Isaac ''()'' transliterated from

Yitzhak Yitzhak( ()) is a male first name, and is Hebrew for Isaac (name), Isaac. Yitzhak may refer to: People *Yitzhak ha-Sangari, rabbi who converted the Khazars to Judaism *Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995), Israeli politician and Prime Minister *Yitzhak Sh ...

, Yitzchok () was one of the three

patriarchs The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certa ...

in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' book of Genesis The Book of Genesis (from Greek ; Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, ( "In the beginning" ...

. ' Isaac is a given name derived from

Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in t ...

and a given name among

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

, Christian, and Muslim societies, generally in reference to the above. " Ike" and "Ise" are also short forms of the name .

Forms of in different languages

* Albanian: Isak *

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: إسحٰق, إسحاق ( Ishaq, ʼIsḥāq) *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

: Սաակ (Saak), Սահակ (Sahak), Սահակ (Sahag) * Azerbaijani: İshaq/Исһаг/ایسهاق, İsaak/Исаак/ایسااک *

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

: Isaak * Belarusian: Ісак (Isak) * Bengali: ইসহাক (Ishak) * Bosnian: Ishak * Breton: Izaag * Bulgarian: Исаак (Isaak) * Catalan: Isaac * Chinese Simplified: 艾萨克 (Aìsàkè) / 以撒 (Mandarin: Yǐsǎ; Cantonese: Ji5saat3) * Chinese Traditional: 艾薩克 (Àisàkè) / 以撒 (Mandarin: Yǐsǎ; Cantonese: Ji5saat3) * Croatian: Izak *

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

: Izák * Danish: Isak, (older:) Isach *

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

: Isaak * English: Ike, Isac (Old English) * Esperanto: Isaako, Izaak, Isĥak, Ike, Isac * Estonian: Iisak * Ewe: Isak * Faroese: Ísakur *

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

: Iisakki * French: Isaac * Galician: Isaac * Georgian: ისააკ (Isaak) * German: Isaak *

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

: Ισαάκιος (Isaakios), Ισαάκ (Isaák) * Haitian Creole: Izarak *

Hausa Hausa may refer to: * Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa * Hausa language, spoken in West Africa * Hausa Kingdoms, a historical collection of Hausa city-states * Hausa (horse) or Dongola horse, an African breed of riding horse See also ...

: Is'haƙu, Isaka *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: יִצְחָק, (Yiṣḥāq, IPA /jits'xak/),

Itzhak Itzhak ( he, יצחק) is a Hebrew given name and surname, meaning Isaac. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Itzhak Arnon (1909–2005), Israeli agronomist * Itzhak Bars (born 1943), American theoretical physicist at the University ...

Yitshak Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs (Bible), patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, a ...

, Itshak *

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

: इसहाक (Isahaak) *

Hmong Hmong may refer to: * Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand * Hmong cuisine * Hmong customs and culture ** Hmong music ** Hmong textile art * Hmong language, a continuum of closely related to ...

: Ixaj * Hungarian: Izsák * Icelandic: Ísak * Indonesian: Ishak *

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

: Íosác *

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

: Isacco *

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: アイザック (Aizakku) / イサク (Isaku) * Javanese: Iskak *

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

: ಐಸಾಕ್ (Aisāk) * Khmer: អ៊ីសាក (Aisak) *

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

: 이삭 (I-sak), 아이작 (Aijak) * Kyrgyz: Ыскаак (Isqaaq), Исхак (İshaq) * Lao: ອີຊາກ (Isak) * Ladino: יצחק (Yiṣḥāq), Ike, Itshak, Izak, Yshac, Yshak, Ishac, Isak, Yitzhak, Yitshak (Yitsḥak), Yitzjak, Isacc *

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

: ius, us * Latvian: Aizeks, Izaks * Lithuanian: Izaokas * Macedonian: Исак (Isak) * Malay: Ishak, Sahak *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

: ഇസഹാക് (Isahaak) * Māori: Ihaka * Mongolian: Исаак (Isaak) *

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

: Isak *

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: اسحاق (Eshaq) * Polish: Izaak *

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

: Isaque,Instituto dos Registos e Notariado - Vocábulos admitidos e não admitidos como nomes próprios
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Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: Исаак (Isaak) * Romanian: Isac, Ițac *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well ...

: Iosag *

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, t ...

: Исак (Isak) * Slovene: Izak * Somali: Isxaaq *

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

: Isaac * Swahili: Isaka, Isaki *

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: Isak, Isac *

Syriac Syriac may refer to: *Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic *Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region * Syriac alphabet ** Syriac (Unicode block) ** Syriac Supplement * Neo-Aramaic languages a ...

: ܐܝܤܚܩ (Iskhaaq) * Tamil: ஈசாக்கு (eesaaku) * Telugu: ఇస్సాకు, (Issāku) * Thai: อิสอัค, ไอแซก (Xịsæk) * Turkish: İshak, İshâk * Ukrainian: Ісаак (Isaak) * Uyghur: ئىسھاق (Ishaq), ئىساق (Isaq) * Uzbek: Ishoq (Is-hoq) *

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...

: יצחק (Yẕẖq) (= Yitskhok, IPA /'jitsxok/), Aizik, Isaak, Izik,

, Isac, Itzak, Itzek, Itzig, Hiztig, Izaak, Zack, Zak * Yoruba: Ísáàkì * Zulu: Isaka

Given name

Isaac

This is a selection of better known people with the name Isaac; for a comprehensive list, see . * Saint Isaac, several people *

Isaac Abarbanel Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel ( he, יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל;‎ 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (), also spelled Abravanel, Avravanel, or Abrabanel, was a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentato ...

(1437–1508), Portuguese Jewish statesman and philosopher * Isaac Alarcón (born 1998), Mexican American football player *

Isaac Albéniz Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the Post-Romantic era who also had a significant influence on his conte ...

(1860–1909), Spanish pianist and composer *

Isaac Alfasi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi ha-Cohen (1013–1103) ( ar, إسحاق الفاسي, he, ר' יצחק אלפסי) - also known as the Alfasi or by his Hebrew acronym Rif (Rabbi Isaac al-Fasi), was a Maghrebi Talmudist and posek (decider in matters of ...

(1013–1103), Algerian Talmudist and jurist *

Isaac II Angelos Isaac II Angelos or Angelus ( grc-gre, Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος, ; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204. His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a ...

(1156–1204), Byzantine Emperor *

Isaac of Armenia Isaac or Sahak of Armenia (354–439) was Catholicos of All Armenians, Catholicos (or Patriarch) of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He is sometimes known as "Isaac the Great," and as "Sahak the Parthian" (Armenian language, Armenian: Սահակ � ...

(354–439), Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church * Isaac Asiata (born 1992), American football player * Isaac Asimov (1920–1992), Russian-born American writer and biochemist *

Isaac Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель, p=ˈbabʲɪlʲ; – 27 January 1940) was a Russian writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator. He is best known as the author of ''Red Cavalry'' ...

(1894–1940), Russian journalist, playwright and short story writer * Isaac Barrow (1630–1677), English theologian and mathematician *

Isaac Beeckman Isaac Beeckman (10 December 1588van Berkel, p10 – 19 May 1637) was a Dutch philosopher and scientist, who, through his studies and contact with leading natural philosophers, may have "virtually given birth to modern atomism".Harold J. Cook, in ...

(1588–1637), Dutch philosopher and scientist * Isaac de Benserade (1613–1691), French poet * Isaac the Blind (c.1160–1235), French Jewish mysticist and Kabbalist *

Isaac Boleslavsky Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky ( uk, Ісаак Єфремович Болеславський, russian: Исаак Ефремович Болеславский; 9 June 1919 – 15 February 1977) was a Soviet chess player and writer. Early caree ...

