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masculine given name. It is sometimes paired with

Hirsch Hirsch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Afua Hirsch (born 1981), Norwegian-born British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister * Alex Hirsch (born 1985), American animator, screenwriter and voice actor * August Hirsch ( ...

, the German and Yiddish word for "deer", in a

bilingual pleonasm Pleonasm (; , ) is redundancy in linguistic expression, such as "black darkness", "burning fire", "the man he said", or "vibrating with motion". It is a manifestation of tautology by traditional rhetorical criteria. Pleonasm may also be used f ...

. Notable people with this name include: *

Zvi Aharoni Zvi Aharoni (; 6 February 1921 – 26 May 2012) was an Israeli Mossad agent instrumental in the capture of Adolf Eichmann. Biography Hermann Aronheim (later Zvi Aharoni) was born in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. He immigrated to Mandatory ...

(1921–2012), Israeli Mossad agent *

Zvi Arad Zvi Arad (; 16 April 1942, in Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine – 4 February 2018, in Petah Tikva, Israel) was an Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, and president of Netanya Academic College. Biography Zvi Arad bega ...

(1942–2018), Israeli mathematician, acting president of

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, , ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution. It has 20,000 ...

, president of

Netanya Academic College Netanya Academic College (, ''HaAkademit Netanya'') is a private college based in Netanya, Israel. Established in 1994 by a team from Bar-Ilan University, it has an enrollment of around 4,000 undergraduate students. It was founded by Zvi Arad, who ...

* Zvi Hirsch Gregor Belkovsky (1865–1948), jurist, economist, and Zionist activist *

Zvi Ben-Avraham Zvi Ben-Avraham (; born 16 November 1941) is an Israeli earth scientist, specializing in geophysics of the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea Transform. He is currently a professor of Geophysics at Tel Aviv University. Ben-Avraham was awarded the ...

(born 1941), Israeli geophysicist *

Zvi Bern Zvi Bern (born 17 September 1960) is an American theoretical particle physicist. He is a professor at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Bern studied physics and mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned his d ...

(born 1960), American physicist *

Zvi Bodie Zvi Bodie (born April 27, 1943) is an American economist, author and professor. He was the Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Management at Boston University, teaching finance at Questrom for 43 years before retiring in 2015. His textbook, ''I ...

(born 1943), American academic * Zvi Bornstein (1926–2024), Slovak antifascist fighter *

Zvi Hirsch Chajes Zvi Hirsch Chajes ( - November 20, 1805 - October 12, 1855; also Chayes or Hayot or Chiyos) was a Galician talmudic scholar. He is best known for his work ''Mevo Hatalmud'' (Introduction to the Talmud), which serves both as commentary and intr ...

(1805–1855), Orthodox Polish rabbi *

Zvi Chalamish Zvi Chalamish () is an Israeli real estate and industrial operations financial advisor and a public speaker. Chalamish led numerous key positions at the Government of Israel, including chief fiscal officer for the Western Hemisphere (2005–2010) ...

, Israeli financier *

Zvi Elpeleg Zvi Elpeleg (; 1926 – 27 June 2015) was an academic, author, and a senior researcher at the Dayan Institute at Tel Aviv University. Born in Poland, Elpeleg served as a colonel in the Israeli army and later received an ambassadorial appointment. ...

(1926–2015), Israeli academic *

Zvi Galil Zvi Galil (; born June 26, 1947) is an Israeli-American computer scientist. He has served as the dean of the Columbia University School of Engineering and as president of Tel Aviv University from 2007 through 2009. From 2010 to 2019, he was the d ...

(born 1947), Israeli computer scientist, mathematician, and President of

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) is a Public university, public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv, the university is the center of teaching and ...

Zvika Greengold Zvi Greengold (; born 10 February 1952) is a former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer who fought during the 1973 Yom Kippur War as a tank commander. He is one of only eight people who fought in the war to be awarded the Medal of Valor, the na ...

(born 1952), Israeli officer during the Yom Kippur War, awarded the Medal of Valor *

Zvi Griliches Hirsh Zvi Griliches ( ; 12 September 1930 – 4 November 1999) was a Lithuanian-born economist at Harvard University. Zvi Griliches's works concerned mostly the economics of technological change, including empirical studies of diffusion of innova ...

