Businessman (family name)

Distribution of the surname Kaufmann in Germany

Kaufmann is a German family name .

variants

Name bearer

A.

Achim Kaufmann (* 1962), German jazz pianist
Adolf Kaufmann (1848–1916), Austrian painter
Alexander Kaufmann (1817–1893), German writer and archivist
Alfred Kaufmann (1868–1946), German orientalist and theologian, initiator of the Kaufmann-Will circle
Alfred Kaufmann (civil servant) (1872–?), German Ministerialrat
Andrea Kaufmann (* 1969), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
Andreas Kaufmann (entrepreneur) (* 1953), German-Austrian entrepreneur
Andreas Kaufmann (athlete) (* 1957), sprinter from Switzerland
Andreas Kaufmann (actor) (* 1957), German actor, theater director and author
Andreas Kaufmann (soccer player) (* 1973), German soccer player
Andreas M. Kaufmann (* 1961), Swiss-German light artist
Andrej Kaufmann (* 1975), Kazakh-German ice hockey player
Angelika Kaufmann (* 1935), Austrian illustrator
Anna Maria Kaufmann (* 1964), Canadian-German singer
Anton Kaufmann (civil servant) (1885–1948), German civil servant
Anton Kaufmann (politician) (1890–1977), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
Armin Kaufmann (1902–1980), Austrian composer, violinist and music teacher
Armin Kaufmann (lawyer) (1922–1985), German legal scholar
Arthur Kaufmann (chess player) (1872–1938), Austrian chess player and philosopher
Arthur Kaufmann (painter) (1888–1971), German painter
Arthur Kaufmann (lawyer) (1923–2001), German teacher of criminal law and legal philosopher
Asmus Kaufmann (* 1966), German art historian and museum director
August von Kaufmann (1791–1846), German administrative lawyer
August Kaufmann (1883–1957), Swiss painter

B.

Benjamin Kaufmann (snowboarder) (* 1986), Swiss snowboarder
Benjamin Kaufmann (* 1997), Austrian soccer player
Bernd Kaufmann (* 1953), German entrepreneur and writer
Bernhard Kaufmann (* 1924), Swiss painter
Bernhard Jakob Kaufmann (1911–1968), Swiss painter and furniture restorer
Boris Kaufmann (1904–?), Russian stateless mathematician
Bruno Kaufmann (* 1944), Liechtenstein artist living in Germany

C.

Carl Kaufmann (physician) (1900–1980), German gynecologist
Carl Kaufmann (athlete) (1936–2008), German athlete
Christine Kaufmann (1945–2017), German actress
Christine Kaufmann (lawyer) (* 1962), Swiss lawyer
Christoph Kaufmann (1753–1795), Swiss "apostle of genius"
Christoph Kaufmann (politician) (* 1975), Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament
Christoph von Kaufmann (1788–1867), German administrative lawyer
Cornelia Kaufmann (* 1959), Swiss painter and draftsman

D.

Daniel Kaufmann (* 1990), Liechtenstein soccer player
Dave Kaufmann (* 1969), German musician
David Kaufmann (1852–1899), Austrian scholar
Deborah Kaufmann (* 1970), German actress
Dieter Kaufmann (composer) (* 1941), Austrian composer
Dieter Kaufmann (prehistoric) (* 1941), German prehistoric archaeologist
Dieter Kaufmann (University Chancellor) (* 1956), German University Chancellor
Dieter Kaufmann (actor) , German actor
Dieter L. Kaufmann (* 1937), German chef
Donatus Kaufmann (* 1962), Swiss manager
Doris Kaufmann (* 1953), German historian

E.

Edgar Kaufmann (director) , German director and screenwriter
Edgar J. Kaufmann (1885–1955), American entrepreneur and patron
Edmund Kaufmann (1893–1953), German politician (CDU, FDP)
Eduard Kaufmann (physician) (1860–1931), German pathologist
Eduard von Kaufmann († 1941), Austrian major general
Eduard Kaufmann (organist) (1917–1985), Swiss organist and priest
Ekkehard Kaufmann (1923–2010), German lawyer, legal historian and university professor
Elisabeth Kaufmann-Bruckberger (* 1970), Austrian politician (BZÖ)
Elsa Pfister-Kaufmann (1893–1955), German painter
Emil Kaufmann (1891–1953), Austrian art and architecture historian
Erich Kaufmann (lawyer) (1880–1972), German legal scholar and university professor
Erich Kaufmann (singer) (1908–1956), Austrian singer (bass)
Erich Kaufmann (architect) (1932–2006), German architect and urban planner
Erika Kaufmann (1925–2018), Austrian journalist
Erni Kaufmann (1906–1957), German musician
Ernst Kaufmann (Oberamtmann) (1863–1938), Württemberg Oberamtmann
Ernst Kaufmann (pianist) (1891–1992), German pianist and composer
Ernst Kaufmann (cyclist) (1895–1943), Swiss cyclist
Ernst Kaufmann (director) (* 1954), Austrian director and screenwriter
Eugen Kaufmann (1892–1984), German architect
Eva Kaufmann (1930–2019), literary scholar and university professor
Eva Kaufmann (singer) (* 1970), German pop singer
Evan Kaufmann (* 1984), German ice hockey player

F.

