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Definition: Hellman

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. United States playwright; her plays were often indictments of injustice (1905-1984).[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Hellman" is a common misspelling or typo for: bellman.

Date "Hellman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references)

Common Expressions: Hellman

Expressions Definition
Danny Hellman Danny Hellman has worked as a commercial artist since the late 1980s. His illustrations have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, NYPress, The Wall Street Journal, FHM, Mad Magazine & Screw. Hellman’s comics work can be seen in DC Comics’ BIZARRO WORLD, Paradox Press’ BIG BOOKS series, LAST GASP COMICS & STORIES, and elsewhere. (references)
Frances Hellman Frances Hellman is a physicist at UC Berkeley who studies the thermodynamic properties of novel solid materials, especially thin film semiconducting, superconducting, and magnetic materials. She obtained her Ph.D in applied physics at Stanford University in 1985, then served as a postdoctoral fellow at Bell Laboratories. Before coming to UC Berkeley, she was a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego from 1987 to 2004. Hellman is a fellow of the American Physical Society. She is married to Robert C. Dynes, the present president of the University of California system. (references)
Jakob Hellman Jakob Hellman, born October 20, 1965 in Vuollerim, Norrbotten, is a Swedish pop singer. Although his only album to date, ...Och stora havet, was released in 1989, he is still well-known in his native country. (references)
Lillian Hellman United States playwright; her plays were often indictments of injustice (1905-1984). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 - June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, romantically involved for thirty years with mystery writer Dashiell Hammett. She was also a long-time friend of poet Dorothy Parker. Her most famous works include The Children's Hour (1934), The Little Foxes (1939) and Toys in the Attic (1959). (references)
Martin Hellman Martin E. Hellman (born October 2, 1945) is a cryptologist, famous for his invention of public key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: Hellman

Hellman

Hellman is the surname of:

  • Danny Hellman (born 1964), American illustrator and cartoonist nicknamed Dirty Danny
  • Frances Hellman, physicist at University of California, Berkeley
  • Jakob Hellman (born 1965), Swedish pop singer
  • Lillian Hellman (1905–1984), American playwright
  • Martin Hellman (born 1945), American cryptologist
    • Diffie-Hellman key exchange
    • Diffie-Hellman problem
    • Decisional Diffie-Hellman assumption
    • Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman
    • Merkle-Hellman
    • Pohlig-Hellman algorithm
  • Monte Hellman (born 1932), American film director, producer, and film editor
  • Neal Hellman
  • Thomas Hellman
  • Valentine Hellman, former member of The W's
  • Walter Hellman (1916-1975), American checkers champion

See also

  • Hellmann
  • Helman

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Hellman". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Hellman

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Lillian Hellman 16     Danny Hellman 6
Jakob Hellman 14     Frances Hellman 4
Isaias W. Hellman 9     Hellman 3
Danny Hellman 6     Isaias W. Hellman 9
Monte Hellman 6     Jakob Hellman 14
Martin Hellman 4     Jerome Hellman 3
Thomas Hellman 4     Lillian Hellman 16
Frances Hellman 4     Martin Hellman 4
Neal Hellman 4     Monte Hellman 6
Hellman 3     Neal Hellman 4
Jerome Hellman 3     Thomas Hellman 4
Walter Hellman 2     Walter Hellman 2

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).