Gutman (Gutmann) Israel (1902 – after 1945) — lawyer.

Israel Gutman was born on 5 November 1902 in Jelgava to a merchant’s family. His father was David and his mother, Shprintse (née Jakobson). From 1911, he attended the Jelgava State Secondary School until its evacuation in 1915, after which the family moved to Riga. During the German occupation, he studied at a German city secondary school.

In 1920, he graduated from the J. Landau Gymnasium in Riga. From 1920 to 1925, Gutman studied law at the University of Latvia. On 16 September 1925, he became assistant to attorney O. Finkelstein in Riga, and on 29 June 1932, he was admitted as a sworn attorney.

During the Soviet occupation, in January 1941, he joined the Bar Association and served as a member of its presidium and head of the 6th Legal Consultation Office in Riga. In June 1941, he fled to Russia. After World War II, he was known to be living in Moscow.

In 1925, Israel Gutman married Beti Abramovich (b. 1 November 1903). Their daughter, Eugenia, was born on 17 June 1929.

He was a filiator of the Jewish student corporation “Vetulia.”