Perlman is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred E. Perlman, railroad executive Anita Perlman, see B'nai B'rith Girls Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman, birth name of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, a Jewish Litvak lexicographer, the driving spirit behind the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era. Elio Perlman, the protagonist of André Aciman's novel Call Me by Your Name Elliot Perlman, author and barrister Fredy Perlman, anarchist author, publisher, and activist Isadore Perlman, American chemist Itzhak Perlman (born 1945), Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue Janet Perlman (born 1954), Canadian animator and children's book author and illustrator Nathan David Perlman, lawyer and politician Philip B. Perlman, United States Solicitor General and Maryland Secretary of State Radia Perlman, software designer and network engineer Ralph Perlman, Louisiana state budget director, 1967–1988 Rhea Perlman, actress Ron Perlman, actor Selig Perlman, economist and labor historian Stanley Perlman, American microbiologist Steve Perlman (entrepreneur), entrepreneur and inventor Suzanne Perlman (1922–2020), Hungarian-Dutch visual artist See also Pearlman Perelman Jewish surnames