Manasseh () is both a given name and a surname. Its variants include Manasses and Manasse.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh (died 1944), Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier

• Jacob Manasseh (died 1832), Ottoman rabbi

• Leonard Manasseh (1916–2017), British architect

• Maurice Manasseh (born 1943), English cricketer

Given name

Manasseh (tribal patriarch), first son of Joseph

• Tribe of Manasseh

• Manasseh of Judah, king of Judah in the 7th century BC

• Manasseh II, hypothetical Jewish ruler of the Khazars in the 9th century AD

• Manasseh Azure, freelance journalist in Accra, Ghana

• Manasseh Masseh Lopes (1755–1831), British politician

• Manasseh Magok Rundial, South Sudanese politician

• Manasseh Sogavare (born 1955), Solomon Islands politician and Prime Minister

Fictional characters

• Manasseh da Costa, The King of Schnorrers

See also