Mandel is a surname (and occasional given name) that occurs in multiple cultures and languages. It is a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, meaning "

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Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...

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Middle Dutch Middle Dutch is a collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects whose ancestor was Old Dutch. It was spoken and written between 1150 and 1500. Until the advent of Modern Dutch after 1500 or , there was no overarching sta ...

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locational surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

, from places called Mandel, such as

Mandel, Germany Mandel is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rüdesheim, whos ...

. Mandel may also be a

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

surname, from the

''mandele'', meaning a number of sheaves of harvested wheat.

Notable people

Alon Mandel Alon Mandel (; born 23 August 1988) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Mandel is the national record holder (2014) in 50- and 100-meter butterfly. Mandel won the 100-meter butterfly at the 2009 Maccabiah Game ...

(born 1988), Israeli swimmer *

Babaloo Mandel Marc "Babaloo" Mandel (born October 13, 1949) is an American writer and producer. He first wrote episodic television comedy, then transitioned to writing feature films and theatre. He and long-time writing partner Lowell Ganz wrote numerous hig ...

(born 1949), American screenwriter *

David Mandel David Mandel (born ) is a writer, actor, director, and producer. He was an executive producer and showrunner of '' Veep'', and also an executive producer and director of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and ''Seinfeld''. He is also a comedian, and one ...

(born 1970), American television producer and writer * Edgar Mandel (born 1928), German actor *

Eli Mandel Eli Mandel (December 3, 1922 – September 3, 1992) was a Canadian poet, editor of many Canadian anthologies, and literary academic. Biography Eli Mandel died in relative obscurity. A series of strokes had left him unable to write and, as a ...

(1922–1992), Canadian writer * Emily St. John Mandel (born 1979), Canadian novelist * Emmanuil Mandel (1925–2018), Russian poet *

Ernest Mandel Ernest Ezra Mandel (; 5 April 1923 – 20 July 1995), also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter, was a Belgian Marxian economist, Trotskyist activist and theorist, and Holocaust survivor. He f ...

(1923–1995), Belgian politician, professor and writer *

Frank Mandel Frank Mandel (1884 – April 20, 1958) was an American playwright and producer. He co-wrote several productions. Some of his works were adapted by others. Several of his collaborations were adapted into films. UCLA's libraries have a collection of ...

, American playwright and producer *

Georges Mandel Georges Mandel (born Louis George Rothschild; 5 June 1885 – 7 July 1944) was a French journalist and politician who was a member of the Chamber of Deputies representing Gironde from 1919 to 1924 and from 1928 until the dissolution of the Fren ...

(1885–1944), French politician *

Harvey Mandel Harvey "The Snake" Mandel (born March 11, 1945) is an American guitarist best known as a member of Canned Heat. He also played with Charlie Musselwhite and John Mayall as well as maintaining a solo career. Early life Mandel was born in Detroit ...

(born 1945), American guitarist *

Howie Mandel Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian, television personality, actor, and producer. Mandel is known for voicing Gizmo in the 1984 film ''Gremlins'' and the 1990 sequel ''Gremlins 2: The New Batch'', playing rowd ...

(born 1955), Canadian actor and comedian *

Jan Mandel Jan Mandel is a Czech- American mathematician. He received his PhD from the faculty of mathematics and physics, Charles University in Prague and was a senior research scientist there. Since 1986, he is professor of mathematics at the Universi ...

(born 1956), American mathematician * Jean Mandel (1911–1974), German footballer and politician *

Jeanne Dorsey Mandel Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey Mandel (May 11, 1937 – October 6, 2001) was a List of First Spouses of Maryland, First Lady of Maryland and second wife of former Governor of Maryland, Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel, whom she had met in January ...

(1937–2001), American public official from Maryland * Jennifer R. Mandel, American biologist *

Johnny Mandel John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Benn ...

(1925–2020), American musician *

Josh Mandel Joshua Aaron Mandel (born September 27, 1977) is an American politician who served as the 48th treasurer of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the Ohio State Representative for the 17th district from 2 ...

