Naum
# 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
