Mendels(s)o(h)n is a Polish/German Jewish family name, meaning "son of Mendel", Mendel being a Yiddish diminutive of the Hebrew given name Menahem, meaning "consoling" or "one who consoles".
Mendelssohn is the surname of a number of people:
- Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786), philosopher, a significant figure in the Age of Enlightenment in Germany
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), noted early Romantic composer, son of Abraham
Other descendants of Moses Mendelssohn (see also Mendelssohn family), including:
- Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), German Jewish banker, founder of Mendelssohn & Co.
- Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1776–1835), German Jewish banker, father of Fanny and Felix
- Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847), composer and pianist, daughter of Abraham
- Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1841–1880), chemist, son of Felix
- Arnold Mendelssohn (1855–1933), German composer and music teacher
Other Mendelssohns:
- Anna Mendelssohn (1948–2009), British political activist and poet
- George Mendelssohn, founder of Vox Records in 1945
- Heinrich Mendelssohn (1881–1959), German building tycoon
- Kurt Mendelssohn (1906–1980), German-born British medical physicist
- Samuel David Mendelssohn (1942–2006), German political scientist and author
Companies:
- Mendelssohn & Co., a private German bank
Musical societies:
- Mendelssohn Club (1874), a Philadelphia choral society
- Mendelssohn Glee Club (1866), a New York City choral society
There are also a number of people with the variation Mendelsohn:
- Ben Mendelsohn (born 1969), Australian actor and musician
- Carol Mendelsohn (born 1951), American TV writer
- Daniel Mendelsohn (born 1960), American author and classics scholar
- Erich Mendelsohn (1887–1953), Prussian architect
- Matthew Mendelsohn (birthdate unknown), Canadian civil servant
- Nathan Mendelsohn (1917–2006), Canadian mathematician
- Robert O. Mendelsohn (born 1952), American economist
- Robert S. Mendelsohn (1926–1988), American physician and critic of mainstream medicine
And also:
Paul Mendelson, scriptwriter for television, film and radio
See also:
- Mendelson's syndrome, first described by Curtis Lester Mendelson in 1946
- MendelssohnKammerChor Berlin, a German chamber choir
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Famous quotes containing the word mendelssohn:
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