Edelman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Abram Wolf Edelman (1832-1907), Polish-born American rabbi; the first rabbi in Los Angeles, California. Adam Edelman, American-born four-time Israeli National Champion in skeleton event, and Israeli Olympian Alan Edelman, American mathematician and computer scientist Daniel Edelman (1920–2013), American public relations executive, founder of Edelman David Louis Edelman, American science fiction author Edmund D. Edelman (1930-2016), Los Angeles, California, politician Elazer R. Edelman, American engineer, scientist, and cardiologist Eric S. Edelman, U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Gerald Edelman (1929-2014), biologist, 1972 Nobel Prize (Physiology/Medicine) for work on the immune system Gregg Edelman, American movie, television and theatre actor Herb Edelman (1933–1996), American actor Isidore Edelman (1920–2004), American physician and researcher James Edelman, a justice of the Federal Court of Australia, and appointed to be a justice of the High Court of Australia Judith Edelman (1923–2014), American architect Julian Edelman, NFL player for the New England Patriots, 2019 Super Bowl LIII MVP Lee Edelman, professor and chair of the English Department at Tufts University Marek Edelman (1922–2009), political and social activist, cardiologist, and the last living leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund and wife of Peter Edelman Maurice Edelman (1911–1975), British politician and novelist Murray Edelman (1919–2001), American political scientist Natan Eidelman (1930–1989), Russian author and historian Nufar Edelman, Israeli Olympic sailor Peter Edelman, lawyer, policy maker, and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center and husband of Marian Wright Edelman Randy Edelman, American music composer R. David Edelman, American policymaker Richard Edelman, president and CEO of public relations firm Edelman Scott Edelman, American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor
