Goldman is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Gabriel Goldman (2009–present), American expert in operations research
• Alan H. Goldman (born 1945), American philosopher
• Alan S. Goldman (born 1958), American chemist
• Alain Goldman (born 1961), French film producer
• Allan H. Goldman (born 1943), American real estate investor
• Albert Goldman, American professor and author
• Albert Goldman (politician), American Trotskyist lawyer
• Albina A. Goldman, philologist, professor North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk State University)
• Allen Goldman (born 1937), American physicist
• Alvin Goldman, philosopher, epistemologist
• Ari L. Goldman, American journalist
• Bernard Goldman (1922–2006), American art historian, married to Norma
• Bo Goldman, American writer, Broadway playwright and screenwriter.
• Bobby Goldman (1938-1999), American bridge player
• Charles R. Goldman (born 1930), American limnologist and ecologist
• Charley Goldman, boxing trainer
• Craig Goldman, American politician
• Douglas E. Goldman (born 1952), American businessman and philanthropist
• Duff Goldman, Food Network personality
• Edward Alphonso Goldman, American zoologist
• Edwin Franko Goldman, American band composer, founder of American Bandmasters Association
• Emma Goldman, anarchist writer and speaker
• Francisco Goldman, American novelist
• Irving B. Goldman, plastic surgeon
• James Goldman, American playwright and screenwriter
• Jane Goldman, British writer and television presenter; wife of Jonathan Ross
• Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer and songwriter
• John D. Goldman (born 1949), American businessman and philanthropist
• John M. Goldman (1938–2013), British haematologist, oncologist and medical researcher
• Leon Goldman (1906–1997), American surgeon and pioneer in laser medicine
• Leon Goldman (1904-1975), American surgeon
• Lipa Goldman, Orthodox rabbi
• Lloyd Goldman, New York real estate developer
• Lynn Goldman, American academic
• Marcus Goldman, German-American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Goldman Sachs
• Marcus J. Goldman, psychiatrist, physician, conservative writer
• Marshall Goldman, economist
• Marvin Goldman (born 1928), American physiologist and radiation biologist
• Marvin G. Goldman (born 1939), American lawyer and aviation historian
• Mike Goldman, Australian TV personality
• Neil Goldman, television writer (see Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan)
• Norma Goldman (1922–2011), American classicist, married to Bernard
• Omer Goldman, young political activist
• Oscar Goldman, fictional character
• Oscar Goldman (1925–1986), American mathematician
• Peter Goldman American law consultant
• Phil Goldman, American engineer and entrepreneur
• Pierre Goldman, French left-wing intellectual
• Rachel Goldman, American physicist
• Rhoda Haas Goldman (1924–1996), American philanthropist
• Richard Goldman (1920–2010), American businessman and philanthropist
• Robert D. Goldman (born 1939), American cell and molecular biologist, author, and President of American Society for Cell Biology, 2008
• Ronald Goldman, victim in the O.J. Simpson murder case
• Sylvan Goldman, American businessman and inventor
• Sean Goldman, American Author, Screenwriter and Ladies man
• Todd Goldman, American entrepreneur and artist
• Vivien Goldman, journalist, author and musician
• Wendy Z. Goldman, American historian currently the Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
• William Goldman (1931-2018), American screenwriter and author
• Yoel Goldman (born 1980), American real estate developer
• Yosef Goldman (born 1942), scholar and author