Researching Franz Neumann
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 46 people with the Neumann surname? In that year Neumann was ranked number 3533 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Franz means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of German origin.
Records of Franz Neumann on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Franz Neumann and the Neumann Family History
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Neumann Genealogy Databases
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Neumann Forums
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Some Famous People called Franz Neumann
Franz Neumann (political scientist)
Franz Leopold Neumann (23 May 1900 – 2 September 1954) was a German political activist, Western Marxist theorist and labor lawyer, who became a political scientist in exile and is best known for his theoretical analyses of National Socialism. He studied in Germany and the United Kingdom, and spent the last phase of his career in the United States, where he worked for the Office of Strategic Services from 1943 to 1945. During the Second World War, Neumann spied for the Soviet Union under the code-name "Ruff". Together with Ernst Fraenkel and Arnold Bergstraesser, Neumann is considered to be among the founders of modern political science in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Source: Franz Neumann (political scientist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Neumann
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Naiman Nannini Nannoni Nauman Naumann Nayman Neenan Nehman Neiman Neuman Newenham Newingham Newman Newmann Newmen Newmon Newnam Newnan Newnham Neyman Nieman Niemann Nighman Nimon Nineham Ninham Noonan Nuemann Nuimann Numann Nunan Nyman
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