Bronfman

Bronfman is a surname. The name is Yiddish in origin and originally referred to a dealer in distilled liquor (Yiddish bronfn).

Notable people with the surname include:

• Bronfman family, Jewish-Canadian-American, owners of Seagram
  • Charles Bronfman (born 1931) Canadian-American businessman and son of Samuel
  • Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013), Canadian-American businessman and former Seagram CEO; son of Samuel
  • Edgar Bronfman Jr. (born 1955), American businessman and former Seagram CEO; son of Edgar Sr.
  • Edward Bronfman (1927–2005)
  • Matthew Bronfman (born 1959), American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist; son of Edgar Sr.
  • Phyllis Lambert (born 1927), Canadian architect and daughter of Samuel
  • Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), Bessarabia born founder of Canadian business family
  • Saidye Rosner Bronfman (1897–1995), wife of Samuel
• Leonid Izrailevich Bronfman [ru] (born 1932), Moldavian Soviet engineer, mechanic, inventor; later migrated to Israel
• Roman Bronfman (born 1954), Ukraine-born Israeli politician
• Yefim Bronfman (born 1958), Uzbek-born Israeli-American pianist