''Shmuel'' or Schmuel/ Shmeil is the Hebrew equivalent of the name Samuel. It is popular also in Polish Yiddish versions of the name: Szmul or Szmuel and Szmulik or Szmulek. Shmuel and variations may refer to: * Samuel (Bible), the Hebrew Bible prophet *

Books of Samuel The Book of Samuel (, ''Sefer Shmuel'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Samuel) in the Old Testament. The book is part of the narrative history of Ancient Israel called the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books (Josh ...

, the book of the Tanach *

Shmuel Hakatan Shmuel ha-Katan (literally ''Samuel the Small'', or ''Samuel the Lesser'') was a Babylonian Jew considered a great early religious scholar. He was one of the second generation of Tannaim, who served under the patriarch Gamliel II of Yavneh, durin ...

, the Tanna (Mishnaic sage) *

Samuel of Nehardea Samuel of Nehardea or Samuel bar Abba, often simply called Samuel (Hebrew: שמואל) and occasionally Mar Samuel, was a Jewish Amora of the first generation; son of Abba bar Abba and head of the Yeshiva at Nehardea, Babylonia. He was a teacher ...

, the Amora (Talmudic sage)

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* Shmuel Ben David (1884–1927), illustrator, painter, typographer and designer *

Shmuel Ben-Dror Shmuel Ben Dror (1924 – January 6, 2009) was an Israeli association football player. Football career Ben Dror was born in Petah Tikva. He played defense for the Israeli national football team. He served as their first captain and scored the ...

(1924–2009), Israeli footballer * Shmuel Ben Eliezer (born 1981), American record executive * Shmuel Bornsztain (disambiguation) **

Shmuel Bornsztain (second Sochatchover rebbe) Shmuel Bornsztain (16 October 1855 – 10 January 1926), Hebrew calendar (4 Cheshvan 5616 – 24 Teves 5686), also spelled Borenstein or Bernstein, was the second Rebbe of the Sochatchov Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the '' Shem Mis ...

, (1856–1926), author of ''Shem Mishmuel'' ** Shmuel Bornsztain (sixth Sochatchover rebbe), (born 1961), Israeli rabbi *

Leonard Chess Lejzor Szmuel Czyż (March 12, 1917 – October 16, 1969), best known as Leonard Sam Chess, was a Polish-American record company executive and the co-founder of Chess Records. He was influential in the development of electric blues, Chicago bl ...

(born Lejzor Szmuel Czyż; 1917–1969), Polish-born American record company executive * Shmuel Dayan (1891–1968), Israeli politician * Shmuel Ehrenfeld (1891–1980), rabbi * Shmuel Flatto-Sharon (1930–2018), French-Israeli businessman, radio talk-show host and politician *

Samuel Goldwyn Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; yi, שמואל געלבפֿיש; August 27, 1882 (claimed) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor an ...

(born Szmuel Gelbfisz; 1882–1974), Polish-American film producer * Szmul Hirsz Peltyn (1831–1896), Polish Jewish writer, translator, and publisher * Shmuʾel Jamīl (1847–1917), Assyrian scholar and author * Shmuel Kamenetsky (born 1924), American Haredi rabbi *

Shmuel Kaminetsky Shmuel Kaminetsky (born 1965) is an Israel-born rabbi and has been the rabbi of Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast since 1990. Biography Shmuel Kaminetsky's parents emigrated from the USSR to Israel due to religious persecution in 1946. Kaminet ...

(born 1965), chief rabbi of Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast * Shmuel Kozokin (born 1987), Israeli footballer *

Shmuel Malika-Aharon Shmuel Malika-Aharon (1 January 1947 – 16 August 2011) was an Israeli footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as ...

(1947–2011), Israeli footballer *

Shmuel Onn Shmuel Onn (Hebrew: שמואל און; born 1960) is a mathematician, Professor of Operations Research and Dresner Chair at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He is known for his contributions to integer programming and nonlinear co ...

