Schumann is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the name, in English often Schuman, include:
In athletics
edit- Desirée Schumann (born 1990), German goalkeeper
- Manfred Schumann (born 1951), German bobsledder
- Margit Schumann (1952–2017), German luger
- Nils Schumann (born 1978), German athlete
- Ralf Schumann (born 1962), German champion 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter
In music
edit- Clara Schumann (née Wieck, 1819–1896), German pianist and composer; wife of Robert Schumann
- Coco Schumann (1924–2018), German jazz musician
- Elisabeth Schumann (1888–1952), German opera soprano
- Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861–1936), opera singer
- Georg Schumann (composer) (1866–1952), German composer and director
- John Schumann (born 1953), Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist, formerly in Redgum
- Melissa Schuman (born 1984), American singer and actress
- Peter Schumann (born 1934), theater director
- Robert Schumann (1810–1856), German composer
- Tom Schuman (born 1958), American jazz musician
- Walter Schumann (1913–1958), American soundtrack composer
- William Schuman (1910–1992), American composer
In politics
edit- Alfred O. Schumann (1924–2013), American politician
- Conrad Schumann (1942–1998), East German soldier who defected to the West
- Georg Schumann (resistance fighter) (1886–1945), German Communist and resistance fighter against the Nazis
- Dr. Horst Schumann (1906–1983), German Nazi SS-Sturmbannführer, participated in criminal medical experiments at Auschwitz
- John C. Schuman (1881–1971), American politician and farmer
- Marvin C. Schumann (1906-1994), American politician
- Maurice Schumann (1911–1998), French politician
- Robert Schuman (1886–1963), French politician and a founding father of the European Union
In science
edit- Erich Schumann (1898–1985), German physicist
- Howard Schuman (1928–2021), American sociologist
- Karl Moritz Schumann (1851–1904), German botanist
- Winfried Otto Schumann (1888–1974), German physicist who predicted the Schumann resonance
In other fields
edit- Allan L. Schuman (born 1934), businessman
- Patricia G. Schuman (born 1943), American librarian and publisher
- Paul R. Schumann (1876–1946), American painter
- Scott Schuman (blogger), creator of the fashion blog The Sartorialist