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Yitzhak Yitzhak( ()) is a male first name, and is Hebrew for Isaac. Yitzhak may refer to: People * Yitzhak ha-Sangari, rabbi who converted the Khazars to Judaism *Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995), Israeli politician and Prime Minister *Yitzhak Shamir (1915– ...

, Yitzchok () was

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of the three

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in the

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. Isaac is a given name derived from

Judaism Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of o ...

and a given name among

Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

, and

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

societies, generally in reference to the above. " Ike" and "Ise" are also short forms of the name.

Forms of the name in different languages

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

: Isak *

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: إسحٰق, إسحاق ( Ishaq, ʼIsḥāq) *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

: (Sahak or Sahag) * Azerbaijani: İshaq / Исһаг / ایسهاق, İsaak / Исаак / ایسااک *

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

: Isaak * Belarusian: Ісак (Isak) *

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

: ইসহাক (Ishak) * Bosnian: Ishak *

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally **Breton people **Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Gale ...

: Izaag * Bulgarian: Исаак (Isaak) * Catalan: Isaac * Chinese: 艾萨克 / 艾薩克 (), 以撒 () * Croatian: Izak *

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

: Izák * Danish: Isak, (older:) Isach * Dutch: Isaak * English: Isaac, Ike, Isac (Old English) *

Esperanto Esperanto (, ) is the world's most widely spoken Constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to be 'the International Language' (), it is intended to be a universal second language for ...

: Isaako, Izaak, Isĥak, Ike, Isac *

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

...

: Iisak * Ewe: Isak * Faroese: Ísakur * Finnish: Iisakki * French: Isaac * Galician: Isaac * Georgian: ისააკ (Isaak) *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

: Isaak *

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

: Ισαάκιος (Isaakios), Ισαάκ (Isaák) *

Haitian Creole Haitian Creole (; , ; , ), or simply Creole (), is a French-based creole languages, French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12million people worldwide, and is one of the two official languages of Haiti (the other being French), where it ...

: Izarak *

Hausa Hausa may refer to: * Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa * Hausa language, spoken in West Africa * Hausa Kingdoms, a historical collection of Hausa city-states * Hausa (horse) or Dongola horse, an African breed of riding horse See also ...

: Is'haƙu, Isaka *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

: יִצְחָק, (Yiṣḥāq, IPA /jits'xak/),

, Itzhak, Yitshak, Itshak *

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

: इसहाक (Isahaak) *

Hmong Hmong may refer to: * Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand * Hmong cuisine * Hmong customs and culture ** Hmong music ** Hmong textile art * Hmong language, a continuum of closely related ...

: Ixaj * Hungarian: Izsák * Icelandic: Ísak * Indonesian: Ishak, Isaac * Irish: Íosác *

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

: Isacco *

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: アイザック (Aizakku), イサク (Isaku) * Javanese: Iskak *

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

: ಐಸಾಕ್ (Aisāk) * Kazak: Ысқақ (Isqaq), Ысақ (Isaq) * Khmer: អ៊ីសាក (Aisak) *

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in t ...

: 이삭 (I-sak), 아이작 (Aijak) * Kyrgyz: Ыскаак (Isqaaq), Исхак (İshaq) * Lao: ອີຊາກ (Isak) * Ladino: יצחק (Yiṣḥāq), Ike, Itshak, Izak, Yshac, Yshak, Ishac, Isak, Yitzhak, Yitshak (Yitsḥak), Yitzjak, Isacc *

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

: Isaac * Latvian: Aizeks, Izaks * Lithuanian: Izaokas *

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia * Mac ...

: Исак (Isak) * Malay: Ishak, Sahak *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

: ഇസഹാക് (Isahaak) *

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

: Ihaka *

Mongolian Mongolian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Mongolia, a country in Asia * Mongolian people, or Mongols * Bogd Khanate of Mongolia, the government of Mongolia, 1911–1919 and 1921–1924 * Mongolian language * Mongolian alphabet * ...

: Исаак (Isaak) * Norwegian: Isak *

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: اسحاق (Eshaq) * Polish: Izaak * Portuguese: Isaque,Instituto dos Registos e Notariado - Vocábulos admitidos e não admitidos como nomes próprios
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Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

: Исаак (Isaak), Айзек(Ayzek) *

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

: Isac, Ițac *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

: Iosag *

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...

: Исак (Isak) * Slovene: Izak * Somali: Isxaaq *

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: Isaac * Swahili: Isaka, Isaki * Swedish: Isak, Isac * Syriac: ܐܝܤܚܩ (Iskhaaq) *

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

: ஈசாக்கு (eesaaku) *

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

: ఇస్సాకు, (Issāku) * Thai: อิสอัค, ไอแซก (Xịsæk) * Turkish: İshak, İshâk * Ukrainian: Ісаак (Isaak) *

Uyghur Uyghur may refer to: * Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia (West China) ** Uyghur language, a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Uyghurs *** Old Uyghur language, a different Turkic language spoken in the Uyghur K ...

: ئىسھاق (Ishaq), ئىساق (Isaq) * Uzbek: Ishoq (Is-hoq) *

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

: اسحاق *

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 ...

: יצחק (Yẕẖq) (= Yitskhok, IPA /'jitsxok/), Aizik, Isaak, Izik,

, Isac, Itzak, Itzek, Itzig, Hiztig, Izaak, Zack, Zak * Yoruba: Ísáàkì * Zulu: Isaka

Given name

Isaac

This is a selection of better known people with the name Isaac; for a comprehensive list, see . * Saint Isaac (disambiguation), several people *

Isaac Abarbanel Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (;‎ 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (; also spelled Abravanel, Avravanel or Abrabanel), was a Portuguese Jewish politician, statesman, philosophy, philosopher, Rabbinic commentaries, Bible commentator ...

(1437–1508), Portuguese Jewish statesman and philosopher * Isaac Acker (1821–1906), American politician from Pennsylvania * Isaac Aguiar Tomich (born 2004), Brazilian footballer * Isaac Alarcón (born 1998), Mexican American football player *

Isaac Albéniz Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the post-romantic era who also had a significant influence on his con ...

(1860–1909), Spanish pianist and composer *

Isaac Alfasi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (1013–1103) (, ), also known as the Alfasi or by his Hebrew acronym, the Rif (Rabbi Isaac al-Fasi), was a Maghrebi Talmudist and posek (decider in matters of halakha, Jewish law). He is best known for his work of '' ...

(1013–1103), Algerian Talmudist and jurist *

Isaac II Angelos Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (; September 1156 – 28 January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and co-Emperor with his son Alexios IV Angelos from 1203 to 1204. In a 1185 revolt against the Emperor Andronikos Komnenos, Isaac ...

(1156–1204), Byzantine emperor *

Isaac of Armenia Isaac or Sahak of Armenia ( – ) was the catholicos (or patriarch) of the Armenian Church from until . He is sometimes known as ''Isaac the Great'' or ''Sahak the Parthian'' () in reference to his father's Parthian origin. He was the last Ar ...

(354–439), Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church * Isaac Asiata (born 1992), American football player *

Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...

(1920–1992), Russian-born American writer and biochemist *

Isaac Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel ( – 27 January 1940) was a Soviet writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator. He is best known as the author of ''Red Cavalry'' and ''Odessa Stories'', and has been acclaimed as "the greatest prose write ...

(1894–1940), Russian journalist, playwright and short story writer *

Isaac Barrow Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for proof of the fundamental theorem ...

(1630–1677), English theologian and mathematician *

Isaac Beeckman Isaac Beeckman (10 December 1588van Berkel, p10 – 19 May 1637) was a Dutch philosopher and scientist, who, through his studies and contact with leading natural philosophers, may have "virtually given birth to modern atomism".Harold J. Cook, in ...

(1588–1637), Dutch philosopher and scientist *

Isaac de Benserade Isaac de Benserade (; baptized 5 November 161310 October 1691) was a French poet and playwright. Born in Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, his family appears to have been connected with Richelieu, who bestowed on him a pension of 600 ''livres''. On R ...

(1613–1691), French poet *

Isaac the Blind Isaac the Blind ( ''Rabbī Yīṣḥaq Saggī Nəhōr'', literally "Rabbi Isaac, of much light"; c. 1160–1235 in Provence, France), was a French rabbi and a famous writer on Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism). The Aramaic epithet "Saggi Nehor" means " ...

(c.1160–1235), French Jewish mysticist and Kabbalist *

Isaac Boleslavsky Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky (, ; 9 June 1919 – 15 February 1977) was a Soviet chess grandmaster and writer. Early career Born in Zolotonosha in Ukraine to Jewish parents, Boleslavsky taught himself chess at age nine. In 1933, he became sch ...

