# Mintz

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

Notable people with the surname include:

- [Beatrice Mintz](/source/Beatrice_Mintz) (1921–2022), American embryologist
- [Binyamin Mintz](/source/Binyamin_Mintz) (1903–1961), Israeli politician
- [Charles Mintz](/source/Charles_Mintz) (1896–1940), American film producer and distributor
- [Christopher Mintz-Plasse](/source/Christopher_Mintz-Plasse) (born 1989), American actor, comedian and musician
- [Dan Mintz](/source/Dan_Mintz) (born 1981), American actor and comedian
- [Dan Mintz (executive)](/source/Dan_Mintz_(executive)) (born 1965), American filmmaker, producer and businessman
- [David Mintz (disambiguation)](/source/David_Mintz_(disambiguation)), multiple people
- [Elliot Mintz](/source/Elliot_Mintz) (born 1945), American broadcast personality and publicist
- [Grafton K. Mintz](/source/Grafton_K._Mintz) (1925–1983), American writer and translator
- [Jordan Mintz](/source/Jordan_Mintz), former vice president and General Counsel for Corporate Development at Enron Corporation
- [Joshua Mintz](/source/Joshua_Mintz) (born 1965), Mexican television executive
- [Morton Mintz](/source/Morton_Mintz) (1922–2025), American investigative journalist
- [Noah Mintz](/source/Noah_Mintz) (born 1970), Canadian musician
- [Sam Mintz](/source/Sam_Mintz) (1897–1957), American screenwriter
- [Shlomo Mintz](/source/Shlomo_Mintz) (born 1957), Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor
- [Sidney Mintz](/source/Sidney_Mintz) (1922–2015), American anthropologist
- [Tanhum Cohen-Mintz](/source/Tanhum_Cohen-Mintz) (1939–2014), Latvian-born Israeli basketball player
- [Uri Cohen-Mintz](/source/Uri_Cohen-Mintz) (born 1973), Israeli basketball player

## See also

- [Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo](/source/Mintz,_Levin,_Cohn,_Ferris,_Glovsky,_and_Popeo), American attorney firm
- [Mentz (disambiguation)](/source/Mentz_(disambiguation))
- [Munz](/source/Munz)
- [Muntz](/source/Muntz)

## References

1. [Mintz](https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001/acref-9780190245115-e-50797#:~:text=Mintz%20US%20frequency%20(2010)%3A%205853&text=Jewish%20(Ashkenazic)%3A%20habitational%20name,....%20...), Citing: Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (August 2022). *Dictionary of American Family Names*. 2 ed. ISBN 9780190245115.

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