Baum is a German surname meaning "tree". Notable people with this surname include:Bernie Baum (1929–1993), American songwriter Carol Baum, American film producer Dale Baum,, American historian and professor Edgar Schofield Baum (1916–2006), American artist, physician, and WW2 combat medical officer Frank Baum (footballer), German footballer Frank Joslyn Baum (1883–1958), American lawyer, soldier, writer and film producer Henry Baum, American writer Fran Baum, Australian social scientist Friedrich Baum (1727–1777), colonel in British service during the American revolutionary war James Edwin Baum (1887-1955), American journalist and big game hunter Jiří Baum (1900–1944), Czech zoologist L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), American author, actor, and independent filmmaker Michael Baum, British surgical oncologist who specialises in breast cancer treatment Oskar Baum (1883–1941), Czech music educator and writer Paul Baum (artist) (1859–1932), German landscape painter Paul Baum (mathematician), American mathematician Peter Baum, American lacrosse player Ray Baum (1955-2018), American lawyer and politician Roger S. Baum, American banker, now children's author Tom Baum, American screenwriter and playwright Vicki Baum (1888–1960), Austrian writer Walter Baum (1921–2007), German type designer Walter Emerson Baum (1884–1956), Pennsylvania impressionist painter Wilhelm Baum,, Austrian historian, publisher Wilhelm Baum (surgeon) (1799–1883), German surgeon William Wakefield Baum (1926–2015), American Roman Catholic cardinal
