Zvi ( he, צְבִי and , ''Tzvi'', Ṣvi, "gazelle") is a

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 ...

masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: * Zvi Aharoni (1921–2012), Israeli Mossad agent *

Zvi Arad Zvi Arad ( he, צבי ארד,16 April 1942, in Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine – 4 February 2018, in Petah Tikva, Israel) was an Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, and president of Netanya Academic College. Biograp ...

(1942–2018), Israeli mathematician, acting president of

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academi ...

, president of Netanya Academic College * Zvi Ben-Avraham (born 1941), Israeli geophysicist *

Zvi Bodie Zvi Bodie (born April 27, 1943) is an American economist, author and professor. He was the Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Management at Boston University, teaching finance at Questrom for 43 years before retiring in 2015. His textbook, ''I ...

, American academic *

Zvi Hirsch Chajes Zvi Hirsch Chajes ( he, צבי הירש חיות - November 20, 1805 - October 12, 1855; also Chayes or Hayot or Chiyos) was one of the foremost Galician talmudic scholars. He is best known for his work ''Mevo Hatalmud'' (Introduction to the Tal ...

(1805–1855), Orthodox Polish rabbi * Zvi Chalamish, Israeli financier *

Zvi Elpeleg Zvi Elpeleg (1926 – 27 June 2015) was an academic, author, and a senior researcher at the Dayan Institute at Tel Aviv University. Born in Poland, Elpeleg served as a colonel in the Israeli army and later received an ambassadorial appointment. ...

(1926–2015), Israeli academic *

Zvi Galil Zvi Galil ( he, צבי גליל; born June 26, 1947) is an Israeli-American computer scientist and mathematician. Galil served as the President of Tel Aviv University from 2007 through 2009. From 2010 to 2019, he was the dean of the Georgia Instit ...

(born 1947), Israeli computer scientist, mathematician, and President of

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

Zvika Greengold Zvi Greengold ( he, צבי "צביקה" גרינגולד; born 10 February 1952) is a former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer who fought during the 1973 Yom Kippur War as a tank commander. He is one of only eight people who fought in the war to ...

(born 1952), Israeli officer during the Yom Kippur War, awarded the Medal of Valor *

Zvi Griliches Hirsh Zvi Griliches ( ; 12 September 1930 – 4 November 1999) was an economist at Harvard University. The works by Zvi Griliches mostly concerned the economics of technological change, including empirical studies of diffusion of innovations and ...

(1930–1999), Jewish-American economist * Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky (born 1857), American rabbi * Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (born 1952), Israeli rebbe *

Zvi Hecker Zvi Hecker ( he, צבי הקר; born 31 May 1931) is a Polish-born Israeli architect. His work is known for its emphasis on geometry and asymmetry. Biography Zvi Hecker was born as Tadeusz Hecker in Kraków, Poland. He grew up in Poland and S ...

(born 1931), Israeli architect *

Zvi Heifetz Zvi Heifetz, born 9 December 1956, is an Israeli diplomat, a lawyer, businessman and media executive. Heifetz previously served as an Ambassador at large, Special Envoy to the Golf countries, UAE and Bahrain, Ambassador of the State of Israel to ...

(born 1956), Israeli diplomat * Zvi Hendel (born 1949), Israeli politician *

Zvi Hercowitz Zvi Hercowitz (born December 21, 1945 in Rosario, Argentina) is professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University's School of Economics and has been a member of the montetary committee of the Bank of Israel since 2017. He emigrated to Israel in 1969 and ...

(born 1945), Israeli economist *

Zvi Hirsch Kalischer Zvi (Zwi) Hirsch Kalischer (24 March 1795 – 16 October 1874) was an Orthodox German rabbi who expressed views, from a religious perspective, in favour of the Jewish re-settlement of the Land of Israel, which predate Theodor Herzl and the Zionist ...

(1795–1874), Orthodox German rabbi *

Zvi Kolitz Zvi Kolitz ( he, צבי קוליץ; December 14, 1912 – September 29, 2002) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish film and theatrical producer and a writer whose short story '' Yosl Rakover Talks to God'' became a classic of Holocaust literature. Life Z ...

(died 2002), Israeli film producer *

Zvi Laron Zvi Laron ( he, צבי לרון, born February 6, 1927) is an Israeli paediatric endocrinologist. Born in Cernăuţi, Romania, Laron is a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University. In 1966, he described the type of dwarfism later called Laron syn ...

(born 1927), Israeli physician *

Zvi Lieberman Zvi Lieberman (also Zvi Liberman) ( he, צבי ליברמן) (March 1, 1891 - August 6, 1985) Ben-Ezer, Ehud (1998). Days of Artemisia. Am Oved. p. 543. was a Russian-born Israeli children’s book author. He immigrated to Palestine during the ...

