Avigdor ( he, אביגדור, also ''Abigdor, Awigdor,'' from

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4.18, = ''Avi Gedor'') is a Hebrew masculine given-name.

Given names

* Avigdor Aptowitzer * Avigdor Arikha (1929–2010), Israeli-French painter, printmaker, and art historian *

Avigdor Ben-Gal Avigdor "Yanush" Ben-Gal ( he, אביגדור בן-גל; 1936 – February 13, 2016; born Janusz Goldlust) was an Israeli general. Life Early life He was born in 1936, in Łódź, Poland, as Janusz Ludwig Goldlust. When he was three years old, Wo ...

(1936-2016), Israeli general * Abigdor Cohen of Vienna (c. 13th century), Austrian Talmudist * Avigdor Dagan (1912–2006), also known as Viktor Fischl, Israeli writer, playwright and diplomat * Avigdor Eskin, Russian-Israeli political activist * Avigdor Glogauer ({{circa, 1725–1810), German grammarian and poet *

Avigdor Kahalani Tat Aluf (Brigadier General) Avigdor Kahalani ( he, אביגדור קהלני, born 16 June 1944) is a former Israeli soldier and politician. Early life Avigdor Kahalani was born in Ness Ziona during the Mandate era. His parents, Moshe and Sa ...

, Israeli soldier and politician *

Avigdor Lieberman Avigdor Lieberman (, ; russian: Эве́т Льво́вич Ли́берман, Evet Lvovich Liberman, ; born 5 June 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli politician serving as Minister of Finance since 2021, having previously served twice as Deputy ...

, Israeli politician, leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party *

Avigdor Miller Avigdor HaKohen Miller (August 28, 1908 – April 20, 2001) was an American Haredi rabbi, author, and lecturer most prominently known for instigating and invigorating extreme right-wing politics in American Orthodox Jewry. He served simultan ...

(1908–2001), American rabbi, author and lecturer * Avigdor Moskowitz (born 1953), Israeli basketball player *

Avigdor Nebenzahl Avigdor Nebenzahl (born 1935) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and Posek. He is the senior rosh yeshiva at Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh, a faculty member at Yeshivat HaKotel, and rabbi of the Ramban Synagogue. Nebenzahl previously served as rabbi of the Old ...

, former chief rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem *

Avigdor Stematsky Avigdor Stematsky (1908–1989) was a Russian Empire-born Israeli painter. He is considered one of the pioneers of Israeli abstract art. Biography Stematsky was born in 1908 in Odessa. He joined the Massad group in Tel Aviv. In 1929, he went to ...

(1908–1989), Israeli painter *

Avigdor Yitzhaki Avigdor Yitzhaki ( he, אביגדור יצחקי, born 13 September 1949) is an Israeli politician. He is a former member of the Knesset for Kadima, having been the party's parliamentary group chairman and head of the coalition. He is the chairman ...

, Israeli politician, former member of the Knesset for Kadima *

Ephraim Avigdor Speiser Ephraim Avigdor Speiser (January 24, 1902 – June 15, 1965) was a Polish-born American Assyriologist. He discovered the ancient site of Tepe Gawra in 1927 and supervised its excavation between 1931 and 1938. Speiser was married to Sue Gimbel ...

Surnames

* Avigdor (French family) (or d'Avigdor), a French Jewish pedigree; (de) *

Abraham Abigdor Abraham Abigdor (also rendered as Abraham Avigdor), born 1350, was a Jewish physician, philosopher, kabbalist, and translator. He should not be confused with Maestro Abraham Abigdor, who in 1386 was the proprietor of a house at Arles (''" Monatssc ...

(b. 1350), French-Jewish physician, philosopher, and translator * Maestro Abraham Abigdor * Henri Salomon d'Avigdor * Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid * Isaak Samuel d'Avigdor ( Isaac Samuel d'Avigdor) *

James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid Major-General Sir James Arthur "Jack" d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet, (19 December 1912 – 6 September 1987) was a British Army officer and British Conservative politician. He was a member of the prominent Anglo-Jewish d'Avigdor-Goldsmid fami ...

*Rabbi Dr. Jacob Avigdor (1896–1967), also known as Yaakov Avigdor, author and rabbi in Poland and Mexico *Rabbi Isaac C. Avigdor (1920–2010), son of Rabbi Dr. Jacob Avigdor *

Solomon Avigdor Solomon ben Abraham Abigdor (also rendered as Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor), born in Provence in 1384, was a Hebrew translator, physician, and mystic. Assisted by his father, Abraham Bonet ben Meshullam, he, at the early age of fifteen years, trans ...

(b. 1384), French-Jewish translator of Hebrew

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