Ben-Israel or Ben-Yisrael is a Hebrew surname, literally meaning "son of Israel". Ben Israel is a Hebrew
patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic.
Patronymics are used, b ...
with the same meaning.
Notable people with the name include:
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Adi Ben-Israel, American mathematician
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Ben Ammi Ben-Israel
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel (; October 12, 1939 – December 27, 2014) was an American spiritual leader. Inspired by the Black Hebrew Israelites in the United States, he founded the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem, which claims that A ...
, African American-Israeli religious leader
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Danny Ben-Israel, Israeli musician
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Gideon Ben-Yisrael
Gideon Ben-Yisrael (; 6 March 1923 – 18 December 2014) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and Rafi in the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography
Born in Haifa during the Mandate era, Ben-Yisrael joined the Haganah ...
, Israeli politician
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Isaac Ben-Israel, Israeli military scientist, general and politician
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Ron Ben-Israel
Ron Ben-Israel (; born 1957) is an Israeli-American pastry chef. He is the executive chef and owner of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes in New York City. He is known for his wedding and special occasion cakes as well as for his detail in sugar paste flowers ...
, Israeli-American pastry chef
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Aharon Shmuel ben Israel Kaidanover, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi
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Haim Ben Israel Benvenishti, Ottoman rabbi
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Joshua ben Israel Benveniste, Ottoman physician and rabbi
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Menasseh Ben Israel
Manoel Dias Soeiro (; 1604 – 20 November 1657), better known by his Hebrew language, Hebrew name Menasseh or Menashe ben Israel (), was a Jewish scholar, rabbi, Kabbalah, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer (publisher), printer, publishe ...
, Portuguese rabbi and printer
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Meshullam Phoebus ben Israel Samuel, Polish rabbi
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Moses Ben Israel Isserles, Polish Ashkenazic rabbi, talmudist, and posek
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Solomon ben Israel Moses ha-Levi Alkabets, Ottoman rabbi, kabbalist, and poet
See also
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Bani Isra'il (disambiguation)
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B'nai Israel (disambiguation)
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Ben Yehuda (disambiguation)
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Bar Yehuda
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Patronymic surnames