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 an Indian surname found among the Jats in Punjab.

Notable people with this surname include:

A

 * 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

B

 * B. B. Mann (1858–1948), Wales national rugby union player
 * Babbu Mann- Indian Punjabi singer, film actor
 * 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

C

 * 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
 * Duane Mann, New Zealand rugby league footballer

E

 * 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

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

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
 * 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

 * 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 (born 1952), former British Army officer and convicted mercenary
 * Simon Mann (cricket commentator) (born 1963), British broadcaster
 * 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