(1919–1977), Soviet chess grandmaster *

Isaac Brock Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. Brock was assigned to Lower Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he c ...

(1769–1812), British Army officer and colonial administrator *

(born 1975), American lead singer in Modest Mouse *

Isaac Casaubon Isaac Casaubon (; ; 18 February 1559 – 1 July 1614) was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England. His son Méric Casaubon was also a classical scholar. Life Early life He was born in Geneva to two Fr ...

(1559–1614), French-born English classical scholar and philologist * Isaac of the Cells, Egyptian Christian monk who lived during the 6th and 7th centuries *

Isaac da Costa Isaäc da Costa (14 January 1798 – 28 April 1860) was a Jewish poet. Da Costa was born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His father, an aristocratic Sephardic Portuguese Jew, Daniel da Costa, a relative of Uriel Acosta, was a prominent me ...

(1798–1860), Dutch Jewish poet * Isaac Cuenca (born 1991), Spanish footballer * Isaac Dalby (1744–1824), English mathematician and surveyor * Isaac D'Israeli (1766–1848), British writer, scholar and man of letters *

Isaac Deutscher Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

(1907–1967), Polish writer, journalist and political activist * Isaac Durst, (born TBA), host of

Arirang "Arirang" (; ) is a Korean folk song. There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a refrain similar to "''Arirang, arirang, arariyo'' ()". It is estimated the song is more than 600 years old. ...

quiz show, Superkids *

Isaac Hanson Hanson is an American pop band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed by brothers Isaac Hanson (guitar, vocals, bass, piano), Taylor Hanson (keyboards, vocals, percussion), and Zac Hanson (drums, vocals, piano). Supporting members include Dimitrius Co ...

(born 1980), American musician, guitarist in Hanson * Isaac Hayes (1942–2008), American singer-songwriter, voice actor, and producer *

Isaac Israel Hayes Isaac Israel Hayes (March 5, 1832 – December 17, 1881) was an American Arctic explorer, physician, and politician, who was appointed as the commanding officer at Satterlee General Hospital during the American Civil War, and was then elected, a ...

(1832–1881), American Arctic explorer, physician and politician * Isaac Hamilton (born 1994), American basketball player * Isaac Heller (1926–2015), American toy manufacturer, co-founder of Remco *

Isaac Hempstead Wright Isaac Hempstead Wright is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Bran Stark in the HBO television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), which earned him a Young Artist Award nomination as Best Young Supporting Actor in a TV Se ...

(born 1999), English actor *

Isaac Herzog Isaac "Bougie" Herzog ( he, יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג, Yitskhak "Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the 11th president of Israel since 2021. He is the first president to be born in ...

(born 1960), 11th President of Israel *

Isaac Isaacs Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs (6 August 1855 – 11 February 1948) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the ninth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1931 to 1936. He had previously served on the High Court of Au ...

(1855–1948), Australian Chief Justice and Governor-General * Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (c. 832 – c. 932), Arab Jewish physician and philosopher * Isaac Israëls (1865–1934), Dutch impressionist painter *

Isaac Kashdan Isaac Kashdan (November 19, 1905 in New York City – February 20, 1985 in Los Angeles) was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion (1938, 1947). He played five times for the United States in chess Olymp ...

(1905–1985), American chess grandmaster * Isaac I Komnenos (c. 1007–1061), Byzantine Emperor *

Isaac Komnenos (son of Alexios I) Isaac Komnenos or Comnenus ( el, Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός, Isaakios Komnēnos; 16 January 1093 – after 1152) was the third son of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Empress Irene Doukaina. He was raised to the high rank of ...

(1093 – aft. 1152), Byzantine prince *

Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus Isaac Doukas Komnenos (or Ducas Comnenus, c. 1155 – 1195/1196) was a claimant to the Byzantine Empire and the ruler of Cyprus from 1184 to 1191. Contemporary sources commonly refer to him as the emperor of Cyprus. He lost the island to King ...