(1919–1977), Soviet chess grandmaster *

Isaac Brock Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. He is best remembered for his victory at the Siege of Detroit and his death at the Battle of Quee ...

(1769–1812), British Army officer and colonial administrator *

Isaac Brock (musician) Isaac Kristofer Brock (born July 9, 1975) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, principal songwriter, guitarist and only constant member of the indie rock band Modest Mouse, as well as his side project band, U ...

(born 1975), American lead singer in Modest Mouse *

Isaac Casaubon Isaac Casaubon (; ; 18 February 1559 – 1 July 1614) was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England. His son Méric Casaubon was also a classical scholar. Life Early life He was born in Geneva to two F ...

(1559–1614), French-born English classical scholar and philologist * Isaac of the Cells, Egyptian Christian monk who lived during the 6th and 7th centuries *

Isaac da Costa Isaäc da Costa (14 January 1798 – 28 April 1860) was a Jewish Dutch poet. Da Costa was born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His father, an aristocratic Sephardic Portuguese Jew, Daniel da Costa, a relative of Uriel Acosta, was a promi ...

(1798–1860), Dutch Jewish poet * Isaac Cuenca (born 1991), Spanish footballer *

Isaac Dalby Isaac Dalby (1744 – 16 October 1824) was an English mathematician, surveyor and teacher. He was involved in the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain, the first high-precision trigonometric survey of Great Britain. Life Dalby was born in G ...

(1744–1824), English mathematician and surveyor * Isaac Darkangelo (born 2000), American football player *

Isaac D'Israeli Isaac D'Israeli (11 May 1766 – 19 January 1848) was a British writer, scholar and the father of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli. He is best known for his essays and his associations with other me ...

(1766–1848), British writer, scholar and man of letters *

Isaac Deutscher Isaac Deutscher (; 3 April 1907 – 19 August 1967) was a Polish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom before the outbreak of World War II. He is best known as a biographer of Leon Trotsky and Joseph S ...

(1907–1967), Polish writer, journalist and political activist * Isaac ben Eliezer, 15th-century German rabbi * Isaac of Firuz Shabur, rabbi of the Geonic period * Isaac Guerendo (born 2000), American football player *

Isaac Hanson Hanson is an American pop rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed by brothers Isaac Hanson (guitar, vocals, bass, piano), Taylor Hanson (keyboards, vocals, percussion), and Zac Hanson (drums, vocals, piano). Supporting members include Dimitrius ...

(born 1980), American musician, guitarist in Hanson *

Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, serving as an in-house songwr ...

(1942–2008), American singer-songwriter, voice actor, and producer * Isaac Israel Hayes (1832–1881), American Arctic explorer, physician and politician * Isaac Hamilton (born 1994), American basketball player * Isaac Heller (1926–2015), American toy manufacturer, co-founder of Remco *

Isaac Hempstead Wright Isaac Hempstead Wright (born ) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Bran Stark in the HBO television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), which earned him a Young Artist Award nomination as Best Young Supporting Actor in ...

(born 1999), English actor *

Isaac Herzog Isaac "Bougie" Herzog (; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been serving since 2021 as the president of Israel. He is the first president to have been born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence. Son of former Is ...

(born 1960), 11th President of Israel * Isaac Holloway (1805–1885), American politician from Ohio *

Isaac Isaacs Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, (6 August 1855 – 11 February 1948) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the ninth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1931 to 1936. He had previously served on the High Court of Au ...

(1855–1948), Australian Chief Justice and Governor-General *

Isaac Israeli ben Solomon Isaac Israeli ben Solomon ( ; ; – ), also known as Isaac Israeli the Elder and Isaac Judaeus, was a Jewish physician and philosopher. He was one of the foremost Jewish academics living in the Arab world of his time, and is regarded as th ...

(c. 832 – c. 932), Arab Jewish physician and philosopher *

Isaac Israëls Isaac Lazarus Israëls (; 3 February 1865 – 7 October 1934) was a Dutch painter associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. Biography The son of Jozef Israëls, one of the most respected painters of the Hague School, an ...

(1865–1934), Dutch impressionist painter * Isaac bar Judah, 4th-century Babylonian rabbi * Isaac ben Judah, 12th-century rabbi * Isaac ben Judah HaLevi, 13th-century French rabbi *

Isaac Kashdan Isaac Kashdan (November 19, 1905, in New York City – February 20, 1985, in Los Angeles) was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion (1938, 1947). He played five times for the United States in chess Oly ...

