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

  • Andrew L. Erdman (born 1965), American author, journalist, and scholar
  • Charles Erdman Petersdorff (1800–1886), legal writer
  • Charles R. Erdman Sr. (1866–1960), American Presbyterian minister and professor of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary
  • Charles R. Erdman Jr. (1897–1984), American Republican Party politician
  • Constantine Jacob Erdman (1846–1911), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • David V. Erdman (1911–2001), American literary critic, editor, and Professor Emeritus of English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Derek Erdman (born 1973), artist living in Seattle, Washington
  • Jacob Erdman (1801–1867), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • Jean Erdman (1916–2020), dancer and choreographer of modern dance as well as an avant-garde theater director
  • Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau (1701–1767), German-born soldier remembered mostly as a French general and commander in America
  • Marshall Erdman (1922–1995), Lithuanian-American builder and colleague of Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Molly Erdman (born 1974), American actress and improvisational comedian
  • Nikolai Erdman (1900–1970), Soviet dramatist and screenwriter
  • Paul Erdman (1932–2007), one of the leading business and financial writers in the United States
  • Philip Erdman (born 1977), Nebraska Republican state senator from Bayard, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature
  • Richard Erdman (1925–2019), American actor and director
  • Richard Erdman (artist) (born 1952), American artist
  • Wayne Erdman (born 1952), retired Canadian judoka who represented Canada in Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada
  • Woody Erdman (1926–1997), American sportscaster, television producer and businessman

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