Mintz

Mintz is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname of German origin. ^[1] Its etymology may be connected to the German city of Mainz. Other spelling variants are Mints, Minc and Minz.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Beatrice Mintz (1921–2022), American embryologist
• Binyamin Mintz (1903–1961), Israeli politician
• Charles Mintz (1896–1940), American film producer and distributor
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse (born 1989), American actor, comedian and musician
• Dan Mintz (born 1981), American actor and comedian
• Dan Mintz (executive) (boen 1965), American filmmaker, producer and businessman
• David Mintz (disambiguation), multiple people
• Elliot Mintz (born 1945), American consultant
• Grafton K. Mintz (1925–1983), American writer and translator
• Jordan Mintz, former vice president and General Counsel for Corporate Development at Enron Corporation
• Joshua Mintz (born 1965), Mexican television executive
• Morton Mintz (1922–2025), American investigative journalist
• Noah Mintz (born 1970), Canadian musician
• Sam Mintz (1897–1957), American screenwriter
• Shlomo Mintz (born 1957), Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor
• Sidney Mintz (1922–2015), American anthropologist
• Tanhum Cohen-Mintz (1939–2014), Latvian-born Israeli basketball player
• Uri Cohen-Mintz (born 1973), Israeli basketball player

See also

• Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, American attorney firm
• Mentz (disambiguation)
• Munz
• Muntz

References

1. Mintz, Citing: Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (August 2022). Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.). ISBN   9780190245115.