(born 1960), professor at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology *

Shmuel Pinchasi Rabbi Shmuel Pinchasi is the rabbi of Mahane Yehuda Market neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel and a Dayan in Beit Din Halichot Olam of Darchei David Beit Midrash. He is also the author of a number of Seforim and the president of Mishkan Levi ...

, rabbi *

Sam Pivnik Sam Pivnik (born Szmuel Pivnik; 1 September 1926, Będzin – 30 August 2017, London) was a Holocaust survivor, author and memoirist. He was the second son of Lajb Pivnik, a tailor, and Feigel Pivnik. As a Jewish family, the Pivniks were forced ...

(born Szmuel Pivnik; 1926–2017), Holocaust survivor, author *

Shmuel Rabinovitch Shmuel Rabinovitch, also spelled Rabinowitz ( he, שמואל רבינוביץ) (born 4 April 1970, Jerusalem) is an Orthodox rabbi and Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel. In his duties as Rabbi of the Wall in the Old City of J ...

(born 1970), Orthodox rabbi *

Shmuel Rodensky Shmuel Rodensky ( he, שמואל רודנסקי, 10 December 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Russian-born Israeli actor whose stage, film, and television career in Israel and West Germany spanned six decades. He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 19 ...

(1902–1989), Israeli actor *

Samuel Reshevsky Samuel Herman Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski; November 26, 1911 – April 4, 1992) was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid-1930s to the mid-196 ...

(born Szmul Rzeszewski; 1911–1992), Polish American chess player *

Shmuel Schneersohn Shmuel Schneersohn (or Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch or The Rebbe Maharash) (29 April 1834 – 14 September 1882 OS) was an Orthodox rabbi and the fourth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. Biography Shmuel Schn ...

(1834–1882), Orthodox rabbi *

Shmuel Yosef Agnon Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( he, שמואל יוסף עגנון; July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (). In English, his works are published und ...

(1888–1970), Nobel Prize laureate writer *

Sam Warner Samuel Louis Warner (born Szmuel Wonsal, August 10, 1885 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and ...

(born Szmuel Wonsal; 1887–1927), American film producer *

Shmuel Winograd __NOTOC__ Shmuel Winograd ( he, שמואל וינוגרד; January 4, 1936 – March 25, 2019) was an Israeli-American computer scientist, noted for his contributions to computational complexity. He has proved several major results regarding the ...

(1936–2019), Israeli-American computer scientist *

Shmuel Zaks Schmuel Zaks (born 1949) is a computer scientist and mathematician who works in the fields of distributed computing and computer networks. He is a professor at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where he holds the Joan Callner-Miller Cha ...

(born 1949), computer scientist and mathematician *

Sam Zell Samuel Zell (born Shmuel Zielonka, September 28, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. A former lawyer, Zell is the founder and chairman of Equity Group Investments, a private investment firm, founded in 1968. He ha ...

(born 1941 as Shmuel Zielonka), American billionaire businessman and philanthropist * Szmul Zygielbojm (1895–1943), Polish Jewish socialist politician * Shmuel Zytomirski (1900–1944), figure of the Jewish community of Lublin

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* Midrash Shmuel (disambiguation) **

Midrash Shmuel (aggadah) Midrash Samuel (Hebrew: ''מדרש שמואל'') is an aggadic midrash on the books of Samuel. Names It is first quoted by Rashi, who calls it by several names: "Midrash Shmuel", "Aggadat Midrash Shmuel", "Aggadah deShmuel", and "Midrash 'Et ...

, an aggadic midrash on the Books of Samuel ** Midrash Shmuel Yeshiva, an English-speaking yeshiva in Jerusalem * Ya'acov Shmuel (born 1968), Israeli Olympic boxer

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* Shmuel, a character in '' The Boy in the Striped Pajamas'' (novel) and ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' (film) * Shmuel, a character in the television series ''

The Chosen Chosen or The Chosen may refer to: The chosen ones *Chosen people, people who believe they have been chosen by a higher power to do a certain thing including **Jews as the chosen people Books * ''The Chosen'' (Potok novel), a 1967 novel by Chaim ...

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