Mendel (name)

Mendel can be both a surname and given name.

As a family name, Mendel occurs in many cultures and languages and is of south German origin. It relates to similar names such as Mendl and Meindl.

As a given name Mendel is mostly a Yiddish variant and affectionate form of the Hebrew name Menachem  which means "comforter".

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Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Mendel Jackson Davis (1942–2007), American attorney and politician from South Carolina
 * Mendel Gdański, fictional character from short story by Maria Konopnicka
 * Mendel Portugali (1888–1917), leading figures in Second Aliya and founder of the Hashomer movement
 * Mendel Rosenblum (born 1962), American associate professor of computer science
 * Mendel Sachs (1927–2012), American theoretical physicist and professor
 * Mendel Shapiro, Jewish lawyer and Modern Orthodox Rabbi
 * Mendel Weinbach (1933–2012), Orthodox rabbi
 * Mendel Zaks (1898–1974), rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva in Raduń Yeshiva
 * Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Rebbe of Chabad
 * Rabbi Menachem Mendel Scheerson, The Tzemach Tzedek, the third Rebbe of Chabad

Surname

 * Andrei Mendel (born 1995), Russian football midfielder
 * Arthur Mendel (1905–1979), American musicologist
 * August Neander (1789–1850), German theologian (born David Mendel)
 * Barry Mendel, American film producer
 * Gérard Mendel (1930–2004), French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
 * Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), often called the "father of genetics"
 * Henriette Mendel (1833–1891), German actress and mistress
 * Iuliia Mendel (born 1986), Ukrainian journalist
 * J. Michael Mendel (1964–2019), American television producer
 * Lafayette Mendel (1872–1935), American biochemist
 * Nate Mendel (born 1968), American musician