Perelman

Perelman is a surname and may refer to any of the following people:

  • Bob Perelman, poet
  • Chaim Perelman, philosopher
  • Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (Eliezer Yitzhak Perelman, 1858-1922), responsible for the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language
  • Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician who proved the PoincarĂ© conjecture
    • 50033 Perelman, asteroid named after Grigori Perelman
  • Mikhail Perelman, Soviet Olympic gold medal winning gymnast
  • Richard B. Perelman, author of Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars
  • Ronald Perelman, wealthy investor and businessman who appears 94th on the Forbes 2006 The World's Richest People (40th in the USA)
  • S. J. Perelman (1904–1979), American humorist, author, and screenwriter, best known for Around the World in Eighty Days
  • Yakov Perelman, Russian author of science books for children
    • Perel'man (crater), lunar crater named after Yakov Perelman
  • Vadim Perelman, Ukrainian-American film director best known for his debut House of Sand and Fog
  • Raymond G. Perelman, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based philanthropist for whom the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania was named in 2011

Famous quotes containing the word perelman:

    English life, while very pleasant, is rather bland. I expected kindness and gentility and I found it, but there is such a thing as too much couth.
    —S.J. Perelman (1904–1979)