Yigal and Yigael are given names. People with those names include:
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Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon ( he, יגאל אלון; 10 October 1918 – 29 February 1980) was an Israeli politician, commander of the Palmach, and general in the Israel Defense Forces, IDF. He served as one of the leaders of Ahdut HaAvoda party and the Labor P ...
(1918–80), Israeli politician, acting Prime Minister, a commander of the Palmach, and general
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Yigal Amir
Yigal Amir ( he, יגאל עמיר; born May 31, 1970) is an Israeli right-wing extremist who assassinated former Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin. At the time of the assassination he was a law student at Bar-Ilan University. The assassi ...
(born 1970), Israeli assassin of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin
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Yigal Antebi
Yigal Antebi ( he, יגאל אנטבי; born August 1, 1974 in Rishon LeZion) is an Israeli former football player who now manages.
He played in Hapoel Tel Aviv for 10 years and for the Israeli national team for 5 years.
Antebi started his sen ...
(born 1974), Israeli football player
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Yigal Arnon
Yigal Arnon ( he, יגאל ארנון; December 9, 1929 in Tel Aviv – April 27, 2014) was an Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co.
Biography
Yigal Arnon received his LL.M. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1953, ...
(1929-2014), Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co.
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Yigal Azrouël
Yigal Azrouël ( he, יגאל אזרואל) is an Israeli American New York-based fashion designer.
Career
An avid surfer, born and raised in Israel of French-Moroccan descent, Yigal Azrouël draws his inspiration from his travels, art, archit ...
, Israeli-American fashion designer
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Yigal Bibi
Yigal Bibi ( he, יגאל ביבי, born 21 January 1942) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1988 and 2003.
Biography
Born in Tiberias during the Mandate era, Bibi studi ...
(born 1942), Israeli politician
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Yigal Carmon
Yigal Carmon (Hebrew יגאל כרמון) (born 1946) is the president and cofounder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), an organization which monitors and translates Arabic and Persian publications; radio and TV broadcasts; and re ...
, president and founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
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Yigal Cohen
Yigal Cohen ( he, יגאל כהן, born 1928, died 6 December 1988) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1974 and 1988.
Biography
Born in Tel Adashim during the Mandate era, during his youth Cohen co ...
(1928–88), Israeli politician
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Yigal Cohen-Orgad
Yigal Cohen-Orgad (, 30 August 1937 – 27 August 2019) was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Finance from October 1983 until September 1984. He was one of the founders of Ariel University, serving as its chancellor until his death. ...
(born 1937), Israeli politician
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Yigal Hurvitz
Yigal Hurvitz ( he, יִגָּאֵל הורביץ; 15 October 1918 – 10 January 1994) was an Israeli politician who served as a government minister in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
Hurvitz was born in Nahlat Yehuda (today part of Rishon ...
(1918–94), Israeli politician
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Yigal Menahem
Yigal Menahem ( he, יגאל מנחם, born 10 September 1963) is an Israeli former footballer who now works as a lawyer.
Personal life
Yigal's younger brother Shimon was a defender and both played together in Maccabi Netanya during the 1980 ...
(born 1963), Israeli football player and lawyer
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Yigal Mossinson
Yigal Mossinson (alternate spellings include Igal Mossinsohn and Yigal Mosenzon) (25 December 1917 – 1 May 1994) was an Israeli novelist, playwright, and inventor. He was the author of the Hasamba children's book series.
Among his many award ...
(1917–94), Israeli novelist
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Yigal Naor
Igal Naor ( he, יגאל נאור; born ) is an Israeli actor, sometimes credited as Yigal Naor.
Naor was born in Givatayim, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish parents from Iraq. He has appeared in the American films ''Munich'', ''Green Zone'' and '' R ...
(born 1958), Israeli actor
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Yigal Tumarkin
Igael Tumarkin (Hebrew: יגאל תומרקין; 23 October 1933 – 12 August 2021) was an Israeli painter and sculptor.
Biography
Peter Martin Gregor Heinrich Hellberg (later Igael Tumarkin) was born in 1933 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. His fa ...
(born 1933), Israeli painter
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Igal Volodarsky
Igal Volodarsky, also known as Igal Dar (יגאל וולדרסקי; June 12, 1936 - June 15, 1977), was an Israeli basketball player. He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team.
Biography
He pla ...
(also Igal Dar) (1936-1977), Israeli basketball player
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Yigael Yadin
Yigael Yadin ( he, יִגָּאֵל יָדִין ) (20 March 1917 – 28 June 1984) was an Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician. He was the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and Deputy Prime Minister from 1977 to 1981.
B ...
(1917–84), Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the IDF
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Yigal Yasinov
Yigal Yasinov ( he, יגאל יאסינוב, born 27 April 1966) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shinui, HaOlim the National Union and Yisrael Beiteinu between 2003 and 2006.
Biography
Born in Kharkiv in ...
(born 1966), Israeli politician
See also
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Igal (disambiguation) Igal may refer to:
* Igal (biblical figure), son of Joseph of Issachar
* Igal, Hungary, a town in Hungary
* Igal, Navarre, a town in Salazar Valley, Spain
* Agal (accessory)
An agal ( ar, عِقَال; also spelled iqal, egal, or igal) is an A ...
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Anglicized
Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...
form of Yigal
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Yigal Arnon & Co. (founded in 1957), an Israeli law firm
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