Altman

American  

[awlt-muhn] / ˈɔlt mən /

noun

1. Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.

2. Sidney, 1939–2022, U.S. biologist, born in Canada: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989.

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Altman British  

/ ˈɔːltmən /

noun

1. Robert. US film director, 1925–2006; his films include M*A*S*H (1970), Nashville (1975), Short Cuts (1994), and Gosford Park (2001)

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Example Sentences

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Shazeer one of the people he has “most wanted to work with” in a social media post Wednesday.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Altman was eliminated relatively early in the game, after a back-and-forth with former OpenAI executive Ryan Beiermeister about who was mafia in the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Then people like Sam Altman of OpenAI are like, yeah, AI is an existential threat, it could take over the whole world and that’s why you should put us in charge of it.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have in the past encouraged the US government to instead promote worldwide adoption of American AI systems and protect the nation’s lead.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

I took off out the door, leaving it open wide, displaying the wreckage of scattered clothing and footwear I’d left behind in my hurry to catch up to Annie Altman.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith