What is "hellman"

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

• Åke Fredrik Hellman (born 1915), Finnish centenarian, painter and art professor
• Danny Hellman (born 1964), American illustrator and cartoonist nicknamed Dirty Danny
• Frances Hellman, physicist at University of California, Berkeley
• Geoffrey Hellman, philosopher
• Herman W. Hellman (1843-1906), German-born Jewish businessman, banker, and real estate investor in Los Angeles, California.
• Isaias W. Hellman (1842–1920), German-born American banker in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California
• Jakob Hellman (born 1965), Swedish pop singer
• Lillian Hellman (1905–1984), American playwright
• Louis Hellman (born 1936), British architect and cartoonist
• Martin Hellman (born 1945), American cryptologist
  • Diffie–Hellman key exchange
  • Diffie–Hellman problem
  • Decisional Diffie–Hellman assumption
  • Elliptic curve Diffie–Hellman
  • Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem
  • Pohlig–Hellman algorithm
• Monte Hellman (born 1932), American film director, producer, and film editor
• Neal Hellman, mountain dulcimer performer and teacher
• Thomas Hellman (born 1975), French Canadian singer
• Walter Hellman (1916–1975), American checkers champion
• Warren Hellman, private equity investor

Building

• The Hellman Building in Downtown Los Angeles, California