(c.1155–1196), ruler of Cyprus * Isaac Kragten (born 2002), Canadian actor *

Isaac Lea Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

(1792-1886), American publisher, conchologist and geologist *

Isaac Levitan Isaac Ilyich Levitan (russian: Исаа́к Ильи́ч Левита́н; – ) was a classical Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape". Life and work Youth Isaac Levitan was born in a shtetl of Kibarty ...

(1860–1900), Russian landscape painter *

Isaac Luria Isaac ben Solomon Luria Ashkenazi (1534 Fine 2003, p24/ref> – July 25, 1572) ( he, יִצְחָק בן שלמה לוּרְיָא אשכנזי ''Yitzhak Ben Sh'lomo Lurya Ashkenazi''), commonly known in Jewish religious circles as "Ha'ARI" (mea ...

(1534–1572), Jewish religious leader and mysticist * Isaac Makwala (born 1986), Botswana sprinter * Isaac Nauta (born 1997), American football player *

Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a " natural philosopher"), widely recognised as one of the grea ...

(1642–1727), English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist *

Isaac of Nineveh Isaac of Nineveh (; Arabic: إسحاق النينوي ''Ishaq an-Naynuwī''; grc-gre, Ἰσαὰκ Σῦρος; c. 613 – c. 700), also remembered as Saint Isaac the Syrian, Abba Isaac, Isaac Syrus and Isaac of Qatar, was a 7th-century Church o ...

(c. 613 – c. 700), Syriac Christian bishop and theologian * Isaac Okoro (born 2001), American basketball player * Isaac Okoronkwo (born 1978), Nigerian footballer *

Isaac Oliver Isaac Oliver (c. 1565 – bur. 2 October 1617) or Olivier was an English portrait miniature painter.Baskett, John. ''Paul Mellon's legacy: a passion for British art'' (Yale University Press, 2007) pp. 240-1. Life and work Born in Rouen, ...

(c.1565–1617), French-born English portrait painter * Isaac van Ostade (1621–1649), Dutch genre and landscape painter *

Isaac Peral Isaac Peral y Caballero (1 June 1851, in Cartagena – 22 May 1895, in Berlin), was a Spanish engineer, naval officer and designer of the Peral Submarine. He joined the Spanish navy in 1866, and developed the first electric-powered submarine whi ...

(1851–1895), Spanish engineer, naval officer and designer of the Peral Submarine *

Isaac Leib Peretz Isaac Leib Peretz ( pl, Icchok Lejbusz Perec, yi, יצחק־לייבוש פרץ) (May 18, 1852 – April 3, 1915), also sometimes written Yitskhok Leybush Peretz was a Polish Jewish writer and playwright writing in Yiddish. Payson R. Stevens, Cha ...

(1852–1915), Yiddish writer from Poland * Isaac Pitman (1813–1897), English inventor of shorthand/stenography * Isaac Roberts (1829–1904), Welsh amateur astronomer * Isaac Rochell (born 1995), American football player * Isaac Rosefelt (born 1985), American-Israeli basketball player * Isaac Henrique Sequeira (1738–1816), Portuguese physician *

Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 – July 18, 1826) was the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina. He was also a soldier in Lord Dunmore's War, the American Revolutionary Wa ...

(1750–1826), Governor of Kentucky *

Isaac Singer Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-n ...

(1811–1875), American inventor and businessman (sewing machine) *

Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer ( yi, יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 11, 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born American Jewish writer who wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated himself into English with the help ...

(1902–1991), Polish-born American author, Nobel prize literature 1978 * Isaac Slade (born 1989), American lead singer in The Fray *

Isaac Stern Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist. Born in Poland, Stern came to the US when he was 14 months old. Stern performed both nationally and internationally, notably touring the Soviet Union and China, and ...

