Isaac ''()'' transliterated from

Yitzhak Yitzhak( ()) is a male first name, and is Hebrew for Isaac (name), Isaac. Yitzhak may refer to: People *Yitzhak ha-Sangari, rabbi who converted the Khazars to Judaism *Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995), Israeli politician and Prime Minister *Yitzhak Sh ...

, Yitzchok () was one of the three

patriarchs The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certa ...

in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...

, whose story is told in the

book of Genesis The Book of Genesis (from Greek ; Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, ( "In the beginning") ...

. ' Isaac is a given name derived from

Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...

and a given name among

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

, and

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

societies, generally in reference to the above. "

Ike Ike or IKE may refer to: People * Ike (given name), a list of people with the name or nickname * Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II and President of the United States Surname ...

" and "Ise" are also short forms of the name .

Forms of in different languages

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

: Isak *

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

: إسحٰق, إسحاق ( Ishaq, ʼIsḥāq) *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

: Սաակ (Saak), Սահակ (Sahak), Սահակ (Sahag) * Azerbaijani: İshaq/Исһаг/ایسهاق, İsaak/Исаак/ایسااک *

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

: Isaak * Belarusian: Ісак (Isak) *

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

: ইসহাক (Ishak) * Bosnian: Ishak *

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

: Izaag *

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

: Исаак (Isaak) *

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

: Isaac *

Chinese Simplified Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters used in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore, as prescribed by the ''Table of General Standard Chinese Characters''. Along with traditional Chinese characters, they are one o ...

: 艾萨克 (Aìsàkè) / 以撒 (Mandarin: Yǐsǎ; Cantonese: Ji5saat3) *

Chinese Traditional Traditional Chinese characters are one type of standard Chinese character sets of the contemporary written Chinese. The traditional characters had taken shapes since the clerical change and mostly remained in the same structure they took at ...

: 艾薩克 (Àisàkè) / 以撒 (Mandarin: Yǐsǎ; Cantonese: Ji5saat3) * Croatian: Izak *

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

: Izák *

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

: Isak, (older:) Isach *

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

: Isaak *

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

: Ike, Isac (Old English) *

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

: Isaako, Izaak, Isĥak, Ike, Isac * Estonian: Iisak * Ewe: Isak * Faroese: Ísakur *

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

: Iisakki * French: Isaac * Galician: Isaac *

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

: ისააკ (Isaak) *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

: Isaak *

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

: Ισαάκιος (Isaakios), Ισαάκ (Isaák) *

Haitian Creole Haitian Creole (; ht, kreyòl ayisyen, links=no, ; french: créole haïtien, links=no, ), commonly referred to as simply ''Creole'', or ''Kreyòl'' in the Creole language, is a French-based creole language spoken by 10–12million people wor ...

: Izarak *

Hausa Hausa may refer to: * Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa * Hausa language, spoken in West Africa * Hausa Kingdoms, a historical collection of Hausa city-states * Hausa (horse) or Dongola horse, an African breed of riding horse See also ...

: Is'haƙu, Isaka *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: יִצְחָק, (Yiṣḥāq, IPA /jits'xak/),

Itzhak Itzhak ( he, יצחק) is a Hebrew given name and surname, meaning Isaac. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Itzhak Arnon (1909–2005), Israeli agronomist * Itzhak Bars (born 1943), American theoretical physicist at the University ...

Yitshak Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs (Bible), patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, a ...

, Itshak *

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

: इसहाक (Isahaak) *

Hmong Hmong may refer to: * Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand * Hmong cuisine * Hmong customs and culture ** Hmong music ** Hmong textile art * Hmong language, a continuum of closely related to ...

: Ixaj * Hungarian: Izsák * Icelandic: Ísak *

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

: Ishak *

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

: Íosác *

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

: Isacco *

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: アイザック (Aizakku) / イサク (Isaku) * Javanese: Iskak *

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

: ಐಸಾಕ್ (Aisāk) * Khmer: អ៊ីសាក (Aisak) *

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

: 이삭 (I-sak), 아이작 (Aijak) * Kyrgyz: Ыскаак (Isqaaq), Исхак (İshaq) * Lao: ອີຊາກ (Isak) *

Ladino Ladino, derived from Latin, may refer to: * The register of Judaeo-Spanish used in the translation of religious texts, such as the Ferrara Bible *Ladino people, a socio-ethnic category of Mestizo or Hispanicized people in Central America especi ...

