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Shmuel Lehman (1886–1941, Polish: Szmul Lehman, Yiddish: שמואל לעהמאן) was a prolific Polish Jewish folklorist and writer active in the first half of the twentieth century. He collected folk songs, proverbs and other cultural works from Yiddish-speaking Jews in Poland and neighboring countries. He was particularly interested in collecting from marginal figures such as sex workers, thieves and poor villagers. He died in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941.