Goldman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Goldman family

The surname Goldman was first found in Thuringia, where the family was known for its contributions to the prosperity and culture of the emerging feudal society. The family branched into numerous houses, many of which acquired estates and manors throughout the surrounding regions.

Early History of the Goldman family

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Goldman Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Goltmann, Goldman, Giltman, Gilman, Geldman, Gelderman, Galtman, Coltman and many more.

Early Notables of the Goldman family

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Goldman Ranking

In the United States, the name Goldman is the 1,652^nd most popular surname with an estimated 19,896 people with that name. 1

Goldman migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Goldman Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Conrad Goldman, who landed in New York, NY in 1710-1714 2
John Goldman, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1743

Goldman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Eliz Goldman, aged 26, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1804 2
Elizabeth and Sophia Goldman, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1804
John Jost Goldman, aged 26, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1804 2
Sophia Goldman, aged 56, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1804 2
S Goldman, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
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Goldman Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Sam Hendri Goldman, who landed in Alabama in 1922 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Goldman (post 1700) +

William Goldman (1931-2018), American two-time Academy Award winning novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), All the President's Men (1976) and Princess Bride (1973)
Dianne Emiel Goldman (1933-2023), known as Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein, an American politician who served as a United States senator from California for 31 years, from 1992 until her death in 2023
Patricia Ann Goldman (1942-2023), American public official and women's rights advocate who served on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) from 1979 to 1988
Robert "Bo" Goldman (1932-2023), American two-time Academy Award winning screenwriter and playwright, known for his screenplays of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Melvin and Howard (1980)
Andrew Goldman, American film producer on Marcel the Shell with Shoes On which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 95th Academy Awards
Francisco Goldman (b. 1954), American novelist, journalist, and Allen K. Smith Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
Daniel "Danny" Goldman (1939-2020), American actor, voice actor, and casting director, best known as the voice of Brainy Smurf in Hanna-Barbera's The Smurfs (1981–1989)
Marshall Irwin Goldman (1930-2017), American economist and Professor of Economics at Wellesley College and Associate Director of the Harvard Russian Research Center
Yosef Goldman (1942-2015), Hungarian-born, American scholar of American Jewish history
Sylvan Nathan Goldman (1898-1984), American businessman and inventor of the supermarket shopping cart
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Historic Events for the Goldman family +

St. Francis Dam

Mr. Julian Goldman Jr., American resident in Santa Clarita killed when the St. Francis Dam failed and flooded the area in 1928

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)