Manasseh () is both a given name and a surname. Its variants include
Manasses and
Manasse.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
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Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh (died 1944), Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier
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Jacob Manasseh (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 (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, a prie ...
, first son of Joseph
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Manasseh of Judah
Manasseh (; Hebrew: ''Mənaššé'', "Forgetter"; akk, 𒈨𒈾𒋛𒄿 ''Menasî'' 'me-na-si-i'' grc-gre, Μανασσῆς ''Manasses''; la, Manasses) was the fourteenth king of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the oldest of the sons of Hezekia ...
, king of
Judah in the 7th century BC
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Manasseh II, hypothetical Jewish ruler of the Khazars in the 9th century BC
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Manasseh Azure, freelance journalist in Accra, Ghana
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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.
Parliamentary career
Born in Jamaica, Lopes was a member of ...
(1755–1831), British politician
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Manasseh Rundial, South Sudanese politician
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Manasseh Sogavare
Manasseh Damukana Sogavare (born 17 January 1955) is the sixth and current Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, serving since 24 April 2019. He previously held the office in 2000–2001, 2006—2007 and 2014–2017; in all he has served over ni ...
(born 1955), Solomon Islands politician and Prime Minister
Fictional characters
*Manassseh 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'', March 1954 a collection of amusing tragicomic episodes of '' schnorring'' by "Manasseh Bueno Barzillai Azeve ...
See also
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