Kandel is a surname. Kandel is a common name among
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
, indicating an ancestor from the town of
Kandel in
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. In South East Asian countries, Kandel surname is used by people from subcaste or gotra(clan) known as Bhardwaj gotra. Notable people with the surname include:
In Europe and Americas
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David Kandel
David Kandel (1520–1592) was a Renaissance artist and one of the pioneers of botanical and natural history illustration. Very little is known of his personal life.
Biography
He was probably born in Strasbourg, in 1520. He married in 1554 and ...
(1520–1592), artist
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Eric R. Kandel, neuroscientist
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Eugene Kandel, economist
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Felix Kandel
Feliks Solomonovich Kandel (russian: Фéликс Соломóнович Кáндель; born 21 October 1932) is a Russian Jewish writer, residing in Jerusalem, Israel.
Early life
He was born in 1932 in Moscow, Soviet Union to a Jewish family ...
, historian
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Harry Kandel, bandleader
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Isaac Leon Kandel
Isaac Leon Kandel, M.A., Ph.D. (1881-1965) was an American educator born in Botoșani, Romania. He studied at Manchester, England, Teachers College, Columbia University, and the University of Jena, (Germany). For several years, he taught at schoo ...
, educator
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Jessica Kandel, surgeon
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Lenore Kandel, poet
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Michael Kandel
Michael Kandel (born December 24, 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American translator and author of science fiction.
Biography
Kandel received a doctorate in Slavistics from Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University. His most rece ...
, science fiction author
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Paul Kandel, actor
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Susan Kandel
Susan Kandel is an American author of a series of mystery books set in Los Angeles featuring sleuth CeCe Caruso, a vintage clothing fashionista and biographer of mystery writers.
Kandel's background is in art history
Art history is the study ...
, art critic and writer
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Ellen Kandeler, biologist and agricultural scientist specializing in soil biology
In Nepal
Kandel or Kadel ( ne, कँडेल) is a surname of people belonging to
Brahmin
Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru ...
and
Chhetri caste in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
, belonging to
Bhardwaj
Bhardwaj is a surname used by Brahmins and rajputs relating to sage Bharadwaja gotra in India.
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include
Sports
* Anil Bhardwaj (cricketer) (born 1954), Indian cricketer
* B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj (bor ...
gotra. Also,it is generally believed to be of
Kumaoni origin. They are mostly founded in
Dhading District
Dhading District ( ne, धादिङ जिल्ला ), a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhading Besi as its district headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 338,658 ...
and
Baglung District of Nepal.
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Tanka Prasad Sharma Kadel, Nepalese politician
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Mani Bhadra Sharma Kandel, Nepalese politician and minister.
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Yam Lal Kandel
Yam Lal Kandel ( ne, यामलाल कँडेल) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पा ...
, Nepalese politician
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Devendra Raj Kandel
Devendra Raj Kandel (born March 19, 1957 in Rampurwa) is a Nepalese politician, former minister and serving as the Member of House Of Representatives (Nepal) elected from Nawalparasi-4, Province No. 5. He is the member of Nepali Congress. He is a ...
, Nepalese politician
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Ghansyam Kandel, Nepalese writer, and
Madan Puraskar
The Madan Puraskar ( ne, मदन पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in Nepal which Madan Puraskar Guthi confers annually for an outstanding book in the Nepali language published within the calendar year. It is considered the most pre ...
winner.
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Rajen Kandel, British-Nepali Businessman, Entrepreneur, Managing Director of Kandel Group UK, Co-founder of
The British College.
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Shubha Shankar Kandel, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, ABC Television (Nepal),President of NMS(Nepal Media Society)
Arjun Kandel A sexual predator convicted in Australia for assaulting intellectually disabled women.
References
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Khas surnames