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

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

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Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

surname, meaning " almond", from the

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. 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 c. 1550, there was no overarch ...

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Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 18 January 2016. Mandel can be a locational surname, from places called Mandel, such as Mandel, Germany. Mandel may also be a Dutch surname, from the

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

Notable people

* Alon Mandel (born 1988), Israeli swimmer * Babaloo Mandel (born 1949), American screenwriter * David Mandel (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 ...

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

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

(1923–1995), Belgian politician, professor and writer * Frank Mandel, American playwright and producer *

Georges Mandel Georges Mandel (5 June 1885 – 7 July 1944) was a French journalist, politician, and French Resistance leader. Early life Born Louis George Rothschild in Chatou, Yvelines, he was the son of a tailor and his wife. His family was Jewish, original ...

(1885–1944), French politician *

Harvey Mandel Harvey 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, Michigan, a ...

(born 1945), American guitarist *

Howie Mandel Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian-American comedian, television personality, actor, and producer. Mandel voiced the character Gizmo in the 1984 film '' Gremlins'' and the 1990 sequel '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch''. ...

(born 1955), Canadian actor and comedian * Jan Mandel (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 First Lady of Maryland and second wife of former Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel, whom she had met in January 1963. She was a native of Leonardtown, St. Mary's Co ...

(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 Be ...

(born 1925-2020), American musician *

Josh Mandel Joshua Aaron Mandel (born September 27, 1977) is an American far-right 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 distric ...

(born 1977), American politician * Julius Mandel (also known as Gyula Mándi (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 (born 1928), American playwright * Maria Mandel (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 (born 1921), American businessman *

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

(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 World lightweight boxing champion from 1926-1930. Born in Rockford, Illinois, and named Salvatore Mandala, he was known as the "Rockford Sheik" due to h ...

(1904–1967), American boxer * Semyon Mandel (1907–1974), Russian theatre and film designer * Seth Mandel (born 1982), American conservative 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 2004 ...

(born 1945), Canadian politician * Stephen Mandel (hedge fund manager) (born 1956), American businessman * Steven L. Mandel, American anesthesiologist *

Stewart Mandel Stewart Lance Mandel is an American sports writer for The All-American and The Athletic who focuses on college football and college basketball. Mandel was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, attending Sycamore High School, and is a graduate of Northwestern ...

(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 Pl ...

(born 1953), British actress *

Tom Mandel (futurist) Tom Mandel (1946 – April 6, 1995) was an American futurologist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He dropped out of college twice and served in the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War for nine months in 1969. In 1972, he was the ...

(1946–1995), American futurist * Tom Mandel (poet) (born 1942), American poet * William Mandel (1917–2016), American journalist

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