United States film actor (born in 1925)
"The audience cheered when Newman took center stage to accept his lifetime achievement award at the Cannes Film Festival."
English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)
"John Henry Newman was an influential English prelate whose theological writings helped found the Oxford movement before he eventually converted to Roman Catholicism."
A surname, from nicknames.
"John Newman is a famous musician whose last name originated as a nickname."
Newman is formed from the words new and man, originally describing a newcomer. The term entered English as a straightforward combination of these two common words to denote someone who had recently arrived.