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Mandelbaum is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname from the German Mandelbaum ‘almond tree’.
[1] Notable people with the surname include:
Albert Mandelbaum (1925–unknown), Israeli chess player
Allen Mandelbaum (1926–2011), American professor of Italian literature, poet, and translator
David G. Mandelbaum (1911–1987), American anthropologist
Fredericka Mandelbaum (1825–1894), New York entrepreneur and criminal fence operator
Frederic Morton (born Fritz Mandelbaum) (1924–2015), Austrian writer
Henryk Mandelbaum (1922–2008), Holocaust survivor
Jacques Mandelbaum (born 1958), French journalist and film critic
Joel Mandelbaum (born 1932), microtonal musician
Ken Mandelbaum , American columnist, critic, and author
Kurt Mandelbaum (1904–1995), development economist
Michael Mandelbaum (born 1946), professor of American foreign policy
Samuel Mandelbaum (1884–1946), American lawyer and politician
Fictional characters
Izzy Mandelbaum , character on Seinfeld
Mandelbaum (aka Mandel), assistant district attorney for Manhattan in the
Nero Wolfe books
See also
References
^ Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press