Attali ( he, אטָּלי או אטָּאלי) is a Jewish surname originated from the Arab word "''attâl''" ( porter). Laurent Hertz, ''Dictionnaire étymologique de noms de famille français d'origine étrangère'',

L'Harmattan Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan (), is one of the largest French book publishers. It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in ...

, 1997, p.88 Notable people with the surname include: * Bernard Attali (born 1943), French businessman *

Jacques Attali Jacques José Mardoché Attali (; born 1 November 1943) is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant, who served as a counselor to President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991, and was the fir ...

(born 1943), Algerian-French economist and scholar

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