Isidore ( ; also spelled Isador, Isadore and Isidor) is a masculine given name. The name is derived from the Greek name ''Isídōros'' (Ἰσίδωρος, latinized ''Isidorus'') and can literally be translated to 'gift of

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. Isidora is the feminine form of the name.

Pre-modern era

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Religious figures

* Isidorus (2nd century AD), pagan Egyptian priest * Isidore, son of Basilides, the Egyptian Christian Gnostic (2nd century AD) * Isidore of Chios (died 251), Roman Christian martyr * Isidore of Scetes (died c. 390), 4th-century Egyptian Christian priest and desert ascetic *

Isidore of Alexandria Isidore of Alexandria also called Isidore of Gaza (; also Isidorus ; ; ) was a GreekEncyclopædia BritannicaIsidore of Alexandria (Greek philosopher)/ref> philosopher and one of the last of the Neoplatonists. He lived in Athens and Alexandria tow ...

(died 403), Egyptian Christian priest, saint * Isidore of Pelusium (died c. 449), Egyptian monk, saint and prolific letter writer *

Isidore of Seville Isidore of Seville (; 4 April 636) was a Spania, Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville, archbishop of Seville. He is widely regarded, in the words of the 19th-century historian Charles Forbes René de Montal ...

(c. 560–636), Catholic saint and scholar, last of the Fathers of the Church and Archbishop of Seville *

Isidore the Laborer Isidore the Laborer, born Isidro de Merlo y Quintana, also known as Isidore the Farmer () ( – 15 May 1130), was a Mozarab farmworker who lived in medieval Madrid. Known for his piety toward the poor and animals, he is venerated as a Catholic pa ...

(c. 1070–1130), Spanish religious leader * Isidore I of Constantinople (died 1350), Greek Ecumenical Patriarch (1347–1350) * Isidore II of Constantinople (died 1462), Greek Ecumenical Patriarch (1456–1462) * Isidore of Kiev (1385–1463), Greek religious leader and theologian

Others

Isidore of Charax Isidore of Charax (; , ''Isídōros o Charakēnós''; ) was a Greek geographer of the 1st century BC and 1st century AD, a citizen of the Parthian Empire, about whom nothing is known but his name and that he wrote at least one work. Name Isidore ...

(fl. 1st century), Greek geographer *

(died c. 520), Greco-Egyptian philosopher * Isidore of Miletus, Greek architect who co-designed the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from 532 to 537 * Isidore (inventor), according to legend the Russian Orthodox monk erroneously credited with producing the first genuine recipe of Russian vodka, c. 1430

Modern world

:''Ordered alphabetically by last name'' * Isidore Gordon Ascher (1835–1933), British-Canadian novelist and poet * Isidor Bajic (1878–1915), Serbian composer, pedagogue and publisher * Isidore Bakanja (c. 1885–1909), beatified martyr in the Belgium Congo * Isidor George Beaver (1859–1934), British-born Australian architect * Isadore Coop (1926-2003), Canadian architect * Isador Coriat (1875–1943), American psychiatrist and neurologist * Ivor Cutler (born Isadore; 1923–2006), Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist * Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870), French poet best known under the nom de plume of Comte de Lautréamont * Isidor

Izzy Einstein Isidor "Izzy" Einstein (1880–1938) and Moe W. Smith (1887–1960) were United States federal police officers, agents of the U.S. Prohibition Unit, who achieved the most arrests and convictions during the first years of the alcohol prohibition ...

(1880–1938), American federal police officer during the Prohibition era *

Isidor Fisch Bruno Richard Hauptmann (November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936) was a German-American carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Mo ...

(1905–1934), German associate of Bruno Hauptmann * Isadore

Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (; August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, Film director, director, Film producer, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons ...

(1906–1995), American cartoonist * Isidore Goldblum (1863–1925), Polish Hebrew writer and bibliographer * Isador Goodman (1909–1982), South African-Australian musician and composer * Isidor Gunsberg (1854–1930), Hungarian chess player * Isidore Itzkowitz (1892–1964), better known as

Eddie Cantor Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the prominent entertainers of his era. Some of h ...

, American performer and comedian * Isadore Gilbert Jeffery (1840-1919), American poet, lyricist * Isidor Kaufmann (1853–1921), Austro-Hungarian painter of Jewish themes * Izidor Kürschner (1885–1941), Hungarian football player and coach * Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1875–1957), American librarian * Isidore Newman (fl. 1903), founder of the Isidore Newman School *

Isidor Philipp Isidor Edmond Philipp (first name sometimes spelled Isidore) (2 September 1863 – 20 February 1958) was a French pianist, composer, and pedagogue of Jewish Hungarian descent. He was born in Budapest and died in Paris. Biography Isidor Philipp ...

(1863–1958), Hungarian-French pianist, composer and pedagogue *

Isidor Isaac Rabi Israel Isidor Isaac Rabi (; ; July 29, 1898 – January 11, 1988) was an American nuclear physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging. H ...

(1898–1988), Galician-born American physicist and Nobel laureate * Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French lawyer and revolutionary *

Isidor Rosenthal Julius Isidor Rosenthal (16 July 1836 – 2 January 1915) was a German physiologist who was a native of Labischin. In 1859 he received his doctorate from the University of Berlin, where he was a student of Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896). Afte ...

(1836–1915), German physiologist * Isadore Singer (1924-2021), American mathematician * Isador Sobel (1858–1939), American lawyer * Isidore Spielmann (1854–1925), British art critic and exhibition organizer * I. F. Stone (1907–1989), American investigative journalist * Isidor Straus (1845–1912), co-owner of Macy's, drowned in the sinking of RMS ''Titanic'' * Isador Samuel Turover (1892–1978), Belgian-American chess master * Chief Isadore (fl. 1860s), leader of the Ktunaxa/Kootenay people in the Tobacco Plains War * Isidor Burakh a fictional character from the video game "Pathologic Classic" (2005),"Pathologic Classic HD" (2015) and "Pathologic 2" {{given name Theophoric names English masculine given names Masculine given names French masculine given names