Hillel () is a Jewish masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to:

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Hillel the Elder Hillel ( ''Hīllēl''; variously called Hillel the Elder or Hillel the Babylonian; died c. 10 CE) was a Jewish religious leader, Sage (philosophy), sage and scholar associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud and the founder of ...

(110 BC–10 AD), Babylonian sage, scholar, and Jewish leader * Hillel, son of Gamaliel III (3rd century), Jewish scholar *

Hillel II Hillel II (Hebrew: הלל נשיאה, Hillel the Nasi), also known simply as Hillel, was an '' amora'' of the fifth generation in the Land of Israel. He held the office of '' Nasi'' of the Sanhedrin between 320 and 365 CE. He was the son and succ ...

, Jewish communal and religious authority and Nasi of the Jewish Sanhedrin, 320–385 * Hillel ben Eliakim (11th–12th century), Greek rabbi and Talmud scholar *

Hillel ben Samuel Hillel ben Samuel (c. 1220 – Forlì, c. 1295) was an Italian physician, philosopher, and Talmudist. He was the grandson of the Talmudic scholar Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona. Life He spent his youth at Barcelona, where he studied the Talmud ...

(c. 1220–1295), Italian physician, philosopher, and Talmudist * Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi (1615–1690), Lithuanian rabbi * Hillel Rivlin (1758–1838), Lithuanian rabbi * Hillel Paritcher (1795–1864), Russian Chabad rabbi * Hillel Lichtenstein (1814–1891), Hungarian rabbi and writer * Hillel Noah Maggid (1829–1903), Russian-Jewish genealogist and historian *

Hillel Yaffe Hillel Yaffe (; 1864–1936) was a Russian Jewish physician and Zionist leader who immigrated to the Land of Israel in the First Aliyah during the Ottoman Empire. In the early 20th century he was instrumental in curing malaria, which at that tim ...

(1864–1936), Russian Jewish physician and Zionist leader *

Hillel Zeitlin Hillel Zeitlin (1871–1942) was an Ashkenazi Yiddish language, Yiddish and Hebrew language, Hebrew writer and poet. A leading pre-Holocaust Jewish journalist, he was a regular contributor to the Yiddish newspaper ''Moment'', among other literary ...

(1871–1942), Russian writer in Yiddish and Hebrew * Hillel Poisic (1881–1953), Ukrainian communal worker and Torah scholar * Hillel Oppenheimer (1899–1971), German-Israeli botanist *

Hillel Kook Hillel Kook (; 24 July 1915 –18 August 2001), also known as Peter Bergson (Hebrew: פיטר ברגסון), was a Revisionist Zionism, Revisionist Zionist activist and politician. Kook led the Irgun's efforts in the United States during W ...

(1915–2001), Russian-Jewish Zionist activist, politician, and leader of the Irgun * Hillel Seidel (1920–1999), Israeli politician * Hillel Schwartz (1923–2007), Egyptian Jewish politician; founder of the Iskra party * Hillel Kristal, birth name of Hilly Kristal (1931–2007), American musician and owner of club CBGB in New York City * Hillel Zaks (1931–2015), Polish-Israeli founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah * Hillel Jonathan Gitelman (1932-2015), American nephrologist who described Gitelman Syndrome *

Hillel Furstenberg Hillel "Harry" Furstenberg (; born September 29, 1935) is a German-born American-Israeli mathematician and professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and U.S. Natio ...

(born 1935), American-Israeli mathematician *

Hillel Ticktin Hillel H. Ticktin is a Marxist philosophy, Marxist theorist and economist. He was born in South Africa in 1937, but had to leave to avoid arrest for political activism. He then lived and studied in the Soviet Union, where his PhD thesis, which wa ...

(born 1937), South African Marxist theorist and economist now at Glasgow University *

Hillel Halkin Hillel Halkin (; born 1939) is an American-born Israeli translator, biographer, literary critic, and novelist who has lived in Israel since 1970. Biography Hillel Halkin was born in New York City two months before the outbreak of World War II. ...

(born 1939), American-born Israeli translator, writer, and literary critic * Hillel Weiss (born 1945), Israeli professor of literature and Neo-Zionist * Hillel Schwartz (1948-2007), American cultural historian, poet and translator * Hillel Cohen (born 1961), Israeli historian *

Hillel Slovak Hillel Slovak (; April 13, 1962 – June 25, 1988) was an Israeli-American musician, best known as the founding guitarist of the Los Angeles rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he recorded two albums. His guitar work was rooted in fun ...

(1962–1988), Israeli-American guitarist and founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers * Hillel Horowitz (born 1964), Israeli rabbi and politician * Hillel Roman (born 1975), American-Israeli visual artist * Hillel Fendel, Israeli journalist * Hillel Frisch, Israeli political scientist * Hillel Neuer, Canadian human-rights lawyer and executive director of UN Watch * Hillel Schenker, Israeli editor * Hillel Steiner (born 1942), Canadian political philosopher

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* Simeon ben Hillel (1st century), son of Hillel the Elder * Mordechai ben Hillel (1250–1298), German rabbi and posek * Abraham Hillel (1820–1920), Iraqi rabbi *

Yehoshua Bar-Hillel Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (; 8 September 1915 – 25 September 1975) was an Israeli philosopher, mathematician, and linguist. He was a pioneer in the fields of machine translation and formal linguistics. Early life and education Born Oscar Westreich ...

(1915–1975), Israeli philosopher, mathematician, and linguist * Shlomo Hillel (1923-2021), Iraqi-born Israeli diplomat and politician * Ayin Hillel (1926–1990), Israeli poet and children's author * Stéphane Hillel (born 1955) French actor *

Gili Bar-Hillel Gili Bar-Hillel Semo (; born Gili Bar-Hillel on 19 October 1974) is an English-Hebrew translator from Israel, best known for translating the ''Harry Potter'' series into Hebrew. Biography Bar-Hillel is the daughter of Maya Bar-Hillel, a professor ...

(born 1974) Israeli English-Hebrew translator

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