David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion ( ; ; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary List of national founders, national founder and first Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister of the State of Israel. As head of the Jewish Agency ...
(1886–1973) was the first Prime Minister of Israel.
Ben Gurion may also refer to:
People with the surname
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Nicodemus ben Gurion, a Biblical figure and wealthy Jew who lived in Jerusalem
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Joseph ben Gurion, a key leader during the first First Jewish–Roman War
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Paula Ben-Gurion (1892–1968), Russian-born wife of David Ben-Gurion
Municipalities
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Ramot Ben Gurion, a neighborhood in the city of Haifa, Israel
Places
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Ben Gurion Airport railway station, a station on the Israel Railways lines between Tel Aviv and Modi'in
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Ben Gurion Airport
Ben Gurion International Airport , commonly known by the Hebrew language, Hebrew-language acronym (), is the main international airport of Israel. Situated on outskirts north of the city of Lod and directly south of the city of Or Yehuda, i ...
, the largest international airport in Israel
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Ben-Gurion International Airport Garden, a garden outside Terminal 3 of Ben Gurion International Airport
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Ben Gurion High School, a high school in Petah Tikva, Israel
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Ben-Gurion House, an historic house museum in Tel Aviv, Israel
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Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center
The Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center at Midreshet Ben-Gurion is the national alternative energy research institute of Israel. It was established in 1987 by the Ministry of National Infrastructures to study promising alternative and clean ...
, the national alternative energy research institute of Israel
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) (, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public university, public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Named after Israeli List of national founders, national founder David Ben-Gurion, the unive ...
, a university in Israel with the main campus located in Beersheba
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Kiryat Ben-Gurion, a complex of government buildings in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel
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Midreshet Ben-Gurion
Midreshet Ben-Gurion (), also known as Midreshet Sde Boker, is a community settlement and an educational center in southern Israel. Located in the Negev next to kibbutz Sde Boker, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Coun ...
, an educational center and boarding school in Sde Boker in the Negev, Israel
See also
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Gurion
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Gorion, name variant
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Gurion Hyman (1925–2017), Jewish Canadian anthropologist, linguist, pharmacist, composer, artist, and translator
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Hebrew-language surnames
Surnames of Israeli origin