(1905–1985), American chess grandmaster *

Isaac I Komnenos Isaac I Komnenos or Comnenus (; – 1 June 1060) was Byzantine emperor from 1057 to 1059, the first reigning member of the Komnenian dynasty. The son of the general Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, he was orphaned at an early age, and w ...

(c. 1007–1061), Byzantine emperor *

Isaac Komnenos (son of Alexios I) Isaac Komnenos or Comnenus (; 16 January 1093 – after 1152) was the third son of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Empress Irene Doukaina. He was raised to the high rank of by his older brother John II Komnenos in reward for his s ...

(1093 – aft. 1152), Byzantine prince * Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (c.1155–1196), ruler of Cyprus * Isaac Kragten (born 2002), Canadian actor *

Isaac Lea Isaac Lea (March 4, 1792 – December 8, 1886) was an American publisher, Conchology, conchologist and geologist. He was a partner in the publishing businesses Mathew Carey, Matthew Carey & Sons; Carey, Lea & Carey; Carey, Lea & Blanchard; and Le ...

(1792–1886), American publisher, conchologist and geologist *

Isaac Levitan Isaac Ilyich Levitan (; – ) was a Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape". Life and work Youth Isaac Levitan was born in a ''shtetl'' of Kibarty, Augustów Governorate in Congress Poland, a part of the R ...

(1860–1900), Russian landscape painter *

Isaac Luria Isaac ben Solomon Ashkenazi Luria (; #FINE_2003, Fine 2003, p24/ref>July 25, 1572), commonly known in Jewish religious circles as Ha'ari, Ha'ari Hakadosh or Arizal, was a leading rabbi and Jewish mysticism, Jewish mystic in the community of Saf ...

(1534–1572), Jewish religious leader and mysticist * Isaac Makwala (born 1986), Botswana sprinter * Isaac McKneely (born 2003), American basketball player * Isaac Musa (died 2008), Liberian military officer and politician * Isaac Nappaha, Galilean rabbi of the 3rd-4th centuries * Isaac Nauta (born 1997), American football player *

Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton () was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment that followed ...

(1642–1727), English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist * Isaac R. Nicholson (1789/1790–1844), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi *

Isaac of Nineveh Isḥaq of Nineveh (; Arabic: إسحاق النينوي ''Ishaq an-Naynuwī''; – c. 700), also remembered as Saint Isaac the Syrian (), Isaac of Nineveh, Abba Isaac, Isaac Syrus and Isaac of Qatar, was a 7th-century Syriac Christian bishop o ...

(c. 613 – c. 700), Syriac Christian bishop and theologian * Isaac Okoro (born 2001), American basketball player * Isaac Okoronkwo (born 1978), Nigerian footballer *

Isaac Oliver Isaac Oliver ( – bur. 2 October 1617) or Olivier was an English portrait miniature painter. Life and work Born in Rouen around 1565, he moved to London in 1568 with his Huguenot parents Peter and Epiphany Oliver to escape the Wars of Reli ...

(c.1565–1617), French-born English portrait painter * Isaac van Ostade (1621–1649), Dutch genre and landscape painter *

Isaac Peral Isaac Peral y Caballero (1 June 1851, in Cartagena – 22 May 1895, in Berlin), was a Spanish engineer, naval officer, and designer of the submarine . He joined the Spanish Navy in 1866, and developed the first electric-powered submarine which ...

(1851–1895), Spanish engineer, naval officer and designer of the Peral Submarine *

Isaac Leib Peretz Isaac Leib Peretz (May 18, 1852 – April 3, 1915), also sometimes written Yitskhok Leybush Peretz (; ), was a Polish Jewish writer and playwright writing in Yiddish. Payson R. Stevens, Charles M. Levine, and Sol Steinmetz count him with Mendele ...

(1852–1915), Yiddish writer from Poland *

Isaac Pitman Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 – 22 January 1897) was an English publisher and teacher of the :English language who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in ''Stenogr ...

(1813–1897), English inventor of shorthand/stenography * Isaac Rex, American football player * Isaac Roberts (1829–1904), Welsh amateur astronomer * Isaac Rodrigues de Lima (born 2004), Brazilian footballer * Isaac Rochell (born 1995), American football player * Isaac Rosefelt (born 1985), American-Israeli basketball player * Isaac Henrique Sequeira (1738–1816), Portuguese physician *

Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 – July 18, 1826) was an American politician and military officer who was the List of governors of Kentucky, first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and North Ca ...

