Goldman is a surname most common among Ashkenazi Jews. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alain Goldman (born 1961), French film producer
- Alan H. Goldman (born 1945), American philosopher
- Alan S. Goldman (born 1958), American chemist
- Albert Goldman, American professor and author
- Albert Goldman (politician), American Trotskyist lawyer
- Albina A. Goldman, philologist, professor North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk State University)
- Allan H. Goldman (1943âÂÂ2022), American real estate investor
- Allen Goldman (1937âÂÂ2025), American physicist
- Alvin Goldman, philosopher, epistemologist
- Ari L. Goldman, American journalist
- Bernard Goldman (1922âÂÂ2006), American art historian, married to Norma
- Bo Goldman, American writer, Broadway playwright and screenwriter.
- Bobby Goldman (1938-1999), American bridge player
- Charles R. Goldman (born 1930), American limnologist and ecologist
- Charley Goldman, boxing trainer
- Craig Goldman, American politician
- Danny Goldman (1939âÂÂ2020), American actor and voice actor
- Dan Goldman (born 1976), American politician and attorney
- Douglas E. Goldman (born 1952), American businessman and philanthropist
- Duff Goldman, Food Network personality
- Edward Alphonso Goldman, American zoologist
- Edwin Franko Goldman, American band composer, founder of American Bandmasters Association
- Emma Goldman, anarchist writer and speaker
- Francisco Goldman, American novelist
- Irving B. Goldman, plastic surgeon
- James Goldman, American playwright and screenwriter
- Jane Goldman, British writer and television presenter; wife of Jonathan Ross
- Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer and songwriter
- John D. Goldman (born 1949), American businessman and philanthropist
- John M. Goldman (1938âÂÂ2013), British haematologist, oncologist and medical researcher
- Leon Goldman (1906âÂÂ1997), American surgeon and pioneer in laser medicine
- Leon Goldman (1904-1975), American surgeon
- Lipa Goldman, Orthodox rabbi
- Lloyd Goldman, New York real estate developer
- Lynn Goldman, American academic
- Marcus Goldman, German-American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Goldman Sachs
- Marcus J. Goldman, psychiatrist, physician, conservative writer
- Marie Goldman (elected 2024), British politician
- Marion Goldman (born 1945), American sociologist
- Marshall Goldman, economist
- Marvin Goldman (born 1928), American physiologist and radiation biologist
- Marvin G. Goldman (born 1939), American lawyer and aviation historian
- Mike Goldman, Australian TV personality
- Norma Goldman (1922âÂÂ2011), American classicist, married to Bernard
- Omer Goldman, young political activist
- Oscar Goldman (character), fictional character
- Oscar Goldman (1925–1986), American mathematician
- Patricia A. Goldman (1942âÂÂ2023), American public official and women's rights advocate
- Peter Goldman American law consultant
- Phil Goldman, American engineer and entrepreneur
- Pierre Goldman, French left-wing intellectual
- Rachel Goldman, American physicist
- Rhoda Haas Goldman (1924âÂÂ1996), American philanthropist
- Richard Goldman (1920âÂÂ2010), American businessman and philanthropist
- Robert D. Goldman (born 1939), American cell and molecular biologist, author, and President of American Society for Cell Biology, 2008
- Ronald Goldman, victim in the O.J. Simpson murder case
- Ronald Goldman, psychologist and author
- Sally Goldman, American computer scientist and powerlifter
- Sylvan Goldman, American businessman and inventor
- Sean Goldman, American Author, Screenwriter and Ladies man
- Todd Goldman, American entrepreneur and artist
- Vivien Goldman, journalist, author and musician
- Wendy Z. Goldman, American historian currently the Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
- William Goldman (1931-2018), American screenwriter and author
- Yoel Goldman (born 1980), American real estate developer
- Yosef Goldman (1942âÂÂ2015), scholar and author
See also
- Goldman, Missouri, a community in the United States
- Goldman Band, early 20th century band
- Goldman Environmental Prize
- Goldman equation
- Goldman Sachs, leading investment bank, founded by Marcus Goldman
- Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, USA
- Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
- Goldmann
- List of Family Guy characters#Goldman family, fictional family