Singer (surname)

Singer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Business and industry

Baruch Singer (born 1954), American real estate investor
Carl Singer (1916–2008), American businessman, investor, and philanthropist
George Singer (cycle manufacturer) (1874–1909), English cycle manufacturer
John Webb Singer (1819–1904), English bronze founder
Horace M. Singer (1823–1896), American businessman and politician
Isaac Singer (1811–1875), American inventor of the modern sewing machine and founder of the Singer Corporation
Lauren Singer, environmental activist, entrepreneur, and blogger
Lavoslav Singer (1866–1942), Croatian industrialist
Linda Singer (born 1966), American attorney
William Rick Singer, American consultant who pleaded guilty to bribing college admission officials

Arts and entertainment

Abby Singer (1917–2014), American production manager and assistant director
Alexander Singer (1928–2020), American director
Andy Singer (born 1965), American political cartoonist
Angela Singer (born 1966), artist
Arthur B. Singer (1917–1990), American wildlife artist
Artie Singer (1919–2008), American songwriter, music producer and bandleader
Aubrey Singer (1927–2007), CBE British broadcasting executive
Benno Singer (1875–1934), Hungarian-born British entertainment administrator
Bob Singer (born 1928), American artist and character designer
Bobbie Singer (born 1981), Austrian singer
Brooke Singer (born 1972), New York City–based media artist
Bryan Singer (born 1965), American film director, nephew of Jacques Singer, cousin of Lori and Marc Singer
Burr Singer (1912–1992), American artist
Campbell Singer (1909–1976), British character actor
Donna Singer (born 1965), American jazz vocalist
Dulcy Singer, American television producer
Eric Singer (born 1958), American rock drummer
Eric Warren Singer, American screenwriter
Hal Singer (1919–2020), American R&B and jazz bandleader and saxophonist
Henry Singer (born 1957), documentary filmmaker
Jacques Singer (1910–1980), Polish-born American violinist, orchestra conductor, father of Lori and Marc Singer
Jeanne Singer (1924–2000), American pianist, teacher, and composer of lyrical poetry
Jeff Singer (born 1971), British musician and drummer
Jill Singer (1957–2017), Australian journalist, writer, and television presenter
Jonathan M. Singer, podiatrist and award-winning photographer
Josh Singer (born 1972), American film/television writer and producer
Leah Singer, photographer and multimedia artist
Leo Singer (1877–1951), vaudeville manager
Loren Singer (1923–2009), American novelist
Lori Singer (born 1957), American actress, daughter of Jacques Singer, sister of Marc Singer
Marc Singer (born 1948), American TV actor, son of Jacques Singer, brother of Lori Singer
Mike Singer (born 2000), German pop singer
Simon Singer (born 1941), American world champion American handball player, and radio and television actor
Uri Singer, Israeli businessman and film producer

Poets and authors

Burns Singer (1928–1964), American poet
Christiane Singer (1943–2007), French writer, essayist, and novelist
Florantonia Singer, Venezuelan journalist
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991), Polish-born American novelist and younger brother of Israel Joshua Singer
Israel Joshua Singer (1893–1944), Polish-born American a novelist and elder brother of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Margot Singer, American writer

Characters

Addie Singer, fictional character from the TV show Unfabulous
Alvy Singer, lead character played by Woody Allen in the movie Annie Hall

Scientists, educators, scholars

Amy Singer, Ottoman historian
André Vítor Singer (born 1958), political sciences professor
C. Gregg Singer (1910–1999), American historian and theologian
Charles Singer (1876–1960), British historian
Dorothea Waley Singer (1882–1964), historian of science
E. C. Singer, American engineer
Edgar Arthur Singer (1873–1954), American philosopher
Eleanor Singer (1930–2017), Austrian-born American expert on survey methodology
Fred Singer (1924–2020), Austrian-born American physicist and professor
George Singer (1786–1817), English early pioneer of electrical research
Hans Singer (1910–2006), German economist
Ignatius Singer (c. 1853–1926), British writer and social reformer
Irving Singer (1925–2015), American professor of philosophy
Isadore Singer (1924–2021), American mathematician
Isidore Singer (1859–1939), editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia
Itamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli archaeologist
J. David Singer (1925–2009), American professor of political science
Josef Singer (1923–2009), Israeli President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Joseph W. Singer, American legal theorist
Judith D. Singer, American academic, statistician, and social scientist
June Singer (1920–2004), American analytical psychologist
Kurt Singer (1886–1962), German economist and philosopher
Marcus George Singer (1926–2016), American philosopher
Michael F. Singer (born 1950), American mathematician
P. W. Singer, (né Peter Warren Singer, born 1973/74), American scholar of politics and war
Peter Singer (born 1946), Australian philosopher concerned with treatment of animals and other ethical topics
Rolf Singer (1906–1994), German-born mycologist
Ronald Singer (1924–2006), South African-born anatomist and university professor (Chicago)
Samuel Weller Singer (1783–1858), English author, Shakespeare scholar and historian of card games
Seymour Jonathan Singer (1924–2017), American cell biologist and university professor
Stephen Singer-Brewster (born 1945), American astronomer
Tanja Singer (born 1969), German neuroscientist
Wolf Singer (born 1943), German neurophysiologist

Applied medicine and clinical psychology

Alfred Singer (born 1946), American immunologist
Amy Singer (born 1953), Florida trial consultant and research psychologist
Donald Singer, president of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
Margaret Singer (1921–2003), American clinical psychologist
Jerome L. Singer (1924–2019), American psychology professor
Jerome E. Singer (1934–2010), psychologist
Peter A. Singer (born 1960), (né Peter Alexander Singer; born c. 1960), Canadian physician and bioethicist

Public service

Arlene Singer (born 1948), judge

Cecile D. Singer (born 1929), New York politician
Christine Singer, German politician
Gary Singer, Australian politician
Israel Singer (born 1942), secretary general of the World Jewish Congress
Jack Singer (1917–2013), Canadian real estate developer, financier, and philanthropist
Joseph Singer (politician) (1890–1967), Toronto city councillor and lawyer
Leonard Singer (born 1943), British politician and pharmacist
Mark Singer, doctor
Paul Singer (1844–1911), German politician
Peter Singer (judge) (1944–2018), judge of the High Court of England and Wales
Vlado Singer (1908–1943), Croatian politician
William Singer, Chicago alderman

Sports

Al Singer (1909–1961), American boxer
Andreas Singer (born 1946), Slovak football manager and former player
Bill Singer (born 1944), American former professional baseball pitcher
Brady Singer (born 1996), American baseball pitcher
Chantal Singer, Canadian water skier
Christina Singer (born 1968), German tennis player
Heike Singer (born 1964), East German sprint canoer
Jimmy Singer (1937–2010), Welsh professional footballer
Joachim Singer (born 1942), German hurdler
Karin Singer (born 1966), former synchronized swimmer
Karl Singer (born 1943), American football player
Kyle Singer (born 1980), American soccer player
Rory Singer (born 1976), American mixed martial artist
Sam Singer (born 1995), American-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team Bnei Herzliya
Simon Singer (born 1941), American world champion American handball player, and radio and television actor
Walt Singer (1911–1992), American football player

Other uses

Holm Singer (born 1961), former East German Stasi informant
Winnaretta Singer (1865–1943), princess and daughter of Isaac Merrit Singer

Other disambiguations

External links

Singer surname project on FamilyTreeDNA

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