(1750–1826), Governor of Kentucky *

Isaac Singer Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-na ...

(1811–1875), American inventor and businessman (sewing machine) *

Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer (; 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Poland, Polish-born Jews, Jewish novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and publish ...

(1902–1991), Polish-born American author, Nobel prize literature 1978 * Isaac Slade (born 1989), American lead singer in The Fray *

Isaac Stern Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist. Born in Ukraine, Stern moved to the United States when he was 14 months old. Stern performed both nationally and internationally, notably touring the Soviet Union a ...

(1920–2001), Ukrainian-born American violinist and conductor *

Isaac Taylor Isaac Taylor (17 August 1787 – 28 June 1865) was an English philosophical and historical writer, artist, and inventor. Life He was the eldest surviving son of Isaac Taylor of Ongar. He was born at Lavenham, Suffolk, on 17 August 1787, and ...

(1787–1865), English philosopher & historian * Isaac Taylor (priest) (1829–1901), Anglican priest, philologist, toponymist * Isaac TeSlaa (born 2002), American football player *

Isaac Titsingh Isaac Titsingh FRS ( January 1745 – 2 February 1812) was a Dutch diplomat, historian, Japanologist, and merchant.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Isaak Titsingh" in . During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the ...

(1745–1812), Dutch surgeon, scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador * Isaac Inoke Tosika, Solomon Islands politician * Isaac Ukwu (born 1999), American football player * Isaac Vorsah (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer *

Isaac Watts Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include " When I Survey th ...

(1674–1748), English Christian minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician * Isaac Yiadom (born 1996), American football player * Isaac Wayne (1772–1856), U.S. Congressman * Isaac Wayne (1699–1774), Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly member, Captain of Pennsylvania Provincial Forces during the French and Indian War * Isaac White (basketball) (born 1998), Australian basketball player

Isaach

* Isaach de Bankolé (born 1957), Ivorian actor

Fictional people

Isaac Isaac ( ; ; ; ; ; ) is one of the three patriarchs (Bible), patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith. Isaac first appears in the Torah, in wh ...

, a character played by Ashley David in the British web series ''

Corner Shop Show ''Corner Shop Show'' is a British comedy drama web series that premiered on YouTube in March 2014. The series is created by Islah Abdur-Rahman and consists of continuous episodes uploaded on his YouTube channel CornerShopShow, following the a ...

'' * Isaac, the main antagonist from the video game

Konami , commonly known as Konami, , is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The company also produces and distributes trading card ...

's '' Castlevania: Curse of Darkness'' and

Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles. The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi ...

's '' Devil's Third'' * Isaac, the main protagonist in video games '' The Binding of Isaac'' and '' The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth'' * Isaac, a main character in Nintendo's ''Golden Sun'' series * Isaac, an android of extraterrestrial origin in American television series ''

The Orville ''The Orville'' is an American science fiction comedy drama television series created by Seth MacFarlane, who also stars as the protagonist Ed Mercer, an officer in the Planetary Union's line of exploratory space vessels in the 25th century. It ...

'', played by

Mark Jackson Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who was a point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm and was selected by the New ...

* Isaac Chroner, the main antagonist from the

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...

short story '' Children of the Corn'' * Issac Bean, a Season 4 contestant in '' Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman'' *

Isaac Clarke Isaac Clarke is a character in the survival horror media franchise ''Dead Space (franchise), Dead Space'', owned and published by Electronic Arts. He was introduced as the protagonist of ''Dead Space (2008 video game), Dead Space'' (2008) develop ...

, the main protagonist from the ''Dead Space'' video game series * Isaac Davis,

Woody Allen Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen, accolade ...

's character in ''

Manhattan Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, larg ...

'' * Isaac Dian in the light novel and anime series ''

Baccano! is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, told from multiple Narrative mode, points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States across time most notably the Prohib ...

'' * Isaac Harris in the

novella '' The Bazaar of Bad Dreams'' * Isaac Heller, main antagonist from season 4 of ''

Once Upon a Time "Once upon a time" is a stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events, typically in fairy tales and folk tales. It has been used in some form since at least 1380 in storytelling in the English language and has started many narrative ...

