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Lehmann is a common Germanic surname derived from the German word Lehen, meaning fiefdom. Some Jewish Lehmann families state that the origin of their name is from the German words for "Lion Man" (i.e. from Yehuda - the tribe of the lion). It may refer to:

Anna Ilsabe Lehmann, wife of Barthold Brockes
Beatrix Lehmann, British actress
Darren Lehmann, Australian cricket batsman
Erich Leo Lehmann, American statistician
Ernst A. Lehmann, German airship pilot
Frederick William Lehmann, former United States Solicitor General
Geoffrey Lehmann, Australian poet
Harry Lehmann, German physicist
- Lehmann-Symanzik-Zimmermann
Henri Lehmann, German artist
Henry Lehmann, American engineer, emigre from Germany
Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist
- Lehmann discontinuity
Issachar Berend Lehmann, German banker
Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann (1800 - 1863), German astronomer
- Lehmann (crater)
Jens Lehmann, German football (soccer) player (goalkeeper)
Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, German botanist
Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German geologist
John Lehmann, English poet
Jörgen Lehmann, Danish-born Swedish chemist
Julius Friedrich Lehmann, promoter of social psychiatry during the Third Reich
Justus Lehmann, prominent German-American physiatrist
Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1858-1940), German microbiologist
Karl Cardinal Lehmann (*1936), Bishop of Mainz, Cardinal of the Catholic church
Kevin K. Lehmann, American chemist
Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929), German soprano and voice coach
Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976), German singer
Manfred Lehmann, German actor and voice actor
Michael Lehmann, film and television director
Monty Lehmann Physicist, noted Killifish Breeder
Olga Lehmann, English artist and film designer
Orla Lehmann, Danish statesman
Otto Lehmann (1855-1922), German physicist
Peter Lehmann, Australian vintner
R. C. Lehmann, politician, humourist and father of Beatrix, Rosamond and John
Rosamond Lehmann, British novelist
Rudolph Chambers Lehmann, former editor of Punch magazine
Stephan Lehmann, Swiss football goalkeeper
Willi Lehmann, German spy for the Soviets
Winfred P. Lehmann, American linguist