Snad nejznámější členové rodiny byli Fanny a Felix Mendelssohn. Fanny byla nejstarší sestra slavného skladatel Felix Mendelssohn, a ona vzala prusko soud malíř Wilhelm HENSEL v roce 1829. Fanny byla sama známý pianista a skladatel kteří napsal asi 500 hudebních skladeb ve všem, včetně asi 120 skladeb pro klavír. Sebastian HENSEL, syn Fanny a Wilhelm HENSEL, se narodil v roce 1830. Sebastian, kteří se Kurta otec, napsal biografii o Mendelssohn rodiny založené částečně na Fanny z deníků a dopisů, které poskytují mnoho informací o ní bratr Felix. Fanny a Felix Mendelssohn byli děti Abrahama Mendelssohna kteří byl synem židovského-německý filozof Mojžíš Mendelssohn.
Perhaps the most famous members of the family were Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. Fanny was the eldest sister of the famous composer Felix Mendelssohn, and she married the Prussian court painter Wilhelm Hensel in 1829. Fanny was herself a famous pianist and composer who wrote about 500 musical compositions in all, including about 120 pieces for piano. Sebastian Hensel, the son of Fanny and Wilhelm Hensel, was born in 1830. Sebastian, who was Kurt's father, wrote a biography of the Mendelssohn family based partly on Fanny's diaries and letters, which provide a great deal of information about her brother Felix. Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were children of Abraham Mendelssohn who was the son of the Jewish-German philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.