Singer (surname)

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

## Business and industry

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* 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
* Malcolm Singer (born 1953), English composer and educationalist
* Paul Singer (born 1944) American businessman, founder of Elliott Management
* William Rick Singer, American consultant who pleaded guilty to bribing college admission officials

## Arts and entertainment

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* 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 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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
* 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

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* 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

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* 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
* 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

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* 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
* Dorian Singer (born 2002), American football 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

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

## Other disambiguations

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* Alex Singer (disambiguation)
* André Singer (disambiguation)
* Daniel Singer (disambiguation)
* David Singer (disambiguation)
* I. M. Singer (disambiguation)
* James Singer (disambiguation)
* Jerome Singer (disambiguation)
* John Singer (disambiguation)
* Jonathan Singer (disambiguation)
* Peter Singer (disambiguation)

## See also

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* Singer (disambiguation)
* Sanger (surname)
* Chief Singer
* Singer Usha (born 1979)

## External links

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* Singer surname project on FamilyTreeDNA

Surname list

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