Mann (surname)

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Mann is a surname of Germanic origin which translates roughly as "person" or "man". The first uses of the name date to approximately the 9th century. The name was often taken by common persons, and not nobility.

The surname of Mann can also be found in the northern state of India. The surname is of Punjab origin and common among the Sikh people.

[edit] Notable persons holding the surname of Mann

• Aimee Mann (1960–), American rock guitarist, bass player, singer, and songwriter
• Anthony Mann (1906–1967), American actor and film director
• Barry Mann (1939–), American songwriter
• Bruce Mann (contemporary), American professor of law and history at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Carol Mann (1941–), American championship golfer
• Charles C. Mann (fl. 2000s), American journalist & author
• Colette Mann (1950–), Australian actress
• Coramae Richey Mann (contemporary), American professor emeritus of criminal justice at the University of Illinois
• Daniel Mann (1912–1991), American film director: How the West Was Won, BUtterfield 8, I'll Cry Tomorrow
• Delbert Mann (1920–), American television and film director
• David Mann (1916–2002), American songwriter
• David Mann (1940–2004), American artist, painter of motorcycles and biker culture
• David S. Mann (1939–), American politician, representative from Ohio 1993–95
• Donald Mann (1853–1934), Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur
• Elisabeth Mann (1918–2002), German environmentalist, daughter of Thomas Mann
• Erika Mann (1905–1969), German actress and writer, daughter of Thomas Mann
• Erika Mann (1950–), German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the political party SPD
• Frank Mann (1888–1964), English cricketer
• Gabriel Mann (actor) (contemporary), American actor
• Gabriel Mann (singer), American singer and composer
• George Mann (1917–2001), English cricketer, son of Frank Mann
• Golo Mann (1909–1994), German popular historian, son of Thomas Mann
• Heinrich Mann (1871–1950), German novelist, brother of Thomas Mann
• Herbie Mann, (1930–2003), American jazz flautist and practitioner of world music
• Horace Mann (1796–1859), American education reformer and abolitionist
• Jack Mann MBE (1906-1989), Western Australian winemaker and underarm bowler.
• Holly Mann
• Horace Mann (politician) (1701-1786), UK politician
• James Robert Mann (1856–1922) American legislator, representative from Illinois, author of the Mann Act
• Jessica Mann (1937–) British writer
• John Frederick Mann, Australian explorer
• John Mann (1960–), British politician, Member of Parliament (MP) of the Labour Party
• John Mann (1962–), Canadian rock musician and actor
• John Mann (contemporary), British actor
• John Mann (1798–1891), Canadian farmer and author
• Kal Mann (1917–2001), American lyricist, writer of lyrics for several popular songs
• Klaus Mann (1906–1949), German, son of Thomas Mann
• Kurt Mann (contemporary), American songwriter, half of the songwriting team of Mann/Veil
• Larry Mann (-1952), American racecar (NASCAR) driver
• Larry D. Mann (1922–), Canadian radio personality & television/film actor
• Leslie Mann (1972–), American actress
• Madeline Mann (1989–), American who once held the record for being the smallest known premature baby to survive
• Manfred Mann (contemporary), British R&B and pop band of the 1960s named after the keyboard player of the band
• Matthias Mann (contemporary), German scientist in the field of mass spectrometry and proteomics
• Michael Mann (1942–), British-born professor of sociology at UCLA
• Michael Mann (contemporary), American climate scientist, professor, and member of NAS
• Michael Mann (contemporary), Canadian politician and member of the Marijuana Party
• Michael Mann, (1943–), American film director, screenwriter, and producer
• Michael Mann (1919–1977), German-born American musician and professor of German literature, youngest son of Thomas Mann
• Monika Mann (1910–1992), German novelist, daughter of Thomas Mann
• Murray Gell-Mann (1929–), American physicist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics
• Rob Mann (1993–), American lacrosse player
• Ron Mann (1959–), Canadian documentary film director
• Sally Mann (1951–), American photographer
• Sean Mann (1932–1988), American linguist and bioethicist
• Simon Mann (contemporary), British-South African mercenary and former British Army officer, son of George Mann.
• Steve Mann (1962–), Canadian professor, founder of the field of wearable computing
• Terrence Mann (1951–), American singer and actor
• Thaddeus Mann (1908–1993), Polish-English biochemist
• Thomas Mann (1875–1955), German novelist, essayist, father of Erika, Klaus, Golo, Monika, Elisabeth, and Michael; brother of Heinrich Mann
• Thomas Mann (contemporary), German politician and Member of the European Parliament, member of the political party CDU
• Thomas E. Mann (1944–), American political scientist, author, and pundit who works at the Brookings Institution
• Tom Mann (1856–1941), British trade unionist
• Gurdas Mann, Famous Punjabi Singer and Actor
• Rick Mann, (1954) Canadian Electrical Engineer
• Wojciech Mann, (1948) Polish journalist and presenter (host), celebrity

[edit] Notable persons holding the surname of Manne

• Henry Manne, American academic in the field of law and economics
• Robert Manne (contemporary), Australian professor of politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne
• Shelly Manne (1920–1984), American jazz drummer