''Shmuel'' or Schmuel/ Shmeil is the Hebrew equivalent of the name

Samuel Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...

. It is popular also in Polish Yiddish versions of the name: Szmul or Szmuel and Szmulik or Szmulek. Shmuel and variations may refer to: *

Samuel (Bible) Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...

, the Hebrew Bible prophet *

Books of Samuel The Book of Samuel (, ''Sefer Shmuel'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Samuel) in the Old Testament. The book is part of the narrative history of Ancient Israel called the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books (Joshu ...

, the book of the Tanach *

Shmuel Hakatan Shmuel ha-Katan (literally ''Samuel the Small'', or ''Samuel the Lesser'') was a Babylonian Jew considered a great early religious scholar. He was one of the second generation of Tannaim, who served under the patriarch Gamliel II of Yavneh, durin ...

, the Tanna (Mishnaic sage) * Samuel of Nehardea, the Amora (Talmudic sage)

People

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Shmuel Ben David Shmuel Ben David (1884–1927) born in Sofia, Bulgaria was an illustrator, painter, typographer and designer affiliated with the Bezalel school, an art movement that developed in Jerusalem in the early twentieth century. Biography Shabat Men ...

(1884–1927), illustrator, painter, typographer and designer *

Shmuel Ben-Dror Shmuel Ben Dror (1924 – January 6, 2009) was an Israeli association football player. Football career Ben Dror was born in Petah Tikva. He played defense for the Israeli national football team. He served as their first captain and scored the ...

(1924–2009), Israeli footballer * Shmuel Ben Eliezer (born 1981), American record executive *

Shmuel Bornsztain (disambiguation) Shmuel Bornsztain (also Borenstein or Bernstein) may refer to: * Shmuel Bornsztain, second Sochatchover Rebbe (1856–1926), author of ''Shem Mishmuel'' * Shmuel Bornsztain, sixth Sochatchover Rebbe (born 1961) {{hndis, Bornsztain, Shmuel ...

Shmuel Bornsztain (second Sochatchover rebbe) Shmuel Bornsztain (16 October 1855 – 10 January 1926), Hebrew calendar (4 Cheshvan 5616 – 24 Teves 5686), also spelled Borenstein or Bernstein, was the second Rebbe of the Sochatchov Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the '' Shem Mis ...

, (1856–1926), author of ''Shem Mishmuel'' **

Shmuel Bornsztain (sixth Sochatchover rebbe) Shmuel Yitzchok Bornsztain (born 1961), also spelled Borenstein or Bernstein, is the sixth Rebbe of the Sochatchov Hasidic dynasty. Biography Bornsztain was born in Tel Aviv in 1961. His father was Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Bornsztain who the fifth ...

, (born 1961), Israeli rabbi * Leonard Chess (born Lejzor Szmuel Czyż; 1917–1969), Polish-born American record company executive *

Shmuel Dayan Shmuel Dayan ( he, שמואל דיין; 8 August 1891 – 11 August 1968) was a Zionist activist during the British Mandate of Palestine and an Israeli politician who served in the first three Knessets. Biography Born in the town of Zhashkiv in th ...

(1891–1968), Israeli politician *

Shmuel Ehrenfeld Shmuel Ehrenfeld ( yi, שמואל עהרענפעלד, 1891–1980), known as the Mattersdorfer Rav, was a pre-eminent Orthodox Jewish rabbi in pre-war Austria and a respected Torah leader and community builder in post-war America. He established ...

(1891–1980), rabbi *

Shmuel Flatto-Sharon Shmuel "Samy" Flatto-Sharon ( he, שמואל פלאטו-שרון, 18 January 1930 – 7 December 2018) was a controversial French-Israeli businessman, radio talk-show host and politician. After starting his own political party, he was a member of ...

(1930–2018), French-Israeli businessman, radio talk-show host and politician * Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; 1882–1974), Polish-American film producer * Szmul Hirsz Peltyn (1831–1896), Polish Jewish writer, translator, and publisher * Shmuʾel Jamīl (1847–1917), Assyrian scholar and author *

Shmuel Kamenetsky Shmuel Kamenetsky (born November 1924) is an American Haredi rabbi. He is the co-founder and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. He is also a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages). Biography Ra ...