Fabio Kaufmann (* 1992), German-Italian soccer player
Felix Kaufmann (1895–1949), Austrian-American legal philosopher
Frank-Peter Kaufmann (* 1948), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
Franz Kaufmann (politician) (1876-1939), German-Czechoslovak politician (SPD, DSAP)
Franz Kaufmann (lawyer) (1886–1944), German lawyer and resistance fighter
Franz Kaufmann (entrepreneur) (1917–2010), Austrian entrepreneur, association official and economic politician
Franz Schmidt-Kaufmann (1909 – after 1950), German composer
Franz Alexander Kaufmann (1863–1932), German lawyer and politician (DNVP), MdL Prussia
Franz Joseph Kaufmann (1825–1892), Swiss geologist and paleontologist
Franz-Xaver Kaufmann (* 1932), Swiss sociologist
Franziska Kaufmann (* 1987), Swiss curler
Friedrich Kaufmann (instrument maker) ( Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Kaufmann ; 1785–1866), German watchmaker and musical instrument maker
Friedrich von Kaufmann (1822–1895), German economist
Friedrich Kaufmann (painter) (1892–1972), Liechtenstein painter
Friedrich Kaufmann (writer) (1928–2008), German writer, dramaturge and publisher
Friedrich Theodor Kaufmann (1823–1872), German watchmaker, instrument maker and musical instrument inventor
Fritz von Kaufmann (1854–1908), German manor owner and politician (NLP)
Fritz Kaufmann (director) (1889–1957), German director
Fritz Kaufmann (philosopher) (1891–1958), German philosopher
Fritz Kaufmann (ski jumper) (1905–1941), Swiss ski jumper
Fritz Kaufmann (physician) (19th / 20th century), German medical officer; see electrotherapy # story
Fritz Kaufmann (ski racer) , Swiss ski racer

G

Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler (* 1952), Swiss legal scholar
Georg Kaufmann (historian) ( Georg Heinrich Kaufmann ; 1842–1929), German historian
Georg Kaufmann (politician) (* 1955), Liechtenstein career advisor and politician (FL)
Georg von Kaufmann (1907–1972), German cross-country skier, mountaineer, dance teacher, folk musician and forester
Georg Heinrich Kaufmann (before 1816 – after 1837), German physician
Gerhard Kaufmann (linguist) (* 1928), German linguist
Gerhard Kaufmann (folklorist) (1936–2009), German geographer and folklorist
Gerhard Kaufmann (composer) (* 1944), German church musician and composer
Gertrude Cepl-Kaufmann (* 1942), German literary scholar
Günter Kaufmann (1913–2001), German journalist, chief editor of the Hitler Youth magazines “Wille zur Macht” and “Das Junge Deutschland”, speaker of Baldur von Schirachs
Günther Kaufmann (1947–2012), German actor
Gunter Kaufmann (* 1944), German politician
Gustav Kaufmann (lawyer) (1842–1919), German lawyer and judge
Gustav Kaufmann (SA member) (1902–1974), German SA standard leader
Gustav Kaufmann (marksman) (1918–2015), Liechtenstein marksman

