Ashkenazi is a surname of Jewish origin. It is most commonly found in countries with large Jewish populations such as the United States, Russia and Israel.
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Ashkenazy Ashkenazy is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Ben Ashkenazy (born 1968/69), American billionaire real estate developer
* Dimitri Ashkenazy, (born 1969), clarinetist
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Abraham Ashkenazi
Avraham Ashkenazi (1813–1880) was a Sephardi chief rabbi (Rishon LeZion).
Rabbi Ashkenazi was born at Janishar, near Salonica, in 1813.Isidore Singer & Herman Rosenthalpalestine Abraham Ashkenazi ''1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia'', Jewish Enc ...
, 19th-century rabbi, Chacham Bashi of Jerusalem
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Adi Ashkenazi
Adi Ashkenazi ( he, עדי אשכנזי; born 23 March 1975) is an Israeli actress, comedian and television host.
Biography
Ashkenazi was born in Herzliya, Israel. Her Sephardic Jewish family immigrated to Israel from Turkey. She studied acting ...
(born 1975), Israeli actress, comedian and television host
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Amir Ashkenazi (born 1971) Israeli businessman
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Bezalel Ashkenazi
Bezalel ben Abraham Ashkenazi ( he, בצלאל בן אברהם אשכנזי) ( 1520 – 1592) was a rabbi and talmudist who lived in Ottoman Israel during the 16th century. He is best known as the author of ''Shitah Mekubetzet'', a commentary on ...
, 16th-century rabbi and Talmud scholar
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Dan Ashkenazi (13th century), German Talmudist
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David Ashkenazi (1915–1997), Russian pianist, accompanist and composer
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Eliezer ben Elijah Ashkenazi (1512–1585), rabbi, Talmudist, and physician
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Gabi Ashkenazi
Gabriel "Gabi" Ashkenazi (; born 25 February 1954) is an Israeli politician and former military leader. He previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 2007 to 2011. ...
(born 1954), former Chief of the Israel Defense Forces General Staff
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Goga Ashkenazi (born 1980), Kazakh-Russian businesswoman
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Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi (1550–1625), rabbi and author of the ''Tseno Ureno''
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Israel Sarug Ashkenazi (16th century), pupil of Isaac Luria
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Yisroel ben Shmuel Ashkenazi of Shklov (1770–1839), Lithuanian Talmudist
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Léon Ashkenazi (1922–1996), French rabbi and Jewish leader
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Lior Ashkenazi
Lior Ashkenazi ( he, ליאור אשכנזי; born 28 December 1968) is an Israeli actor, voice actor, comedian and television presenter.
Biography
Lior Ashkenazi was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, and grew up in the Neveh Yehoshua neighborhood. His ...
(born 1969), Israeli actor
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Malkiel Ashkenazi (16th century), Sephardic rabbi in Hebron
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Meir Ashkenazi (16th century), envoy of the Khan of Crimea
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Menachem Ashkenazi
Menachem Ashkenazi ( he, מנחם אשכנזי) (6 August 1934 – 13 November 2000) was an Israeli international football referee, born in Bulgaria, active during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the first Asian referee who officiated in a World C ...
(1934–2000), Israeli football referee
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Mordechai ben Hillel Ashkenazi (1250–1298), German rabbi and legal authority
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Moses Ashkenazi (died 1701), also known as Johann Peter Spaeth, German convert to Judaism
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Motti Ashkenazi (born 1940), Israeli reserve captain
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Tzvi Ashkenazi
Tzvi Hirsch ben Yaakov Ashkenazi ( he, צבי אשכנזי; 1656 – May 2, 1718), known as the Chacham Tzvi after his responsa by the same title, served for some time as rabbi of Amsterdam. He was a resolute opponent of the followers of the fal ...
(1656–1718), rabbi of Amsterdam
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Yitzhak Ashkenazi (1534–1572), also called Isaac Luria, rabbi and mystic, founder of an important branch of Kabbalah
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Hebrew-language surnames
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