What is "edelman"

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

• Abram Wolf Edelman (a.k.a. Abraham Edelman) (1832-1907), Polish-born American rabbi; the first rabbi in Los Angeles, California.
• Daniel Edelman (1920–2013), American public relations executive, founder of Edelman
• David Louis Edelman (born 1971), American science fiction author
• Edmund D. Edelman, Los Angeles, California, politician
• Eric S. Edelman, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Turkey), Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2005–)
• Gerald Edelman (1929-2014), biologist, 1972 Nobel Prize (Physiology/Medicine) for work on the immune system
• Gregg Edelman (born 1958), American movie, television and theatre actor
• Herb Edelman (1933–1996), American actor
• Julian Edelman (born 1986), NFL player for the New England Patriots
• Lee Edelman (born 1953), professor and chair of the English Department at Tufts University
• Marek Edelman (1922–2009), political and social activist, cardiologist, and the last living leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
• Marian Wright Edelman (Marian Wright) (born 1939), founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund and wife of Peter Edelman
• Maurice Edelman (1911–1975), British politician and novelist
• Murray Edelman (1919–2001), American political scientist
• Natan Eidelman (1930–1989), Russian author and historian
• Nufar Edelman (born 1982), Israeli Olympic sailor
• Peter Edelman (born 1938), lawyer, policy maker, and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center and husband of Marian Wright Edelman
• Randy Edelman (born 1947), American music composer
• Richard Edelman (born 1954), president and CEO of public relations firm Edelman
• Scott Edelman (born 1955), American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor

Edelman is an American public relations firm founded and named after Daniel Edelman (July 3, 1920 – January 15, 2013) and currently run by his son Richard Edelman. Founded as a team of three in the postwar boom, today the company has revenues of over $855 million annually, employs over 5,800 people with co-headquarters in New York City and Chicago and is the world's largest independently owned public relations firm.