: יצחק (Yiṣḥāq), Ike, Itshak, Izak, Yshac, Yshak, Ishac, Isak, Yitzhak, Yitshak (Yitsḥak), Yitzjak, Isacc *

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

: ius, us * Latvian: Aizeks, Izaks * Lithuanian: Izaokas * Macedonian: Исак (Isak) *

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

: Ishak, Sahak *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

: ഇസഹാക് (Isahaak) *

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

: Ihaka * Mongolian: Исаак (Isaak) *

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

: Isak *

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: اسحاق (Eshaq) *

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

: Izaak *

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

: Isaque,Instituto dos Registos e Notariado - Vocábulos admitidos e não admitidos como nomes próprios
/ref> *

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: Исаак (Isaak) *

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language ** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...

: Isac, Ițac *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

: Iosag *

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Исак (Isak) * Slovene: Izak * Somali: Isxaaq *

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

: Isaac * Swahili: Isaka, Isaki *

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: Isak, Isac *

Syriac Syriac may refer to: *Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic *Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region * Syriac alphabet ** Syriac (Unicode block) ** Syriac Supplement * Neo-Aramaic languages a ...

: ܐܝܤܚܩ (Iskhaaq) *

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

: ஈசாக்கு (eesaaku) *

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

: ఇస్సాకు, (Issāku) *

Thai Thai or THAI may refer to: * Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia ** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand ** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand *** Thai script *** Thai (Unicode block ...

: อิสอัค, ไอแซก (Xịsæk) * Turkish: İshak, İshâk *

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

: Ісаак (Isaak) * Uyghur: ئىسھاق (Ishaq), ئىساق (Isaq) * Uzbek: Ishoq (Is-hoq) *

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

: יצחק (Yẕẖq) (= Yitskhok, IPA /'jitsxok/), Aizik, Isaak, Izik,

, Isac, Itzak, Itzek, Itzig, Hiztig, Izaak, Zack, Zak *

Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...

: Ísáàkì * Zulu: Isaka

Given name

Isaac

This is a selection of better known people with the name Isaac; for a comprehensive list, see . * Saint Isaac, several people *

Isaac Abarbanel Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel ( he, יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל;‎ 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (), also spelled Abravanel, Avravanel, or Abrabanel, was a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentato ...

(1437–1508), Portuguese Jewish statesman and philosopher *

Isaac Alarcón Isaac Alarcón García (born July 27, 1998) is a Mexican professional American football defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the Monterrey Institute of Technology ( ...

(born 1998), Mexican American football player *

Isaac Albéniz Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the Post-Romantic era who also had a significant influence on his conte ...

(1860–1909), Spanish pianist and composer *

Isaac Alfasi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi ha-Cohen (1013–1103) ( ar, إسحاق الفاسي, he, ר' יצחק אלפסי) - also known as the Alfasi or by his Hebrew acronym Rif (Rabbi Isaac al-Fasi), was a Maghrebi Talmudist and posek (decider in matters of ...

(1013–1103), Algerian Talmudist and jurist *

Isaac II Angelos Isaac II Angelos or Angelus ( grc-gre, Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος, ; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204. His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a ...

(1156–1204), Byzantine Emperor *

Isaac of Armenia Isaac or Sahak of Armenia (354–439) was Catholicos (or Patriarch) of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He is sometimes known as "Isaac the Great," and as "Sahak the Parthian" (Armenian: Սահակ Պարթեւ, Sahak Parthew", Parthian: ''Sahak-i ...

(354–439), Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church * Isaac Asiata (born 1992), American football player *

Isaac Asimov yi, יצחק אזימאװ , birth_date = , birth_place = Petrovichi, Russian SFSR , spouse = , relatives = , children = 2 , death_date = , death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. , nationality = Russian (1920–1922)Soviet (192 ...

(1920–1992), Russian-born American writer and biochemist *

Isaac Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель, p=ˈbabʲɪlʲ; – 27 January 1940) was a Russian writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator. He is best known as the author of ''Red Cavalry'' ...

(1894–1940), Russian journalist, playwright and short story writer *

Isaac Barrow Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for proof of the fundamental theorem ...

(1630–1677), English theologian and mathematician *

Isaac Beeckman Isaac Beeckman (10 December 1588van Berkel, p10 – 19 May 1637) was a Dutch philosopher and scientist, who, through his studies and contact with leading natural philosophers, may have "virtually given birth to modern atomism".Harold J. Cook, in ...

(1588–1637), Dutch philosopher and scientist *

Isaac de Benserade Isaac de Benserade (; baptized 5 November 161310 October 1691) was a French poet. Born in Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, his family appears to have been connected with Richelieu, who bestowed on him a pension of 600 ''livres''. He began his liter ...

