Mencken (surname)

Mencken (surname)

Mencken is a surname, and may refer to:

  • Anastasius Ludwig Mencken (de) (1752, Helmstedt  – 1801, Potsdam), Prussian administrative reformer
  • August Mencken, Sr. (1854  – 1899), German-American cigar maker
    • August Mencken, Jr. (1889  – 1967), American civil engineer and author; son of August Mencken, Sr.
    • H. L. Mencken (1880, Baltimore, Maryland  – 1956, Baltimore, Maryland), American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, and satirist; son of August Mencken, Sr.

See also

  • Menken (de)

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