DOV or Dov could refer to: ''דב'' or ''דוב'', a

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male given name meaning "bear", from which the

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

name " Ber" (בער) was derived (

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with "bear") which was common among East European Jews.

People

* Dov J. Elkabas (1968), Amsterdam (Dutch) born musician and producer * Dov Ber of Mezeritch (1700/1704/1710?–1772 OS), second leader and main architect of Hasidic Judaism * Dov Ber Abramowitz (1860–1926), American Orthodox rabbi and author * Dov Charney (born 1969), president and chief executive officer of clothing manufacturer American Apparel * Dov Feigin (1907–2000), Israeli sculptor * Dov Forman (born 2003), English born Author and social media star * Dov Frohman (born 1939), Israeli electrical engineer and business executive * Dov Gabbay (born 1945), logician and professor of logic and computer science * Dov Groverman (born 1965), Israeli Olympic wrestler * Dov Grumet-Morris (born 1982), American ice hockey player * Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Jewish Zionist leader hanged by the British Mandatory authorities * Dov Hikind (born 1950), American politician * Dov Hoz (1894–1940), a leader of the Labor Zionism movement, one of the founders of the Haganah organization, and a pioneer of Israeli aviation * Dov Jaron, American engineer * Dow Baer (Berek) Joselewicz (1764–1809), Polish military commander * Dov Karmi (1905–1962), Israeli architect * Dov Khenin (born 1958), Israeli political scientist, politician and lawyer * Dov Lior (born 1933), controversial Israeli rabbi * Dov Lopatyn (died 1944), head of the Judenrat in Łachwa, Poland, and leader of a ghetto uprising * Dov Lupi (born 1948), Israeli-American gymnast * Dov Markus (born 1946), Israeli-American soccer player * Dov Noy (1920-2013), Israeli folklorist * Dov-Ber Rasofsky (Barney Ross) (1909-1967), American world champion Hall of Fame lightweight and junior welterweight boxer * Dov Sadan (1902–1989), Israeli academic and politician * Dov Schwartzman (1921–2011), Haredi Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva * Dov Seltzer (born 1932), Israeli composer and conductor * Dov Shilansky (1924–2010), Israeli politician and Speaker of the Knesset * Dov Sternberg, American karateka * Dov Tamari (1911–2006), French mathematician * Dov Yosef (1899–1980), Israeli politician and government minister * Dov S. Zakheim (born 1948), American former government official, economist and businessman

Fictional characters

* Dov, a character in Michael Tippett's 1970 opera '' The Knot Garden'' * Dov Epstein, one of the series protagonists of Canadian TV show '' Rookie Blue''

Other uses

* DOV Pharmaceutical * Dover Corporation, stock exchange symbol DOV * Dover (Amtrak station), New Hampshire, United States; Amtrak station code DOV * German Eastern Marches Society; * A type of pulsating white dwarf * Dulwich OnView, a community-based online blog/magazine in Dulwich, London, UK * Dover Air Force Base {{disambiguation, given name Hebrew masculine given names Given names derived from animals