(1920–2011), Ukrainian-born American violinist and conductor * Isaac Taylor (1787–1865), English philosopher & historian * Isaac Taylor (1829–1901), Anglican priest,

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

, toponymist *

Isaac Titsingh Isaac Titsingh FRS ( January 1745 – 2 February 1812) was a Dutch diplomat, historian, Japanologist, and merchant.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Isaak Titsingh" in . During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the ...

(1745–1812), Dutch surgeon, scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador * Isaac Vorsah (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer *

Isaac Watts Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Survey the ...

(1674–1748), English Christian minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician *

Isaac Yiadom Isaac Yiadom (born February 20, 1996) is an American football cornerback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). A graduate of Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester, Massachusetts, he played college football at Bosto ...

(born 1996), American football player *

Isaac Wayne Isaac Wayne (1772October 25, 1852) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Federalist Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1823 to 1825. He served as a member ...

(1772–1856), U.S. Congressman *

Isaac Wayne (1699–1774) Isaac Wayne (1699 – November 1774) was a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly representing Chester County from 1757 to 1763. He served as captain in the Provincial Forces of Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War from 1755 ...

, Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly member, Captain of Pennsylvania Provincial Forces during the French and Indian War *

Isaac White Isaac White may refer to: * Isaac White (militia colonel), colonel in the Illinois militia * Isaac D. White Isaac Davis White (March 6, 1901 – June 11, 1990) was a senior officer in the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Army, Pacif ...

(born 1998), Australian basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks *

(born 1998), English Bass player with the Indie rock band RedFaces. ;Isaach * Isaach de Bankolé (born 1957), Ivorian actor

Fictional people

Isaac Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was th ...

, a character played by Ashley David in the British web series ''

Corner Shop Show ''Corner Shop Show'' is a British comedy drama web series that premiered on YouTube in March 2014. The series is created by Islah Abdur-Rahman and consists of continuous episodes uploaded on his YouTube channel CornerShopShow, following the adv ...

'' * Isaac, the main antagonist from the video game

Konami , is a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machines, slot machines, and arcade cabinets. Konami has casino ...

's '' Castlevania: Curse of Darkness'' and Nintendo's '' Devil's Third'' * Isaac, the main protagonist in video games '' The Binding of Isaac'' and '' The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth'' * Isaac, a main character in Nintendo's ''Golden Sun'' series * Isaac, an android of extraterrestrial origin in American television series ''

The Orville ''The Orville'' is an American science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Seth MacFarlane, who also stars as series protagonist Ed Mercer, an officer in the Planetary Union's line of exploratory space vessels in the 25th century. ...

'', played by Mark Jackson * Isaac Chroner, the main antagonist from the Stephen King short story '' Children of the Corn'' *

Isaac Clarke Isaac Clarke is a fictional character in the survival horror media franchise '' Dead Space'', owned and published by Electronic Arts. He was introduced as the protagonist of '' Dead Space'' (2008) developed by EA subsidiary EA Redwood Shores, ...

, the main protagonist from the ''Dead Space'' video game series * Isaac Davis,

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

's character in ''

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

'' * Isaac Dian in the light novel and anime series ''

Baccano! is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, often told from multiple points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States during various time periods, most notably the ...

'' * Isaac Harris in the Stephen King novella ''

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams ''The Bazaar of Bad Dreams'' is a short fiction collection by Stephen King, published on November 3, 2015. This is King's sixth collection of short stories and his tenth collection overall. One of the stories, "Obits", won the 2016 Edgar Award ...

'' * Isaac Heller, main antagonist from season 4 of ''

Once Upon a Time "Once upon a time" is a stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events, typically in fairy tales and folk tales. It has been used in some form since at least 1380 (according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'') in storytelling in t ...