(1930–1999), Jewish-American economist * Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky (1857-1947), American rabbi *

Zvi Elimelech Halberstam Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (, ; born 1952) is the present Sanz Rebbe of Netanya, Israel. He is also known as the Sanzer Rebbe. He is the eldest son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the first Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe, who in his will divided the ...

(born 1952), Israeli rebbe *

Zvi Hecker Zvi Hecker (; 31 May 1931 – 24 September 2023) was a Polish-born Israeli architect. His work is known for its emphasis on geometry and asymmetry. Biography Zvi Hecker was born as Tadeusz Hecker in Kraków, Poland. He grew up in Poland and Sam ...

(1931-2023), Israeli architect *

Zvi Heifetz Zvi Heifetz (born December 9, 1956) is an Israeli diplomat who served as the Israeli Ambassador to China. He has previously served as the ambassador to the United Kingdom (from 2004 to 2007), the ambassador to Austria (from 2013 to 2015), and t ...

(born 1956), Israeli diplomat *

Zvi Hendel Zvi Hendel (; born 16 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Tkuma faction of the National Union between 1996 and 2009. Biography Born in Transylvania in Romania, Hendel made aliyah in 1959 and in ...

(born 1949), Israeli politician *

Zvi Hercowitz Zvi Hercowitz (Hebrew: צבי הרקוביץ; born December 21, 1945, in Rosario, Argentina) is professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University's School of Economics and has been a member of the montetary committee of the Bank of Israel since 2017. He ...

(born 1945), Israeli economist * Zvi Hirsch Kaidanover (1650–1712), German rabbi *

Zvi Hirsch Kalischer Zvi (Zwi) Hirsch Kalischer (Hebrew:צבי הירש קלישר)(24 March 1795 – 16 October 1874) was an Orthodox German rabbi who expressed views, from a religious perspective, in favour of the Jewish re-settlement of the Land of Israel, which ...

(1795–1874), Orthodox German rabbi *

Zvi Kogan On 21 November 2024, Zvi Kogan (, born 11 August 1996), an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi residing in the United Arab Emirates, was abducted and killed. He was an envoy of the Orthodox Jewish Hasidic organization Chabad. On 24 November 2024, a body was ...

(1996-2024), Israeli-Moldovan rabbi killed in the United Arab Emirates *

Zvi Kolitz Zvi Kolitz (; December 14, 1912 – September 29, 2002) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish film and theatrical producer and a writer whose short story '' Yosl Rakover Talks to God'' became a classic of Holocaust literature. Life Zvi Kolitz, a son of a ...

(1912-2002), Israeli film producer *

Zvi Laron Zvi Laron (; born February 6, 1927) is an Israeli paediatric endocrinologist. Born in Cernăuţi, Romania, Laron is a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University. In 1966, he described the type of dwarfism later called Laron syndrome. His research ...

(born 1927), Israeli physician *

Zvi Lieberman Zvi Lieberman (also Zvi Liberman) (; March 1, 1891 - August 6, 1985) Ben-Ezer, Ehud (1998). Days of Artemisia. Am Oved. p. 543. was a Russian-born Israeli children’s book author. He aliyah, immigrated to Palestine during the Second Aliyah pe ...

(1891–1985), Russian-born Israeli author *

Zvi Luria Zvi Lurie (; 1 June 1906 – 21 May 1968) was a Jewish political figure in Mandatory Palestine. A member of the Jewish National Council, he was amongst the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. Biography Zvi Lurie was born i ...

(1906–1968), Israeli politician *

Zvi Magen Zvi Magen (; born 1945) is the former deputy head of Nativ, Israeli ambassador to Ukraine in 1993, ambassador to Russia in 1998, and Head of Nativ from 1999 to 2005. Magen wished to retire from his post during the Sharon government, but was conv ...

(born 1945), Israeli ambassador *

Zvi Mazel Zvi Mazel (; born 4 March 1939) is an Israeli diplomat. He has served as the Israeli Ambassador (diplomacy), ambassador to Egypt, Romania, and Sweden. Education and work experience Mazel was born in Bnei Brak, and served in the Israel Defense For ...

