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 (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, al ...

with the same meaning. Notable people with the name include:

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Adi Ben-Israel Adi Ben-Israel (Hebrew: עדי בן-ישראל, born November 6, 1933) is a mathematician and an engineer, working in applied mathematics, optimization, statistics, operations research and other areas. He is a Professor of Operations Research at R ...

, American mathematician *

Ben Ammi Ben-Israel Ben Ammi Ben-Israel ( he, בן עמי בן-ישראל; October 12, 1939 – December 27, 2014) was the American-born founder and spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem. Biography Ben Carter (later Ben Ammi Ben-Israel ...

, African American-Israeli religious leader *

Danny Ben-Israel Danny Ben-Israel (1944 – 11 March 2019) was an Israeli musician of the late 1960s and early 1970s, producing psychedelic progressive rock with socially concerned lyrics in Hebrew. Early life Ben-Israel was born in Tel Aviv in 1944 and started hi ...

, Israeli musician *

Gideon Ben-Yisrael Gideon Ben-Yisrael ( he, גדעון בן-ישראל, 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, ...

, Israeli politician *

Isaac Ben-Israel Isaac Ben-Israel ( he, יצחק בן ישראל, born 26 July 1949) is an Israeli military scientist, general, politician and state official. He currently serves as the chairman of the Israeli Space Agency and the National Council for Resea ...

, Israeli military scientist, general and politician * Nathanyel Ben Israel, African American religious leader *

Ron Ben-Israel Ron Ben-Israel ( he, רון בן-ישראל; 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 de ...

, Israeli-American pastry chef

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Aharon Shmuel ben Israel Kaidanover Aaron Samuel ben Israel Kaidanover (1614 in Vilna – 1 December 1676 in Chmielnik; Hebrew: אהרן שמואל קאידנוור) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi. Among his teachers were Jacob Hoeschel and his son Jo ...

, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi * Haim Ben Israel Benvenishti, Ottoman rabbi *

Joshua ben Israel Benveniste Joshua ben Israel Benveniste (c. 1590 – c. 1668) was the brother of Chaim Benveniste, and a disciple of Joseph Trani. He was a physician and rabbi at Constantinople in 1660. Benveniste prepared (1) ''Mishmeret Ha-Miẓvot'' (''Observance of th ...

, Ottoman physician and rabbi *

Menasseh Ben Israel Manoel Dias Soeiro (1604 – 20 November 1657), better known by his Hebrew name Menasseh ben Israel (), also known as Menasheh ben Yossef ben Yisrael, also known with the Hebrew acronym, MB"Y or MBI, was a Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, wri ...

, Portuguese rabbi and printer * Meshullam Phoebus ben Israel Samuel, Polish rabbi *

Moses Ben Israel Isserles ). He is not to be confused with Meir Abulafia, known as "Ramah" ( he, רמ״ה, italic=no, links=no), nor with Menahem Azariah da Fano, known as "Rema MiPano" ( he, רמ״ע מפאנו, italic=no, links=no). Rabbi Moses Isserles ( he, משה ...

, Polish Ashkenazic rabbi, talmudist, and posek *

Solomon ben Israel Moses ha-Levi Alkabets Shlomo ha-Levi Alkabetz, also spelt Alqabitz, Alqabes; ( he, שלמה אלקבץ) ( 1500 – 1576) was a rabbi, kabbalist and poet perhaps best known for his composition of the song '' Lecha Dodi''. Biography Alkabetz studied Torah under Rab ...

, Ottoman rabbi, kabbalist, and poet

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