Hillel ( he, links=no, הלל, lit=praise) is a Jewish masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to:

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* Hillel the Elder (110 BC–10 AD), Babylonian sage, scholar, and Jewish leader *

Hillel, son of Gamaliel III Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, was a Jewish scholar in the 3rd century CE (second generation of amoraim). Biography He was son of Gamaliel III, brother of Judah II, and probably a pupil of his grandfather Judah I. Of his early history nothing i ...

(3rd century), Jewish scholar *

Hillel II Hillel II (Hebrew: הלל נשיאה, Hillel the Nasi), also known simply as Hillel, was an '' amora'' of the fifth generation in the Land of Israel. He held the office of '' Nasi'' of the Sanhedrin between 320 and 385 CE. He was the son and succ ...

, Jewish communal and religious authority and Nasi of the Jewish Sanhedrin, 320–385 * Hillel ben Eliakim (11th–12th century), Greek rabbi and Talmud scholar *

Hillel ben Samuel Hillel ben Samuel (c. 1220 – Forlì, c. 1295) was an Italian physician, philosopher, and Talmudist. He was the grandson of the Talmudic scholar Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona. Life He spent his youth at Barcelona, where he studied the Talmud ...

(c. 1220–1295), Italian physician, philosopher, and Talmudist * Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi (1615–1690), Lithuanian rabbi * Hillel Rivlin (1758–1838), Lithuanian rabbi *

Hillel Paritcher Hillel HaLevi Malisov of Paritch, a levite by birth, commonly known as Reb Hillel Paritcher (1795-1864) was a famous Orthodox Jewish Chabad Rabbi in Russia. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia (Hasidic mentor) and communal rabbi in the towns o ...

(1795–1864), Russian Chabad rabbi * Hillel Lichtenstein (1814–1891), Hungarian rabbi and writer * Hillel Noah Maggid (1829–1903), Russian-Jewish genealogist and historian *

Hillel Yaffe Hillel Yaffe (1864–1936) ( he, הלל יפה) was a Russian Jewish physician and Zionist leader who immigrated to Palestine during the First Aliyah. He was instrumental in curing malaria among the Jewish population of Palestine in the early 20t ...

(1864–1936), Russian Jewish physician and Zionist leader *

Hillel Zeitlin Hillel Zeitlin (1871–1942) was a Yiddish and Hebrew writer and poet. A leading pre-Holocaust Jewish journalist, he was a regular contributor to the Yiddish newspaper ''Moment'', among other literary activities. He was the leading thinker in the ...

(1871–1942), Russian writer in Yiddish and Hebrew * Hillel Poisic (1881–1953), Ukrainian communal worker and Torah scholar *

Hillel Oppenheimer Hillel Oppenheimer ( he, הלל אופנהיימר, born Heinz Reinhard Oppenheimer; 4 April 1899 – 15 June 1971), was an Israeli professor of botany. Biography Hillel Oppenheimer was born in Berlin, Germany. His father was Franz Oppenheimer, ...

(1899–1971), German-Israeli botanist *

Hillel Kook Hillel Kook ( he, הלל קוק, 24 July 1915 –18 August 2001), also known as Peter Bergson (Hebrew: פיטר ברגסון), was a Revisionist Zionist activist and politician. Kook led the Irgun's efforts in the United States during World ...

(1915–2001), Russian-Jewish Zionist activist, politician, and leader of the Irgun * Hillel Seidel (1920–1999), Israeli politician *

Hillel Schwartz Hillel Schwartz (13 February 1923 – 1 August 2007), an Egyptian Jew, was the founder of the Iskra ('al-Sharara') party, a small Communist political party which was one of the Egyptian political groupings advocating full independence from Great ...

(1923–2007), Egyptian Jewish founder of the Iskra party * Hillel Kristal, birth name of

Hilly Kristal Hillel Kristal (September 23, 1931August 28, 2007) was an American club owner, manager and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute. Early years Kristal was bo ...

(1931–2007), American musician and owner of club CBGB in New York City *

Hillel Zaks Hillel Zaks ( he, הלל זקס; February 2, 1931 – January 13, 2015) was the founder and ''rosh yeshiva'' of Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah in Kiryat Sefer. He was the son of Mendel and Faiga Chaya Zaks, the youngest daughter of Israel Meir Kagan ...

(1931–2015), Polish-Israeli founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah * Hillel Jonathan Gitelman (1932-2015), American nephrologist who described Gitelman Syndrome *

Hillel Furstenberg Hillel (Harry) Furstenberg ( he, הלל (הארי) פורסטנברג) (born September 29, 1935) is a German-born American-Israeli mathematician and professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a member of the Israel Academy o ...

