Mandelbaum is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname from the German Mandelbaum ‘almond tree’.Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press 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 Mandelbaum (born 1935), American Democratic party politician 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 Mandelbaum Gate, Jerusalem The Mandelbaum Gate, a 1965 novel by Muriel Spark Mandelbaum Effect, the tendency for people to focus nearby in conditions of poor visibility
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