Grossman

Grossman (variants include Grosmann, Grossmann, Großmann, etc.) is a family name of Germanic origin, meaning large man.

  • Achim Großmann (1947–2023), German politician
  • Adam Grossman, guitarist and singer for the band Skrew
  • Albert Bernard Grossman (1926 – 1986), entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music scene
  • Alex Grossmann (1930–2019), Croatian-French physicist
  • Allan Grossman (1910–1991), member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  • Allen Grossman (1932–2014), American poet; father of Bathsheba Grossman, Austin Grossman, and Lev Grossman
  • Alan D. Grossman (fl. 2014?), American microbiologist
  • Angela Grossmann (born 1955), Canadian artist
  • Ashley Grossman (born 1993), American water polo player
  • Aubrey Grossman, (1911–1999), American attorney and Communist leader
  • Austin Seth Grossman (born 1969), American writer and game designer
  • Avraham Grossman (born 1936), professor emeritus for Jewish history
  • Bathsheba Grossman (born 1966), Santa Cruz, California artist
  • Blake Grossman, chief executive officer of Barclays Global Investors
  • Budd Grossman, American producer and screenwriter
  • Burt Grossman, former American football defensive end
  • Carl Großmann (1863–1922), German serial killer
  • Christian Gottlob Leberecht Großmann (1783 –1857), German theologian
  • Dave Grossman (author), American author and ex-member of the United States Army
  • Dave Grossman (game developer), American game programmer and game designer
  • David Grossman (born 1954), Israeli author
  • Dieter Grossmann (born 1926), German painter and digital artist
  • Edith Grossman (1936 – 2023), American translator from Spanish
  • Elisabetha Grossmann (1795–1858), "The Fair Skipper of Brienz"
  • Emily Grossman, geneticist and science communicator
  • Eric Grossman (b.1964), American bass guitarist
  • Ernst August Friedrich Wilhelm Grossmann (1863–1933), German astronomer
  • Gene Grossman, the Jacob Viner professor of International Economics at Princeton University
  • Gheorghe Grossman, aka Gheorghe Gaston Marin (1918 – 2010), Romanian politician
  • Gregory Grossman, American economist
  • Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann (1746 – 1796), German actor, librettist and stage director
  • Haika Grossman, Israeli politician
  • Hannes Grossmann, German death metal band member
  • Heinrich Ernst Grosmann (1732–1811), Danish composer
  • Henryk Grossman, Polish-German economist and historian
  • Ignaz Grossmann (1825–1897), Hungarian-born rabbi in Moravia, Croatia, and America
  • Jerome Grossman (1917–2013), American activist
  • Jiří Grossmann, Czech theatre actor, poet and composer
  • Joel Grossman, Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University
  • Jonathan Grossman, Revolutionized Corporal Law Theories
  • Judith Grossman, American writer
  • Karl Grossman, professor of journalism at State University of New York/College at Old Westbury
  • Karol Grossmann (1864 – 1929), the first Slovene filmmaker
  • Karolien Grosemans, Belgian politician
  • Kurt Grossmann, German journalist
  • Ladislav Grosman, novelist and screenwriter
  • Larry Grossman (composer), composer of Broadway musicals
  • Larry Grossman (politician), politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Leslie Grossman, American actress
  • Lev Grossman, American writer
  • Louis Grossmann (1863–1926), Austrian-American rabbi
  • Loyd Grossman, Anglo-American television presenter and chef
  • Marc Grossman (born 1951), former American ambassador to Turkey
  • Marcel Grossmann, Hungarian mathematician
  • Mary Belle Grossman (1879 – 1977), American judge and suffragist
  • Martin Grossman (1965–2010), American murderer
  • Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSN, Inc.
  • Nancy Grossman, American artist
  • Naomi Grossman, American actress
  • Natalia Grossman, (born 2001), American sport climber
  • Nicklas Grossmann, Swedish ice hockey player
  • Randy Grossman (born 1952), American NFL football player
  • Rex Grossman, former NFL quarterback
  • Rex Grossman Sr., American football linebacker and fullback
  • Richard Grossman (author) (1943–2011), American anti-globalization writer
  • Richard Grossman (bassist), bassist for the Hoodoo Gurus and the Divinyls
  • Richard Grossman (pianist) (1937–1992), American jazz pianist
  • Richard Grossman (publisher), American publisher, founder of Grossman Publishers
  • Robbie Grossman, American MLB outfielder
  • Robert Grossman, American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and author
  • Robert Lee Grossman, American computer scientist and bioinformatician
  • Rudolph Grossman (1867–1927), Austrian-American rabbi
  • Sally Grossman, widow of Albert Grossman and operator of the Woodstock-based Bearsville Records
  • Sanford J. Grossman, American economist, John Bates Clark Medal winner in 1987
  • Siegfried Grossmann, (born 1930), German theoretical physicist
  • Stefan Grossman, American guitarist and singer
  • Steven Grossman, American politician and investor
  • Thomas Grossmann, (born 1951), German writer and psychologist
  • Tuvia Grossman, Jewish American student attacked by a violent Arab mob and later wrongly identified as a Palestinian
  • Vasily Grossman (Васи́лий Семёнович Гро́ссман, 1905 –1964), Soviet writer and war correspondant
  • Victor Grossman (born Stephen Wechsler, 1928), American socialist and writer
  • Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, Israeli rabbi - the "Disco Rabbi"

See also

  • Grossmann Jet Service, Aviation company in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Grossmann, a German place name in Moselle, France
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Surnames associated with the Latin word grossus or Old High German grōz
Great, Big,
Thick, Tall
Germanic
Romance
Other
  • Estonian: Kross
  • Hungarian: Grósz
  • Polish Jewish: Grosz
Money
Similar
but unrelated
  • Grassmann/Grassman
  • Kross
  • Kroos
  • Goss
Additional meaning
Grose
Surname list
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