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

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. 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

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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 'Je ...

(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 Simon Veit (25 May 1754, Brandenburg? - 1 October 1819, Berlin?) was a German merchant and banker of Jewish ancestry. Life and work His father, Juda Veit (1716-1786), was a wool merchant and founder of a bank. He was descended from one of the ...

, (ii) Friedrich Schlegel **

Fanny Mendelssohn Fanny Mendelssohn (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era who was also known as Fanny (Cäcilie) Mendelssohn Bartholdy and, after her marriage, Fanny Hensel (as well as Fanny Mendelssohn He ...

(1805–1847), noted early Romantic composer and pianist, daughter of Abraham **

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...

(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 (1841–1880), chemist, son of Felix **

Arnold Mendelssohn Bust of Arnold Mendelssohn, at the Holy Trinity Community Cemetery, Berlin Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn (26 December 1855 – 18 February 1933), was a German composer and music teacher. He was born in Ratibor, Province of Silesia; the son of Feli ...

(1855–1933), great-grandson of Moses, German composer and music teacher *

Anna Mendelssohn Anna Mendelssohn (born Anna Mendleson,Her name is frequently given as Anna Mendelson. 1948 – 15 November 2009), who wrote under the name Grace Lake, was a British writer, poet and political activist. She came from a left-wing political famil ...

(1948–2009), British political activist and poet * Carol Mendelsohn (born 1951), American TV writer *

Daniel Mendelsohn Daniel Mendelsohn (born 1960), is an American author, essayist, critic, columnist, and translator. Best known for his internationally best-selling and award-winning Holocaust family memoir The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, he is curre ...

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

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in 1945 *

Heinrich Mendelssohn Heinrich Mendelssohn (21 February 1881 – 7 August 1959) was a German contractor and real estate developer. Early life Mendelssohn was born in Posen, German Empire( today Poznań, Poland) in 1881. A claimed connection to the family of the fa ...

(1881–1959), German building tycoon * Kurt Mendelssohn (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 (born 1969), Australian actor and musician *

Carolyn Mendelsohn Carolyn Mendelsohn is an English portrait photographer. Life and work Mendelsohn originally trained and worked as an actor and film-maker, becoming a professional photographer in 2008. In 2016 she won a gold medal in the Royal Photographic Socie ...

, English photographer *

Erich Mendelsohn Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic Functionalism (architecture), functionalism in his projects for department ...

(1887–1953), Prussian architect *

Everett Mendelsohn Everett Irwin Mendelsohn (October 28, 1931 – June 6, 2023) was an American historian of science. He was Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Harvard University, where he was a faculty member from 1960 until his retirement in 2007. ...

(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 Jonathan Mendelsohn may refer to: * Jonathan Mendelsohn (singer) (born 1980), American singer * Jonathan Mendelsohn, Baron Mendelsohn Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn, Baron Mendelsohn (born 30 December 1966) is a British lobbyist and Labour politica ...

, Baron Mendelsohn (born 1966), British lobbyist and Labour political organiser *

Matthew Mendelsohn Matthew Mendelsohn is a Canadian public policy expert and public sector executive, best known for leading Prime Minister’s Justin Trudeau’Results & Delivery Unitand the Government of Canada’from 2016-2020. These followed his role as a chief ...

(birthdate unknown), Canadian civil servant * Nathan Mendelsohn (1917–2006), Canadian mathematician *

Nicola Mendelsohn Nicola Mendelsohn CBE (née: Clyne; born 29 August 1971) is a British advertising executive. Active in the advertising industry since 1992, she was named vice-president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Facebook in June 2013. In 2021, N ...

(born 1971), British advertising executive *

Robert Mendelsohn (disambiguation) Robert Mendelsohn may refer to: * Robert O. Mendelsohn (born 1952), American environmental economist * Robert S. Mendelsohn Robert S. Mendelsohn (July 13, 1926 – April 5, 1988) was an American pediatrician, anti-vaccinationist and critic of med ...

, multiple people

Mendelson

Curtis Lester Mendelson Curtis Lester Mendelson (September 4, 1913 - October 13, 2002) was an obstetrician and American cardiologist. Mendelson's syndrome Mendelson's syndrome, named in 1946 for American obstetrician and cardiologist Curtis Lester Mendelson, is a fo ...

(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 Unive ...

(1931–2020), American logician, known for the Mendelson axiom schemata for propositional Logic * Mira Mendelson (1914–1968), Russian poet, second wife of Sergei Prokofiev * Paul Mendelson, British scriptwriter for television, film and radio * Phil Mendelson (born 1952), Washington, D.C., politician *

Shari Mendelson Shari Mendelson (born 1961, Schenectady, New York) is an American artist and educator, known for her sculptures of animals, fertility figures, and vessels made of recycled plastic materials. She is based in Brooklyn and upstate New York in the Ca ...

(born 1961), American sculptor

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Ben Mandelson Ben Mandelson (born 6 October 1953, in Everton, Liverpool, England) is an English world musician, and also manager and producer. Punk and new wave years In the mid-1970s, Mandelson was a student at Bolton Institute of Technology (now Bolton Univ ...

(born 1953), English world musician * Peter Mandelson (born 1953), British Labour politician *

Nathan Menderson __NOTOC__ Nathan Menderson (April 25, 1820 – March 31, 1904) was a German-born American business executive, the owner of one of the largest clothing stores in Cincinnati. He is best remembered for being vice president of the Cincinnati Stars bas ...

(1820–1904), German-born American business executive and baseball executive

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