Mendelssohn (surname): Difference between revisions

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The surname מענדעלסאן (original yiddish: '׳מענדעלזאן) is transliterated to English as Mendelssohn, Mendelsson, Mendelson, or Mandelson. It is a common Polish/German Jewish surname. The variant spellings are used interchangeably, often even within a single family.

The name means son of Mendel ("Mendel's son"), or son of Menachem, as Mendel is a Yiddish diminutive of the Hebrew given name Menahem. Template:Langx Menachem itself means "consoling" or "one who consoles".

People

Mendelssohn

the Mendelssohn family starting with Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786),

a significant figure in the Age of Enlightenment in Germany, and his descendants:

Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), German Jewish banker, son of Moses, founder of Mendelssohn & Co.
Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1776–1835), German Jewish banker, son of Moses, father of Fanny and Felix
Brendel Mendelssohn (1763–1839), daughter of Moses, married (i) Simon Veit, (ii) Friedrich Schlegel
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847), noted early Romantic composer and pianist, daughter of Abraham
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847), noted early Romantic composer, son of Abraham
Rebecka Mendelssohn (1811–1858), daughter of Abraham, married Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician
Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1841–1880), German chemist, son of Felix
Arnold Mendelssohn (1855–1933), great-grandson of Moses, composer and music teacher

Others

Anna Mendelssohn (1948–2009), British political activist and poet
Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1911–1952), British band leader
George Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, founder of Vox Records label in 1945
Heinrich Mendelssohn (1881–1959), German building tycoon
Kurt Mendelssohn (1906–1980), German-born British medical physicist
Vladimir Mendelssohn (1949–2021), Dutch-Romanian composer, violist, and professor

Mendelsohn

Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born 1969), Australian actor and musician
Carol Mendelsohn (born 1951), Canadian-Am. TV writer
Carolyn Mendelsohn, English portrait photographer
Daniel Mendelsohn (born 1960), American author and classics scholar
Erich Mendelsohn (1887–1953), Am./British-Prussian architect
Everett Mendelsohn (1931–2023), American historian
Fred Mendelsohn (1917–2000), US promoter of black gospel music, president of Savoy Records
Jonathan Mendelsohn, Baron (born 1966), British lobbyist and Labour political organiser
Matthew Mendelsohn (birthdate unknown), Canadian civil servant
Nathan Mendelsohn (1917–2006), Canadian mathematician
Nicola Mendelsohn (born 1971), British advertising executive
Robert Mendelsohn (disambiguation), multiple people

Mendelson

Curtis Lester Mendelson (1913–2002), American cardiologist who first described pneumonia called Mendelson's syndrome
Elliott Mendelson (1931–2020), American logician, known for the Mendelson axiom schemata for propositional Logic
Mira Mendelson (1914–1968), Russian poet, second wife of Sergei Prokofiev
Paul Mendelson, British scriptwriter for television, film and radio
Phil Mendelson (born 1952), Washington, D.C., politician
Shari Mendelson (born 1961), American sculptor

Other spellings

Ben Mandelson (born 1953), English world musician
Peter Mandelson (born 1953), British Labour politician
Nathan Menderson (1820–1904), German-born American business/baseball executive