Sapiro is one variant of a Jewish Ashkenazi surname (see more at
Shapiro
Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Spiro, Sapiro, Szapiro/Szpiro in Polish and Chapiro in French (more at "See also"), is a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
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Aaron Sapiro
Aaron Leland Sapiro (February 5, 1884 – November 23, 1959) was a Jewish American cooperative activist and lawyer for the farmers' movement during the 1920s. He became notable for suing Henry Ford the auto-magnate for libel as a result of an ar ...
(1884–1959), Jewish American cooperative activist
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Evgeniy Sapiro (1934–2024), Soviet-Russian economist and politician
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Gisèle Sapiro
Gisèle Sapiro (Neuilly-sur-Seine, June 22, 1965) is a French sociologist and historian whose specialty area is 19th and 20th century French literature. She is a laureate of the CNRS Silver Medal (2021) and the CNRS Bronze Medal (2000).
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(born 1965), French sociologist and historian
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Guillermo Sapiro (born 1966), Uruguayan computer scientist and electrical engineer
*I. I. Pjateckii-Sapiro /
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro (Hebrew: איליה פיאטצקי-שפירו; ; 30 March 1929 – 21 February 2009) was a Soviet-born Israeli mathematician. During a career that spanned 60 years he made major contributions to applied science as well as p ...
(1929–2009), Soviet-born Israeli mathematician
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Miriam Sapiro (born 1960), US Democrat and civil servant
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Shireen Sapiro
Shireen Sapiro (born 25 January 1991 in Krugersdorp) is a South African Paralympic swimmer, most notable for her performance at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal for the 100 m backstroke. She also claimed a bronze medal at t ...
(born 1991), South African Paralympic swimmer
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Virginia Sapiro Virginia Sapiro (born February 28, 1951) is an American political scientist and political psychologist.
A native of East Orange, New Jersey, Sapiro graduated from Clark University in 1972, and obtained her doctorate from the University of Michigan ...
(born 1951), American political scientist and political psychologist
See also
* Kingdom of Sapiro from ''
Encantadia
''Encantadia'' is a Filipino fantasy franchise produced and published by GMA Network. It consists of four television series that have run from 2005 to present and a single film. The first was shown in 2005 carrying the title alone and ended i ...
'', a Filipino fantasy franchise
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Shapiro
Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Spiro, Sapiro, Szapiro/Szpiro in Polish and Chapiro in French (more at "See also"), is a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Etymology
The surname is derived from ...
, surname (main article); variants:
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Chapiro Chapiro is a surname (see Shapiro). Notable people with the surname include:
* Jacques Chapiro (1887–1972), Jewish Russian-born, French painter.
*Liliane Chapiro-Volpert (1902-1982), known as Lilian Constantini, French actress in the 1920s and 1 ...
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Sapir (surname) Sapir is a surname (see Shapiro for etymology). Notable people with the surname include:
*André Sapir, Belgian economist
*Edward Sapir, American anthropologist and linguist
**J. David Sapir, his son, also an anthropologist and linguist
* Esteban S ...
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Schapira Schapira is a surname (see Shapiro). Notable people with the surname include:
* Eliezer Isaac Schapira (1835–1915), Hebrew writer and publisher
* Pierre Schapira (politician) (born 1944), French politician
*Pierre Schapira (mathematician) (born 1 ...
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Schapiro Schapiro is a surname (see Shapiro), and may refer to:
* Alexander Schapiro: see Sascha Schapiro
* Andrew H. Schapiro (b. 1963), US Ambassador
* Boris Schapiro (1909–2002), British bridge player
* J. Salwyn Schapiro (1879–1973), American histo ...
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Shapero Shapero is a surname (see Shapiro). Notable people with the surname include:
* Harold Shapero (1920–2013), American composer
* Rich Shapero (born 1948), American venture capitalist and author
See also
*Shapiro (surname), main article; variants ...
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Shapira Shapira is a surname (see Shapiro), and may refer to:
* Amitzur Shapira, Israeli runner and track and field coach killed in the 1972 Munich massacre
* Amos Shapira, Israeli former President of El Al Airlines, Cellcom, and the University of Haifa ...
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Spear (surname) Spear is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Albert Spear (1852–1929), justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and President of the Maine Senate
*Allan Spear (1937–2008), American politician and educator from Minnesota
*Art ...
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Spero, list
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Spira (surname), list
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André Spire
André Spire (28 July 1868 – 29 July 1966) was a French people, French French poet, poet, French writer, writer, and Zionist activist.
Biography
Born in 1868 in Nancy, France, Nancy, to a Jewish family of the middle bourgeoisie, long establis ...
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Spiro (surname), list
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Szapiro Szapiro is a Polish Jewish surname, a variant of Shapiro. Notable people with this surname include:
*Anna Szapiro, mother of Georges Charpak
*Deborah Szapiro, film producer
*Jakub Szapiro, The King of Warsaw (TV series) main character
*Gedali Szap ...
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Szpiro Szpiro is a Polish Jewish surname, a variant of Shapiro. Notable people with this surname include:
* Abram Szpiro (1912-1943), Polish chess master
* Dawid Szpiro (1922-1944), Hashomer Hatzair resistance member killed by the Gestapo (seHolocaust E ...
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Speyer
Speyer (, older spelling ; ; ), historically known in English as Spires, is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in the western part of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the r ...
, city in Germany; name Shapira etc. based on it
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