(born 1924), American Haredi rabbi * Shmuel Kaminetsky (born 1965), chief rabbi of Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast *

Shmuel Kozokin Shmuel Kozokin ( he, שמואל קוזוקין; born 16 November 1987) is an Israeli former Association football, footballer. Kozokin was a Defender (association football), defender. He won a gold medal with Team Israel at the 2005 Maccabi ...

(born 1987), Israeli footballer * Shmuel Malika-Aharon (1947–2011), Israeli footballer * Shmuel Onn (born 1960), professor at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology * Shmuel Pinchasi, rabbi * Sam Pivnik (born Szmuel Pivnik; 1926–2017), Holocaust survivor, author * Shmuel Rabinovitch (born 1970), Orthodox rabbi * Shmuel Rodensky (1902–1989), Israeli actor *

Samuel Reshevsky Samuel Herman Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski; November 26, 1911 – April 4, 1992) was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960 ...

(born Szmul Rzeszewski; 1911–1992), Polish American chess player * Shmuel Schneersohn (1834–1882), Orthodox rabbi *

Shmuel Yosef Agnon Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( he, שמואל יוסף עגנון; July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (). In English, his works are published und ...

(1888–1970), Nobel Prize laureate writer * Sam Warner (born Szmuel Wonsal; 1887–1927), American film producer * Shmuel Winograd (1936–2019), Israeli-American computer scientist *

Shmuel Zaks Schmuel Zaks (born 1949) is a computer scientist and mathematician who works in the fields of distributed computing and computer networks. He is a professor at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where he holds the Joan Callner-Miller C ...

(born 1949), computer scientist and mathematician *

Sam Zell Samuel Zell (born Shmuel Zielonka, September 28, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. A former lawyer, Zell is the founder and chairman of Equity Group Investments, a private investment firm, founded in 1968. He has ...

(born 1941 as Shmuel Zielonka), American billionaire businessman and philanthropist *

Szmul Zygielbojm Szmul Mordko Zygielbojm (; yi, שמואל זיגלבוים; – ) was a Polish socialist politician, Bund trade-union activist, and member of the National Council of the Polish government-in-exile. Zygielbojm was born in 1895 into a w ...

(1895–1943), Polish Jewish socialist politician *

Shmuel Zytomirski Shmuel Zytomirski ( he, שמואל ז'יטומירסקי, pl, Szmuel Żytomirski; 16 September 1900 – 1944) was a well-known figure of the Jewish community of Lublin before and during World War II and the father of Henio Zytomirski. He was mur ...

(1900–1944), figure of the Jewish community of Lublin

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Midrash Shmuel (disambiguation) Midrash Shmuel may refer to: *Midrash Shmuel (aggadah), an aggadic midrash on the Books of Samuel *Midrash Shmuel Yeshiva , streetaddress = 13 Sha'arei Hesed St. , region = Sha'arei Hesed , city = West Jerusalem , cou ...

Midrash Shmuel (aggadah) Midrash Samuel (Hebrew: ''מדרש שמואל'') is an aggadic midrash on the books of Samuel. Names It is first quoted by Rashi, who calls it by several names: "Midrash Shmuel", "Aggadat Midrash Shmuel", "Aggadah deShmuel", and "Midrash 'Et ...

, an aggadic midrash on the Books of Samuel **

Midrash Shmuel Yeshiva , streetaddress = 13 Sha'arei Hesed St. , region = Sha'arei Hesed , city = West Jerusalem , country = Israel , coordinates = , established = 1993 , head = Rabbi Binyomin Moskovits , ...

, an English-speaking yeshiva in Jerusalem *

Ya'acov Shmuel Ya'acov Shmuel (יעקב שמואל; born August 7, 1968) is an Israeli former Olympic boxer. He was undefeated in seven fights as a professional. Personal life When he competed, Shmuel was 5–6.5 (170 cm) tall, and weighed 126 lbs (5 ...

(born 1968), Israeli Olympic boxer

Characters

* Shmuel, a character in ''

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' is a 2006 Holocaust novel by List of Irish novelists, Irish novelist John Boyne. Much like the process he undertakes when writing most of his novels, Boyne has said that he wrote the entire first draft in two ...

'' (novel) and ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' (film) * Shmuel, a character in the television series ''

The Chosen Chosen or The Chosen may refer to: The chosen ones *Chosen people, people who believe they have been chosen by a higher power to do a certain thing including **Jews as the chosen people Books * ''The Chosen'' (Potok novel), a 1967 novel by Chaim ...

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