# Freund

Freund (German for friend) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## Family names

* August Freund, an Austrian chemist
** Freund reaction, discovered in 1881 by August Freund
* Bernhard II. Erich Freund, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1800–1882)
* Bill Freund (cyclist) (born 1941), American Olympic cyclist
* Bill Freund (historian) (1944–2020), American historian in South Africa
* Carl (William Freund) Walther (1858–1915), a German gunsmith
* Caroline Freund, American economist
* Christine Freund, a shooting victim
* Christoph Freund, Austrian football manager and former footballer
* Deborah Anne Freund, president of Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California
* Don Freund (born 1947, Pittsburgh), an American composer and Professor of Composition
* Ðuro Freund, a Yugoslav Olympic fencer
* Ernst Freund (1864–1932), American legal scholar
* Etelka Freund (1879–1977), a Hungarian pianist
* Lawrence Joseph "Frank" Freund (1875–1933), a Major League Baseball catcher
* Gisèle Freund (1912–2000), photographer
* Hildegard Freund (1883–1933), Austrian politician and social campaigner
* Hugo Freund Sonnenschein, a prominent American economist and educational administrator
* James Freund (1946–1976) American unsolved murder victim
* Jacob Lincoln Freund (1918–2010), an American stage-, television- and film actor
* Jim Freund, a radio personality
* John Christian Freund (1848–1924), co-founder of Music Trades magazine in New York City
* Jonas Charles Hermann Freund (1808–1879), Austrian-British physician
* Jules T. Freund (1890–1960), immunologist
* Karl Freund (1890–1969), cinematographer and film director
* Kurt Freund (1914–1996), physician and sexologist
* Leopold Freund (1868–1943), a Jewish Austrian radiologist
* Marya Freund (1876–1966), French soprano
* Michael Freund (disambiguation):
   * Michael Freund (historian)
   * Michael Freund (activist), founder and chairman of the Jewish organization Shavei Israel
* Moshe Aryeh Freund (1894–1996), the Chief Rabbi (av beis din) of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem
* Otto Kahn-Freund (1900–1979), professor of comparative law
* Oliver Freund (born 1970), German footballer
* Paul A. Freund (1908–1992), American jurist and law professor
* Petra Schürmann-Freund (1933–2010), a German model, TV announcer, and actress
* Renate Freund (born 1939), German author
* Severin Freund, German ski jumper
* Steffen Freund (born 1970), German footballer
* Steve Freund (born 1952, Brooklyn), a blues guitarist, vocalist, bandleader and record producer
* Tom Freund, American singer-songwriter
* Wilhelm Freund (1806–1894), German philologist and lexicographer
* Wilhelm Alexander Freund (1833–1917), a German gynecologist
* Wilhelm Salomon Freund (1831–1915), a Jewish German lawyer and politician
* Yoav Freund, a researcher and professor at the University of California

### Freundt

* Tracy Freundt, a Peruvian model

## Other

* Freund's adjuvant, an immune system booster used in some vaccines
* Der Amerikanische Freund, a 1977 film by Wim Wenders
* Der Freund ("The Friend"), a literary magazine published by Axel Springer AG
* Lied für einen Freund ("Song For A Friend"), the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988
* Andy mein Freund, the debut single by German singer Sandra (released in 1976)
* Freund-Heintz House, a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio
* Freund–Rubin compactification
* Killinger and Freund Motorcycle, an attempt in 1935 by a group of 5 German engineers