Manasseh () is both a given name and a surname. Its variants include
and
Manasse.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
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Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh
Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh (died 19 May 1944) was a Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier of Iraqi-Jewish descent, who co-founded Singapore's Goodwood Park Hotel with his brothers Morris and Ellis. During the Japanese occupation, Mana ...
(died 1944), Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier
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Jacob Manasseh
Raphael Jacob Manasseh (; 1762 – 21 April 1832) was an Ottoman rabbinical writer and chief rabbi
Chief Rabbi ( he, רב ראשי ''Rav Rashi'') is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish ...
(died 1832), Ottoman rabbi
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Leonard Manasseh
Leonard Sulla Manasseh (21 May 1916 – 5 March 2017) was a British architect, best known for the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, which he co-designed with Ian Baker.
Early life and education
Manasseh was born in Eden Hall, Singapore, ...
(1916–2017), British architect
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Maurice Manasseh
Maurice Manasseh (born 12 January 1943) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex and Oxford University from 1962 to 1967. He was born in Calcutta.
He is Chairman and Financial Adviser at Investors Planning Associa ...
(born 1943), English cricketer
Given name
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Manasseh (tribal patriarch), first son of Joseph
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Manasseh of Judah, king of
Judah in the 7th century BC
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Manasseh II
Menasseh ben Zebulun was a hypothetical Jewish ruler of the Khazars mentioned in some extant editions of the Khazar Correspondence (but not others). In some versions he is called Moshe or Moses, but this may be a result of the degradation of t ...
, hypothetical Jewish ruler of the Khazars in the 9th century BC
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Manasseh Azure
Manasseh Azure Awuni, is Ghanaian investigative journalist and the Editor-in-Chief of The Fourth Estate. He previously worked with Multimedia Group Limited in Accra, Ghana.
His investigative and anti-corruption reports have caused national up ...
, freelance journalist in Accra, Ghana
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Manasseh Masseh Lopes (1755–1831), British politician
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Manasseh Magok Rundial
Manasseh Magok Rundial (born 1950) is a South Sudanese politician and former speaker of National Legislative Assembly.
Magok is Nuer. He joined politics in 1982, and won a Bentiu constituency seat in Southern Sudan regional assembly. After 1985 ...
, South Sudanese politician
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Manasseh Sogavare (born 1955), Solomon Islands politician and Prime Minister
Fictional characters
*Manassseh da Costa,
The King of Schnorrers
See also
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