| Lehman family | |
|---|---|
(e)(3).jpg) Emanuel Lehman _(cropped-Black_%26_White)(e)(5).jpg) Herbert Henry Lehman .jpg) Arthur Lehman Goodhart | |
| Current region | New York, U.S. |
| Place of origin | Bavaria, Germany |
| Founder | Abraham Lehman |
| Connected families | |
The Lehman family (also Lehmann, Liehmann or Liehman) is a prominent family of Jewish German-Americans who founded the financial firm Lehman Brothers. Some were also involved in American politics.[1] Members have married into the prominent Morgenthau, Loeb, and Bronfman families.
The family traces back to Abraham Lehmann, a cattle merchant in Rimpar, Bavaria, who changed his Yiddish (German-Jewish) surname Löw (Loeb) to the German Lehman.
- ^ Shapiro, Gary (February 6, 2007). "Lehmans To Celebrate Rich Family History". New York Sun.
The Lehman family tree includes a governor, a chief justice of the New York State court of appeals, a secretary of the treasury, two ambassadors, members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons, and a New York State parks commissioner. So, when descendants of one of America's most prominent German Jewish dynasties gather later this month, it will be no ordinary reunion.