Freeman (surname)
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Freeman is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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- Alan FreemanAlan FreemanAlan Leslie "Fluff" Freeman, MBE was a British disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom for 40 years.-Career:...
(1927–2006) Australian-born DJ - Alfred Percy FreemanTich FreemanAlfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season, and is the second most prolific wicket taker in first class cricket history.-Career:Freeman's common name comes from his extremely short...
(1888–1965) Kent cricketer, only bowler to take 300 wickets in a season - Antonio FreemanAntonio FreemanAntonio Michael Freeman is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League, most notably for the Green Bay Packers. He attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, dominating his high school conference. Freeman played college football at Virginia Tech...
(born 1972), American football player - Ben FreemanBen FreemanBenedict "Ben" Freeman is an English television actor, best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as Scott Windsor.-Personal life:...
, British actor - Buck FreemanBuck FreemanJohn Frank "Buck" Freeman was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Freeman was one of the top sluggers of his era, his most famous feat being the 25 home runs he hit during the 1899 season.A native of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, Freeman showed talent as...
(1871–1949) American baseball player - C. S. Freeman, American naval officer, Commander Submarine Force in 1930s
- Cassidy FreemanCassidy FreemanCassidy Freeman is an American actress and musician. She is known for her role as Tess Mercer in The CW's Superman-inspired action drama Smallville, which she starred for three years.-Early life and education:...
(born 1982) American actress - Cathy FreemanCathy FreemanCatherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...
(born 1973) Australian Olympic athlete - Chapman FreemanChapman FreemanChapman Freeman was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
(1832–1904) US Congressman from PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to... - Crispin FreemanCrispin FreemanCrispin McDougal Freeman is an American voice actor, and Mythology scholar. His roles have included Alucard from Hellsing, Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Karasu from Noein, Togusa from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, as Holland Novak from Eureka Seven, Touga Kiriyu in...
(born 1972) American voice actor - Daniel FreemanDaniel FreemanDaniel Freeman was an American homesteader, physician and Civil War veteran. He was recognized as the first person to file a claim under the Homestead Act of 1862...
(1826–1908) American homesteader - David FreemanDavid FreemanDavid Freeman is the name of:*David Freeman , collector, historian, and authority on old-time and bluegrass music*David Freeman, musician, member of The Flys and The Lover Speaks, writer of "No More I Love You's"...
(several people) - Derek FreemanDerek FreemanJohn Derek Freeman was a New Zealand anthropologist best known for his criticism of Margaret Mead's work in Samoan society, as described in her 1928 ethnography Coming of Age in Samoa...
(1916–2001), New Zealander anthropologist - Don FreemanDon FreemanDon Freeman was a painter, printmaker, cartoonist, children's book author, and illustrator.-Early life:Freeman was born in San Diego, California, attended high school in Missouri, attended Principia College and later moved to New York City, where he studied etching at the Art Students League with...
, children's book author - Douglas S. FreemanDouglas S. FreemanDouglas Southall Freeman was an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, and author. He is best known for his multi-volume biographies of Robert E...
(1886–1953) American journalist and author - Edward Augustus FreemanEdward Augustus FreemanEdward Augustus Freeman was an English historian. His reputation as a historian rests largely on his History of the Norman Conquest , his longest completed book...
(1823–1892) English historian - Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett) (c.1742-1829) Massachusetts slave, won freedom 1781
- Edward Monroe FreemanEdward Monroe FreemanEdward Monroe Freeman . was an American botanist, born at St. Paul. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1898 and did graduate work there and at Cambridge. He became professor of botany and plant pathology at the University of Minnesota in 1908 and dean of the College of Agriculture,...
(born 1875), American botanist - Emily FreemanEmily FreemanEmily Kaye Freeman is a British senior female runner. She is currently associated with the Yorkshire / Wakefield Harriers & AC....