(1891–1985), Russian-born Israeli author *

Zvi Luria Zvi Lurie ( he, צבי לוריא, 1 June 1906 – 21 May 1968) was a Jewish political figure in Mandatory Palestine. A member of the Jewish National Council, he was amongst the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. Biography Z ...

(1906–1968), Israeli politician *

Zvi Magen Zvi Magen (born 1945) is the former deputy head of Nativ, Israeli ambassador to Ukraine in 1993, ambassador to Russia in 1998, and Head of Nativ from 1999 to 2005. Magen wished to retire from his post during the Sharon government, but was convin ...

(born 1945), Israeli ambassador *

Zvi Mazel Zvi Mazel ( he, צבי מזאל; born 4 March 1939) is an Israeli diplomat. He has served as the Israeli ambassador to Egypt, Romania, and Sweden. Education and work experience Mazel was born in Bnei Brak, and served in the IDF from 1956 to 1958. ...

(born 1939), Israeli diplomat *

Zvi Mowshowitz Zvi Mowshowitz is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player who also held a developer intern position at Wizards of the Coast Magic R&D. He is known for having created innovative and sometimes game-breaking decks TurboZvi and My Fires. H ...

(born 1979), American ''Magic: The Gathering'' player *

Zvi Nishri Zvi Nishri ( he, צבי נשרי; January 4, 1878 – July 22, 1973) was a pioneer in modern physical education in British Mandate for Palestine and later, Israel. Biography Zvi Orloff (later Nishri) was born to a Jewish family in Russia, where ...

(Orloff) (1878–1973), Russian/Palestinian/Israeli pioneer in modern physical education *

Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim ( he, צבי יעקב אופנהיים; 1854-1926) was Chief Rabbi of Kelm, Lithuania, and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva. Biography Rabbi Oppenheim was born in 1854 in the small village of Yakubowe (now Jokūbavas, ...

(1854–1926), Lithuanian rabbi *

Zvi Schreiber Zvi Schreiber ( (born 9 June 1969) is a British-Israeli serial entrepreneur, executive, and author. He founded high-tech startups like G.ho.st, which at the time was considered the only high-tech startup with a joint Palestinian–Israeli te ...

(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 Zionism, Zionist. He was the first to suggest founding a Jewish National Fu ...

(1840–1898), Russian mathematician *

Zvi Sherf Zvi Sherf ( he, צבי שרף; born December 18, 1951 in Tel Aviv, Israel), known almost universally by his nickname Zvika ( he, צביקה), is an Israeli former basketball player and professional basketball coach. Coaching career Sherf played ...

(born 1951), Israeli basketball coach * Zvi Sobolofsky, Orthodox American rabbi * Zvi Weinberg (1935–2006), Israeli politician *

Zvi Yair Zvi Yair ( he, צבי יאיר) is the pen-name of the Hebrew poet and Chassidic scholar, Rabbi Zvi Meir Steinmetz ( he, צבי מאיר שטיינמץ; 1915–2005). Zvi Yair was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Biography His father Shlomo D ...

(1915–2005), Hungarian rabbi * Zvi Yavetz (1925–2013), Israeli historian *

Zvi Yehezkeli Zvi (Zvika) Yehezkeli ( he, צבי (צביקה) יחזקאלי, born August 17, 1970) is an Israeli television journalist and documentarian. He is an Arab affairs correspondent and head of the Arab desk at Israeli News 13, the news division of I ...

(born 1970), Israeli journalist *

Zvi Yehuda Zvi Yehuda ( he, צבי יהודה, born Zvi Zaltzman in 1887, died 3 October 1965) was a Zionist activist and later a politician. Biography Born in Uman in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Yehuda organised two Zionist youth groups in Uma ...

(died 1965), Israeli politician *

Zvi Yehuda Kook Zvi Yehuda Kook ( he, צבי יהודה קוק, 23 April 1891 – 9 March 1982) was a prominent ultranationalist Orthodox rabbi. He was the son of Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Hacohen Kook, the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of British Mandatory Pal ...

(1891–1982), Jewish theologian *

Zvi Zamir Zvi Zamir ( he, צבי זמיר) born Zvicka Zarzevsky (born 3 March 1925) is a former major general in the Israel Defense Forces and the director of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974. He is currently retired and lives in Israel. Early life Born ...

(born 1925), Israeli general * Zvi Zilker (born 1933), Israeli politician *

Zvi Zimmerman Zvi Henryk Zimmerman ( he, צבי הנריק צימרמן, born 2 January 1913, died 10 June 2006) was a Zionist activist, jurist, and Israeli politician. He is also known for his cooperation with Henryk Sławik to save Jews during the Holocaust. ...

(1913–2006), Israeli politician

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