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Baum is a German surname meaning "tree" (not to be confused with the French surname Baume). Notable people with this surname include:

• Andreas Baum (born 1978), German politician
• Bernie Baum (1929–1993), American songwriter
• Bruce Baum (born 1952), American comedian
• Carl Edward Baum (1940–2010), American electrical engineer
• Carol Baum, American film producer
• Christina Baum (born 1956), German politician
• Dale Baum, (born 1943), American historian and professor
• Edgar Schofield Baum (1916–2006), American artist, physician, and WW2 combat medical officer
• Fran Baum, Australian social scientist
• Frank Baum (footballer) (born 1956), German footballer
• Frank Joslyn Baum (1883–1958), American lawyer, soldier, writer and film producer
• Friedrich Baum (1727–1777), colonel in British service during the American revolutionary war
• Gerhart Baum (1932–2025), German lawyer and politician, minister of the interior
• Henry Baum (born 1972), American writer
• James Edwin Baum (1887–1955), American journalist and big game hunter
• Jiří Baum (1900–1944), Czech zoologist
• L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), American author (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), actor, and independent filmmaker
• Michael Baum (surgeon) (born 1937), British surgical oncologist who specialises in breast cancer treatment
• Oskar Baum (1883–1941), Czech music educator and writer
• Otto Baum (1911–1998), German high-ranking commander (Oberführer) of the Waffen-SS
• Paul Baum (artist) (1859–1932), German landscape painter
• Paul Baum (mathematician) (born 1936), American mathematician
• Peter Baum (born 1990), American lacrosse player
• Ray Baum (1955–2018), American lawyer and politician
• Roger S. Baum (born 1938), American banker, now children's author
• Tom Baum (born 1940), American screenwriter and playwright
• Vicki Baum (1888–1960), Austrian writer
• Walter Baum (1921–2007), German type designer
• Walter Emerson Baum (1884–1956), Pennsylvania impressionist painter
• Wilhelm Baum (historian), (born 1948), Austrian historian, publisher
• Wilhelm Baum (surgeon) (1799–1883), German surgeon
• William Wakefield Baum (1926–2015), American Roman Catholic cardinal

See also

• eBaum's World
• Baum–Welch algorithm
• Baum School of Art
• Baum test (Tree Test)
• Task Force Baum
• Baume (surname)
• Bohm (disambiguation)
• Baum Baum
• All pages with titles containing Baum

Surname list

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