British Athlete competes in the 200 metres - Ernest Edward Samuel Freeman(1867-1912) A member of the crew of the RMS Titanic
- Gordon FreemanGordon FreemanGordon Freeman is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Half-Life video game series. He is a theoretical physicist who finds himself thrust into a battle for survival against both alien and human forces. Throughout the series, Gordon must prevail in hostile situations despite...
Silent protagonist of the "Half LifeHalf-Life (series)The Half-Life series of video games share a science fiction alternate history. Nearly all of the games are first-person shooters on the GoldSource or Source engines, and most are linear, narrative, single-player titles....
" video game series - Hobart FreemanHobart FreemanHobart Freeman was a charismatic preacher and author, who ministered in northern Indiana and actively promoted faith healing.- Early life :Hobart Edward Freeman was born in Ewing, Kentucky, and grew up at St...
(1920–1984) Word of Faith preacher and author of northern Indiana - Hans FreemanHans FreemanHans Charles Freeman, AM, FAA, was a German-born Australian bioinorganic chemist, protein crystallographer, and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry who spent most of his career at the University of Sydney...
(1929–2008), German-born Australian protein crystallographer and chemist - Huey FreemanHuey FreemanHuey Freeman is a fictional character of The Boondocks syndicated comic strip written by Aaron McGruder, as well as the main character and recurrent principal narrator of the animated TV series of the same name...
character from The BoondocksThe Boondocks (TV series)The Boondocks is an American animated series created by Aaron McGruder on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, based on McGruder's comic strip of the same name... - Jay Freeman, a software developer
- Jonathan Freeman (actor) (born 1950), Tony-nominated American actor known for voicing the villainous Jafar in Disney's Aladdin
- Jonathan Freeman (representative)Jonathan Freeman (representative)Jonathan Freeman was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. Born in Mansfield, Connecticut, he attended the public schools and moved to New Hampshire in 1769, settling in Hanover...
(1745–1808), United States Representative from New Hampshire. - Jonathan Freeman-AttwoodJonathan Freeman-AttwoodProfessor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood BMus, MPhil, Hon RAM is the Principal of the Royal Academy of Music in the United Kingdom.He studied at Milton Abbey School, then University of Toronto and Christ Church, Oxford...
, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music in London, United Kingdom - Jon FreemanJon FreemanJon Freeman was an influential computer game industry figure of the 1980s and early 1990s. He was a co-founder of Epyx and Free Fall Associates and the spouse of game programmer, Anne Westfall...
, influential computer game industry figure - Joseph Freeman, Jr. (born 1952), Latter Day Saints bishop
- Joseph Freeman (politician)Joseph Freeman (politician)Joseph Freeman was a seaman, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Liverpool from 1811 to 1820 and Queen's County from 1820 to 1839 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....
(1765–1839), Nova Scotia politician - Joseph Freeman (writer)Joseph Freeman (writer)Joseph "Joe" Freeman was an American writer and magazine editor. He is best remembered as a contributor and editor to The New Masses, a literary and artistic magazine closely associated with the Communist Party USA, and as a founding editor of the magazine Partisan Review.-Early years:Joseph...
(1897-1965), American left wing writer and editor - Josh FreemanJosh Freeman-2009:On November 8, 2009, Freeman started his first professional game at home against the Green Bay Packers. The Buccaneers won, ending an 11-game losing streak. He completed 14 out of 31 passes for 205 yards, 3 passing touchdowns, and 1 INT, including a fourth down touchdown pass to rookie Sammie...
American Quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Lewis Ransome FreemanLewis R. FreemanLewis Ransome Freeman was an American explorer, journalist and war correspondent who wrote over twenty books chronicling his many travels, as well as numerous articles.-Biography:...
(1878–1960), American author - Kevin Freeman (basketball)Kevin Freeman (basketball)Kevin Freeman is a retired American basketball player and is currently Assistant men's basketball director of operations at the University of Connecticut...
(born 1978), American basketball player and coach - Mark FreemanMark FreemanMark Freeman was an Austrian-born American artist, "whose prints and paintings from the 1930s chronicle a seminal period of New York City’s architectural growth in a style that has been described as a beautiful blend of the poetic and historical."-Biography:Freeman was born in 1908 in...
