Mann ( surname ) - wikipedia Mann ( surname ) This article is about the surname Mann. For other uses, see Mann. Mann is a surname of Germanic origin. The word means `` man '', `` person '', `` husband ''. `` ᛗ '' is a single character ( rune ) in the traditional old - English, Anglo Saxon, runic alphabet, which denotes `` Mann ''. `` Mann '' is also a surname of Jatt origin. `` Mann '' is also a less common Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname Wen ( 文 ). Contents 1 Persons surnamed Mann 1.1 A -- D 1.2 E -- I 1.3 J -- M 1.4 N -- Z 2 See also Persons surnamed Mann A -- D Aimee Mann ( born 1960 ), American rock guitarist, bass player, singer, and songwriter Alakina Mann, ( born 1990 ), English actress Alex Mann ( born 1980 ), German bobsledder Alfred Mann ( musicologist ) ( 1917 -- 2006 ), writer Alfred E. Mann ( born 1925 ), American entrepreneur and philanthropist Ammtoje Mann, Punjabi actor and director Anthony Mann ( 1906 -- 1967 ), American actor and film director B.B. Mann ( 1858 -- 1948 ), Wales national rugby union player Barry Mann ( born 1939 ), American songwriter Bernhard Mann ( born 1950 ), German sociologist and public - health scholar Billy Mann ( born 1968 ), record producer / singer / songwriter Bruce Mann ( disambiguation ) Carol Mann ( born 1941 ), American championship golfer Charles Mann ( disambiguation ) 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 Daniel Mann ( 1912 -- 1991 ), American film director : How the West Was Won, Butterfield 8, I 'll Cry Tomorrow Delbert Mann ( 1920 -- 2007 ), American television and film director David Mann ( disambiguation ) Dick Mann ( born 1934 ), American motorcycle racer Donald Mann ( 1853 -- 1934 ), Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur Duane Mann, New Zealand rugby league footballer E -- I Edna Mann ( 1926 -- 1985 ), English painter Edward S. Mann ( 1908 -- 2005 ), educator and former president of the Eastern Nazarene College Elisabeth Mann - Borgese ( 1918 -- 2002 ), German environmentalist, daughter of Thomas Mann 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 Frank Mann ( disambiguation ) Gabriel Mann ( born 1972 ), American actor George Mann ( disambiguation ) Golo Mann ( 1909 -- 1994 ), German popular historian, son of Thomas Mann Gother Victor Fyers Mann ( 1863 -- 1948 ), Australian architect, artist and Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Gustav Mann ( 1836 -- 1916 ), German botanist Gurdas Mann, Punjabi singer and actor Harbhajan Mann, Punjabi singer and actor 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 Horace Mann ( 1796 -- 1859 ), American education reformer and abolitionist Horace Mann Jr. ( 1844 -- 1868 ), American botanist, son of Horace Mann J -- m Jack Mann, MBE ( 1906 -- 1989 ), Western Australian winemaker and underarm bowler. Jackie Mann, ( 1914 -- 1995 ) former RAF fighter pilot, kidnapped in Lebanon in 1989 James Mann ( disambiguation ) Jimmy Mann ( disambiguation ) John Mann ( disambiguation ) Jonathan Mann ( disambiguation ) Kal Mann ( 1917 -- 2001 ), American lyricist, writer of lyrics for several popular songs Kalman Mann ( 1912 -- 1997 ), director general of Hadassah Medical Center Karl - Rüdiger Mann ( born 1950 ), German swimmer Kevin Danell Mann, American rapper better known as Brotha Lynch Hung Klaus Mann ( 1906 -- 1949 ), German, son of Thomas Mann 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 Louis Mann ( 1865 -- 1931 ), American actor 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 Matthias Mann ( born 1959 ), German scientist in the field of mass spectrometry and proteomics 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 ) Moshe Mann ( 1907 -- 2004 ), Israeli military officer who was the first commander of the Golani Brigade Monika Mann ( 1910 -- 1992 ), German novelist, daughter of Thomas Mann Murray Gell - Mann ( born 1929 ), American physicist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics N -- Z Nicole Aunapu Mann ( born 1977 ), American astronaut Otto Mann, fictional school bus driver from the animated TV comedy show The Simpsons Paul Mann ( 1913 -- 1985 ), Canadian film and theater actor Richie Mann ( born 1954 ), Canadian politician Robert `` Bob '' Mann ( born 1958 ), American journalist and historian Ron Mann ( born 1959 ), Canadian documentary film director Ronnie Mann ( born 1986 ), English mixed martial arts fighter Sally Mann ( born 1951 ), American photographer Sharry Mann, Punjabi song writer and singer Simon Mann, former British Army officer and convicted mercenary Simon Mann ( cricket commentator ) Shwe Mann ( born 1947 ), a Myanmar high - ranked military commander and government official Steve Mann ( born 1962 ), Canadian professor, founder of the field of wearable computing Steve Mann ( guitarist ) ( 1943 -- 2009 ), American songwriter and guitarist 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 Tracy Mann, Australian actress Troy Mann ( born 1969 ), Canadian ice hockey coach Tufty Mann ( 1920 -- 1952 ), South African cricketer Wesley Mann ( born 1959 ), American actor William Mann ( disambiguation ) See also Manne This page lists people with the surname Mann. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mann_(surname)&oldid=808946546 '' Categories : Surnames German - language surnames Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2011 All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bân - lâm - gú Deutsch Eesti Edit links This page was last edited on 6 November 2017, at 05 : 29. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the last name mann come from
Answer: Germanic origin