Yigal and Yigael (from Hebrew יגאל) are given names that mean "He (God) will redeem". People with those names include:
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Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon (; 10 October 1918 – 29 February 1980) was an Israeli military leader and politician. He was a commander of the Palmach and a general in the Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). He was also a leader of the Ahdut HaA ...
(1918–1980), Israeli politician, acting Prime Minister, a commander of the Palmach, and general
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Yigal Amir
Yigal Amir (born May 31, 1970) is an Israeli right-wing extremist who assassinated the incumbent prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995, at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. At the time of the murder, he ...
(born 1970), Israeli assassin of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin
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Yigal Antebi (born 1974), Israeli football player
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Yigal Arnon
Yigal Arnon (; December 9, 1929 – April 27, 2014) was an Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co.
Biography
Yigal Arnon received his LL.M. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1953, and was admitted to the Israel Bar ...
(1929-2014), Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co.
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Yigal Azrouël
Yigal Azrouël () is an Israeli American New York–based fashion designer.
Career
An avid surfer, born and raised in Ashdod, Israel, of French-Moroccan descent. His parents own a few sports and fashion stores in Ashdod. Yigal Azrouël draws ...
, Israeli-American fashion designer
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Yigal Bibi
Yigal Bibi (; born 21 January 1942) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1988 and 2003.
Biography
Born in Tiberias during the Mandate era, Bibi studied at the Bnei Akiva T ...
(born 1942), Israeli politician
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Yigal Calek
Yigal Yisroel Calek (; 29 May 1944—21 October 2024) was a British Orthodox Jewish conductor and composer of Israeli origin. He was the founder and conductor of the London School of Jewish Song, the first Orthodox Jewish children's choir.
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(1944–2024), British conductor and composer
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Yigal Carmon
Yigal Carmon (; born 1946) is the president and cofounder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), an organization which monitors and translates Arabic and Persian publications, radio and TV broadcasts, and religious sermons into m ...
(born 1946), president and founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
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Yigal Cohen
Yigal Cohen (; 1928 – 6 December 1988) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1974 and 1988.
Biography
Born in Tel Adashim during the Mandate era, during his youth Cohen co-ordinated the Youth Commi ...
(1928–1988), Israeli politician
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Yigal Cohen-Orgad
Yigal Cohen-Orgad (; 30 August 1937 – 27 August 2019) was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Finance from October 1983 until September 1984. He was one of the founders of Ariel University, serving as its chancellor until his death. ...
(1937-2019), Israeli politician
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Yigal Hurvitz
Yigal Hurvitz (; 15 October 1918 – 10 January 1994) was an Israeli farmer, businessman and politician who served as a government minister in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
Hurvitz was born in Nahlat Yehuda (today part of Rishon LeZion) i ...
(1918–1994), Israeli politician
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Yigal Menahem
Yigal Menahem (; born 10 September 1963) is an Israeli former footballer who now works as a lawyer.
Personal life
Yigal's younger brother Shimon was a defender and both played together in Maccabi Netanya during the 1980s.
Honours
* Israeli P ...
(born 1963), Israeli football player and lawyer
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Yigal Mossinson
Yigal Mossinson (; 25 December 1917 – 1 May 1994), also known as Igal Mossinsohn, Yigal Mosenzon and Yig'al Mosinzon, was an Israeli novelist, playwright, and inventor. He was the author of the Hasamba children's book series.
Among his many aw ...
(1917–1994), Israeli novelist
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Yigal Naor
Igal Naor (; born ) is an Israeli actor, sometimes credited as Yigal Naor.
Biography
Naor was born in Givatayim, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish parents from Iraq. He has appeared in the American films ''Munich'', ''Green Zone'' and '' Rendition''. ...
(born 1958), Israeli actor
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Yigal Tumarkin
Igael Tumarkin (; 23 October 1933 – 12 August 2021) was an Israeli painter and sculptor.
Biography
Peter Martin Gregor Heinrich Hellberg (later Igael Tumarkin) was born in 1933 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. His father, Martin Hellberg, was a G ...
(1933-2021), Israeli painter
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Igal Volodarsky
Igal Volodarsky, also known as Igal Dar (; June 12, 1936 – June 15, 1977), was an Israeli basketball player. He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team.
Biography
He played in the Israel Bask ...
(also Igal Dar) (1936-1977), Israeli basketball player
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Yigael Yadin
Yigael Yadin ( ; 20 March 1917 – 28 June 1984) was an Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician. He was the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and Deputy Prime Minister from 1977 to 1981.
Biography
Yigael Sukenik (later Y ...
(1917–1984), Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the IDF
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Yigal Yasinov
Yigal Yasinov (, born 27 April 1966) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shinui, HaOlim the National Union and Yisrael Beiteinu between 2003 and 2006.
Biography
Born in Kharkiv in the Soviet Union (today i ...
(born 1966), Israeli politician
See also
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Igal (disambiguation) Igal may refer to:
* Igal (biblical figure), son of Joseph of Issachar
* Igal, Hungary, a town in Hungary
* Igal, Navarre, a town in Salazar Valley, Spain
* Agal (accessory), an accessory to secure a ''keffiyeh'' or headcloth
* Igal Brener, physici ...
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Anglicized
Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...
form of Yigal
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Yigal Arnon & Co. (founded in 1957), an Israeli law firm
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