Gomperz, Gompertz, Gumpertz, Gumperz, Gomperts or Gompers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Aaron Solomon Gumperz (1723–1769), Jewish German scholar and physician
  • Benjamin Gompertz (1779–1865), British actuary, and mathematician
  • Gompertz function, named for Benjamin Gompertz
  • Don Gumpertz, sailor who circled the world on MV Westward in the 1970s
  • Henry Gompertz (18671930), English-born judge active in Hong Kong and the Federated Malay States.
  • Ian Gompertz (born 1975), English cricketer
  • John J. Gumperz, linguist
  • Julian Gumperz, German sociologist, communist activist, publicist and translator
  • Heinrich Gomperz (1873–1942), Austrian philosopher
  • Isaac Gompertz (1774–1856), English poet
  • Lewis Gompertz (1783/4–1865), English activist, philosopher, writer and inventor
  • Louis Gompertz (1886–1951), Anglo-Indian soldier and writer
  • Marcia Gumpertz, American statistician
  • Samuel W. Gompertz (1868–1952), American showman
  • Sydney G. Gumpertz (1879–1971), American soldier in World War I
  • Theodor Gomperz (1832–1912), Moravian-Austrian philologist
  • Will Gompertz (born 1964), British arts journalist
  • Samuel Gompers (1850-1924), US labour organizer and founder of the AFL
  • Dr Rebecca Gomperts (born 1966), founder of Women on Waves.

See also

  • Palais Gomperz, Vienna
  • Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.