DOV or Dov could refer to:
''דב'' or ''דוב'', a
Hebrew
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male given name meaning "bear", from which the
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
name "
Ber" (בער) was derived (
cognate
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Because language change can have radical effects on both the s ...
with "bear") which was common among East European Jews.
People
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Dov J. Elkabas (1968), Amsterdam (Dutch) born musician and producer
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Dov Ber of Mezeritch
Dov Ber ben Avraham of Mezeritch (; died December 4, 1772 Old Style, O.S.), also known as the ''Maggid of Velyki Mezhyrichi, Mezeritch'' or ''Mezeritcher Maggid'', was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov), the founder of Has ...
(1700/1704/1710?–1772 OS), second leader and main architect of Hasidic Judaism
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Dov Ber Abramowitz (1860–1926), American Orthodox rabbi and author
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Dov Charney
Dov Charney (born January 31, 1969) is a Canadian entrepreneur and clothing manufacturer. He is the founder of American Apparel, which was one of the largest garment manufacturers in the United States until its bankruptcy in 2015. Charney was ...
(born 1969), president and chief executive officer of clothing manufacturer American Apparel
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Dov Feigin
Dov Feigin (; 1907-2000) was an Israeli sculptor.
Biography
Dov Feigin was born in 1907 in Luhansk, Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Rus ...
(1907–2000), Israeli sculptor
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Dov Forman (born 2003), English born Author and social media star
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Dov Frohman
Dov Frohman (, also Dov Frohman-Bentchkowsky; born March 28, 1939) is an Israeli electrical engineer and business executive. A former vice president of Intel Corporation, he is the inventor of the erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) ...
(born 1939), Israeli electrical engineer and business executive
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Dov Gabbay
Dov M. Gabbay (, ; born October 26, 1945) is an Israeli logician. He is Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London.
Work
Gabbay has autho ...
(born 1945), logician and professor of logic and computer science
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Dov Groverman (born 1965), Israeli Olympic wrestler
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Dov Grumet-Morris
Dov Grumet-Morris (born February 28, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the American Hockey League (AHL). He played ten years of professional hockey in North America and Europe.
Early life
Grumet-Morris, ...
(born 1982), American ice hockey player
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Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Jewish Zionist leader hanged by the British Mandatory authorities
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Dov Hikind (born 1950), American politician
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Dov Hoz (1894–1940), a leader of the Labor Zionism movement, one of the founders of the Haganah organization, and a pioneer of Israeli aviation
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Dov Jaron
Dov Jaron (October 29, 1935 – September 24, 2024) was an American engineer, who served as the Calhoun Distinguished Professor of Engineering in Medicine at Drexel University and was a Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, A ...
, American engineer
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Dow Baer (Berek) Joselewicz (1764–1809), Polish military commander
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Dov Karmi (1905–1962), Israeli architect
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Dov Khenin (born 1958), Israeli political scientist, politician and lawyer
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Dov Lior (born 1933), controversial Israeli rabbi
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Dov Lopatyn (died 1944), head of the Judenrat in Łachwa, Poland, and leader of a ghetto uprising
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Dov Lupi (born 1948), Israeli-American gymnast
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Dov Markus (born 1946), Israeli-American soccer player
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Dov Noy (1920-2013), Israeli folklorist
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Dov-Ber Rasofsky (Barney Ross) (1909-1967), American world champion Hall of Fame lightweight and junior welterweight boxer
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Dov Sadan (1902–1989), Israeli academic and politician
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Dov Schwartzman (1921–2011), Haredi Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva
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Dov Seltzer
Dov (Dubi) Seltzer (; born 26 January 1932) is a Romanian-born Israeli composer and conductor.
Biography
Dov (Dubi) Seltzer began studying music at an early age. He studied theory and harmony with professors Alfred Mendelssohn and Mihail Jor ...
(born 1932), Israeli composer and conductor
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Dov Shilansky
Dov Shilansky (; 21 March 1924 – 9 December 2010) was an Israeli lawyer, politician and Speaker of the Knesset from 1988 to 1992.
Biography
Dov Shilansky (born Berelis Šilianskis) was born in Šiauliai, Lithuania. He survived The Holocaust a ...
(1924–2010), Israeli politician and Speaker of the Knesset
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Dov Sternberg, American karateka
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Dov Tamari (1911–2006), French mathematician
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Dov Yosef
Dov Joseph (; 27 May 1899 – 7 January 1980) was an Israeli statesman. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, he was in charge of Jerusalem. He later held ministerial positions in nine Israeli governments.
Biography
Bernard Joseph (later Dov J ...
(1899–1980), Israeli politician and government minister
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Dov S. Zakheim (born 1948), American former government official, economist and businessman
Fictional characters
* Dov, a character in Michael Tippett's 1970 opera ''
The Knot Garden''
* Dov Epstein, one of the series protagonists of Canadian TV show ''
Rookie Blue
''Rookie Blue'' is a Canadian police procedural television series starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith. It was created by Morwyn Brebner, Tassie Cameron, and Ellen Vanstone. The series premiered on June 24, 2010, and aired on Global in ...
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Other uses
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DOV Pharmaceutical
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Dover Corporation
Dover Corporation is an American conglomerate manufacturer of industrial products. The Downers Grove, Illinois-based company was founded in 1955. As of 2021, Dover's business was divided into five segments: Engineered Products, Clean Energy a ...
, stock exchange symbol DOV
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Dover (Amtrak station), New Hampshire, United States; Amtrak station code DOV
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German Eastern Marches Society;
* A type of
pulsating white dwarf
A pulsating white dwarf is a white dwarf star whose luminosity variable star, varies due to non-radial gravity wave pulsations within itself. Known types of pulsating white dwarfs include DAV, or ZZ Ceti, stars, with hydrogen-dominated atmosphere ...
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Dulwich OnView, a community-based online blog/magazine in Dulwich, London, UK
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Dover Air Force Base
Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force (USAF) base under the operational control of Air Mobility Command (AMC), located southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware. The 436th Airlift Wing is the host wing, and runs the bu ...
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