'' * Isaac Henderson in '' The Mummy'' *

Isaac Kleiner This is a list of characters in the ''Half-Life'' video game series, which comprises ''Half-Life'', ''Half-Life 2'', ''Half-Life: Alyx'', and their respective expansion packs and episodes. Introduced in ''Half-Life'' and expansion packs This sec ...

in the video games ''Half-Life'' and ''Half-Life 2'' * Isaac Lahey, a

werewolf In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (; ; uk, Вовкулака, Vovkulaka), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely ...

and former member of the McCall Pack in MTV's cult television series '' Teen Wolf'', played by Daniel Sharman *

Isaac Mendez ''Heroes'' is an American superhero drama television series created by Tim Kring that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006, to February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover that they have super ...

in the television series '' Heroes'', played by Santiago Cabrera * Isaac Netero in the manga series ''Hunter × Hunter'' * Isaac Washington, bartender on ''

The Love Boat ''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy/drama television series that aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986; in addition, four three-hour specials aired in 1986, 1987, and 1990. The series was set on the luxury passenger cruise ship MS ''Pa ...

'', played by

Ted Lange Theodore William Lange III (; born January 5, 1948) is an American actor, director and screenwriter best known for his roles as bartender Isaac Washington in the TV series '' The Love Boat'' (1977-1986), and Junior in '' That's My Mama'' (1974- ...

Isaak

* Isaak Abelin (1883–1965), Swiss physiologist * Isaak Asknaziy (1856–1902), Russian painter *

Isaak Bacharach Isaak Bacharach (2 December 1854 – 22 September 1942) was a German mathematics professor in Erlangen who proved the Cayley–Bacharach theorem on intersections of cubic curves. He was murdered at the Theresienstadt concentration camp durin ...

(1854–1942), German mathematician * Isaak Benrubi (born 1876–1943), Ottoman philosopher * Isaak van den Blocke (1574–1626), Flemish painter in Poland * Isaak Brodsky (1884–1939), Soviet painter * Isaak Bubis (1910–2000), Moldavian Soviet engineer and architect * Isaak August Dorner (1809–1884), German church leader * Isaak Dunayevsky (1900–1955), Soviet composer *

Isaak Elias Isaak Elias (April 27, 1912 – May 1, 1998) was an educator, merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Rosthern from 1956 to 1960 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Social Credit member. He was born in Rost ...

(born 1912–1998), Canadian politician * Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1759–1849), Austrian merchant * Isaak de Graaf (born 1668–1743), Dutch cartographer * Isaak Iselin (1728–1782), Swiss philosopher of history and politics *

Isaak Markus Jost Isaak Marcus (Markus) Jost (February 22, 1793, Bernburg – November 22, 1860, Frankfurt am Main) was a Jewish historical writer. He studied at the universities of Göttingen and Berlin. In Berlin he began to teach, and in 1835 received the appoi ...

(1793–1860), German Jewish historian *

Isaak Kikoin Isaak Konstantinovich (Kushelevich) Kikoin (; 28 March 1908 – 28 December 28, 1984), , was a Soviet physicist of Lithuanian origin and an author of physics textbooks in Russian language who played an important role in the former Soviet program ...

(1908–1984), Soviet physicist *

Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov Isaak Markovych Khalatnykov ( uk, Ісаа́к Ма́ркович Хала́тников; 17 October 1919 – 9 January 2021) was a leading Soviet theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, ...

(1919–2021), Soviet physicist * Isaak B. Klejman (1921–2012), Ukrainian Soviet archaeologist *

Isaak Lalayants Isaak Khristoforovich Lalayants (pseudonyms: ''Columbus, Izarov, Insarov'' et al.; , Kizlyar, Russian Empire – 14 July 1933, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Russian revolutionary, Marxist, Bolshevik and comrade-in-arms of Vladimir Lenin. He was a ...

(1870–1933), Russian revolutionary * Isaak Ah Mau (born 1982), New Zealand rugby league player *

Isaak D. Mayergoyz Isaak D. Mayergoyz is the Alford L. Ward Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his master and PhD degrees in the former Soviet Union, where he was a senior resear ...