(1613–1691), French poet *

Isaac the Blind Isaac the Blind ( he, רַבִּי יִצְחַק סַגִּי נְהוֹר ''Rabbī Yīṣḥaq Saggī Nəhōr'', literally "Rabbi Isaac, blind person"; c. 1160–1235 in Provence, France), was a French rabbi and a famous writer on Kabbalah (Jewi ...

(c.1160–1235), French Jewish mysticist and Kabbalist *

Isaac Boleslavsky Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky ( uk, Ісаак Єфремович Болеславський, russian: Исаак Ефремович Болеславский; 9 June 1919 – 15 February 1977) was a Soviet chess player and writer. Early caree ...

(1919–1977), Soviet chess grandmaster *

Isaac Brock Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. Brock was assigned to Lower Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he c ...

(1769–1812), British Army officer and colonial administrator *

(born 1975), American lead singer in Modest Mouse *

Isaac Casaubon Isaac Casaubon (; ; 18 February 1559 – 1 July 1614) was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England. His son Méric Casaubon was also a classical scholar. Life Early life He was born in Geneva to two Fr ...

(1559–1614), French-born English classical scholar and philologist * Isaac of the Cells, Egyptian Christian monk who lived during the 6th and 7th centuries *

Isaac da Costa Isaäc da Costa (14 January 1798 – 28 April 1860) was a Jewish poet. Da Costa was born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His father, an aristocratic Sephardic Portuguese Jew, Daniel da Costa, a relative of Uriel Acosta, was a prominent me ...

(1798–1860), Dutch Jewish poet * Isaac Cuenca (born 1991), Spanish footballer * Isaac Dalby (1744–1824), English mathematician and surveyor * Isaac D'Israeli (1766–1848), British writer, scholar and man of letters *

Isaac Deutscher Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

(1907–1967), Polish writer, journalist and political activist * Isaac Durst, (born TBA), host of

Arirang "Arirang" (; ) is a Korean folk song. There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a refrain similar to "''Arirang, arirang, arariyo'' ()". It is estimated the song is more than 600 years old. ...

quiz show, Superkids *

Isaac Hanson Hanson is an American pop band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed by brothers Isaac Hanson (guitar, vocals, bass, piano), Taylor Hanson (keyboards, vocals, percussion), and Zac Hanson (drums, vocals, piano). Supporting members include Dimitrius Co ...

(born 1980), American musician, guitarist in Hanson *

Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwri ...

(1942–2008), American singer-songwriter, voice actor, and producer *

Isaac Israel Hayes Isaac Israel Hayes (March 5, 1832 – December 17, 1881) was an American Arctic explorer, physician, and politician, who was appointed as the commanding officer at Satterlee General Hospital during the American Civil War, and was then elected, a ...

(1832–1881), American Arctic explorer, physician and politician *

Isaac Hamilton Isaac Brandon Hamilton (born May 14, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Cherkaski Mavpy of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, earning second-team all-conference honors in ...

(born 1994), American basketball player *

Isaac Heller Isaac "Ike" Heller (July 23, 1926 – March 7, 2015) was an American toy manufacturer, the co-founder of Remco, with his cousin Saul Robbins. Personal life Isaac Heller was born on July 23, 1926, in Ellenville, New York, the son of Russian Jewis ...

(1926–2015), American toy manufacturer, co-founder of Remco *

Isaac Hempstead Wright Isaac Hempstead Wright is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Bran Stark in the HBO television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), which earned him a Young Artist Award nomination as Best Young Supporting Actor in a TV Se ...

(born 1999), English actor *

Isaac Herzog Isaac "Bougie" Herzog ( he, יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג, Yitskhak "Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the 11th president of Israel since 2021. He is the first president to be born in ...

(born 1960), 11th President of Israel *

Isaac Isaacs Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs (6 August 1855 – 11 February 1948) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the ninth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1931 to 1936. He had previously served on the High Court of A ...

(1855–1948), Australian Chief Justice and Governor-General *

Isaac Israeli ben Solomon Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (Hebrew: יצחק בן שלמה הישראלי, ''Yitzhak ben Shlomo ha-Yisraeli''; Arabic: أبو يعقوب إسحاق بن سليمان الإسرائيلي, ''Abu Ya'qub Ishaq ibn Suleiman al-Isra'ili'') ( 832 &ndas ...

(c. 832 – c. 932), Arab Jewish physician and philosopher *

Isaac Israëls Isaac Lazarus Israëls (3 February 1865 – 7 October 1934) was a Dutch painter associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. Biography The son of Jozef Israëls, one of the most respected painters of the Hague School, and Aleida ...

(1865–1934), Dutch impressionist painter *

Isaac Kashdan Isaac Kashdan (November 19, 1905 in New York City – February 20, 1985 in Los Angeles) was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion (1938, 1947). He played five times for the United States in chess Olymp ...