'' * Isaac Henderson in '' The Mummy'' * Captain Isaac Higgintoot, an

American Revolution The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a colonial rebellion and war of independence in which the Thirteen Colonies broke from British America, British rule to form the United States of America. The revolution culminated in the American ...

officer in the

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...

series ''

Ghosts In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from a ...

'' * Isaac Kleiner in the video games ''Half-Life'' and ''Half-Life 2'' * Isaac Lahey, in MTV's cult television series ''

Teen Wolf ''Teen Wolf'' is a 1985 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is changed when he discover ...

'', played by

Daniel Sharman Daniel Andrew Sharman (born 25 April 1986) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Isaac Lahey on the television series ''Teen Wolf'' (2012–2014), Kaleb Westphall / Kol Mikaelson on '' The Originals'' (2014–2015), Troy Otto on '' ...

* Isaac Mendez in the television series ''

Heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...

'', played by

Santiago Cabrera Santiago Cabrera (; born 5 May 1978) is a Chilean actor who has worked mainly in the UK and United States. Cabrera is best known for his roles as the character Isaac Mendez in the NBC Superhero fiction, superhero Drama (film and television), dra ...

* Isaac Netero in the manga series ''Hunter × Hunter'' * Isaac Sumdac, a character from animated series '' Transformers Animated'' * Isaac Washington, bartender on ''

The Love Boat ''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Wilford Lloyd Baumes that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1977, to May 24, 1986. In addition, three TV movies aired before the regular series pre ...

'', played by

Ted Lange Theodore William Lange III (; born January 5, 1948) is an American actor, director and screenwriter best known for his roles as bartender Isaac Washington in the TV series ''The Love Boat'' (1977–1986) and Junior in ''That's My Mama'' (1974–7 ...

Isaak

* Isaak Abelin (1883–1965), Swiss physiologist * Isaak Asknaziy (1856–1902), Russian painter * Isaak Bacharach (1854–1942), German mathematician *

Isaak Benrubi Isaak Benrubi (24 May 1876 in Thessaloniki – October 19 1943 in Geneva) was a philosopher from the Ottoman city of Thessaloniki, he opposed the conventional character of the act of knowing in "subject" and "object" to the reality that is intereste ...

(1876–1943), Ottoman philosopher * Isaak van den Blocke (1574–1626), Flemish painter in Poland *

Isaak Brodsky Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (, ; – 14 August 1939) was a Russian painter and draughtsman of Jewish descent best known for his portrayals of Vladimir Lenin and other Soviet leaders, renowned as blueprint examples of the Socialist reali ...

(1884–1939), Soviet painter * Isaak Bubis (1910–2000), Moldavian Soviet engineer and architect * Isaak August Dorner (1809–1884), German church leader *

Isaak Dunayevsky Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky ( ; also transliterated as Dunaevski or Dunaevskiy; 25 July 1955) was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film dire ...

(1900–1955), Soviet composer * Isaak Elias (1912–1998), Canadian politician *

Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (10 June 1759 – 12 December 1849) was an Austrian merchant. Early life Hofmann was born on 10 June 1759 in Prostiboř (in what is today known as the Czech Republic). During the famine in Ansbach in th ...

(1759–1849), Austrian merchant * Isaak de Graaf (1668–1743), Dutch cartographer * Isaak Guderian (born 1996), German singer * Isaak Iselin (1728–1782), Swiss philosopher of history and politics * Isaak Markus Jost (1793–1860), German Jewish historian *

Isaak Kikoin Isaak Konstantinovich (Kushelevich) Kikoin (; 28 March 1908 – 28 December 1984), , was a Soviet physicist and an author of physics textbooks in Russian language who played an important role in the Soviet nuclear weapons program. Biography Kik ...

(1908–1984), Soviet physicist *

Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (, ; 17 October 1919 – 9 January 2021) was a leading Soviet theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, including general relativity, quantum field theory, as well ...

(1919–2021), Soviet physicist * Isaak B. Klejman (1921–2012), Ukrainian Soviet archaeologist *

Isaak Lalayants Isaak Khristoforovich Lalayants (pseudonyms: ''Columbus, Izarov, Insarov'' et al.; – 14 July 1933) was a Russian revolutionary, Bolsheviks, Bolshevik and comrade-in-arms of Vladimir Lenin. He was a member of the Russian Social Democratic Lab ...

