Morgenthau is a German surname meaning "morning dew". Notable people with the surname include:
*
Elinor Morgenthau
Elinor Lehman Morgenthau (née Fatman; February 19, 1892 – September 21, 1949) was an American Democratic party activist, member of the Lehman family, and spouse of Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Biography
Born to a Jewish family in New York City, the d ...
(1891–1949), American Democratic party activist
*
Hans Morgenthau
Hans Joachim Morgenthau (February 17, 1904 – July 19, 1980) was a German-American jurist and political scientist who was one of the major 20th-century figures in the study of international relations. Morgenthau's works belong to the tradition o ...
(1904–1980), German-born international relations theorist
*
Henry Morgenthau Sr. (1856–1946), American diplomat and businessman
*
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Henry Morgenthau Jr. (; May 11, 1891February 6, 1967) was the United States Secretary of the Treasury during most of the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He played a major role in designing and financing the New Deal. After 1937, while ...
(1891–1967), United States Secretary of the Treasury and proponent of the Morgenthau Plan
*
Robert M. Morgenthau
Robert Morris Morgenthau ( ; July 31, 1919July 21, 2019) was an American lawyer. From 1975 until his retirement in 2009, he was the District Attorney for New York County (the borough of Manhattan), having previously served as United States Atto ...
(1919–2019), American lawyer
*
Henry Morgenthau III
Henry Morgenthau III (January 11, 1917 – July 10, 2018) was an American author and television producer, and scion of the Morgenthau dynasty and member of the Lehman family.
Biography
Henry Morgenthau III was the son of Elinor (née Fatman), gr ...
(1917–2018) American author and television producer
*
Kramer Morgenthau
Kramer Morgenthau, A.S.C. (born 1966), is an American cinematographer known for his expertise as a visual storyteller in both television and film. The six-time Emmy nominee is best known for his work in films such as ''Respect'', ''The Many Sain ...
(1966–) American cinematographer
In popular culture
Some fictional characters with this surname are:
*
Karl Morgenthau
*
Karli Morgenthau Karli may refer to:
Places
* Karlı, Ardanuç, village in Turkey
* Karli-Eli, historical name of a region in Greece
* Karlı, Vezirköprü, village in Turkey
* Karli, Koper, settlement in Slovenia
*Karli, India, village in India
*Karla Caves
Th ...
See also
*
Morgenthau Lectures, named after Hans Morgenthau
*''
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
''Ambassador Morgenthau's Story'' (1918) is the title of the published memoirs of Henry Morgenthau Sr., U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1916, until the day of his resignation from the post. The book was dedicated to the then U. ...
'' (1918), published memoirs of Henry Morgenthau Sr.
*
Morgenthau Report The Morgenthau report, officially the ''Report of the Mission of the United States to Poland'', was a report compiled by Henry Morgenthau, Sr., as member of the "Mission of the United States to Poland" which was appointed by the American Commission ...
, a report issued by the United States' commission led by Henry Morgenthau Sr.
*
USCGC ''Morgenthau'' (WHEC-722), a
U.S. Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mul ...
cutter
*
Morgenthau Plan
The Morgenthau Plan was a proposal to eliminate Germany following World War II and eliminating its arms industry and removing or destroying other key industries basic to military strength. This included the removal or destruction of all industri ...
, a plan for the occupation of Germany after World War II.
Morgenthau Family Tree (PDF). ''Museum of Jewish Heritage''. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
*Kestenbaum, Lawrence.
. ''The Political Graveyard''. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
*Morgenthau, Henry.
Mostly Morgenthaus: A Family History'. New York, NY: Ticknor & Fields.
{{surname, Morgenthau
German-language surnames
Jewish surnames
Yiddish-language surnames