(born 1977), American politician * Julius Mandel (1899–1969), Hungarian football player and manager *

Leonard Mandel Leonard Mandel (May 9, 1927 – February 9, 2001) was an American physicist who contributed to the development of theoretical and experimental modern optics and is widely considered one of the founding fathers of the field of quantum optics. With ...

(1927–2001), American physicist *

Loring Mandel Loring Mandel (May 5, 1928 – March 24, 2020) was an American playwright and screenwriter whose notable works include the television film ''Conspiracy''. He wrote for radio, television, film and the stage. Early and personal life Mandel was a na ...

(1928–2020), American playwright *

Maria Mandel Maria Mandl (sometimes erroneously spelled Mandel; 10 January 1912 – 24 January 1948) was an Austrian-born Holocaust perpetrator who was the (camp leader) of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp from 1942 until her arrest in 1945. ...

(1912–1948), Austrian Nazi official *

Marvin Mandel Marvin Mandel (April 19, 1920 – August 30, 2015) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 56th Governor of Maryland from January 7, 1969, to January 17, 1979, including a one-and-a-half-year period when Lt. Governor Blair ...

(1920–2015) American politician *

Morton Mandel Morton Leon Mandel (September 19, 1921 – October 16, 2019) was an American business magnate, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Along with his two brothers, Jack and Joe, he founded the Premier Automotive Supply Company in 1940, which later bec ...

(1921–2019), American businessman *

Robert Mandel Robert Mandel (born 1945) is a film and television director and producer from Oakland, California. He is best known for directing ''School Ties'', which includes early film roles in the careers of Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cole Hau ...

(born 1945), American film producer *

(born 1957), Hungarian musician and organologist * Rolfe D. Mandel (born 1952), American archaeologist *

Sammy Mandel Sammy Mandell (a.k.a. Samuel Mandella; February 5, 1904 – November 7, 1967) was an American Undisputed World lightweight boxing champion from 1926-1930. Born in Rockford, Illinois, and named Salvatore Mandala, he was known as the "Rockford She ...

(1904–1967), American boxer * Semyon Mandel (1907–1974), Russian theatre and film designer * Seth Mandel (born 1982), American writer and editor *

Stephen Mandel Stephen Mandel (born July 18, 1945) is a Canadian politician and leader of the Alberta Party from 2018 to 2019. He previously served as an Alberta cabinet minister from 2014 to 2015 and as mayor of Edmonton, Alberta for three terms from 200 ...

(born 1945), Canadian politician *

Stephen Mandel (hedge fund manager) Stephen Frank Mandel Jr. (born March 12, 1956) is an American hedge fund manager, investor, and philanthropist. He founded Lone Pine Capital in 1997, after working as the managing director at Tiger Management. According to ''Forbes'', Mandel h ...

(born 1956), American businessman * Steven L. Mandel, American anesthesiologist *

Stewart Mandel Stewart Lance Mandel is an American sportswriter who focuses on college football and college basketball. He is the editor-in-chief of college football coverage for ''The Athletic''. Mandel has covered college football for ''Sports Illustrated'' and ...

(born 1976), American sportswriter *

Suzy Mandel Suzy Mandel (born 6 March 1953) is a former actress and model best known for her roles in such mid-1970s British sex comedies as '' Intimate Games'' (1976), ''Confessions of a Driving Instructor'' (1976), '' Come Play with Me'' (1977), '' The ...

(born 1953), British actress * Tom Mandel (futurist) (1946–1995), American futurist *

Tom Mandel (poet) Tom Mandel (born September 12, 1942) is an American poet whose work is often associated with the Language poets. He was born in Chicago and has lived in New York City, Paris and San Francisco. Since 2004, he has lived in Lewes, Delaware, with his ...

(born 1942), American poet *

William Mandel William Marx Mandel (June 4, 1917 – November 24, 2016) was an American broadcast journalist, left-wing political activist, and author, best known as a Soviet affairs analyst. He was born in New York City. Senator McCarthy and the House Un-A ...

(1917–2016), American journalist

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