(1870–1933), Russian revolutionary * Isaak Ah Mau (born 1982), New Zealand rugby league player * Isaak D. Mayergoyz, American academic * Isaak Mazepa (1884–1952), Ukrainian politician * Isaak Moiseevich Milin (1919–1992), Soviet mathematician * Isaak "Tjaak" Pattiwael (1914–1987), Indonesian footballer *

Isaak Pomeranchuk Isaak Yakovlevich Pomeranchuk (; 20 May 1913 – 14 December 1966) was a Soviet physicist of Polish origin in the former Soviet nuclear weapons program. His career in physics spent mostly studying the particle physics (including thermonuclear ...

(1913–1966), Soviet physicist *

Isaak Illich Rubin Isaak Illich Rubin (Russian language, Russian: Исаак Ильич Рубин; 12 June 1886 – 27 November 1937) was a Soviet Union, Soviet lawyer, Marxian economics , economist and scholar of Marx's work. His most important published work ...

(1886–1937), Soviet economist * Isaak Augustijn Rumpf (1673–1723), Dutch Governor of Ceylon * Isaak Tirion (1705–1765), Dutch publisher * Isaak Voss (1618–1689), Dutch scholar and manuscript collector *

Isaak Yaglom Isaak Moiseevich Yaglom (; 6 March 1921 – 17 April 1988) was a Soviet mathematician and author of popular mathematics books, some with his twin Akiva Yaglom. Yaglom received a Ph.D. from Moscow State University in 1945 as student of Veniami ...

(1921–1988), Soviet mathematician * Isaak Zelensky (1890–1938), Soviet politician

Fictional people

* Isaak (Tekken), Character first introduced in

Tekken Mobile ''Tekken'' was a mobile fighting game in the ''Tekken'' series developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was released worldwide for Android and iOS on March 1, 2018. As of February 15, 2019, the game can no longer be played. ...

* Isaac (Golden Sun), Player character first introduced in

Golden Sun is a series of fantasy role-playing video games developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo. It follows the story of a group of magically-attuned "adepts" who are charged with preventing the potentially destructive power ...

Surname Isaac or Isaak

Adèle Isaac Adèle Isaac (8 January 1854 – 22 October 1915) was a French operatic soprano, active in Paris in the late 19th century. Isaac was born in Calais. After studying with Gilbert Duprez, her professional debut was in 1870 in Victor Massé's '' ...

(1854–1915), French operatic soprano * Adisa Isaac (born 2001), American football player * Alexandre Isaac (1845–1899), French lawyer, Senator of Guadeloupe 1885–1889 * Arthur Isaac, English cricketer * Auguste Isaac (1849–1938), French politician * Bryan Isaac, British ballroom dancer *

Bobby Isaac Robert Vance Isaac (August 1, 1932 – August 14, 1977) was an American stock car racing driver. Isaac made his first NASCAR appearance in 1961, and quickly forged a reputation of one of the toughest competitors of the 1960s and 1970s. He was most ...

, American racing driver *

Chris Isaak Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor. Noted for his reverb-laden rockabilly revivalist style and wide vocal range, he is popularly known for his breakthrough hit and sig ...

, American musician * George Isaac (politician), Egyptian politician *

Glynn Isaac Glynn Llywelyn Isaac (19 November 1937 – 5 October 1985) was a South African archaeologist who specialised in the very early prehistory of Africa, and was one of twin sons born to botanists William Edwyn Isaac and Frances Margaret Leighto ...

, South African archaeologist *

Heinrich Isaac Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450 – 26 March 1517) was a Netherlandish composer of south Netherlandish origin during the Renaissance era. He wrote masses, motets, songs (in French, German and Italian), and instrumental music. A significant contemporar ...

(Ugonis, Henricus, Heinrich, Arrigo or Ysaac; c.1450–1517), Franco-Flemish composer * John Isaac (cricketer), English cricketer * Luis Isaac, Puerto Rican baseball player *

Oscar Isaac Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada (born March 9, 1979) is an American actor. Recognized for his versatility, he has been credited with breaking stereotypes about Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latino characters in Cinema of the United States, H ...

, American actor * Ray Isaac (quarterback), American football player * Ray Isaac (singer), Australian singer *

Rhys Isaac Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (20 November 1937 – 6 October 2010) was a South African-born Australian historian of American history who also worked in the United States. Isaac and his twin brother Glynn were born in Cape Town, South Africa, to Wi ...

, American historian * Robert M. Isaac, American politician * Ty Isaac, American football player *

Ashley MacIsaac Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and actor from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at th ...

, Canadian violinist

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