Zeman

Zeman (feminine: Zemanová) is a Czech and Slovak 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. Notable people with the surname include:

Sports

• Adam Zeman (ice hockey) (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player
• Andrea Zemanová (born 1993), Czech freestyle skier
• Bob Zeman (1937–2019), American football defensive back
• Bohumír Zeman (born 1957), Czech alpine skier
• David Zeman (born 1942), Czech footballer
• Ed Zeman (born 1963), American football player
• Irena Zemanová (born 1977), Czech figure skater
• Jaromír Zeman (1886–?), Czech tennis player
• Jaroslav Zeman (born 1962), Czech wrestler
• Jindřich Zeman (born 1950), Czech luger
• Jiří Zeman (born 1982), Czech ice hockey player
• Josef Zeman (footballer) (1915–1999), Czech footballer
• Lenka Zemanová (born 1979), Czech triathlete
• Marián Zeman (born 1974), Slovak footballer
• Martin Zeman (born 1989), Czech footballer
• Michal Zeman (born 1984), Czech footballer
• Miroslav Zeman (1946–2025), Czech wrestler
• Å těpán Zeman (born 1997), Czech handball player
• Walter Zeman (1927–1991), Austrian footballer
• Zdeněk Zeman (born 1947), Czech-Italian football coach

Other

• Adam Zeman (neurologist) (born 1957), British neurologist
• Allan Zeman (born 1949), Hong Kong businessman
• Anna Zemanová (born 1959), Slovak environmentalist and politician
• Brock Zeman (born 1981), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Eduard Zeman (1948–2017), Czech politician
• Edward J. Zeman (1905–1966), American politician
• Ivana Zemanová (born 1965), first lady of the Czech Republic
• Jacklyn Zeman (1953–2023), American actress
• Karel Zeman (1910–1989), Czech filmmaker
• Ludmila Zeman (born 1947), Czech-Canadian artist, animator and children's books writer
• MiloÅ¡ Zeman (born 1944), Czech politician, president of the Czech Republic in 2013–2023
• Ned Zeman (born 1966), American journalist and screenwriter
• Zbyněk Zeman (1928–2011), Czech historian

See also

• Josefa Humpalová–Zeman (1870–1906), Czech-American journalist, newspaper founder and feminist
• Zeeman (disambiguation)

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