Mandelbaum is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname from the German ''Mandelbaum'' ‘almond tree’.
[Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press] Notable people with the surname include:
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Albert Mandelbaum (1925–unknown), Israeli chess player
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Allen Mandelbaum
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Allen Mandelbaum (May 4, 1926 – October 27, 2011) was an American professor of literature and the humanities, poet, and translator from Classical Greek, Latin and Italian. His translations of classic works gained him numerous awards in ...
(1926–2011), American professor of Italian literature, poet, and translator
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David G. Mandelbaum (1911–1987), American anthropologist
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Fredericka Mandelbaum
Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum (March 25, 1825 – February 26, 1894)Holub, Rona"Fredericka Mandelbaum."In ''Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present'', vol. 2, edited by William J. Hausman. German Histo ...
(1825–1894), New York entrepreneur and criminal fence operator
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Frederic Morton (born Fritz Mandelbaum) (1924–2015), Austrian writer
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Henryk Mandelbaum (1922–2008), Holocaust survivor
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Jacques Mandelbaum (born 1958), French journalist and film critic
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Joel Mandelbaum (born 1932), microtonal musician
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Ken Mandelbaum
Ken Mandelbaum is an American columnist, critic, and author whose primary field of expertise is musical theatre.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Mandelbaum was introduced to Broadway musical theatre by his parents and grandparents at an e ...
, American columnist, critic, and author
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Kurt Mandelbaum (1904–1995), development economist
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Michael Mandelbaum (born 1946), professor of American foreign policy
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Samuel Mandelbaum (1884–1946), American lawyer and politician
Fictional characters
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Izzy Mandelbaum, character on ''Seinfeld''
*Mandelbaum (aka Mandel), assistant district attorney for Manhattan in the
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery (fiction), mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Principality of Montenegro, Montenegro and keeps his past murky. He lives in a ...
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See also
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Mandelbaum Gate
The Mandelbaum Gate is a former checkpoint between the Israeli and Jordanian sectors of Jerusalem, just north of the western edge of the Old City along the Green Line. The first checkpoint for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan/Israel Mixed Armis ...
, Jerusalem
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The Mandelbaum Gate'', a 1965 novel by Muriel Spark
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Mandelbaum Effect, the tendency for people to focus nearby in conditions of poor visibility
References
Surnames of Jewish origin
{{surname, Mandelbaum
Ornamental surnames