H

Hans Kaufmann (painter) (1862–1949), German painter and illustrator
Hans Kaufmann (politician, 1871) (1871-1940), Swiss politician (FDP)
Hans Kaufmann (director) (1876–1957), German theater director, dramaturge and artistic director
Hans Kaufmann (computer scientist) (1910–2012), German computer scientist
Hans Kaufmann (literary scholar) (1926–2000), German literary scholar and university professor
Hans Kaufmann (archivist) ( Hans Oskar Kaufmann ; 1928–2014), Swiss archivist
Hans Kaufmann (archaeologist) (1930–2012), German archaeologist
Hans Kaufmann (politician, 1948) (* 1948), Swiss politician (SVP)
Hans Bernhard Kaufmann (* 1926), German religious educator
Hans-Günther Kaufmann (horticultural scientist) (* 1935), German horticultural scientist
Hans-Günther Kaufmann (photographer) (* 1943), German photographer
Hans Paul Kaufmann (1889–1971), German pharmaceutical chemist
Harald Kaufmann (1927–1970), Austrian music researcher
Heinrich Kaufmann (1864–1928), German editor and representative of the consumer cooperative movement
Heinrich von Kaufmann-Asser (1882–1954), German ministerial official and diplomat
Heinz Kaufmann (civil servant) (1905 – after 1945), German lawyer and civil servant
Heinz Kaufmann (rower) (1913–1997), German rower
Henry Kaufmann (musician) (1921-2010), German musician
Henry Kaufmann (handball player) (* 1961), German handball player
Herbert Kaufmann (1920–1976), German journalist and writer
Herbert Kaufmann (artist, 1924) (1924–2011), German artist
Herbert Kaufmann (doctor, 1941) (* 1941), German ophthalmologist and strabologist
Herbert Kaufmann (politician) (* 1949), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
Herbert Kaufmann (racing driver) , German motorcycle racer
Herbert J. Kaufmann (1924-2010), German radiologist
Herbert Kaufmann (artist, 1955) (* 1955), Swiss artist
Hermann Kaufmann (monument conservator) (1901–1996), German teacher, ground monument conservator, archaeologist and museum director
Hermann Kaufmann (* 1955), Austrian architect
Hermann J. Kaufmann (1877–1942), German costume designer and entrepreneur
Henriette Irmgard Margot von Kaufmann-Asser , maiden name of Hetta Countess Treuberg (1886–1941), German pacifist
Hilde Kaufmann (1920–1981), German legal scholar and criminologist
Hugo Kaufmann (1868–1919), German sculptor and medalist

I.

Isidor Kaufmann (1853–1921), Austrian painter

J

Jacob Kaufmann (1870–1943), German theater workshop manager and victim of the Nazi regime
Jakob Kaufmann (rabbi) (1783-1853), German rabbi
Jakob Kaufmann (preacher) (1853–1940), German preacher
Jakob von Kaufmann-Asser (1819–1875), German banker, landowner and diplomat
Jean-Claude Kaufmann (* 1948), French sociologist
Jens Kaufmann (* 1984), German Nordic combined athlete
Jörg Kaufmann (* 1960), German jazz musician
Johann Kaufmann (politician, Vienna) , Austrian politician, mayor of Vienna
Johann Kaufmann (politician, 1906) (1906–1974), Austrian politician, member of the Salzburg state parliament
Johann Franz Pius Kaufmann (also Jean-François Kaufmann ; 1870–1948), Swiss painter and art journalist
Johann Friedrich Kaufmann (organist) (approx. 1730–1798), German organist
Johann Friedrich von Kaufmann (1775–1833), German lawyer and politician
Johann Friedrich Kaufmann (privy councilor) (? –1809), Württemberg privy councilor
Johann Friedrich Kaufmann (1785–1866), German watchmaker and musical instrument maker , see Friedrich Kaufmann (instrument maker)

Johann Gottfried Kaufmann (1752–1818), German instrument maker and inventor of mechanical musical works

Johann Heinrich Kaufmann (1772–1843), German businessman and writer

Johannes I. Kaufmann († 1489), German Cistercian abbot, university professor

Johannes Kaufmann (* 1962), Austrian painter

Jonas Kaufmann (* 1969), German singer (tenor)

Jonas Kaufmann (actor) (* 2003), German actor

Josef Kaufmann (politician) , Swiss politician

Josef Kaufmann (sportsman) , German sportsman

Josef Clemens Kaufmann (1867–1926), Swiss painter

Jossi Kaufmann ( Josef Kaufmann ; 1936–2017), German photographer and cameraman

Judith Kaufmann (* 1962), German camerawoman

Julia Kaufmann (* 1984), German voice actress

Julie Kaufmann (* 1955), American singer (soprano)

Julius Kaufmann (entrepreneur) (1852–1937), German printing entrepreneur and functionary

