Seligmann (name)

Seligmann (sometimes Seligman) is a surname.

People bearing the name include:

The arts

• Chris Seligman, a keyboardist in Canadian band Stars
• Daniel Seligman (1924–2009), editor and columnist
• Ellen Seligman (died 2016), American-Canadian literary editor
• Emma Seligman, Canadian director and screenwriter
• Germain Seligman (1893–1978), French-born American art dealer based in New York
• Jacques Seligmann (1858–1923), antiquarian and art dealer active in Paris and New York
• Johann Michael Seligmann (1720–1762), German artist and engraver
• Kurt Seligmann (1900–1962), Swiss painter, writer
• Lincoln Seligman (born 1950), British artist
• Mariana Seligmann (born 1984), Argentinian actress
• Matthew Seligman (1955-2020), was an English bassist who took part in the New Wave scene in the 1970s and the 1980s
• Walter Herbert (conductor) (1898–1975), ne Seligmann, American conductor
• Werner Seligmann (1930–1998), architect, urban designer, and educator
• Seligmann Heller (1831–1890), Austrian poet and journalist

Business, law, and politics

• Aron Elias Seligmann (1747–1824), German Jewish financier
• Arthur Seligman (1873–1933), American businessman and politician
• Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman (1861–1939), American economist
• Isaac Seligman (1834–1928), German-American merchant banker and philanthropist
• Isaac Newton Seligman (1855–1917), American banker and communal worker
• Joseph Seligman (born Seligmann, 1819–1880), a German-American banker, founder of J. & W. Seligman & Co.
• Madron Seligman (1918–2002), British politician
• Naomi O. Seligman, member of the Board of Directors of Oracle Corporation
• Nicole Seligman (born 1957), American attorney and corporate director
• Scott Seligman (born 1951), American real estate developer and bank founder

Science and education

• Charles Gabriel Seligman (1873–1940), British anthropologist
• George Seligman (1927–2024), American mathematician
• Joel Seligman (born 1950), tenth president of the University of Rochester
• Martin Seligman (born 1942), American psychologist and author, father of modern positive psychology movement

Religion

• Seligman Baer (1825–1897), masoretic scholar, and an editor of the Hebrew Bible and of the Jewish liturgy
• Seligman Baer Bamberger (1807–1878), Talmudist and a leader of Orthodox Judaism in Germany

Sportsmen

• Edgar Seligman (1867–1958), American-born British 6-time champion and 2-time Olympic fencing medalist
• Reade Seligmann, one of the three falsely accused students in 2006 Duke University lacrosse case
• Steve Seligman, American stock car racing driver