(1905–1985), American chess grandmaster *

Isaac I Komnenos Isaac I Komnenos or Comnenus ( grc-gre, Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός, ''Isaakios Komnēnos''; – 1 June 1060) was Byzantine emperor from 1057 to 1059, the first reigning member of the Komnenian dynasty. The son of the gene ...

(c. 1007–1061), Byzantine Emperor *

Isaac Komnenos (son of Alexios I) Isaac Komnenos or Comnenus ( el, Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός, Isaakios Komnēnos; 16 January 1093 – after 1152) was the third son of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Empress Irene Doukaina. He was raised to the high rank of ...

(1093 – aft. 1152), Byzantine prince *

Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus Isaac Doukas Komnenos (or Ducas Comnenus, c. 1155 – 1195/1196) was a claimant to the Byzantine Empire and the ruler of Cyprus from 1184 to 1191. Contemporary sources commonly refer to him as the emperor of Cyprus. He lost the island to King ...

(c.1155–1196), ruler of Cyprus *

Isaac Kragten Isaac Kragten is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Agent Otis in ''Odd Squad'' for which he won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Pre-School Children's or Family Viewing Program at the 44th Day ...

(born 2002), Canadian actor *

Isaac Lea Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

(1792-1886), American publisher, conchologist and geologist *

Isaac Levitan Isaac Ilyich Levitan (russian: Исаа́к Ильи́ч Левита́н; – ) was a classical Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape". Life and work Youth Isaac Levitan was born in a shtetl of Kibarty ...

(1860–1900), Russian landscape painter *

Isaac Luria Isaac ben Solomon Luria Ashkenazi (1534Fine 2003, p24/ref> – July 25, 1572) ( he, יִצְחָק בן שלמה לוּרְיָא אשכנזי ''Yitzhak Ben Sh'lomo Lurya Ashkenazi''), commonly known in Jewish religious circles as "Ha'ARI" (mean ...

(1534–1572), Jewish religious leader and mysticist *

Isaac Makwala Isaac Makwala (born 24 September 1985) is a Botswana sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Career He was the gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games in 2018. He has also won continental titles at the distance, winning at the 2015 A ...

(born 1986), Botswana sprinter * Isaac Nauta (born 1997), American football player *

Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a "natural philosopher"), widely recognised as one of the grea ...

(1642–1727), English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist *

Isaac of Nineveh Isaac of Nineveh (; Arabic: إسحاق النينوي ''Ishaq an-Naynuwī''; grc-gre, Ἰσαὰκ Σῦρος; c. 613 – c. 700), also remembered as Saint Isaac the Syrian, Abba Isaac, Isaac Syrus and Isaac of Qatar, was a 7th-century Church o ...

(c. 613 – c. 700), Syriac Christian bishop and theologian * Isaac Okoro (born 2001), American basketball player * Isaac Okoronkwo (born 1978), Nigerian footballer *

Isaac Oliver Isaac Oliver (c. 1565 – bur. 2 October 1617) or Olivier was an English portrait miniature painter.Baskett, John. ''Paul Mellon's legacy: a passion for British art'' (Yale University Press, 2007) pp. 240-1. Life and work Born in Rouen, ...

(c.1565–1617), French-born English portrait painter *

Isaac van Ostade Isaac van Ostade (bapt. June 2, 1621 – buried October 16, 1649) was a Dutch genre and landscape painter. Biography Van Ostade was born in Haarlem. He began his studies under his brother, Adriaen, with whom he remained until 1641, when he s ...

(1621–1649), Dutch genre and landscape painter *

Isaac Peral Isaac Peral y Caballero (1 June 1851, in Cartagena – 22 May 1895, in Berlin), was a Spanish engineer, naval officer and designer of the Peral Submarine. He joined the Spanish navy in 1866, and developed the first electric-powered submarine whi ...

(1851–1895), Spanish engineer, naval officer and designer of the Peral Submarine *

Isaac Leib Peretz Isaac Leib Peretz ( pl, Icchok Lejbusz Perec, yi, יצחק־לייבוש פרץ) (May 18, 1852 – April 3, 1915), also sometimes written Yitskhok Leybush Peretz was a Polish Jewish writer and playwright writing in Yiddish. Payson R. Stevens, Cha ...

(1852–1915), Yiddish writer from Poland *

Isaac Pitman Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 – 22 January 1897) was a teacher of the :English language who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in ''Stenographic Soundhand'' in 183 ...

