Mendelssohn (surname)

The surname מענדעלסאן is transliterated to English as Mendelssohn, Mendelsson, or Mendelson. It is a common Polish/German Jewish surname. The variant spellings are used interchangeably, often even within a single family.

The name means son of Mendel ("Mendel's son"), or son of Menachem, as Mendel is a Yiddish diminutive of the Hebrew given name Menahem. Hebrew: מנחם Menachem itself means "consoling" or "one who consoles".

People

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Mendelson

  • Curtis Lester Mendelson (1913–2002), American cardiologist who first described the pneumonia called Mendelson's syndrome
  • Elliott Mendelson (1931–2020), American logician, known for the Mendelson axiom schemata for propositional Logic
  • Mira Mendelson (1914–1968), Russian poet, second wife of Sergei Prokofiev
  • Paul Mendelson, British scriptwriter for television, film and radio
  • Phil Mendelson (born 1952), Washington, D.C., politician
  • Shari Mendelson (born 1961), American sculptor

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