(born 1935), American-Israeli mathematician *

Hillel Ticktin Hillel H. Ticktin is a Marxist theorist and economist. He was born in South Africa in 1937, but had to leave to avoid arrest for political activism. He then lived and studied in the Soviet Union, where his PhD thesis, which was critical of offic ...

(born 1937), South African Marxist theorist and economist now at Glasgow University *

Hillel Halkin Hillel Halkin ( he, הלל הלקין; born 1939) is an American-born Israeli translator, biographer, literary critic, and novelist, who has lived in Israel since 1970. Biography Hillel Halkin was born in New York City two months before the outbr ...

(born 1939), American-born Israeli translator, writer, and literary critic *

Hillel Weiss Hillel Weiss ( he, הלל ויס; born 1945) is a professor emeritus of literature at Bar Ilan University in Israel. Academic career Hillel Weiss is a tenured professor at the Joseph & Norman Berman Department of Literature of the Jewish People, ...

(born 1945), Israeli professor of literature and Neo-Zionist *

(born 1948), American cultural historian, poet and translator *

Hillel Cohen Hillel Cohen-Bar (born in Jerusalem, 5 October 1961) is an Israeli scholar who studies and writes about Jewish-Arab relations in Palestine/Israel. He is an associated professor at the Department of Islam and Middle East Studies at the Hebrew Univer ...

(born 1961), Israeli historian *

Hillel Slovak Hillel Slovak ( he, הלל סלובק; April 13, 1962 – June 25, 1988) was an Israeli-American musician best known as the founding guitarist of the Los Angeles rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he recorded two albums. His guitar wo ...

(1962–1988), Israeli-American guitarist and founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers * Hillel Horowitz (born 1964), Israeli rabbi and politician *

Hillel Roman Hillel Roman (הלל רומן) is a visual artist living and working in Tel Aviv, Israel. Biography Roman was born on April 16, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. At age 24 he joined Hamidrasha Art School, Beit Berl College, Israel. In 2004 Roman ...

(born 1975), American-Israeli visual artist *

Hillel Fendel Hillel Fendel ( he, הלל פנדל) was, for 16 years, senior editor and co-founder of Arutz Sheva's "Israel National News" and also works as an author and editor. He worked as a teacher and rabbi in the past. Fendel has authored both news article ...

, Israeli journalist * Hillel Frisch, Israeli political scientist *

Hillel Neuer Hillel C. Neuer (born 1969/1970) is a Canadian-born international lawyer, writer, and the executive director of UN Watch, a human rights NGO and UN watchdog group based in Geneva, Switzerland. Neuer is the founding chairman of Geneva Summit fo ...

, Canadian human-rights lawyer and executive director of UN Watch * Hillel Schenker, Israeli editor *

Hillel Steiner Hillel Isaac Steiner (; born 1942) is a Canadian political philosopher and is Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Manchester. He was elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy in 1999. Work Steiner's writings ar ...

, Canadian political philosopher

Surname

Simeon ben Hillel Shimon or Simeon ben Hillel was the son of Hillel the Elder. Little is known about him. When Hillel died, Shimon may have took over his place as the '' Nasi'' of the Sanhedrin, as is implied by a passage in the Talmud. Simeon was the father of ...

(1st century), son of Hillel the Elder *

Mordechai ben Hillel Mordechai ben Hillel HaKohen ( he, "המָּרְדֳּכַי" ,רבי מרדכי בן הלל הכהן; c. 1250–1298), also known as The Mordechai, was a 13th-century German rabbi and posek. His chief legal commentary on the Talmud, referred to as ...

(died 1298), German rabbi and posek *

Abraham Hillel Abraham Moshe Hillel (1820-1920) served as Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the anc ...

(1820–1920), Iraqi rabbi *

Yehoshua Bar-Hillel Yehoshua Bar-Hillel ( he, יהושע בר-הלל; 8 September 1915, in Vienna – 25 September 1975, in Jerusalem) was an Israeli philosopher, mathematician, and linguist. He was a pioneer in the fields of machine translation and formal linguis ...

(1915–1975), Israeli philosopher, mathematician, and linguist * Shlomo Hillel (1923-2021), Iraqi-born Israeli diplomat and politician * Ayin Hillel (1926–1990), Israeli poet and children's author * Stéphane Hillel (born 1955) French actor * Gili Bar-Hillel (born 1974) Israeli English-Hebrew translator

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