(1813–1897), English inventor of shorthand/stenography *

Isaac Roberts Isaac Roberts FRS (27 January 1829 – 17 July 1904) was a Welsh people, Welsh engineer and businessman best known for his work as an amateur astronomer, pioneering the field of astrophotography of nebulae. He was a member of the Liverpool A ...

(1829–1904), Welsh amateur astronomer *

Isaac Rochell Isaac Christopher Rochell (born April 22, 1995) is an American football defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame, and was drafted in the seventh round of the 2017 ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Isaac Rosefelt Isaac Daniel "Ike" Rosefelt ( he, אייזק רוזפלט; born May 3, 1985) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He played college basketball for Bowling Green Falcons and St. Thomas Tommies before ...

(born 1985), American-Israeli basketball player * Isaac Henrique Sequeira (1738–1816), Portuguese physician *

Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 – July 18, 1826) was the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic an ...

(1750–1826), Governor of Kentucky *

Isaac Singer Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-n ...

(1811–1875), American inventor and businessman (sewing machine) *

Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer ( yi, יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 11, 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born American Jewish writer who wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated himself into English with the help ...

(1902–1991), Polish-born American author, Nobel prize literature 1978 *

Isaac Slade Isaac Edward Slade (born May 26, 1981) is an American singer and musician; the former lead vocalist, main songwriter, pianist and co-founder of Colorado-based rock band The Fray. Early life Slade was born in Boulder, Colorado, and raised in t ...

(born 1989), American lead singer in The Fray *

Isaac Stern Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist. Born in Poland, Stern came to the US when he was 14 months old. Stern performed both nationally and internationally, notably touring the Soviet Union and China, and ...

(1920–2011), Ukrainian-born American violinist and conductor *

Isaac Taylor Isaac Taylor (17 August 1787 – 28 June 1865) was an English philosophical and historical writer, artist, and inventor. Life He was the eldest surviving son of Isaac Taylor of Ongar. He was born at Lavenham, Suffolk, on 17 August 1787, and m ...

(1787–1865), English philosopher & historian *

(1829–1901), Anglican priest,

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

toponymist Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...

Isaac Titsingh Isaac Titsingh FRS ( January 1745 – 2 February 1812) was a Dutch diplomat, historian, Japanologist, and merchant.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Isaak Titsingh" in . During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the ...

(1745–1812), Dutch surgeon, scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador * Isaac Vorsah (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer *

Isaac Watts Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Survey the ...

(1674–1748), English Christian minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician *

Isaac Yiadom Isaac Yiadom (born February 20, 1996) is an American football cornerback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). A graduate of Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester, Massachusetts, he played college football at Bosto ...

(born 1996), American football player *

Isaac Wayne Isaac Wayne (1772October 25, 1852) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Federalist Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1823 to 1825. He served as a member ...

(1772–1856), U.S. Congressman *

Isaac Wayne (1699–1774) Isaac Wayne (1699 – November 1774) was a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly representing Chester County from 1757 to 1763. He served as captain in the Provincial Forces of Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War from 1755 ...

, Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly member, Captain of Pennsylvania Provincial Forces during the French and Indian War *

Isaac White Isaac White may refer to: * Isaac White (militia colonel), colonel in the Illinois militia * Isaac D. White Isaac Davis White (March 6, 1901 – June 11, 1990) was a senior officer in the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Army, Pacif ...

(born 1998), Australian basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks *

(born 1998), English Bass player with the Indie rock band

RedFaces RedFaces were a British indie pop band from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The band has three members: Harry Lyon, Isaac White and Charlie Yapp. The band signed to Sony Music, Sony Music UK's RCA Records in 2015. Biography RedFaces are a 3-piece ...

. ;Isaach * Isaach de Bankolé (born 1957), Ivorian actor

Fictional people

Isaac Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

, a character played by Ashley David in the British web series ''

Corner Shop Show ''Corner Shop Show'' is a British comedy drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a gen ...

'' * Isaac, the main antagonist from the video game

Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...

's '' Castlevania: Curse of Darkness'' and

Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...

's '' Devil's Third'' * Isaac, the main protagonist in video games '' The Binding of Isaac'' and '' The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth'' * Isaac, a main character in Nintendo's ''Golden Sun'' series * Isaac, an android of extraterrestrial origin in American television series ''

The Orville ''The Orville'' is an American science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Seth MacFarlane, who also stars as series protagonist Ed Mercer, an officer in the Planetary Union's line of exploratory space vessels in the 25th century ...

'', played by Mark Jackson * Isaac Chroner, the main antagonist from the

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

short story '' Children of the Corn'' *

Isaac Clarke Isaac Clarke is a fictional character in the survival horror media franchise '' Dead Space'', owned and published by Electronic Arts. He was introduced as the protagonist of '' Dead Space'' (2008) developed by EA subsidiary EA Redwood Shores, ...

