Dror is
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 ...
for "freedom" or "sparrow" and may either be a
surname or
given name.
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Dror Adani, Israeli convict
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Dror Bar-Natan (1966–), Israeli mathematician
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Dror Benshetrit, Israeli artist, designer, and inventor
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Dror Biran (1977–), Israeli pianist
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Dror Cohen
Dror Cohen is an Israeli basketball coach and former player.
He was one of the most respected players in Israeli basketball in the 1990s, when he spent 14 seasons in the Premier League where he scored 2,263 points. (1974–), Israeli basketball coach and former player
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Dror Elimelech Dror Elimelech (Hebrew: דרור אלימלך; born 1956 in Israel) is an Israeli psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and poet, and a composer and performer of contemporary classical music.
Elimelech studied composition with Sergiu Natra and piano with ...
(1956–), Israeli psychiatrist, psychotherapist, poet, and composer
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Dror Feiler
Dror Elimelech Feiler ( he, דרור אלימלך פיילר; born 31 August 1951) is an Israeli-born Swedish musician, artist and left-wing activist. He is married to the artist Gunilla Sköld-Feiler.
Early life and career
Feiler was born in T ...
(1951–), Israeli-born Swedish musician, artist, and activist
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Dror Fixler
Dror Fixler is an Israeli physicist specializing in optics. He is the director of the Bar-Ilan institute of nanotechnology and advanced materials, a Professor of Electrical engineering and Nanophotonics at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Isra ...
, Israeli physicist
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Dror Green
Dror Green (born 1954) (Hebrew: דרור גרין) is a psychotherapist and author. He developed the method of Emotional Training, based on his concept of human nature. Although he was descended from a family that had lived in Israel f ...
, Israeli psychotherapist and author
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Dror Hajaj (1978–), Israeli basketball player
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Dror Kashtan (1944–), Israeli footballer and manager
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Dror Mishani, (1975–), Israeli crime writer, translator, and literary scholar
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Dror Moreh
Dror Moreh ( he, דרור מורה; born 4 November 1961) is an Israeli cinematographer and director.
Film career
Moreh's first film as director was ''Sharon,'' an investigation into the appeal of Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon.
His film, ' ...
, Israeli cinematographer and director
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Dror Paley (1956–), Israeli-born Canadian orthopedic surgeon
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Dror Shaul (1971–), Israeli filmmaker, commercial director, and film writer-director
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Dror Soref, Israeli-American filmmaker and social reformer
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Dror Sttzki, Israeli footballer
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Dror Toledano (1957–), Israeli artist and photographer
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Dror Zahavi (1959–), Israeli film director and screenwriter
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Dror Zeigerman
Dror Zeigerman (, born 15 May 1948) is an Israeli former politician and diplomat who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1981 and 1984, and as ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1998 until 2000.
Biography
Born in Ness Ziona the ...
(1948–), Israeli politician and diplomat
Surname
Note: Some Israelis hebraicized the
Ashkenazi
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
surname
Friedman to Dror
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David M. Dror, health insurance specialist
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Duki Dror
Zadok "Duki” Dror ( he, דוקי (צדוק) דרור), (born 1963) is an independent Israeli filmmaker whose films explore issues of migration, identity and displacement.
Biography
Zadok (Duki) Dror was born in Tel Aviv. In the early 1950s, D ...
(1963–), Israeli filmmaker
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Inbal Dror (1979–), Israeli fashion designer
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Rachel Dror (1921–), Israeli-German teacher and holocaust survivor
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Shmuel Ben-Dror (1924–2009), Israeli footballer
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Yehezkel Dror
Yehezkel Dror ( he, יחזקאל דרור; born 1928) is a professor emeritus of political science at Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Biography
Arthur Yehezkel DrorAluf Benn'There's No Alternative to Netanyahu; Our Democracy Is Safe,' Says Isra ...
(1928–), Austrian-born Israeli political science professor
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Hebrew-language surnames