Julius Kaufmann (1895–1968), German painter and graphic artist

K

Karl Kaufmann (city original) (1838–1907), "Schicke-Schacke", city original of the city of Peine in Lower Saxony
Karl Kaufmann (painter) (1843–1905), Austrian painter
Karl von Kaufmann (1861–1943), Prussian major general
Karl Kaufmann (District Administrator) (1863–1944), German administrative officer and writer
Karl Kaufmann (Vice Admiral) (1893–1975), German Vice Admiral (Ing.)
Karl Kaufmann (Gauleiter) (1900–1969), German politician (NSDAP), MdR
Karl Kaufmann (physician) (1900–1980), German gynecologist
Karl-Josef Kaufmann (1865–1945), German archivist
Karl Maria Kaufmann (1872–1951), German archaeologist
Kaspar Kaufmann (1810–1855), German lithographer
Kat Kaufmann (* 1981), German-Russian writer, composer and photographer
Klaudiusz Kaufmann (* 1978), actor
Klaus Kaufmann (* 1942), German-Canadian author
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann (1818–1882), Russian general
Küf Kaufmann (* 1947), German author and cabaret artist
Kurt Kaufmann (* 1947), Austrian administrative lawyer and politician (ÖVP)
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann (1906–1988), German actor and voice actor

L.

Larissa Kaufmann (* 1985), German athlete
Lars Kaufmann (* 1982), German handball player
Leonhard Kaufmann (* 1989), Austrian soccer player
Leopold Kaufmann (1821–1898), German politician, Lord Mayor of Bonn
Ludwig Kaufmann (sculptor) (1800–1855), German sculptor
Ludwig Kaufmann (manager) (1884–1980), German industrial manager
Ludwig Kaufmann (theologian) (1918–1991), Swiss theologian and editor
Ludwig Kaufmann (athlete) (1910–1976), Austrian athlete and athletics official
Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Kaufmann (1805–1880), German watchmaker and politician
Ludwig Kaspar Kaufmann (1810–1855), German typographer and painter
Lutz Kaufmann (* 1965), German logistics scientist

M.

Manfred Kaufmann (physician) (* 1946), German gynecologist and obstetrician
Manfred Kaufmann (director) (1950–1987), Austrian film director
Manfred Kaufmann (politician) (* 1978), Liechtenstein politician (VU)
Marco Kaufmann (* 1975), German painter and photographer
Margarete Kaufmann (1908–1942), German resistance fighter
Maria Herrmann-Kaufmann (1921–2008), Swiss painter
Markus Kaufmann (* 1981), German cyclist
Martin Kaufmann (* 1958), Swiss artist
Martin Kaufmann , former name of the German politician Martin Cohn
Martina Kaufmann (* 1986), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
Maurus Kaufmann (1871–1949), German Benedictine, first abbot of the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem
Max Kaufmann (1905–1973), Swiss politician
Max Richard Kaufmann (1904–?), American type designer
Max Rudolf Kaufmann (1886–1963), Swiss journalist and translator
Michael Kaufmann (master builder) , German builder
Michael Kaufmann (physicist) (1939–2020), German physicist
Michael Kaufmann (Rector) (* 1954), Swiss music journalist and politician (SP)
Michael Kaufmann (cultural manager) (* 1961), German cultural manager
Michael Kaufmann (politician) (* 1964), German engineer, university professor and politician (AfD)
Michael Gerhard Kaufmann (* 1966), German musicologist, university professor and organist
Mikkel Kaufmann (* 2001), Danish soccer player
Monica Kaufmann (* 1946), Argentine-German actress
Monika Kaufmann (* 1955), Austrian politician (SPÖ)

N

Nicholas Kaufmann (1892–1970), German doctor and film director
Nico Kaufmann (1916–1996), Swiss composer and pianist
Nicole Risse-Kaufmann (* 1973), German actress, singer and cabaret artist
Nick Kaufmann (1861–1943), American artistic cyclist

O

Oskar Kaufmann (1873–1956), Hungarian architect
Otto Kaufmann (1900–1985), German homeland researcher
Otto Konstantin Kaufmann (1914–1999), Swiss lawyer and judge

P

Paola Kaufmann (1969–2006), Argentine writer
Paul Kaufmann (lawyer) (1856–1945), German lawyer, insurance manager and civil servant
Paul Kaufmann (theologian) (1890–1982), German Protestant theologian
Paul Kaufmann (painter) (1896–1974), German painter and commercial artist
Paul Kaufmann (politician, 1906) (1906–1986), German politician (CDU)
Paul Kaufmann (politician, 1925) (1925–2015), Austrian politician (ÖVP) and writer
Peter Kaufmann (sculptor) (1764–1829), German sculptor
Peter Kaufmann (economist) (1804–1872), German national economist
Peter Kaufmann (mountain guide, 1858) (1858–1924), Swiss mountain guide
Peter Kaufmann (ski racer) (1917–2005), Swiss ski racer and mountain guide
Peter Kaufmann (physician) (1942–2010), German anatomist and university professor
Peter Kaufmann (* 1970), Austrian musician, member of Bluatschink
Philipp Kaufmann (* 1974), Austrian real estate expert

R.