, the main protagonist from the ''Dead Space'' video game series * Isaac Davis,

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

's character in ''

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

'' * Isaac Dian in the light novel and anime series ''

Baccano! is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, often told from multiple points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States during various time periods, most notably the ...

'' * Isaac Harris in the

novella ''

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams ''The Bazaar of Bad Dreams'' is a short fiction collection by Stephen King, published on November 3, 2015. This is King's sixth collection of short stories and his tenth collection overall. One of the stories, "Obits", won the 2016 Edgar Award ...

'' * Isaac Heller, main antagonist from season 4 of ''

Once Upon a Time "Once upon a time" is a stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events, typically in fairy tales and folk tales. It has been used in some form since at least 1380 (according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'') in storytelling in the ...

'' *

Isaac Henderson Isaac Henderson Jr. or Isaac Austin Henderson (February 13, 1850 – March 31, 1909) was an American newspaper publisher, novelist, and dramatist. He was associated with the ''New York Evening Post'' for ten years. Early life Henderson was b ...

in ''

The Mummy A mummy is an unusually well preserved corpse. Mummy or The Mummy may also refer to: Places *Mummy Range, a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States *Mummy Cave, a rock shelter and archeological site in Par ...

'' *

Isaac Kleiner This is a list of characters in the ''Half-Life'' video game series, which comprises ''Half-Life'', ''Half-Life 2'', ''Half-Life: Alyx'', and their respective expansion packs and episodes. Introduced in ''Half-Life'' and expansion packs This sec ...

in the video games ''Half-Life'' and ''Half-Life 2'' * Isaac Lahey, a

werewolf In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (; ; uk, Вовкулака, Vovkulaka), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely or ...

and former member of the McCall Pack in

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

's cult television series ''

Teen Wolf ''Teen Wolf'' is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is chang ...

'', played by

Daniel Sharman Daniel Andrew Sharman (born 25 April 1986) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Isaac Lahey on the television series ''Teen Wolf'' (2012–2014), Kaleb Westphall / Kol Mikaelson on '' The Originals'' (2014–2015), Troy Otto on '' ...

Isaac Mendez ''Heroes'' is an American superhero drama television series created by Tim Kring that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006, to February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover that they have super ...

in the television series ''

Heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...

'', played by

Santiago Cabrera Santiago Cabrera (; born 5 May 1978) is a Chilean-British actor who has worked mainly in the UK and United States. Cabrera is best known for his roles as the character Isaac Mendez in the television series ''Heroes'', Lancelot in the BBC drama s ...

* Isaac Netero in the manga series ''Hunter × Hunter'' * Isaac Washington, bartender on ''

The Love Boat ''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy/drama television series that aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986; in addition, four three-hour specials aired in 1986, 1987, and 1990. The series was set on the luxury passenger cruise ship MS ''Pac ...

'', played by

Ted Lange Theodore William Lange III (; born January 5, 1948) is an American actor, director and screenwriter best known for his roles as bartender Isaac Washington in the TV series ''The Love Boat'' (1977-1986), and Junior in ''That's My Mama'' (1974-197 ...

Isaak

* Isaak Abelin (1883–1965), Swiss physiologist *

Isaak Asknaziy Isaak L'vovich Asknaziy (russian: Исаак Львович Аскназий; 16 January 1856, in Drissa – 1902, in Moscow) was a Jewish Russian painter in the Academic style, known primarily for his historical and Biblical scenes. Biography ...

(1856–1902), Russian painter *

Isaak Bacharach Isaak Bacharach (2 December 1854 – 22 September 1942) was a German mathematics professor in Erlangen who proved the Cayley–Bacharach theorem on intersections of cubic curves. He was murdered at the Theresienstadt concentration camp durin ...

(1854–1942), German mathematician *

Isaak Benrubi Isaak Benrubi (24 May 1876 in Thessaloniki – October 19 1943 in Geneva) was a philosopher from the Ottoman city of Thessaloniki, he opposed the conventional character of the act of knowing in "subject" and "object" to the reality that is intereste ...

(born 1876–1943), Ottoman philosopher *

Isaak van den Blocke Izaak van den Blocke or Isaak van den Blocke (1574–1626) was a painter of Flemish descent who spent his active career in Poland. He is known for his decorative paintings in various official buildings and residences in Gdańsk. He also compl ...

(1574–1626), Flemish painter in Poland *

Isaak Brodsky Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (russian: Исаак Израилевич Бродский; uk, Іса́к Ізраїльович Бро́дський, – 14 August 1939) was a Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movem ...