(born 1939), Israeli diplomat *

Zvi Mowshowitz Zvi Mowshowitz is an American writer and member of the rationalist community who primarily discusses new developments in artificial intelligence. He is a former competitive '' Magic: The Gathering'' player and was CEO of MetaMed. Career Mowsho ...

(born 1979), American ''Magic: The Gathering'' player *

Zvi Nishri Zvi Nishri (; January 4, 1878 – July 22, 1973) was a pioneer in modern physical education in British Mandate for Palestine and later, Israel. Biography Zvi Orloff (later Nishri) was born to a Jewish family in Russia, where he served as a soldi ...

(Orloff) (1878–1973), Russian/Palestinian/Israeli pioneer in modern physical education *

Zvi Ofer Zvi "Zvika" Ofer (; 1932–1968) was an Israeli soldier and the commander of the Israel Defense Forces Haruv Reconnaissance Unit, and recipient of the Israeli Medal of Valor for the 1962 Nuqeib operation in Syria. In 1967, he served as the mili ...

(1932–1968), Israeli officer awarded the Medal of Valor *

Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim (; 1854–1926) was Chief Rabbi of Kelm, Lithuania, and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva. Biography Rabbi Oppenheim was born in 1854 in the small village of Yakubowe (now Jokūbavas, Kretinga district, Lithuania). He ...

(1854–1926), Lithuanian rabbi *

Zvi Hermann Schapira Zvi Hermann Schapira (; 1840–1898), or Hermann Hirsch Schapira, was a Lithuanian rabbi, mathematician at the University of Heidelberg, and Zionism, Zionist. He was the first to suggest founding a Jewish National Fund for the purchase of land in ...

(1840–1898), Russian mathematician *

Zvi Schreiber Zvi Schreiber (, ; born 9 June 1969) is a United Kingdom, British-Israeli businessman, executive, and author. He founded high-tech Startup company, startups like G.ho.st, which at the time was considered the only high-tech startup with a joint Pa ...

(born 1969), British-Israeli entrepreneur *

Zvi Segal Zvi Segal (; 1901–1965) was a Revisionist Zionist activist and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence. A member of the Irgun, Segal was deported to Eritrea by the British during the Mandate era. He served as vice-president of ...

(1901–1965), signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence *

Zvi Sherf Zvi Sherf (; born December 18, 1951, in Tel Aviv, Israel), known almost universally by his nickname Zvika (), is an Israeli former basketball player and professional basketball coach. Coaching career Sherf played basketball with the Maccabi Tel A ...

(born 1951), Israeli basketball coach * Zvi Sobolofsky, Orthodox American rabbi *

Zvi Weinberg Zvi Meir (Henry H.) Sophia (; 12 August 1935 – 21 December 2006) is a former Ashkenazi politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael BaAliyah between 1996 and 1999. Born in Brekov in Czechoslovakia (today in Slovakia), Weinberg ...

(1935–2006), Israeli politician *

Zvi Yair Zvi Yair () is the pen-name of the Hebrew poet and Chassidic scholar, Rabbi Zvi Meir Steinmetz (; 1915–2005). Zvi Yair was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Biography His father Shlomo Dov Steinmetz lived in the village of Brister (village), ...

(1915–2005), Hungarian rabbi * Zvi Yavetz (1925–2013), Israeli historian * Zvi Yehezkeli (born 1970), Israeli journalist * Zvi Yehuda (1887-1965), Israeli politician *

Zvi Yehuda Kook Zvi Yehuda Kook (, 23 April 1891 – 9 March 1982) was an ultranationalist Orthodox rabbi. He was the son of Abraham Isaac Kook, the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. Both father and son are credited with developing K ...

(1891–1982), Jewish theologian *

Zvi Zamir Zvi Zamir (; born Zvicka Zarzevsky; 3 March 1925 – 2 January 2024) was a major general in the Israel Defense Forces and the director of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974. Early life Born in Poland on 3 March 1925, Zamir immigrated with his famil ...

(1925–2024), Israeli general *

Zvi Zilker Zvi Zilker (; 13 March 1933 – 18 November 2021) was an Israeli politician who served as the fourth and sixth mayor of Ashdod. Background Zilker was born in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, in March 1933, to a German Jewish family, and ...

(1933-2021), Israeli politician * Zvi Zimmerman (1913–2006), Israeli politician

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