Mal is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Malcolm and other names. People so named include:
Mal or Malhun Hatun (died 1323), wife of Osman I, founder of the dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire
Mal mac Rochride, a 2nd century Irish king
Mal Hallett (1893-1952), American jazz violinist and bandleader
Mal Moore (1939-2013), American college football player, coach and director of athletics
Mal Peet (1947–2015), English author and illustrator best known for young-adult fiction
Mal Young (born 1957), British television producer, script writer and executive producer
Mal Walden (born 1945), Australian former journalist and television news presenter
Mal Webb (born 1966), Australian musician
Mal Anderson (born 1935), Australian retired tennis player
Mal Aspey (born 1947), English former rugby league footballer and coach
Mal Atwell (born 1936), former Australian rules football player and coach
Mal Brough (born 1961), Australian politician
Mal Brown (born 1946), former controversial Australian rules football player and coach
Mal Bryce (born 1943), former Deputy Premier of Western Australia
Mal Cochrane (born 1961), Indigenous Australian former rugby league player
Mal Davis (born 1956), Canadian National Hockey League former player
Mal Eason (1879-1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Mal Evans (1935–1976), roadie and friend of the Beatles
Mal Graham (born 1945), American former National Basketball Association player
Mal Hammack (1933-2004), American National Football League running back
Malcolm Hancock (1936–1993), American magazine cartoonist
Malcolm Kutner (1921-2005), American National Football League player
Mal Meninga (born 1960), Australian rugby league coach and former player
Mal Michael (born 1977), former Australian rules footballer from Papua New Guinea
Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker) (1897-1952), Hollywood film director, writer, producer and actor
Malcolm Spence (Jamaican athlete) (born 1936), Jamaican sprinter
Mal Waldron (1925-2002), American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
Mal Washer (born 1945), Australian politician
Mal Donaghy (born 1957), former footballer from Northern Ireland
Mal Loye (born 1972), English cricketer
Malupo Kaufusi (born 1979), former rugby league footballer
Maldwyn Mal Pope (born 1960), Welsh musician and composer
MaliVai Washington (born 1969), American retired tennis player
Malvin Mal Whitfield (born 1924), American 400 and 800 metre runner and three time Olympic champion
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