(1884–1939), Soviet painter * Isaak Bubis (1910–2000), Moldavian Soviet engineer and architect *

Isaak August Dorner Isaak August Dorner (20 June 1809 – 8 July 1884) was a German Lutheran church leader. He was a meditating theologian in nineteenth-century Germany who served as a professor of theology at the University of Berlin and had an international influenc ...

(1809–1884), German church leader *

Isaak Dunayevsky Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky (russian: Исаак Осипович Дунаевский ; also transliterated as Dunaevski or Dunaevskiy; 25 July 1955) was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operett ...

(1900–1955), Soviet composer *

Isaak Elias Isaak Elias (April 27, 1912 – May 1, 1998) was an educator, merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Rosthern from 1956 to 1960 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Social Credit member. He was born in Rost ...

(born 1912–1998), Canadian politician *

Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (10 June 1759 in Prostiboř – 12 December 1849 in Vienna) was an Austrian merchant. Life During the famine in Ansbach in the middle of the 18th century, Hofmann's parents had emigrated from Pretzendo ...

(1759–1849), Austrian merchant *

Isaak de Graaf Isaak de Graaff (1668 – 5 September 1743) was a Dutch map maker. He was born in Amsterdam, the son of Abraham de Graaf and Susanna Pietersz Eppingh. His father was in the service of the Dutch East India Company from 1679 until his death in 1714, ...

(born 1668–1743), Dutch cartographer *

Isaak Iselin Isaak Iselin (7 March 1728 in Basel – 15 July 1782 in Basel) was a Swiss philosopher of history and politics. Iselin studied law and philosophy at the University of Basel and the University of Göttingen. In 1756 he became secretary of the repub ...

(1728–1782), Swiss philosopher of history and politics *

Isaak Markus Jost Isaak Marcus (Markus) Jost (February 22, 1793, Bernburg – November 22, 1860, Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its ...

(1793–1860), German Jewish historian *

Isaak Kikoin Isaak Konstantinovich (Kushelevich) Kikoin (; 28 March 1908 – 28 December 28, 1984), , was a Soviet physicist of Lithuanian origin and an author of physics textbooks in Russian language who played an important role in the former Soviet program ...

(1908–1984), Soviet physicist *

Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov Isaak Markovych Khalatnykov ( uk, Ісаа́к Ма́ркович Хала́тников; 17 October 1919 – 9 January 2021) was a leading Soviet theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, ...

(1919–2021), Soviet physicist * Isaak B. Klejman (1921–2012), Ukrainian Soviet archaeologist *

Isaak Lalayants Isaak Khristoforovich Lalayants (pseudonyms: ''Columbus, Izarov, Insarov'' et al.; , Kizlyar, Russian Empire – 14 July 1933, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Russian revolutionary, Marxist, Bolshevik and comrade-in-arms of Vladimir Lenin. He was a ...

(1870–1933), Russian revolutionary * Isaak Ah Mau (born 1982), New Zealand rugby league player *

Isaak D. Mayergoyz Isaak D. Mayergoyz is the Alford L. Ward Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his master and PhD degrees in the former Soviet Union, where he was a senior resear ...

, American academic *

Isaak Mazepa Isaak Prokhorovych Mazepa ( uk, Ісаак Прохорович Мазепа) (16 August 1884, Kostobobriv – 18 March 1952, Augsburg) was a Ukrainian politician. He was a Head of the Government of Ukrainian People’s Republic from August 1919 ...

(1884–1952), Ukrainian politician * Isaak Moiseevich Milin (1919–1992), Soviet mathematician *

Isaak "Tjaak" Pattiwael Isaak "Tjaak" Pattiwael (23 February 1914 – 16 March 1987) was an Indonesian football forward who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial i ...

(1914–1987), Indonesian footballer *

Isaak Pomeranchuk Isaak Yakovlevich Pomeranchuk (russian: Исаа́к Я́ковлевич Померанчу́к (Polish spelling: Isaak Jakowliewicz Pomieranczuk); 20 May 1913, Warsaw, Russian Empire – 14 December 1966, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet physicist ...

(1913–1966), Soviet physicist *

Isaak Illich Rubin Isaak Illich Rubin (russian: Исаа́к Ильи́ч Ру́бин; 12 June 1886, in Dvinsk, Russian Empire (now Latvia) – 27 November 1937, in Aktyubinsk, Kazakh SSR) was a Soviet Marxian economist. His main work '' Essays on Marx's Theory o ...

