Ishmael Ishmael ''Ismaḗl''; Classical/Qur'anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; Modern Standard Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ''ʾIsmāʿīl''; la, Ismael was the first son of Abraham, the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions; and is cons ...

is the first child of Abraham in Abrahamic religions. Ishmael may also refer to:

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* Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the murderer of Gedaliah, Nebuchadnezzar II's provincial governor *

Ishmael (Book of Mormon) In the Book of Mormon, Ishmael1 () is the righteous friend of the prophet Lehi in Jerusalem. When Lehi takes his family into the wilderness, Lehi brings Ishmael and his family too. The daughters of Ishmael marry the sons of Lehi, but the sons of ...

, a figure in the Book of Mormon *

Ishmael ben Elisha Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha Nachmani (Hebrew: רבי ישמעאל בן אלישע), often known as Rabbi Yishmael and sometimes given the title "Ba'al HaBaraita" (Hebrew: בעל הברייתא), was a rabbi of the 1st and 2nd centuries (third gener ...

, more commonly "Rabbi Ishmael", 2nd-century rabbi *

Ishmael ben Jose Ishmael ben Jose ( he, רבי ישמעאל ברבי יוסי, read as ''Rabbi Ishmael beRabbi on of RabbiYossi'') was a rabbi who lived at the beginning of the 3rd century (fifth generation of tannaim). He was the son of Jose ben Halafta. Biogr ...

, 3rd-century rabbi, the son of Jose ben Halafta * Saint

Isfael Isfael or Ismael ( owl, Ysmail), often anglicized as Ishmael, was a 6th-century medieval Welsh bishop of Rhos and saint. He was allegedly also a Breton prince of Armorica. Although his anglicized name invites association with the Biblical Ishmae ...

, a 6th-century Breton prince and Welsh saint also known as Ismael and Ishmael *

Ishmael Beah Ishmael Beah (born 23 November 1980)UNICEF''Youth leadership profiles'' unicef.org; retrieved 15 February 2007. is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who rose to fame with his acclaimed memoir, ''A Long Way Gone''. His novel ''Radi ...

(born 1980), Sierra Leonean author and former child soldier * Ishmael Hyman (born 1995), American football player * Ismail Kadare (born 1936), Albanian novelist and poet * Ishmael Noko, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation since 1995 *

Ishmael Reed Ishmael Scott Reed (born February 22, 1938) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, composer, playwright, editor and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture. Perhaps his best-known work is '' M ...

(born 1938), American poet, essayist and novelist * Nola Ishmael (born 1943), Barbadian nurse

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Ishmael (Moby-Dick) Ishmael is a character in Herman Melville's ''Moby-Dick'' (1851), which opens with the line, "Call me Ishmael." He is the first person narrator in much of the book. Because Ishmael plays a minor role in the plot, early critics of ''Moby-Dick'' a ...

, the narrator in the novel ''Moby-Dick'' by Herman Melville * Ishmael, a "mad" character with apparent mystical powers in Ingmar Bergman's film ''

Fanny and Alexander ''Fanny and Alexander'' ( sv, Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. ...

'' * Ishmael, the wizard who imprisoned the goblins in ''Goblins in the Castle'' by

Bruce Coville Bruce Farrington Coville (, born May 16, 1950) is an author of young adult fiction. Coville was first published in 1977 and has written over 100 books. Biography Coville was born on May 16, 1950, in Syracuse, New York, where he resided . Br ...

* Ishmael, the main protagonist in ''

The Haj The Hajj (; ar, حَجّ '; sometimes also spelled Hadj, Hadji or Haj in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried o ...

'', a 1984 novel by Leon Uris *

Ishmael (character) Ibis the Invincible Ice Icemaiden Icicle Icon Immortal Man Impulse Inspector Henderson Inza Cramer-Nelson Inza Cramer (also Inza Saunders) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Inza ...

, the name of two fictional characters in DC Comics

Literature

* ''Ishmael'' (Quinn novel), a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn * ''Ishmael'' (Southworth novel), an 1876 novel by E.D.E.N. Southworth * ''Ishmael'' (Star Trek), a Star Trek novel by Barbara Hambly * ''Ishmael'', a chapbook by

Peter Straub Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

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Ismael, Sar-e Pol Ismael or Ishmael ( fa, إسماعيل; ar, إسماعيل; ISO 259-3 ''Yišmaˁel''; el, Ισμαήλ ''Ismaēl''; la, Ismael; ''ʼIsmāʻīl''), is a village in Sangcharak District at Sar-e Pol Province of Afghanistan.Mir Hosseini, Ali N ...

, a village in Afghanistan *

Ishmael, Missouri Ishmael is an extinct town in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features ...

, a ghost town in the United States

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