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 northeastern Europe - Eg. Holland, Vistual Delta, etc. It is said that some of them may have had Dutch names, simialr 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
• Grant Neufeld (contemporary), Canadian activist and Green Party politician from Alberta
• Harold Neufeld (born 1927), Canadian politician from Manitoba
• Josh Neufeld (born 1967), American cartoonist and commercial illustrator
• 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
• 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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