Baumgarten is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname, likely indicating an ancestral lineage from a man who owned, lived or worked in an orchard; from Baum, meaning tree, and Garte(n) meaning enclosure (garden).
Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714–1762), German philosopher Alfred Baumgarten (1842–1919), Canadian chemist and businessman of German descent Armin Baumgarten (born 1967), German painter and sculptor Arthur Baumgarten (1884–1966), German-Swiss jurist and legal philosopher Bodo Baumgarten (1940–2022) German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and educator. Charles Frederick Baumgarten (1739–1840), German-born violinist and organist in London Fritz Baumgarten (illustrator) (1883–1966), German artist, author, and children's author-illustrator Fritz Baumgarten (1886–1961), German footballer Hans Heinrich Baumgarten (1806 – 1875) Holstein-Danish industrialist Hermann Baumgarten (1825–1893), German historian and political publicist Konrad Baumgarten, hero of the Swiss liberation legend, character in the drama William Tell Joseph M. Baumgarten (1928–2008), rabbi and Semitic scholar Lothar Baumgarten (1944–2018), German artist Ludwig Friedrich Otto Baumgarten-Crusius (1788–1843), German Protestant theologian Martin Baumgarten (1507–?), German explorer Michael Baumgarten (1812–1889), German Protestant theologian Paul Clemens von Baumgarten (1848–1928), German pathologist Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten (1706–1757), German theologian Vasily Baumgarten (1879–1962), Russian and Yugoslavian architect
See also Harald Paumgarten, Austrian cross country skier Baumgart Baumgartner
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