Mordecai is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.

Mordecai, Mordechai, Mordicai, or Mordechaj 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" Mordecai Davidson (1845–1940), professional baseball owner and manager in the late 1880s Mordecai Halberstadt (died 1770), German rabbi and grammarian Mordecai Kaplan (1881–1983), founder of Reconstructionist Judaism Mordecai Lawner (1928–2014), American actor Mordecai Lincoln (1771–1830), uncle of Abraham Lincoln Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785–1851), Jewish American playwright Mordecai Meirowitz (born 1930), inventor of the board game Mastermind Mordecai Myers (Georgia politician) (1794–1865), 19th-century American politician and landowner Mordecai Myers (New York politician) (1776–1871), American merchant, politician, and military officer Mordecai Richler (1931–2001), Canadian author Mordecai Roshwald (1921–2015), American science fiction writer Mordecai Waxman (1917–2001), American rabbi, responsible for interfaith 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, American musician Mordechai ben Hillel or The Mordechai, major Talmudist and posek Mordechai Gafni, American philosopher, writer, and former rabbi 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 Mordechaj 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 the blue jay, one of two main characters in the animated television series Regular Show Mordecai, a character in Gearbox Software's Borderlands Mordecai, a changeling Game Guide character in the book series Dungeon Crawler Carl Mordecai Heller, a male feline character in the webcomic Lackadaisy Mordechai Jefferson Carver, a character from the film The Hebrew Hammer Mordecai Green, fictional lawyer for the poor in John Grisham's The Street Lawyer Dr. Mordecai Sahmbi, character from the sci-fi television show Time Trax Mordecai, a character in the movie The Cabin in the Woods Mordecai, a character in the movie High Plains Drifter Rabbi Yohannon ben Mordecai, a character in the novel The Messiah of Septimania by Lee Levin

Places Givat Mordechai, a Jewish neighborhood in southwest-central Jerusalem, Israel Kfar Mordechai, a village in central Israel Mordecai Place Historic District, a neighborhood in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina Neot Mordechai, a kibbutz in Israel Yad Mordechai, a kibbutz in Israel

Buildings Mordecai House (Raleigh, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina Mordecai Lincoln House (Springfield, Kentucky), listed on the NRHP in Kentucky Mordecai Lincoln House (Lorane, Pennsylvania), listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania

Other uses "Mordecai", a song by Between the Buried and Me from the 2003 album The Silent Circus Mordecai, a pet hawk in the film The Royal Tenenbaums Mordecai (band), a synth pop group from Portland, Oregon Mordechai (album), a 2020 studio album by Khruangbin

See also Mortdecai, a 1970s series of novels by Kyril Bonfiglioli Mortdecai (film), a 2015 film starring Johnny Depp