Zvi ( he, צְבִי and , ''Tzvi'', Ṣvi, "gazelle") is a Jewish masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: *

Zvi Aharoni Zvi Aharoni ( he, צבי אהרוני; 6 February 1921 – 26 May 2012) was an Israeli Mossad agent instrumental in the capture of Adolf Eichmann. Biography Hermann Arndt (later Zvi Aharoni) was born in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. He imm ...

(1921–2012), Israeli Mossad agent * Zvi Arad (1942–2018), Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, president of Netanya Academic College *

Zvi Ben-Avraham Zvi Ben-Avraham (born 16 November 1941) is an Israeli earth scientist, specializing in geophysics of the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea Transform. He is currently a professor of Geophysics at Tel Aviv University. Ben-Avraham was awarded the I ...

(born 1941), Israeli geophysicist * Zvi Bodie, American academic * Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855), Orthodox Polish rabbi *

Zvi Chalamish Zvi Chalamish ( he, צבי חלמיש) is an Israeli real estate and industrial operations financial advisor and a public speaker. Chalamish led numerous key positions at the Government of Israel, including chief fiscal officer for the Western Hemi ...

, Israeli financier * Zvi Elpeleg (1926–2015), Israeli academic * Zvi Galil (born 1947), Israeli computer scientist, mathematician, and President of Tel Aviv University * Zvika Greengold (born 1952), Israeli officer during the Yom Kippur War, awarded the Medal of Valor * Zvi Griliches (1930–1999), Jewish-American economist *

Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky (1857? in Minsk, Belarus – 1947 in Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, United States) was an American Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox rabbi and author. His English name was Henry. Biography Zvi Hirsch studied under his ...

(born 1857), American rabbi *

Zvi Elimelech Halberstam Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (born 1952) is the present Sanz Rebbe of Netanya, Israel. He is also known as the Sanzer Rebbe. He is the eldest son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the first Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe, who in his will divided the lead ...

(born 1952), Israeli rebbe * Zvi Hecker (born 1931), Israeli architect * Zvi Heifetz (born 1956), Israeli diplomat *

Zvi Hendel Zvi Hendel ( he, צבי הנדל, born 16 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Tkuma faction of the National Union between 1996 and 2009. Biography Born in Transylvania in Romania, Hendel made al ...

(born 1949), Israeli politician * Zvi Hercowitz (born 1945), Israeli economist * Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795–1874), Orthodox German rabbi * Zvi Kolitz (died 2002), Israeli film producer * Zvi Laron (born 1927), Israeli physician * Zvi Lieberman (1891–1985), Russian-born Israeli author * Zvi Luria (1906–1968), Israeli politician * Zvi Magen (born 1945), Israeli ambassador * Zvi Mazel (born 1939), Israeli diplomat * Zvi Mowshowitz (born 1979), American ''Magic: The Gathering'' player * Zvi Nishri (Orloff) (1878–1973), Russian/Palestinian/Israeli pioneer in modern physical education * Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim (1854–1926), Lithuanian rabbi * Zvi Schreiber (born 1969), British-Israeli entrepreneur * Zvi Segal (1901–1965), signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence *

Zvi Hermann Schapira Zvi Hermann Schapira ( he, צבי הרמן שפירא; 1840-1898), or Hermann Hirsch Schapira, was a Lithuanian rabbi, mathematician at the University of Heidelberg, and Zionist. He was the first to suggest founding a Jewish National Fund for ...

(1840–1898), Russian mathematician * Zvi Sherf (born 1951), Israeli basketball coach *

Zvi Sobolofsky Zvi Sobolofsky is a rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University in New York City. Rabbi Sobolofsky studied at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh and Yeshiva University; graduating in 1987, he was named valedictorian of the Mazer Yeshiva Program. He then attended ...

, Orthodox American rabbi * Zvi Weinberg (1935–2006), Israeli politician * Zvi Yair (1915–2005), Hungarian rabbi * Zvi Yavetz (1925–2013), Israeli historian * Zvi Yehezkeli (born 1970), Israeli journalist * Zvi Yehuda (died 1965), Israeli politician * Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891–1982), Jewish theologian * Zvi Zamir (born 1925), Israeli general * Zvi Zilker (born 1933), Israeli politician * Zvi Zimmerman (1913–2006), Israeli politician

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