Mann (surname)

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Mann is a surname of Germanic and also separately of Punjab origin. The Germanic name 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 Punjab surname is found in the northern state of India. It literally means 'honour'. The surname is common among the Sikh people.

In fiction, Glass Horses, by author James R. Mittag, chronicles the lives of the brothers John and Mark Mann.

[edit] Notable persons holding the surname of Mann

  • Joe Mann ,radio dj of chesterfield uk
  • Aimee Mann (1960–), American rock guitarist, bass player, singer, and songwriter
  • Alex Mann (1976–), Business leader, technology expert, and comedian
  • Ammtoje Mann, Punjabi actor and director
  • Anthony Mann (1906–1967), American actor and film director
  • Babbu Mann, Punjabi singer and actor
  • Babu Singh Mann, famous Punjabi songs writer
  • Barry Mann (1939–), American songwriter
  • Brittany Mann, New Zealand trapeze artist
  • 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
  • Frederic R. Mann (1903–1987), chief benefactor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's home auditorium
  • 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
  • Gurdas Mann, Punjabi singer and actor
  • Gustav Mann, German botanist
  • Harbhajan Mann, Punjabi singer and actor
  • 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
  • Horace Mann Jr. (1844-1868)
  • Jack Mann MBE (1906-1989), Western Australian winemaker and underarm bowler.
  • James Robert Mann (Illinois) (1856–1922) American legislator, representative from Illinois, author of the Mann Act
  • John Mann (1960–), British politician, Member of Parliament (MP) of the Labour Party
  • John Mann (1962–), Canadian rock musician and actor
  • John Mann(1901–), A famous Maths Teacher from Cantell School in the U.K.
  • John Mann (contemporary), British actor
  • Jonathan Mann (1947–1998), Former head of the World Health Organization's global AIDS program
  • Jonathan Mann (contemporary), Canadian journalist working for CNN International
  • Jonathan Mann (1982–), American internet celebrity known as GameJew
  • Kal Mann (1917–2001), American lyricist, writer of lyrics for several popular songs
  • Klaus Mann (1906–1949), German, son of Thomas Mann
  • 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
  • Mariah Mann (2000–), Gymnast, Pianist, and Academic Scholar
  • Matthias Mann (contemporary), German scientist in the field of mass spectrometry and proteomics
  • Merlin Mann (1966–), American writer and editor. Author of productivity blog 43folders.com.
  • Michael Mann (1942–), British-born professor of sociology at UCLA
  • Michael Mann (contemporary), American climate scientist, professor, and member of NAS
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tarun Mann (1983-present), Punjabi guy :D
  • 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
  • Vanessa Mann (1996–), Multi-Talented athlete, Legends Soccer Player, Shooting Stars Point Guard, Guitarist, Academic Scholar, Winner of Energizer's Top 100 Keep Going Persons

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