(1908–2003) - Martin FreemanMartin FreemanMartin John C. Freeman is an English actor. He is known for his roles as John in Love Actually, Tim Canterbury in the BBC's Golden Globe-winning comedy The Office, Arthur Dent in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dr. John Watson in Sherlock and Mr. Madden...
(born 1971) English actor - Martin Henry FreemanMartin Henry FreemanMartin Henry Freeman was the first Black president of an American college, as well as later serving as president of Liberia College....
(1826–1889) first black president of an American college - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) American novelist
- Mary Eleanor Wilkins FreemanMary Eleanor Wilkins FreemanMary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was a prominent 19th century American author.- Biography :She was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, and attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, for one year, from 1870–71...
, American author - Michael Freeman (chess player) (born 1960) New Zealand chess player
- Michael O. FreemanMichael O. FreemanMichael O. "Mike" Freeman is an attorney and politician from the state of Minnesota. He is currently the county attorney for Hennepin County, the most populous county in the state, of which the county seat is Minneapolis. He is the son of Orville Freeman, who was a former Minnesota governor and...
(born 1948) Minnesota attorney and politician - Morgan FreemanMorgan FreemanMorgan Freeman is an American actor, film director, aviator and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won...
(born 1937) American actor - Morgan J. FreemanMorgan J. FreemanMorgan J. Freeman is an American film director. In 1997, his debut feature, Hurricane Streets, became the first narrative film to win three awards at the Sundance Film Festival...
(born 1969) American film director - Mylène FreemanMylène FreemanMylène Freeman is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel in Quebec, first elected in the 2011 Canadian federal election after defeating incumbent MP Mario Laframboise of the Bloc Québécois.Born in Stouffville, Ontario, she is fluent in both...
(born 1989), Canadian politician - Nathaniel Freeman (physician)Nathaniel Freeman (physician)Nathaniel Freeman was an American physician and jurist. He was a Brigadier General during the American Revolutionary War and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1775.- Biography :...
(1741–1827) American physician and jurist - Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Sandwich, he attended the common schools, graduated from Harvard University in 1787, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar about 1791 and commenced practice in Sandwich and the Cape Cod district...
(1766–1800) American congressman - Orville FreemanOrville FreemanOrville Lothrop Freeman was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961, and as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson...
(1918–2003) Governor of Minnesota and US Secretary of Agriculture - Paul Freeman (actor) (born 1943), British actor
- Paul Freeman (conductor)Paul Freeman (conductor)Paul Freeman is an African American conductor.Born in Richmond, Virginia, Freeman earned bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music. A Fulbright Scholarship enabled him to study for two years at the Berlin University of the Arts...
(born 1936), American conductor - Paul Freeman (cryptozoologist)Paul Freeman (cryptozoologist)Paul Freeman was an American Bigfoot hunter who claimed to have discovered Bigfoot tracks showing dermal ridges...
(1943–2003), American Bigfoot hunter - Paul Freeman (songwriter)Paul Freeman (songwriter)Paul Freeman is a Welsh-born singer-song writer of folksy pop songs now living in the United States.Freeman’s EP You and I was released on the Arista label on 12 November 2008. The four songs on that album are the title track, “Tightrope,” “That’s How It Is” and “Earthquakes.”His EP That’s How It...
, Welsh-born singer-songwriter - Paul L. Freeman, Jr.Paul L. Freeman, Jr.Paul LaMarch Freeman, Jr. was a United States Army four star general who served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group from 1962 to 1965 and Commanding General, U.S...
(1907–1988), United States Army general - R Austin FreemanR Austin FreemanRichard Austin Freeman — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke...
(1862–1943) British writer of detective stories - Sir Ralph Freeman (1880-1950), English bridge designer
- Sir Ralph Freeman (1911-1998), English bridge designer
- Richard B. FreemanRichard B. FreemanRichard B. Freeman is one of the leading labor economists in North America. The Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and Co-Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, Freeman is also Senior Research Fellow on Labour Markets at the Centre for...