(1886–1937), Soviet economist *

Isaak Augustijn Rumpf Isaak Augustijn Rumpf (1673–1723) was a governor of Dutch Ceylon. He was appointed on 5 December 1716 and was Governor until 11 June 1723, when he died in office. Family life Rumpf (sometimes spelled ''Rumph'') was the son of the diplomat Chris ...

(1673–1723), Dutch Governor of Ceylon *

Isaak Tirion Isaak Tirion (1705 in Utrecht – 1765 in Amsterdam) was an 18th-century publisher from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to the RKD, he is most remembered for his ''Hedendaagsche historie'' (''Modern History'') and his ''Vaderlandse ...

(1705–1765), Dutch publisher * Isaak Voss (1618–1689), Dutch scholar and manuscript collector *

Isaak Yaglom Isaak Moiseevich Yaglom (russian: Исаа́к Моисе́евич Ягло́м; 6 March 1921 – 17 April 1988) was a Soviet Union, Soviet mathematician and author of popular mathematics books, some with his twin Akiva Yaglom. Yaglom received ...

(1921–1988), Soviet mathematician *

Isaak Zelensky Isaak Abramovich Zelensky (russian: Исаа́к Абра́мович Зеле́нский) (22 June 1890 – 15 March 1938) was a Soviet Union, Soviet politician, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Communist Party official, and a victim of the ...

(1890–1938), Soviet politician

Surname Isaac or Isaak

* Adèle Isaac (1854–1915), French operatic soprano *

Alexandre Isaac Pierre Alexandre Ildefonse Isaac (9 January 1845 – 5 August 1899) was a French lawyer who was a left-leaning Senator of Guadeloupe from 1885 until his death in 1899. He was of mixed African and European ancestry. He was particularly involved in ...

(1845–1899), French lawyer, Senator of Guadeloupe 1885–1889 *

Arthur Isaac Arthur Whitmore Isaac (4 October 1873 – 7 July 1916) was an English first-class cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played a number of times, though with only modest success, for Worcestershire in their early seasons in first-class cric ...

, English cricketer *

Auguste Isaac Auguste Isaac (1849-1938) was a French politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1919 to 1924, representing Rhône. Minister of Industry and Commerce between 1920 and 1921, Isaac attacked the French fashion industry for i ...

(1849–1938), French politician * Bryan Isaac, dancer *

Bobby Isaac Robert Vance Isaac (August 1, 1932 – August 14, 1977) was an American stock car racing driver. Isaac made his first NASCAR appearance in 1961, and quickly forged a reputation of one of the toughest competitors of the 1960s and 1970s. He was most ...

, American racing driver *

Chris Isaak Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor. He is widely known for his breakthrough hit and signature song "Wicked Game", as well as other songs such as "Blue Hotel", "Baby D ...

, American musician * George Isaac (politician), Egyptian politician *

Glynn Isaac Glynn Llywelyn Isaac (19 November 1937 – 5 October 1985) was a South African archaeologist who specialised in the very early prehistory of Africa, and was one of twin sons born to botanists William Edwyn Isaac and Frances Margaret Leighton ...

, South African archaeologist *

Heinrich Isaac Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450 – 26 March 1517) was a Netherlandish Renaissance composer of south Netherlandish origin. He wrote masses, motets, songs (in French, German and Italian), and instrumental music. A significant contemporary of Josquin de ...

, Ugonis, Henricus, Heinrich, Arrigo or Ysaac, Franco-Flemish composer *

John Isaac (cricketer) John Edmund Valentine Isaac (14 February 1880 – 9 May 1915), DSO, was an English first-class cricketer: a right-handed batsmen who played ten matches in South Africa and England between 1906 and 1908. He was born at Powick Court, Worceste ...

, English cricketer * Luis Isaac, Puerto Rican baseball player *

Oscar Isaac Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada (born March 9, 1979) is a Guatemalan-born American actor. Known for his versatility, he has been credited with breaking stereotypes about Latino characters in Hollywood. He was named the best actor of his gene ...

, American actor * Ray Isaac (quarterback), American football player * Ray Isaac (singer), Australian singer *

Rhys Isaac Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (20 November 1937 – 6 October 2010) was a South African-born Australian historian of American history who also worked in the United States. Isaac and his twin brother Glynn were born in Cape Town, South Africa, to Wil ...

, American historian *

Robert M. Isaac Robert Michael "Bob" Isaac (January 27, 1928 – May 2, 2008) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 37th mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Elected in April 1979, he was the first popularly-elected mayor in the history o ...

, American politician * Ty Isaac, American football player

References

{{given name, type=both Surnames Given names English masculine given names Jewish surnames Hebrew masculine given names Hebrew-language names Masculine given names Modern names of Hebrew origin Portuguese masculine given names Spanish masculine given names