Grossman

Grossman (variants include Grosmann, Grossmann, Groß‍mann, etc.) is a family name of Germanic and Jewish Ashkenazi origin, meaning large man, with the earliest recorded usage in the 14th century.

  • Adam Grossman, guitarist and singer for the band Skrew
  • Albert Grossman, entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music scene
  • Alex Grossman, Croatian-French physicist
  • Allan Grossman, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  • Austin Grossman, writer and game designer
  • Bathsheba Grossman, Santa Cruz, California artist
  • Blake Grossman, chief executive officer of Barclays Global Investors
  • Burt Grossman, former American football defensive end
  • Carl Großmann, German serial killer
  • Dave Grossman (author), American author and professor
  • Dave Grossman (game developer), American game programmer and game designer
  • David Grossman, Israeli author
  • Dieter Grossmann, digital artist
  • Edith Grossman, American translator
  • Eric Grossman, American musician
  • Gene Grossman, the Jacob Viner professor of International Economics at Princeton University
  • Gheorghe Grossman, Romanian politician
  • Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Grossmann, German actor, writer and stage director
  • Haika Grossman, Israeli politician
  • Hannes Grossmann, German death metal band member
  • Heinrich Ernst Grosmann, a Danish composer
  • Henryk Grossman, polish-German economist and historian
  • Jiří Grossmann, Czech theatre actor, poetrist and composer
  • Joel Grossman, Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University
  • Jonathan Grossman, Revolutionized Corporal Law Theories
  • Karl Grossman, professor of journalism at State University of New York/College at Old Westbury
  • Karol Grossmann, the first Slovene amateur filmmaker
  • Karolien Grosemans, Belgian politician
  • Larry Grossman, politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Leslie Grossman, American actress
  • Lev Grossman, American writer
  • Loyd Grossman, Anglo-American television presenter and chef
  • Marc Grossman, former American Ambassador to Turkey
  • Marcel Grossmann, Hungarian mathematician
  • Martin Grossman (1965-2010), American murderer
  • Mechthild Grossmann, German actress who appeared in Nowhere in Africa and Seduction: The Cruel Woman
  • Nancy Grossman, American artist
  • Nicklas Grossmann, Swedish ice hockey player
  • Randy Grossman, American NFL football player
  • Rex Grossman, quarterback for the Washington Redskins
  • Richard Grossman (musician), bassist for the Hoodoo Gurus and the Divinyls
  • Robert Grossman, American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and author
  • 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
  • Stefan Grossman, American guitarist and singer
  • Terry Grossman, co-author of Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever
  • Thomas Grossmann, German writer and psychologist
  • Tuvia Grossman, Jewish American student attacked by a violent Arab mob and later wrongly identified as a Palestinian
  • Vasily Grossman, Soviet writer and journalist
  • Wendy M. Grossman, journalist, blogger, and folksinger
  • Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, Israeli rabbi - the "Disco Rabbi"

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