Neufeld (surname)
Neufeld is a surname. It refers to: "new field" - first registered among religious Mennonite Christians in the Danzig region, in late 17th century. The "new-fielders" (Neufeld, Neufeldt, etc.) were a people skilled in building drainage and dam systems, to reclaim land from marshes and the low lands, by the seas of northern Europe - e.g. Holland, Vistula Delta, etc. It is said that some of them may have had Dutch names, similar in origin, from the Frisian province/region.
- Dale Neufeld (contemporary), former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Elizabeth F. Neufeld (born 1928), American geneticist
- Gordon Neufeld (contemporary), Canadian psychologist
- Harold Neufeld (born 1927), Canadian politician from Manitoba
- Josh Neufeld (born 1967), American nonfiction cartoonist
- Kevin Neufeld (born 1960), Canadian Olympic rower
- Mace Neufeld (born 1928), American film and television producer
- Maurice F. Neufeld (1910 - 2003), American academic, author, and union organizer
- Michael J. Neufeld Space Historian and author
- Peter Neufeld (contemporary), American lawyer; co-founder of the Innocence Project
- Ray Neufeld (born 1959), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Richard Neufeld (contemporary), Canadian politician from British Columbia
- Rick Neufeld (contemporary), Canadian folk singer
- Ryan Neufeld (born 1975), American professional football player
- Sarah Neufeld (born 1979), Canadian violinist
See also
- Neufeld (disambiguation)
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