# Zeman

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**Zeman** (feminine: **Zemanová**) is a [Czech](/source/Czech_name) and [Slovak](/source/Slovak_name) surname. The word originally denoted a lower nobleman with a coat of arms, and later a free owner of an estate. The oldest document where the word is used as a surname is from 1550.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

## Sports

- [Adam Zeman (ice hockey)](/source/Adam_Zeman_(ice_hockey)) (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player
- [Andrea Zemanová](/source/Andrea_Zemanov%C3%A1) (born 1993), Czech freestyle skier
- [Bob Zeman](/source/Bob_Zeman) (1937–2019), American football defensive back
- [Bohumír Zeman](/source/Bohum%C3%ADr_Zeman) (born 1957), Czech alpine skier
- [David Zeman](/source/David_Zeman) (born 1942), Czech footballer
- [Ed Zeman](/source/Ed_Zeman) (born 1963), American football player
- [Irena Zemanová](/source/Irena_Zemanov%C3%A1) (born 1977), Czech figure skater
- [Jaromír Zeman](/source/Jarom%C3%ADr_Zeman) (1886–?), Czech tennis player
- [Jaroslav Zeman](/source/Jaroslav_Zeman) (born 1962), Czech wrestler
- [Jindřich Zeman](/source/Jind%C5%99ich_Zeman) (born 1950), Czech luger
- [Jiří Zeman](/source/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Zeman) (born 1982), Czech ice hockey player
- [Josef Zeman (footballer)](/source/Josef_Zeman_(footballer)) (1915–1999), Czech footballer
- [Lenka Zemanová](/source/Lenka_Zemanov%C3%A1) (born 1979), Czech triathlete
- [Marián Zeman](/source/Mari%C3%A1n_Zeman) (born 1974), Slovak footballer
- [Martin Zeman](/source/Martin_Zeman) (born 1989), Czech footballer
- [Michal Zeman](/source/Michal_Zeman) (born 1984), Czech footballer
- [Miroslav Zeman](/source/Miroslav_Zeman) (1946–2025), Czech wrestler
- [Štěpán Zeman](/source/%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1n_Zeman) (born 1997), Czech handball player
- [Walter Zeman](/source/Walter_Zeman) (1927–1991), Austrian footballer
- [Zdeněk Zeman](/source/Zden%C4%9Bk_Zeman) (born 1947), Czech-Italian football coach

## Other

- [Adam Zeman (neurologist)](/source/Adam_Zeman_(neurologist)) (born 1957), British neurologist
- [Allan Zeman](/source/Allan_Zeman) (born 1949), Hong Kong businessman
- [Anna Zemanová](/source/Anna_Zemanov%C3%A1) (born 1959), Slovak environmentalist and politician
- [Brock Zeman](/source/Brock_Zeman) (born 1981), Canadian singer-songwriter
- [Eduard Zeman](/source/Eduard_Zeman) (1948–2017), Czech politician
- [Edward J. Zeman](/source/Edward_J._Zeman) (1905–1966), American politician
- [Ivana Zemanová](/source/Ivana_Zemanov%C3%A1) (born 1965), first lady of the Czech Republic
- [Jacklyn Zeman](/source/Jacklyn_Zeman) (1953–2023), American actress
- [Karel Zeman](/source/Karel_Zeman) (1910–1989), Czech filmmaker
- [Ludmila Zeman](/source/Ludmila_Zeman) (born 1947), Czech-Canadian artist, animator and children's books writer
- [Miloš Zeman](/source/Milo%C5%A1_Zeman) (born 1944), Czech politician, president of the Czech Republic in 2013–2023
- [Ned Zeman](/source/Ned_Zeman) (born 1966), American journalist and screenwriter
- [Zbyněk Zeman](/source/Zbyn%C4%9Bk_Zeman) (1928–2011), Czech historian

## See also

- [Josefa Humpalová–Zeman](/source/Josefa_Humpalov%C3%A1%E2%80%93Zeman) (1870–1906), Czech-American journalist, newspaper founder and feminist
- [Zeeman (disambiguation)](/source/Zeeman_(disambiguation))

## References

1. ["O původu příjmení: Zeman"](https://www.mujrozhlas.cz/o-puvodu-prijmeni/zeman-0) (in Czech). [Czech Radio](/source/Czech_Radio). 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2025-07-02.

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