Veltman is a Dutch surname translating as "field man".^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Veltman (1800–1870), Russian writer
• Calvin Veltman (born 1941), American sociolinguist
• Daryl Veltman (born 1985), Canadian lacrosse player
• Esther Veltman (born 1966), Dutch cricketer
• Hester Veltman-Kamp (born 1973), Dutch politician
• Jim Veltman (born 1966), Canadian lacrosse player
• Joël Veltman (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Kim H. Veltman (1948–2020), Dutch/Canadian historian of science
• Marieke Veltman (born 1971), American long jumper and heptathlete
• Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931–2021), Dutch theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Known for a.o. the Van Dam-Veltman-Zakharov discontinuity
• Nathaniel Veltman (born 2001), Canadian accused of London, Ontario truck attack
• Pat Veltman (1906–1980), American baseball player
• Steve Veltman (born 1969), American cyclist
• Thierry Veltman (born 1939), Dutch painter, sculptor, and ceramist
• Vera Veltman pseudonym of Vera Panova (1905–1973), Soviet novelist, playwright, and journalist

• 9492 Veltman, main-belt asteroid named after Martinus J. G. Veltman
• Veldman, Dutch surname of the same origin