The Schulman family, also written Schulmann, Schuman, Schumann, Shulman, Sholman, Scholman and Koulumies, is a Baltic German noble family of German origin, represented at the Swedish[1] and Finnish houses of nobility,[2] first mentioned in 1495 on the island of Ösel.

[1] Schulman is also a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews, some of whom are confirmed relatives of this noble line.

Continuous descent of the current family only goes back to 1495 with the mention of Toennis von Schulmann in Pöide.

Pöide Church is site of the grave of Heinrich von Schulmann, beheaded by the Danes in 1613.

The elder branch of the family resided in Estonia till 1939 when they resettled in the Wartegau in Germany.