Mangold

Mangold (also Mangoldt, Mangolt) is a German surname, in origin from a given name. It was the name of a noble family of Weißenfels (Altenburger Land, Thuringia), named for one Manegoldus de Wizenfels (fl. 1260); branches of this family are extant, bearing the surnames von Mangoldt, Mangoldt-Gaudlitz (since 1888) or Mangoldt-Reiboldt (since 1878). The surname Mangold could arise independently as a patronymic based on the given name; it is currently most widespread in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Mangold also refers to several cultivars of beet plants (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris): In English it is a synonym of mangelwurzel (field beet), being also the German word for chard.

Given name

• Manegoldus de Wizenfels (fl. 1260), founder of the Thuringian house of Weißenfels.
• Mangold von Brandis (d. 1385), bishop of Constance.

Surname

People with the surname include:

von Mangoldt

• Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854–1925), German mathematician

Mangold

• Andrej Mangold (born 1987), German basketball player
• Carl Amand Mangold (1813-1889), German composer
• Christoph Mangold (1719–1767), German anatomist and chemist
• Hilde Mangold (born 1898; née Proscholdt), German developmental biologist
• Holley Mangold (born 1989), American Female Weightlifter
• James Mangold (born 1963), American director and script writer
• Katharina Mangold-Wirz (1922-2003) Swiss Marine Biologist
• Kevin Mangold (born 1968), American professional Thoroughbred jockey, stunt man and actor
• Mike Mangold (born 1955), American aerobatics pilot
• Nick Mangold (born 1984), American football player
• Robert Mangold (born 1937), American artist
• Sylvia Plimack Mangold (born 1938), American artist
• Tom Mangold (born 1934), British investigative journalist and author

See also

• Mangold v Helm
• Von Mangoldt function, an arithmetic function named for Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt.