Mann‌ is a German‌, Dutch‌, Jewish (Ashkenazic), English, Irish or Scottish surname, of Germanic origin. It means 'man', 'person', 'husband'. In the runic alphabet, the meaning 'man', 'human', is represented by the single character .

Mann (or Maan) is also an Indian surname found among the Jats in Punjab.[1][2][3]

Notable people with this surname include:

  • Edna Mann (1926–1985), English painter
  • Edward S. Mann (1908–2005), educator and former president of the Eastern Nazarene College
  • Elisabeth Mann Borgese (1918–2002), German environmentalist, daughter of Thomas Mann
  • Erika Mann (1905–1969), German actress and writer, daughter of Thomas Mann
  • Erika Mann (politician) (born 1950), German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the political party SPD
  • Eugenia St. John Mann (1847-1932), American evangelist and temperance lecturer
  • Harbhajan Mann, Punjabi singer and actor
  • Harold Hart Mann (1872–1961), English agricultural scientist who worked in India
  • Heinrich Mann (1871–1950), German novelist, brother of Thomas Mann
  • Henry Mann (1905–2000), American mathematician and statistician (born in Vienna, Austria)
  • Herbie Mann (1930–2003), American jazz flautist and practitioner of world music
  • Homer B. Mann (1869–1950), American college president, insurance businessman and politician
  • Horace Mann (1796–1859), American education reformer and abolitionist
  • Horace Mann Jr. (1844–1868), American botanist, son of Horace Mann
  • Ian Mann, British space weather researcher
  • Larry Mann (1930–1952), American racecar (NASCAR) driver
  • Larry D. Mann (1922–2014), Canadian radio personality and television/film actor
  • Leslie Mann (born 1972), American actress
  • Lisa Mann, American electric blues bassist, songwriter and singer
  • Lorene Mann (1937–2013), American country music singer-songwriter
  • Louis Mann (1865–1931), American actor
  • Madeline Mann (born 1989), American who once held the record for being the smallest known premature baby to survive
  • Manfred Mann (musician) (born 1940), musician from South Africa, after whom the eponymous band was named
  • Manjeet Mann, actress and author
  • Marion Mann (1920-2022), American physician and pathologist
  • Marion Mann (singer) (1914-2004), American singer
  • Matthias Mann (born 1959), German scientist in the field of mass spectrometry and proteomics
  • Marty Mann, first woman with long-term sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Merlin Mann (born 1966), American writer and editor; author of productivity blog 43folders.com
  • Michael Mann (born 1943), American film director, screenwriter, and producer
  • Michael Mann (scholar) (1919–1977), German-born American musician and professor of German literature, youngest son of Thomas Mann
  • Michael Mann (sociologist) (born 1942), British-born professor of sociology at UCLA
  • Michael E. Mann (born 1965), American climate scientist, professor, and member of United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
  • Monika Mann (1910–1992), German novelist, daughter of Thomas Mann
  • Moshe Mann (1907–2004), Israeli military officer who was the first commander of the Golani Brigade
  • Olly Mann (born 1981), British broadcaster and podcaster
  • Richie Mann (born 1954), Canadian politician
  • Robert Mann (1920–2018), American violinist and composer, founder of the Juilliard String Quartet
  • Ron Mann (born 1959), Canadian documentary film director
  • Ronnie Mann (born 1986), English mixed martial arts fighter

References

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  1. ^ Pettigrew‌ ‌, Joyce‌ J. M. (2023). "Chapter 4 Patterns of allegiance I". ‌ROBBER NOBLEMEN a study of the political system of the sikh jats. [S.l.]: ROUTLEDGE. ISBN 978-1-000-85849-5. OCLC 1367232807.
  2. ^ Journal of Regional History. Vol. 2. Department‌ of History‌, Guru Nanak Dev University. 1981. p. 29.
  3. ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.

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