Mordecai is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. Mordecai or Mordechai may also refer to: People Mononym Kevin Thorn, American professional wrestler who used the ring name "Mordecai" Surname Mordecai Jacob Mordecai (1762–1838), pioneer in education in Colonial America Mike Mordecai, major league baseball player Moses Cohen Mordecai (1804-1888), American businessman, politician, parnas and owner of the Mordecai Steamship Line Leslie R. Mordecai, international commissioner of the Scout Association of Jamaica Pamela Mordecai, Jamaican writer, teacher, scholar and poet Tanner Mordecai (born c. 2000), American football player Mordechai Yitzhak Mordechai, former Israeli general and Minister of Defense Yoav Mordechai, Israeli Brigadier General Given name Mordecai Mordecai Brown (1876–1948), baseball player nicknamed "Three Finger" or "Miner" Moti Daniel (born 1963), Israeli basketball player Mordecai Davidson (1845–1940), professional baseball owner and manager in the late 1880s Mordecai Lawner, American actor Mordecai Lincoln, uncle of Abraham Lincoln Mordecai Manuel Noah, Jewish American playwright Mordecai Kaplan, founder of Reconstructionist Judaism Mordecai Meirowitz, Master Mind board game inventor Mordecai Myers (New York politician), American merchant, politician, and military officer Mordecai Richler, Canadian author Mordecai Roshwald, American science fiction writer Mordecai Waxman, Jewish American Rabbi, responsible for inter-faith dialogue with The Vatican Mordicai Mordicai Gerstein, American children's author Mordechai Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander of Jewish Combat Organization during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Mordechai Ben David, Jewish American musician Mordechai ben Hillel or The Mordechai, major Talmudist and posek Mordechai Gur (1930–1995), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Moti Kirschenbaum (born 1939), Israeli journalist, announcer, and TV presenter Mordechai Shani, Director General of the Sheba Medical Center and 2009 Israel Prize recipient Mordechai Shapiro, American singer Mordechai Spiegler (born 1944), Israeli football player and manager Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician Mordechaj Dawid Mordechaj Apfelbaum (died 1943), officer in the Polish Army and a commander of the Jewish Military Union Mordechaj Gebirtig (1877–1942), Polish Yiddish poet and songwriter Mordechaj Józef Leiner (1801-1854), rabbinic Hasidic thinker and founder of the Izhbitza-Radzyn dynasty of Hasidic Judaism Mordechaj Maisel (1528-1601), philanthropist and communal leader in Prague Chaim Rumkowski (1877–1944), head of the Jewish Council of Elders in the Łódź Ghetto Mordechaj Spektor (1858–1925), Yiddish novelist and editor from the Haskalah period Mordechaj Tenenbaum (1916–1943), member of the Jewish Combat Organization (Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa) and leader of the Białystok Ghetto Uprising Fiction Mordecai, a main character in the animated television series Regular