Rainer Kaufmann (* 1959), German director
Regine Allgayer-Kaufmann (* 1950), German ethnomusicologist and university teacher
Reiner Kaufmann (* 1940), German object artist
Reinhard Kaufmann (* 1937), German biologist and politician (FDP)
Reinhard Kaufmann (District Administrator) , District Administrator of the Oberbergisches Kreis (1961–1964)
Remigius Kaufmann (1925–2011), Swiss politician (KVP / CVP)
Renate Kaufmann (* 1955), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
Richard von Kaufmann (1849–1908), German economist and art collector
Richard Kaufmann (* 1946/1947), Austrian journalist and editor
Robert Kaufmann (* 1987), German drummer and singer and former member of the band Die Cappuccinos
Roger Kaufmann (* 1981), Swiss actor
Rolf Kaufmann (* 1940), Swiss theologian, psychotherapist and author
Rudolf Kaufmann (art historian) (1902–1976), Swiss art historian
Rudolf Kaufmann (1909–? 1941), German paleontologist and geologist
Ruprecht von Kaufmann (* 1974), German painter
Ruth Kaufmann (* 1958), President of the Israelite Cultural Association Graz

S.

Sally Kaufmann (1890–1956), German publisher
Sina Kamala Kaufmann (* 1985), German political activist and author
Sören Kaufmann (* 1971), German slalom canoeist
Stefan Kaufmann (lawyer) (* 1953), German judge
Stefan Kaufmann (musician) (* 1960), German musician
Stefan Kaufmann (sociologist) (* 1961), German sociologist
Stefan Kaufmann (politician) (* 1969), German politician (CDU)
Stefan HE Kaufmann (* 1948), German biologist
Steffen Kaufmann (* 1992), German handball player
Stephan Kaufmann (* 1965), German journalist
Svenja Kaufmann (* 1994), German handball player
Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (* 1955), German politician (SPD)

T

Theo Kaufmann (1880–1955), German journalist and editor-in-chief
Theodor Kaufmann (1892–1972), German pianist, organist and composer
Theodore Kaufmann (1814–1896) ( Theodor Kaufmann ), American painter of German descent
Theophil Kaufmann (1888–1961), German politician (CDU)
Thomas Kaufmann (church historian) (* 1962), German theologian, church historian
Thomas Kaufmann (politician) (* 1965), Austrian politician (ÖVP)

U

Ulrich Kaufmann (mountain guide) (1840–1917), Swiss mountain guide
Ulrich Kaufmann (Germanist) (* 1951), German Germanist and literary scholar
Ulrich Kaufmann (filmmaker) (* 1974), Austrian video and installation artist
Ulrike Kaufmann (1953–2014), Austrian set designer and graphic artist
Uri Kaufmann (* 1957), Swiss historian and author

V

Vincent Kaufmann (* 1955), Swiss book scholar and Romance scholar

W.

Walter Kaufmann (physicist) (1871–1947), German physicist
Walter Kaufmann (composer) (1907–1984), German ethnomusicologist and composer
Walter Kaufmann (philosopher) (1921–1980), German-American philosopher and translator
Walter Kaufmann (writer) (* 1924), German-Australian writer
Walter Kaufmann (sculptor) (1930–2004), Swiss sculptor
Walter Hans Kaufmann (1901–1977), German organologist and author
Walther Kaufmann (1887–1965), German engineer and university professor
Waltraud Kaufmann (* 1942), German athlete
Werner Kaufmann (1924–2013), German physician and university professor
Werner Kaufmann-Bühler (* 1936), German diplomat
Wilhelm Kaufmann (lawyer) (1858–1926), German lawyer
Wilhelm von Kaufmann ( Wilhelm von Kaufmann-Asser ; 1888–1959), German doctor, author and film producer
Wilhelm Kaufmann (painter, 1892) (1892–1947), German painter and graphic artist
Wilhelm Kaufmann (painter, 1895) (1895–1975), Austrian painter and color dynamist
Wilhelm Kaufmann (painter, 1901) (1901–1999), Austrian painter and citizen of the world
Wilhelm Kaufmann (politician) , Austrian politician (FPÖ)
Wilhelm Kaufmann (Turner) , (1872–19 ??), German artistic gymnast
Willi Kaufmann (1908–1978), German composer and orchestra leader
Willy Kaufmann (artist) (1920–1978), Swiss painter, glass painter and graphic artist
Wolfgang Kaufmann (* 1964), German racing driver

Y

Yehezkel Kaufmann (1889–1963), Israeli biblical scholar and university professor

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