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Manasseh () is both a given name and a surname. Its variants include
Manasses Manasses or Manasseh (;churchofjesuschris ...
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, Manass ...
(died 1944), Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier *
Jacob Manasseh Raphael Jacob Manasseh (; 1762 – 21 April 1832) was an Ottoman rabbinical writer and chief rabbi of Salonica. Among his works are ''Ohel Ya'aḳob'' (Salonica, 1832), an alphabetical collection of the laws of religion; ''Be'er ha-Mayim'' (Saloni ...
(died 1832), Ottoman rabbi *
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 *
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 founded the financial company Investors Planning Associates Ltd in 1970 and served as company ...
(born 1943), English cricketer


Given name

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Manasseh (tribal patriarch) Manasseh () or Menashe () was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Joseph (Hebrew Bible), Joseph and Asenath (). Asenath was an Ancient Egypt, Egyptian woman whom the Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, ...
, first son of Joseph *
Manasseh of Judah Manasseh (; Hebrew: ''Mənaššé'', "Forgetter"; ''Menasî'' 'me-na-si-i'' ''Manasses''; ) was the fourteenth king of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the oldest of the sons of Hezekiah and Hephzibah (). He became king at the age of 12 and re ...
, king of Judah in the 7th century BC *
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 the ...
, hypothetical Jewish ruler of the Khazars in the 9th century AD *
Manasseh Azure Manasseh Azure Awuni is a Ghanaian investigative journalist and former founding 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 n ...
, freelance journalist in Accra, Ghana *
Manasseh Masseh Lopes Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet (27 January 1755 – 26 March 1831), of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Member of Parliament and borough-monger. Early life Lopes was born in Jamaica on 27 January 1755 i ...
(1755–1831), British politician * Manasseh Magok Rundial, South Sudanese politician *
Manasseh Sogavare Manasseh Damukana Sogavare (born 17 January 1955) is a Solomon Islander politician serving as Minister of Finance since 2024. He served as the prime minister of Solomon Islands for a total of nine years from 2000–2001, 2006–2007, 2014–2017 ...
(born 1955), Solomon Islands politician and Prime Minister


Fictional characters

*Manasseh da Costa,
The King of Schnorrers ''The King of Schnorrers'' is Israel Zangwill's 1894 picaresque novel,Milton Hindus,The King of Schnorrers, by Israel Zangwill, ''Commentary (magazine), Commentary'', March 1954 a collection of amusing tragicomic episodes of ''schnorring'' by "Man ...


See also

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