Edelman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abram Wolf Edelman (a.k.a. Abraham Edelman; 1832–1907), Polish-born American rabbi; the first rabbi in Los Angeles, California Adam Edelman (born 1991), American-born four-time Israeli national champion in skeleton event, and Israeli Olympian Alan Edelman (born 1963), American mathematician and computer scientist Alex Edelman (born 1989), American stand-up comedian Cornelis Hendrik "Cees" Edelman (1903–1964), Dutch soil scientist Daniel Edelman (1920–2013), American public relations executive, founder of Edelman David Louis Edelman (born 1971), 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 (born 1958), American movie, television and theatre actor Herb Edelman (1933–1996), American actor Isidore Edelman (1920–2004), American physician and researcher James Edelman (born 1974), 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 (born 1986), NFL player for the New England Patriots, 2019 Super Bowl LIII MVP Julius Edelman (1924–2004), jazz photographer known as Skippy Adelman Lee Edelman (born 1953), 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 (Marian Wright) (born 1939), 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 (born 1982), Israeli Olympic sailor Peter Edelman (born 1938), lawyer, policy maker, and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center and husband of Marian Wright Edelman Randy Edelman (born 1947), American music composer R. David Edelman, American policymaker Richard Edelman (born 1954), president and CEO of public relations firm Edelman Scott Edelman (born 1955), American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor See also Edelman (firm), an American public relations firm Edelman v. Jordan, 1974 United States Supreme Court (11th amendment) Edelmann Adleman Jewish surnames Yiddish-language surnames