title: Erdman
text: # Erdman
  
  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
  