Mann‌ is a surname of Germanic origin. It means .

Mann (or Maan) is also a clan name found among Jats.

Notable people with this surname include:

A

  • Aarti Mann, or Aarti Majumdar (born 1978), American actress
  • 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
  • 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
  • Daniel Mann (lawyer) (born 1980), American legal scholar
  • 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
  • Douglas L. Mann, American physician
  • Douglas Mann (politician), Missouri politician
  • Duane Mann (born 1965), New Zealand rugby league footballer

E

  • Edna Mann (1926–1985), English painter
  • Edward S. Mann (1908–2005), American educator and former president of the Eastern Nazarene College
  • Elisabeth Mann Borgese (1918–2002), German environmentalist, daughter of Thomas Mann
  • Erica Mann (1917–2007), Austrian-born architect and town planner
  • 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 and author, 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
  • Gottfried Mann (1858–1904), Dutch composer, conductor, and musician
  • 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), RAF fighter pilot, kidnapped in Lebanon in 1989
  • Jacob Mann (1888–1940), Polish-American historian
  • 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
  • Joseph Mann (disambiguation)

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 writer, 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 (1904–1980), first woman to achieve 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
  • Natalia Mann, 21st-century New Zealand classical harpist
  • 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

  • Ralph Mann (1949–2025), American sprinter and hurdler
  • 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 (1952–2025), British Army officer and convicted mercenary
  • Simon Mann (cricket commentator) (born 1963), British broadcaster
  • Simon Mann (racing driver) (born 2001), British-American racing driver
  • 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

References

See also

  • Attorney General Mann (disambiguation)
  • Justice Mann (disambiguation)
  • Senator Mann (disambiguation)
  • Manne
  • Man (name), a given name and surname
  • Maan (surname), a given name and surname