Baum

Baum is a German surname meaning "tree" (not to be confused with the French surname Baume). Notable people with this surname include:

* Andreas Baum (born 1978), German politician * Bernie Baum (1929–1993), American songwriter * Bruce Baum (born 1952), American comedian * Carl Edward Baum (1940–2010), American electrical engineer * Carol Baum, American film producer * Christina Baum (born 1956), German politician * Dale Baum, (born 1943), American historian and professor * Dan Baum (1956–2020), American journalist and writer * Edgar Schofield Baum (1916–2006), American artist, physician, and WW2 combat medical officer * Fran Baum, Australian social scientist * Frank Baum (footballer) (born 1956), German footballer * Frank Joslyn Baum (1883–1958), American lawyer, soldier, writer and film producer * Friedrich Baum (1727–1777), colonel in British service during the American revolutionary war * Gerhart Baum (1932–2025), German lawyer and politician, minister of the interior * Henning Baum (born 1972), German actor * Henry Baum (born 1972), American writer * James Edwin Baum (1887–1955), American journalist and big game hunter * Jiří Baum (1900–1944), Czech zoologist * L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), American author (''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''), actor, and independent filmmaker * Michael Baum (surgeon) (born 1937), British surgical oncologist who specialises in breast cancer treatment * Oskar Baum (1883–1941), Czech music educator and writer * Otto Baum (1911–1998), German high-ranking commander (Oberführer) of the Waffen-SS * Paul Baum (artist) (1859–1932), German landscape painter * Paul Baum (mathematician) (born 1936), American mathematician * Peter Baum (born 1990), American lacrosse player * Ray Baum (1955–2018), American lawyer and politician * Roger S. Baum (born 1938), American banker, now children's author * Tom Baum (born 1940), American screenwriter and playwright * Vicki Baum (1888–1960), Austrian writer * Walter Baum (1921–2007), German type designer * Walter Emerson Baum (1884–1956), Pennsylvania impressionist painter * Wilhelm Baum (historian), (born 1948), Austrian historian, publisher * Wilhelm Baum (surgeon) (1799–1883), German surgeon * William Wakefield Baum (1926–2015), American Roman Catholic cardinal Provided by Wikipedia