Naum

Naum may refer to:

People

Given name

• Saint Naum (c. 830–910), medieval Bulgarian writer and missionary
• Naum (biblical figure) or Nahum, a minor prophet; or a figure mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus
• Naum (metropolitan) (born 1961), Macedonian Orthodox metropolitan of the Diocese of Strumica
• Naum Akhiezer (1901–1980), Soviet mathematician
• Naum Babaev (born 1977), Russian entrepreneur
• Naum Batkoski (born 1978), Macedonian footballer
• Naum Birman (1924–1989), Soviet theater and film director
• Naum Bozda (1784-1853), Serbian merchant and philanthropist
• Naum Faiq (1868–1930), Assyrian nationalist
• Naum Il'ich Feldman (1918–1994), Soviet mathematician
• Naum Gabo (1890–1977), Russian sculptor
• Naum Gurvich (1905–1981), Soviet-Jewish cardiac physician
• Naum Idelson (1885–1951), Soviet astronomer
• Naum Kleiman (born 1937), Russian historian of cinema
• Naum Koen (born 1981), UAE-based Israeli-Ukrainian businessman
• Naum Kove (born 1963), Albanian footballer
• Naum Krasner (1924–1999), Russian mathematician and economist
• Naum Krnar (died 1817), secretary to Karađorđe, the leader of the First Serbian Uprising
• Naum Levin (1933–2020), Ukrainian–Australian chess master and trainer
• Naum Luria (1892–1966), later changed his name to Artur Luriye, or Arthur Lourié, Russian composer
• Naum Meiman (1912–2001), Soviet/Israeli mathematician, physicist, dissident, and refusenik
• Naum Miladinov (1817–1897), of the Miladinov brothers, Albanian folklorists
• Naum Dhimitër Naçi (1871–1927), Albanian teacher and patriot
• Naum Olev (1939–2009), Russian lyricist
• Naum Panovski (born 1950), Macedonian theatre director and writer
• Naum Prokupets (born 1948), Moldovan-born Soviet world champion sprint canoer
• Naum Rogozhin (1879–1955), Soviet actor
• Naum Sekulovski (born 1982), Australian soccer player
• Naum Senyavin (c. 1680–1738), Russian Royal Navy officer
• Naum Shopov (1930–2012), Bulgarian actor
• Naum Z. Shor (1937–2006), Soviet and Ukrainian mathematician
• Naum Shtarkman (1927–2006), Russian pianist
• Naum Shusterman (1912–1976), Soviet engineer and Lieutenant Colonel
• Naum Sluzsny (1914–1979), Swiss pianist
• Naum Slutzky (1894–1965), Ukrainian goldsmith
• Naum Sorkin (1899–1980), Soviet military officer and diplomat
• Naum Terebinsky (1851—after 1908), Russian politician
• Naum Tomalevski (1882–1930), Bulgarian revolutionary in the Macedonian revolutionary movement
• Naum Torbov (1880–1952), Bulgarian architect
• Naum Veqilharxhi (1797–1846), Albanian lawyer and scholar
• Naum Ya. Vilenkin (1920–1991), Soviet mathematician

Surname

• Anton Naum (1829–1917), Moldavian/Romanian poet
• Dorothy Naum (1928–2008), American baseball player
• Gellu Naum (1915–2001), Romanian poet
• Said Naum (fl. 19th century), Muslim philanthropist in the Dutch East Indies

Other uses

• Naum (chess), a chess engine
• Naum Theatre, a theatre and opera house in Istanbul, Turkey, 1839–1870

See also

• Nahum (disambiguation)
• Naim (disambiguation)