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Itzhak

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Itzhak (Hebrew: יצחק) is a Hebrew given name and surname, meaning Isaac. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

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  • Itzhak Arnon (1909–2005), Israeli agronomist
  • Itzhak Bars (born 1943), American theoretical physicist at the University of Southern California
  • Itzhak Ben David (1931–2007), Israeli cyclist
  • Itzhak Bentov (1923–1979), Czech-born Israeli American scientist, inventor, mystic
  • Itzhak Brook (born 1941), Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Itzhak de Laat (born 1994), Dutch short track speed skater
  • Itzhak Drucker (born 1947), Israeli football defender
  • Itzhak Fintzi (born 1933), Bulgarian film and stage actor
  • Itzhak Gilboa (born 1963), Israeli economist
  • Itzhak Fisher, vice president at Nielsen Holdings
  • Itzhak Katzenelson (1886–1944), Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist
  • Itzhak Levanon (1944-2023), Israeli ambassador to Egypt from 2009 to 2011
  • Isaac Luria, also known as Itzhak Luria (1534–1572), Ottoman Syrian rabbi and mystic
  • Itzhak Luria (born 1940), Israeli olympic swimmer
  • Itzhak Mamistvalov (born 1979), Israeli Paralympic swimmer
  • Itzhak Nir (born 1940), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor
  • Itzhak Nissan, chairman and CEO of Meteor Aerospace Ltd., a privately owned Israeli Defense and Security company that Nissan founded
  • Itzhak Perlman (born 1945), Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue
  • Itzhak Rashkovsky (born 1955), Russian-Israeli violinist and pedagogue
  • Itzhak Schneor (1925–2011), Israeli footballer and manager
  • Itzhak Shum (born 1948), Israeli footballer and manager
  • Itzhak Stern (1901–1969), Polish-Israeli Jewish man who worked for Oskar Schindler and assisted him in his rescue activities
  • Itzhak Vissoker (born 1944), Israeli footballer

Surname

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See also

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