Zuckermann
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Zuckermann, Zuckerman is a German
or Jewish surname
meaning "sugar
man".
Zuckerman may refer to:
Zuckermann may refer to:
Zukerman may refer to:
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
or Jewish surname
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"...
meaning "sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
man".
Zuckerman may refer to:
- Baruch ZuckermanBaruch ZuckermanBaruch Zuckerman was a leading American-Israeli zionist, one of the leading proponents of Yad Vashem, editor of Yiddishe Kempfer, and a leading figure in the Farband and Histadrut campaigns, and president of the Labor Zionist Organization of America.-Early life:He was born into a poor family in...
, American-Israeli Zionistic activist, and early proponent of Yad VashemYad VashemYad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament.... - Constantine ZuckermanConstantine ZuckermanConstantine Zuckerman is a French-Jewish historian and Professor of Byzantine studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris.-Biography:...
, historian - Ethan ZuckermanEthan ZuckermanEthan Zuckerman is the director of the MIT Center for Civic Media, officially starting in September 2011.Zuckerman was one of the first staff members of Tripod.com, one of the first successful "dot com" enterprises, and later founder of Geekcorps and Global Voices Online...
, one of the founders of Tripod and later Geekcorps - Gregg ZuckermanGregg ZuckermanGregg Jay Zuckerman is a mathematician at Yale University who discovered Zuckerman functors and translation functors, and with Anthony Knapp classified the irreducible tempered representations ofsemisimple Lie groups.-Publications:...
, mathematician who introduced Zuckerman functorZuckerman functorIn mathematics, a Zuckerman functor is used to construct representations of real reductive Lie groups from representations of Levi subgroups. They were introduced by Gregg Zuckerman...
s - Josh ZuckermanJosh Zuckerman (musician)Josh Zuckerman is a singer/songwriter. He is openly gay. His music has been featured on TV shows and his single "Out From Under" was number one for four weeks on Sirius Satellite Radio in 2006.-Early career:...
, American singer-songwriter - Josh ZuckermanJosh Zuckerman (actor)Joshua Ryan "Josh" Zuckerman is an American actor. Perhaps he is known for playing Mark Hughgrant in the science fiction TV series Kyle XY, Eddie Orlofsky for Desperate Housewives both aired into ABC and currently Max Miller in the spin-off of 1990's TV adaption 90210 aired on The CW.-Life and...
, American actor (Austin Powers in GoldmemberAustin Powers in GoldmemberAustin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American spy comedy film and the third installment of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. The movie was directed by Jay Roach, and co-written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers. Myers also plays the roles of Dr. Evil, Goldmember,...
) - Laurel ZuckermanLaurel Zuckerman (author)Laurel Zuckerman is an American author based near Paris, France.-Biography:Zuckerman is originally from Scottsdale, Arizona, but now lives in France. She graduated from the HEC School of Management, a French business school. Until 2002, she worked in information technology...
, author - Mortimer "Mort" ZuckermanMortimer ZuckermanMortimer Benjamin "Mort" Zuckerman is a Canadian-born American business magnate with interests primarily in magazines, publishing, and real estate. He is now a naturalized citizen of the United States....
, American publisher, magazine editor, and real estate billionaire - Nathan ZuckermanNathan ZuckermanNathan Zuckerman is a fictional character who appears as the narrator or protagonist of many of Philip Roth's works of fiction.-Character:...
, a character from author Philip RothPhilip RothPhilip Milton Roth is an American novelist. He gained fame with the 1959 novella Goodbye, Columbus, an irreverent and humorous portrait of Jewish-American life that earned him a National Book Award...
's Zuckerman BoundZuckerman BoundZuckerman Bound is a trilogy of novels by Philip Roth, originally published in 1985.-Plot:Each of the books follows the struggles and writing career of Roth's novelist alter ego Nathan Zuckerman.-Contents:The bound trilogy consists of:...
series - Solly ZuckermanSolly ZuckermanSolly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman, OM, KCB, FRS was a British public servant, zoologist, and scientific advisor who is best remembered as an advisor to the Allies on bombing strategy in World War II, for his work to advance the cause of nuclear non-proliferation, and for his role in bringing...
, a UK civil servant, zoologist, and scientific advisor - David ZuckermanDavid Zuckerman (producer)David J. Zuckerman is an American writer and producer, and is best known as the original showrunner and executive producer of the animated comedy series Family Guy, as well as the creator of the American adaptation of the Australian television series of the same name, Wilfred.A native of Danville,...
, American writer and producer for television shows.
Zuckermann may refer to:
- Benedict ZuckermannBenedict ZuckermannBenedict Zuckermann was a Jewish scientist in the Diaspora. A native of Germany, he was an Ashkenazic Jew.- Life :Zuckermann was born in Breslau , in the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of Silesia...
, a German scientist born at Breslau - Ghil'ad Zuckermann, an Israeli/Italian/British linguist
- Isidor ZuckermannIsidor ZuckermannIsidor Zuckermann was an Austrian businessman. He was born near Kamenetz-Podolsk in modern-day Ukraine, and emigrated with his family to the United Kingdom in 1939. He died in Keswick, Cumbria in 1946. He is interred in St...
, Austrian director timber and wood industrial company - Wolfgang ZuckermannWolfgang ZuckermannWolfgang Joachim Zuckermann is a harpsichord maker, author and environmental and social activist. He was born in Berlin, became an American citizen in 1938 and has lived in France since 1995....
, German/American harpsichord maker
Zukerman may refer to:
- Arianna ZukermanArianna ZukermanArianna Zukerman , is an American lyric soprano who has performed with some of the world's finest orchestras and opera companies. Her voice was described in the Washington Post as "remarkable" combining the "range, warmth and facility of a Rossini mezzo with shimmering, round high notes and...
, an American singer - George ZukermanGeorge ZukermanGeorge Benedict Zukerman, is a Canadian bassoonist.In 1992, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1996, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia.He is the younger brother of musicologist Joseph Kerman -References:...
, a Canadian bassoonist - Pinchas ZukermanPinchas ZukermanPinchas Zukerman is a world-renowned violinist, violist, and conductor. He is considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th and 21st centuries, and his ongoing 45-year career has seen him perform with the world's best-known orchestras and record over 100 works...
, an Israeli violinist and conductor - Zukerman Chamber PlayersZukerman Chamber PlayersThe Zukerman Chamber Players is a world-renowned chamber ensemble led by violinist and violist Pinchas Zukerman. Formed in 2003, they have performed over 40 concerts around the world and recorded two CDs....
, a classical music ensemble
See also
- CukiermanCukierman* Icchak Cukierman* Josef Cukierman* Roger Cukierman, a French Jewish leader...
- ZuckerZuckerZucker is a German word meaning "sugar" and may refer to:* Zucker , an album by the Fastbacks* Zucker laboratory rat breedZucker is the surname of:*David Zucker, an American film director...