Milgrams

Milgrams is a surname. It may refer to multiple individuals who bear the surname Milgram and, by extension, to families or genealogical groups connected to that name. The spelling Milgrams is the plural form used when discussing more than one person with the surname or when referring to a collection of people sharing the name.

The most widely known bearer of the root surname Milgram is Stanley Milgram (1933–1984), an American social psychologist renowned for the Milgram obedience experiments conducted in the 1960s. These studies examined obedience to authority by asking participants to administer what they believed were electric shocks to another person under the instruction of an experimenter. The results highlighted the tension between authority and personal conscience and prompted extensive discussion about ethics, conformity, and human behavior. Milgram’s work has had a lasting impact on psychology, ethics in research, and discussions of social influence.

In general, Milgrams may appear in scholarly, genealogical, or biographical contexts to refer to people who share the surname Milgram. The name is relatively uncommon and is found in various regions, including North America and parts of Europe.

See also Milgram (disambiguation) and Milgram surname entries for related information and for notes on other uses of the root name.