang|ar|نعمان}} also transliterated as Noman. Notable people with the surname include:
*Abdul Jabbar Numan (1949–2019), Yemeni Arab visual artist *Abdullah Numan, Serbian-Australian academic and Islamic cleric * Ahmad Muhammad Numan (1909–1996), twice Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1965, 1971) * Arthur Numan (born 1969), Dutch former footballer * Gary Numan (born 1958), English musician * Henk Numan (born 1955), Dutch former judoka *Hermanus Numan (1744 – 1820), Dutch artist *Philip Numan (born around 1550, died 19 February 1627) was a lawyer and humanist from the Low Countries, and a writer in prose and verse * Yasin Said Numan (born 1948), Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1986–90)
==See also== *{{intitle|Numan}} * Nu'man, Arabic given name * Naaman (disambiguation) * Newman, a surname * Neuman
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