Mann (surname)

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 ᛗ.

Mann (or Maan) is also a Punjabi surname found among Jats.^[1]^[2]

Notable people with this surname include:

A

Aarti Mann, or Aarti Majumdar (born 1978), American actress
Abby Mann (1927–2008), American film writer and producer
Aimee Mann (born 1960), American rock guitarist, bass player, singer, and songwriter
Alakina Mann (born 1990), English actress
Alex Mann (bobsleigh) (born 1980), German bobsledder
Alfred Mann (musicologist) (1917–2006), American writer
Alfred E. Mann (1925–2016), American entrepreneur and philanthropist
Ammtoje Mann, Punjabi actor and director
Anthony Mann (1906–1967), American actor and film director
Arthur Henry Mann (1850–1929), English organist, choirmaster, teacher and composer at King's College Chapel, Cambridge

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B. B. Mann (1858–1948), Wales national rugby union player
Barry Mann (born 1939), American songwriter
Benjamin Pickman Mann (1848–1926), American naturalist and educator
Bernhard Mann (born 1950), German sociologist and public-health scholar
Bhagwant Mann (born 1973), Indian politician and comedian
Billy Mann (born 1968), American record producer/singer/songwriter
Bonnie Mann, American philosopher
Braden Mann (born 1997), American football player
Brandon Mann (born 1984), American professional baseball player
Bruce Mann (disambiguation), several people

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Carol Mann (1941–2018), American championship golfer
Charles Mann (disambiguation), several people
Colette Mann (born 1950), Australian actress
Coramae Richey Mann (1931–2004), American professor emeritus of criminal justice at the University of Illinois
Curtis Mann (1815–1894), American businessman and politician

D

Daniel Mann (1912–1991), American film director
David Mann (disambiguation), several people
Delbert Mann (1920–2007), American television and film director
Denis Mann (born 1935), Scottish glass artist
Dhar Mann (born 1984), Indian American entrepreneur and film producer
Dick Mann (1934–2021), American motorcycle racer
Dieter Mann (1942–2022), German actor
Donald Mann (1853–1934), Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur
Douglas L. Mann, American physician
Douglas Mann (politician), Missouri politician
Duane Mann, New Zealand rugby league footballer

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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
Erica Mann (1917–2007), Austrian-born architect and town planner
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

F

Franceska Mann (1917–1943), Polish dancer
Frank Mann (disambiguation), several people

G

Gabriel Mann (born 1972), American actor
George Mann (disambiguation), several people
Gloria Mann, American pop singer
Golo Mann (1909–1994), German popular historian, son of Thomas Mann
Gother Mann (1746–1830), Lieutenant-General, Royal Engineers, Inspector-General of Fortifications
Gother Victor Fyers Mann (1863–1948), Australian architect, artist and Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Gustav Mann (1836–1916), German botanist

H

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

I

Ian Mann, British space weather researcher

J

J. J. Mann, (born 1991), American basketball player
Jack Mann (disambiguation), several people
Jackie Mann (1914–1995), former RAF fighter pilot, kidnapped in Lebanon in 1989
James Mann (disambiguation), several people
Jessica Mann (1937–2018), British writer
Jimmy Mann (disambiguation), several people
John Mann (disambiguation), several people
Jonathan Mann (disambiguation), several people
Joseph Mann (disambiguation)

K

Kal Mann (1917–2001), American lyricist, writer of lyrics for several popular songs
Kalman Mann (1912–1997), Israeli physician and director general of Hadassah Medical Center
Karl-Rüdiger Mann (born 1950), German swimmer
Kathryn Mann, mathematician
Kevin Danell Mann, American rapper better known as Brotha Lynch Hung
Klaus Mann (1906–1949), German, son of Thomas Mann

L

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

M

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

N

Nancy Mann, American statistician
Natalia Mann, 21st-century New Zealand classical harpist
Nicole Aunapu Mann (born 1977), American astronaut

O

Olly Mann (born 1981), British broadcaster and podcaster

P

Paul Mann (1913–1985), Canadian film and theater actor
Perminder Mann, British book publisher
Phillip Mann (1942–2022),British / New Zealand academic and author

R

Ralph Mann (1949–2025), American sprinter and hurdler
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

S

Sally Mann (born 1951), American photographer
Sharry Mann, Punjabi songwriter and singer
Shwe Mann (born 1947), Myanmar high-ranked military commander and government official
Simon Mann (1952–2025), British Army officer and convicted mercenary
Simon Mann (cricket commentator) (born 1963), British broadcaster
Simon Mann (racing driver) (born 2001), British-American racing driver
Steve Mann (American guitarist) (1943–2009), American songwriter and guitarist
Steve Mann (English musician), English guitarist, keyboardist, record producer and engineer
Steve Mann (inventor) (born 1962), Canadian professor, founder of the field of wearable computing

T

Tamela Mann (born 1966), American Gospel singer
Ted Mann (1916–2001), American theatre chain owner
Terance Mann (born 1996), American basketball player
Terrence Mann (born 1951), American singer and actor
Thaddeus Mann (1908–1993), Polish-English biochemist
Thomas Mann (1875–1955), German novelist, essayist, Nobel Prize laureate
Thomas Mann (disambiguation)
Tom Mann (1856–1941), British trade unionist
Tracey Mann (born 1976), US Representative from Kansas and former Lieutenant Governor
Tracy Mann (born 1957), Australian actress
Trevor Mann (born 1988), American professional wrestler known by his ring name Ricochet
Troy Mann (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey coach
Tufty Mann (1920–1952), South African cricketer

W

Wesley Mann (born 1959), American actor
William Mann (disambiguation), several people

References

^ 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.
^ Journal of Regional History. Vol. 2. Department‌ of History‌, Guru Nanak Dev University. 1981. p. 29.

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