Hyman

Hyman is the surname of:

  • Alan Hyman (1910 - 1999), author and screenwriter
  • Albert Hyman (1893 - 1972), co-inventor of the artificial pacemaker
  • Anthony Hyman (1947 - 1999), author and specialist on Afghanistan and the Former Soviet Union
  • Anthony A. Hyman (born 1961), British scientist
  • Bill Hyman (1875 - 1959), English cricketer
  • Dick Hyman (born 1927), American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer
  • Eric Hyman, (born 1951?), collegiate athletic director
  • Flora ("Flo") Jean Hyman (1954 – 1986), American volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist
  • James Hyman (born 1970), British DJ and music supervisor
  • Jeffry Hyman (1951 – 2001), birth name of punk rock singer/songwriter Joey Ramone
  • John Adams Hyman (1840 - 1891), born a slave, later became Congressman for North Carolina
  • Libbie Hyman (1888 – 1969), American zoologist
  • Louis Hyman (born 1977), American writer and economic historian
  • Marc Hyman, Hollywood film writer
  • Mark E. Hyman, Vice President for Corporate Relations for Sinclair Broadcast Group
  • Misty Hyman (born 1979), American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist
  • Phyllis Hyman (1949 - 1995), American soul singer, model and actress
  • Ray Hyman (born 1928), Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon
  • Rob Hyman (born 1950), American singer, songwriter, and producer
  • Trina Schart Hyman (1939 - 2004), American illustrator of children's books
  • Ben Zion Hyman (1891 - 1984), a Canadian-Jewish bookseller

Hyman is the given name of:

  • Hyman Holtz (c. 1896-1939?), New York racketeer
  • Hyman Martin (1903-1987), Chicago mobster
  • Hyman Minsky (1919-1996), US economist who studied financial crises
  • Hyman George Rickover (1900–1986), US Navy Admiral
  • Hyman Roth, a fictional character in The Godfather series of books and films
  • Hyman Krustofski, a fictional character on The Simpsons

Famous quotes containing the word hyman:

    It is now time to stop and to ask ourselves the question which my last commanding officer, Admiral Hyman Rickover, asked me and every other young naval officer who serves or has served in an atomic submarine. For our Nation M for all of us M that question is, “Why not the best?”
    Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)