, American academic *

Isaak Mazepa Isaak Prokhorovych Mazepa ( uk, Ісаак Прохорович Мазепа) (16 August 1884, Kostobobriv – 18 March 1952, Augsburg) was a Ukrainian politician. He was a Head of the Government of Ukrainian People’s Republic from August 1919 ...

(1884–1952), Ukrainian politician * Isaak Moiseevich Milin (1919–1992), Soviet mathematician *

Isaak "Tjaak" Pattiwael Isaak "Tjaak" Pattiwael (23 February 1914 – 16 March 1987) was an Indonesian football forward who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial i ...

(1914–1987), Indonesian footballer * Isaak Pomeranchuk (1913–1966), Soviet physicist * Isaak Illich Rubin (1886–1937), Soviet economist * Isaak Augustijn Rumpf (1673–1723), Dutch Governor of Ceylon *

Isaak Tirion Isaak Tirion (1705 in Utrecht – 1765 in Amsterdam) was an 18th-century publisher from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to the RKD, he is most remembered for his ''Hedendaagsche historie'' (''Modern History'') and his ''Vaderlandse ...

(1705–1765), Dutch publisher * Isaak Voss (1618–1689), Dutch scholar and manuscript collector * Isaak Yaglom (1921–1988), Soviet mathematician * Isaak Zelensky (1890–1938), Soviet politician

Surname Isaac or Isaak

* Adèle Isaac (1854–1915), French operatic soprano * Alexandre Isaac (1845–1899), French lawyer, Senator of Guadeloupe 1885–1889 *

Arthur Isaac Arthur Whitmore Isaac (4 October 1873 – 7 July 1916) was an English first-class cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played a number of times, though with only modest success, for Worcestershire in their early seasons in first-class cric ...

, English cricketer *

Auguste Isaac Auguste Isaac (1849-1938) was a French politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1919 to 1924, representing Rhône. Minister of Industry and Commerce between 1920 and 1921, Isaac attacked the French fashion industry for i ...

(1849–1938), French politician * Bryan Isaac, dancer *

Bobby Isaac Robert Vance Isaac (August 1, 1932 – August 14, 1977) was an American stock car racing driver. Isaac made his first NASCAR appearance in 1961, and quickly forged a reputation of one of the toughest competitors of the 1960s and 1970s. He was most ...

, American racing driver *

Chris Isaak Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor. He is widely known for his breakthrough hit and signature song " Wicked Game", as well as other songs such as "Blue Hotel", " Baby ...

, American musician * George Isaac (politician), Egyptian politician *

Glynn Isaac Glynn Llywelyn Isaac (19 November 1937 – 5 October 1985) was a South African archaeologist who specialised in the very early prehistory of Africa, and was one of twin sons born to botanists William Edwyn Isaac and Frances Margaret Leighton ...

, South African archaeologist *

Heinrich Isaac Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450 – 26 March 1517) was a Netherlandish Renaissance composer of south Netherlandish origin. He wrote masses, motets, songs (in French, German and Italian), and instrumental music. A significant contemporary of Josquin des ...

, Ugonis, Henricus, Heinrich, Arrigo or Ysaac, Franco-Flemish composer *

John Isaac (cricketer) John Edmund Valentine Isaac (14 February 1880 – 9 May 1915), DSO, was an English first-class cricketer: a right-handed batsmen who played ten matches in South Africa and England between 1906 and 1908. He was born at Powick Court, Worceste ...

, English cricketer * Luis Isaac, Puerto Rican baseball player * Oscar Isaac, American actor * Ray Isaac (quarterback), American football player * Ray Isaac (singer), Australian singer *

Rhys Isaac Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (20 November 1937 – 6 October 2010) was a South African-born Australian historian of American history who also worked in the United States. Isaac and his twin brother Glynn were born in Cape Town, South Africa, to Wil ...

, American historian * Robert M. Isaac, American politician * Ty Isaac, American football player

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