Ziv () is a

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

word and name meaning "light" or "glow" and may refer to:

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Abraham Ziv Abraham Ziv (; –) was an Israeli mathematician, known for his contributions to the Zero-sum problem as one of the discoverers of the Erdős–Ginzburg–Ziv theorem. Biography Abraham Zubkowski (later Ziv) was born in Avihayil to Haim and Zil ...

(1940–2013), Israeli mathematician * Amitai Ziv, (born 1958), Israeli physician *

Asaiah Ziv Aaron Michael Rivera (born July 17, 1996) is an American rapper who goes by the stage name Asaiah Ziv (pronounced: Uh-sy-uh Zihv). Formerly known as KIDD or Tha Kidd Jopp, released his first studio album, ''Murder My Flesh'', on the Christian ...

(born 1996), American hip hop musician *

Frederick Ziv Frederick William Ziv (August 17, 1905 – October 13, 2001, Cincinnati, Ohio) was an American broadcasting producer and syndicator who was considered as the father of television first-run syndication and once operated the nation's largest indepen ...

(1905–2001), American broadcasting producer, founder of

Ziv Television Programs Ziv Television Programs, Inc., was an American production company that specialized in productions for first-run Broadcast syndication, television syndication in the 1950s. History The company was founded by Frederick Ziv in 1948 and was a subsid ...

Imri Ziv Imri Ziv (, ; born 12 September 1991), known mononymously as Imri (stylised in all caps), is an Israeli singer and voice actor. After winning ''HaKokhav HaBa'', he represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv with the song "I Fee ...

(born 1991), Israeli singer and actor *

Israel Ziv Israel Ziv (; born 1957) is an Israeli retired general who held several prominent posts including the head of the Israel Defense Force's Operations Directorate. During the Gaza war, Ziv emerged as a symbol of individual resistance and initiative ...

(born 1957), Israel general *

Jacob Ziv Jacob Ziv (; 27 November 1931 – 25 March 2023) was an Israeli electrical engineer and information theorist who developed the LZ family of lossless data compression algorithms alongside Abraham Lempel. He is also a namesake of the Ziv–Zakai ...

(1931-2023), Israeli computer scientist *

Simcha Zissel Ziv Simcha Zissel Ziv Broida (; 1824–1898), also known as Simhah Zissel Ziv or the ''Alter of Kelm'' (the Elder of Kelm), was one of the foremost students of Yisrael Salanter and one of the early leaders of the Musar movement. He is best known as ...

(1824–1898), Russian rabbi and a leader of the Musar movement *

Yiftach Ziv Yiftach Ziv (; born July 9, 1995) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. Early life Ziv was born in Haifa, Israel, and began play ...

(born 1995), Israeli basketball player *

Yitzhak Ziv Yitzhak Ziv (; born 11 November 1937) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gil between 2006 and 2009. Biography Born in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era, Ziv today lives in Ramat Gan, and is widowed with three child ...

(born 1937), Israeli politician *

Yoav Ziv Yoav David Ziv (; born 16 March 1981) is a retired Israeli footballer. He is currently the first team manager in Maccabi Tel Aviv. As a player he could perform on either flank of the formation, usually attacking from defence as he is adept with ...

(born 1981), Israeli football player *

Ziv Bar-Joseph Ziv Bar-Joseph () is an Israeli computational biologist and Professor in the Computational Biology Department and the Machine Learning Department at the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science. Bar-Joseph is also a Co-Founder and Chief Scientif ...

(born 1971), Israeli computational biologist *

Ziv Better Ziv Better () is a former Paralympic swimmer representing Israel at the Paralympics. Better was born in Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan. During his military service with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) he served as an officer in Golani Brigade. Better ...

(born 1965), Israeli swimmer *

Ziv Kalontarov Ziv Kalontarov (also "Kalontorov", "Kaluntarov", and "Kalntrov"; ; born 15 January 1997) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer and the reigning European Games champion in the 50 m freestyle. In April 2015, Kalontarov won the International School Sport ...

(born 1997), Israeli swimmer *

Ziv Koren Ziv Koren (; born July 13, 1970) is an Israeli photojournalist, a representative of "Polaris Images" photo agency. Koren is most noted for documenting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, IDF operations, and the IDF special forces Special ...

(born 1970), Israeli photojournalist *

Ziv Rubinstein Ziv Rubinstein (; born 20 March 1970) is an Israeli composer, songwriter and television producer. Biography Ziv Rubinstein was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. He learned how to play the guitar at the age of eleven. When he was only 13, h ...

(born 1970), Israeli musician

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Neve Ziv Neve Ziv (), also known as Ziv HaGalil (), is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located east of Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established ...

, also known as Ziv HaGalil, a community settlement in northern Israel * Ziv Medical Center, or Rebecca Sieff Hospital, a hospital in Safed, Israel

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Iyar Iyar (Hebrew language, Hebrew: or , Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew, Standard ''ʾĪyyar'' Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''ʾĪyyār''; from "Rosette (design), rosette; blossom") is the eighth month of the civil year (which starts on 1 Tishrei ...

, a Hebrew month, called Ziv in the Bible *

, an American company that produced syndicated television programs. * Zeiss Ikon Voigtländer (ZIV), a unit of Carl Zeiss AG that was responsible for developing and marketing the

Icarex Icarex is a line of 135 film, 35mm single lens reflex cameras (SLRs) made by Zeiss Ikon, derived from an earlier ''Bessaflex'' project developed by Voigtländer. The Icarex line, which included the Icarex 35, Icarex 35CS, Icarex 35S, and SL 7 ...

line of SLR cameras (1966–72)

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