Labor economist - Riley FreemanRiley FreemanRiley Freeman is a fictional character from the syndicated comic strip The Boondocks written by Aaron McGruder and its TV series adaptation...
character from The BoondocksThe Boondocks (TV series)The Boondocks is an American animated series created by Aaron McGruder on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, based on McGruder's comic strip of the same name... - Robert FreemanRobert Freeman (pastor)Robert Freeman was a Scottish-American clergyman.After engaging in mission work in Pennsylvania and New York for four years, he was ordained in the Baptist ministry in 1900; thereafter he held various pastorates until 1910. He was moderator of the Synod of California in 1920-21.During the War he...
(born 1878) American clergyman - Robert Jebediah "Granddad" Freeman character from The BoondocksThe Boondocks (TV series)The Boondocks is an American animated series created by Aaron McGruder on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, based on McGruder's comic strip of the same name...
- Robert FreemanRobert Freeman (photographer)Robert Freeman is a photographer and designer, most famous for his album cover photos for The Beatles and his design work on the end credit sequences of their first two films and the related film posters and advertising materials....
Photographer - Robin Freeman (basketball)Robin Freeman (basketball)Robin R. Freeman is a retired American basketball player who was a two-time All-American at Ohio State University....
(born 1934), two-time All-American guard at Ohio State University in the 1950s - Robin Freeman (golfer)Robin Freeman (golfer)Robin Freeman is an American professional golfer. He has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and Champions Tour.Freeman was born in St. Charles, Missouri. He attended the University of Central Oklahoma and turned professional in 1983....
(born 1959), American professional golfer - Samuel Freeman MillerSamuel Freeman MillerSamuel Freeman Miller was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1862–1890. He was a physician and lawyer.-Early life and education:...
(1816–1890) US Supreme Court Justice - Sarah Freeman (skier)Sarah Freeman (skier)Sarah Freeman is a Canadian junior alpine skier, racing competitively since 2004. Throughout her childhood and early race years, she skied at Castle Mountain Resort....
, a canadian skier - Scott Freeman (voice actor)Scott Freeman (voice actor)Scott Freeman is an American voice actor who works for Funimation Entertainment. He is known for providing voices for Japanese anime.He is best known for playing England in Hetalia: Axis Powers and Yuji Sakamoto in Baka and Test.-Anime roles:...
, voice actor for various characters - Scott FreemanScott FreemanScott John Freeman was an American economist. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1983...
(1954–2004) American economist - Sultaana FreemanSultaana FreemanSultaana Lakiana Myke Freeman is a resident of the state of Florida, United States. She gained media attention when she sued the state of Florida in order to wear a face veil for her driver's license picture.-Background:...
, a Muslim woman who sued for the right to wear a veil for her driver's license photo - Walter Freeman (1895–1972) pioneer of psychosurgery
- Walter Freeman (footballer)Walter Freeman (footballer)Walter D. Freeman was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-forward....
(born 1887, date of death unknown), English footballer - Walter Freeman (born 1927), American biologist, theoretical neuroscientist and philosopher
- Wilfrid FreemanWilfrid FreemanAir Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Rhodes Freeman, 1st Baronet, GCB, DSO, MC, RAF was one of the most important influences on the rearmament of the Royal Air Force in the years up to and including the Second World War....
(1888–1953), British air marshal - Woody FreemanWoody FreemanElwood A. Freeman, known as Woody Freeman , is a businessman in Jonesboro, Arkansas, who was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1984. He lost 63-37 percent to the incumbent Governor Bill Clinton, the Democrat who eight years later was elected President of the United States...
(born 1946), Arkansas businessman and 1984 RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
gubernatorial nominee
See also
- Freeman (disambiguation)
- Charles Freeman (disambiguation)
- Gary Freeman (disambiguation)
- James Freeman (disambiguation)
- John Freeman (disambiguation)
- Roger Freeman (disambiguation)