The surname מענדעלסאן is transliterated to English as Mendelssohn, Mendelsson, or Mendelson. It is a common

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surname. The variant spellings are used interchangeably, often even within a single family. The name means ''son of Mendel'' ("Mendel's son"), or ''son of Menachem'', as Mendel is a Yiddish diminutive of the

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''Menahem''. he, מנחם Menachem itself means "consoling" or "one who consoles".

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Mendelssohn family The Mendelssohn family are the descendants of Mendel of Dassau. The German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and his brother Saul were the first to adopt the surname Mendelssohn. The family includes his grandson, the composer Felix Mendelssoh ...

Moses Mendelssohn Moses Mendelssohn (6 September 1729 – 4 January 1786) was a German-Jewish philosopher and theologian. His writings and ideas on Jews and the Jewish religion and identity were a central element in the development of the ''Haskalah'', or ' ...

(1729–1786), philosopher, a significant figure in the Age of Enlightenment in Germany, and his descendants: **

Joseph Mendelssohn Joseph Mendelssohn (11 August 1770 – 24 November 1848) was a German Jewish banker. He was the oldest son of the influential philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. In 1795, he founded his own banking house. In 1804, his younger brother, Abraham Mendel ...

(1770–1848), German Jewish banker, son of Moses, founder of Mendelssohn & Co. **

Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy Abraham Ernst Mendelssohn Bartholdy (born Abraham Mendelssohn; 10 December 1776 – 19 November 1835) was a German banker and philanthropist. He was the father of Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn, Rebecka Mendelssohn, and Paul Mendelssohn ...

(1776–1835), German Jewish banker, son of Moses, father of Fanny and Felix ** Brendel Mendelssohn (1763–1839), daughter of Moses, married (i) Simon Veit, (ii)

Friedrich Schlegel Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (after 1814: von) Schlegel (; ; 10 March 1772 – 12 January 1829) was a German poet, literary critic, philosopher, philologist, and Indologist. With his older brother, August Wilhelm Schlegel, he was one of the main figure ...

** Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847), noted early Romantic composer and pianist, daughter of Abraham ** Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), noted early Romantic composer, son of Abraham **

Rebecka Mendelssohn Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (; 13 February 1805 – 5 May 1859) was a German mathematician who made deep contributions to number theory (including creating the field of analytic number theory), and to the theory of Fourier series an ...

(1811–1858), daughter of Abraham, married Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859), mathematician **

Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (born Paul Felix Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy; 18 January 1841, Leipzig – 17 February 1880, Berlin) was a German chemist and a pioneer in the manufacture of aniline dye. He co-founded the Aktien-Gesellschaft für Ani ...

(1841–1880), chemist, son of Felix ** Arnold Mendelssohn (1855–1933), great-grandson of Moses, German composer and music teacher * Anna Mendelssohn (1948–2009), British political activist and poet *

Carol Mendelsohn Carol Mendelsohn (born 1951) is an American television producer, showrunner, and screenwriter, known for her work on the crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. Education Mendelsohn grew up in Chicago, where her father was an attorney. ...

(born 1951), American TV writer * Daniel Mendelsohn (born 1960), American author and classics scholar * Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1911–1952), British band leader * George Mendelssohn, founder of

Vox Records Vox Records is a budget classical record label. The name is Latin for "voice." Some Vox releases such as Peter Frankl's Debussy Piano Works and György Sándor's Complete Prokofiev Sonatas were reissued in premium vinyl boxsets by the audi ...

in 1945 * Heinrich Mendelssohn (1881–1959), German building tycoon *

Kurt Mendelssohn Kurt Alfred Georg Mendelssohn FRS (7 January 1906, Berlin-Schoeneberg – 18 September 1980) was a German-born British medical physicist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 1951. Family life He was the only child of Ernst Moritz Mendelsso ...

(1906–1980), German-born British medical physicist *

Vladimir Mendelssohn Vladimir Mendelssohn (29 November 1949 – 13 August 2021) was a Romanian composer, violist, and professor. He had served as Director of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival since August 2005. Biography Mendelssohn was born into a family of musician ...

(1949–2021), Romanian composer, violist, and professor

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Ben Mendelsohn Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in ''The Year My Voice Broke'' (1987) and since then he has had roles in films such as '' Animal Kingdom'' (2010) ...

(born 1969), Australian actor and musician * Carolyn Mendelsohn, English photographer * Erich Mendelsohn (1887–1953), Prussian architect * Everett Mendelsohn (1931–2023), American historian *

Fred Mendelsohn Fred Mendelsohn (May 16, 1917 – April 28, 2000) was an American music executive. The president of Savoy Records for 42 years, he was the first man to ever record, promote and market black gospel music as a national company. His dedicat ...

(1917–2000), US promoter of black gospel music, president of Savoy Records * Jonathan Mendelsohn, Baron Mendelsohn (born 1966), British lobbyist and Labour political organiser * Matthew Mendelsohn (birthdate unknown), Canadian civil servant *

Nathan Mendelsohn Nathan Saul Mendelsohn, (April 14, 1917 – July 4, 2006) was an American-born mathematician who lived and worked in Canada. Mendelsohn was a researcher in several areas of discrete mathematics, including group theory and combinatorics. Ear ...

(1917–2006), Canadian mathematician * Nicola Mendelsohn (born 1971), British advertising executive * Robert Mendelsohn (disambiguation), multiple people

Mendelson

* Curtis Lester Mendelson (1913–2002), American cardiologist who first described the pneumonia called Mendelson's syndrome *

Elliott Mendelson Elliott Mendelson (May 24, 1931 – May 7, 2020) was an American logician. He was a professor of mathematics at Queens College of the City University of New York, and the Graduate Center, CUNY. He was Jr. Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard Univ ...

(1931–2020), American logician, known for the Mendelson axiom schemata for propositional Logic *

Mira Mendelson Mariya-Cecilia Abramovna Mendelson-Prokofieva ( rus, Мари́я-Цеци́лия Абра́мовна Мендельсо́н-Проко́фьева), typically referred to as Mira Mendelson ( rus, Ми́ра Алекса́ндровна Мен ...

(1914–1968), Russian poet, second wife of Sergei Prokofiev *

Paul Mendelson Paul A. Mendelson is an English television, film and radio scriptwriter. Early life and career He studied law at Cambridge University, where he gained a first class honours degree, after attending Newcastle Royal Grammar School, Glasgow High S ...

, British scriptwriter for television, film and radio *

Phil Mendelson Philip Heath Mendelson (born November 8, 1952) is an American politician from Washington, D.C. He is currently Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, elected by the Council on June 13, 2012, following the resignation of Kwame R. Br ...

(born 1952), Washington, D.C., politician * Shari Mendelson (born 1961), American sculptor

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* Ben Mandelson (born 1953), English world musician *

Peter Mandelson Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010. He was President of the Board of Trade in 1998 and from 2008 to 2010. He is the ...

(born 1953), British Labour politician * Nathan Menderson (1820–1904), German-born American business executive and baseball executive

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