Mal (name)
Mal is a given name, a nickname (most often associated with the given name Malcolm) and a surname. People so named include:
Given name
- Mal or Malhun Hatun (died 1323), wife of Osman I, founder of the dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire
- Mal mac Rochride, a 2nd century Irish king
- Mal Hallett (1893-1952), American jazz violinist and bandleader
- Mal Moore (1939-2013), American college football player, coach and director of athletics
- Mal Peet (1947–2015), English author and illustrator best known for young-adult fiction
- Mal Young (born 1957), British television producer, script writer and executive producer
- Mal Walden (born 1945), Australian former journalist and television news presenter
- Mal Webb (born 1966), Australian musician
Nickname
Malcolm
- Mal Anderson (born 1935), Australian retired tennis player
- Mal Aspey (born 1947), English former rugby league footballer and coach
- Mal Atwell (born 1936), former Australian rules football player and coach
- Mal Brough (born 1961), Australian politician
- Mal Brown (born 1946), former controversial Australian rules football player and coach
- Mal Bryce (born 1943), former Deputy Premier of Western Australia
- Mal Cochrane (born 1961), Indigenous Australian former rugby league player
- Mal Davis (born 1956), Canadian National Hockey League former player
- Mal Eason (1879-1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Mal Evans (1935–1976), roadie and friend of the Beatles
- Mal Graham (born 1945), American former National Basketball Association player
- Mal Hammack (1933-2004), American National Football League running back
- Malcolm Hancock (1936–1993), American magazine cartoonist
- Malcolm Kutner (1921-2005), American National Football League player
- Mal Meninga (born 1960), Australian rugby league coach and former player
- Mal Michael (born 1977), former Australian rules footballer from Papua New Guinea
- Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker) (1897-1952), Hollywood film director, writer, producer and actor
- Malcolm Spence (Jamaican athlete) (born 1936), Jamaican sprinter
- Mal Waldron (1925-2002), American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
- Mal Washer (born 1945), Australian politician
- Malhar Rao Gaekwad (1831-1882) was the Maharaja of Baroda
Malachy
- Mal Donaghy (born 1957), former footballer from Northern Ireland
- Mal Loye (born 1972), English cricketer
Other
- Malupo Kaufusi (born 1979), former rugby league footballer
- Maldwyn Mal Pope (born 1960), Welsh musician and composer
- MaliVai Washington (born 1969), American retired tennis player
- Malvin Mal Whitfield (born 1924), American 400 and 800 metre runner and three time Olympic champion
Surname
- Suraj Mal (1707-1765), ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, India
- Suraj Mal, Rajput ruler (1613–1618) of Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh in India
- Todar Mal (died 1589), finance minister of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar the Great
- Raja Bhar Mal or Bhag Mal(1548–1574) was a Rajput Kachwaha ruler of Amer in the present day Rajasthan state of India.
- Rao Jai Mal (1507–1568) was the ruler of Merta.
- Tirumala Deva Raya (1565–1572 CE) was the first Crowned King of the Vijayanagara Empire.
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