Biton (Hebrew: ביטון) is a
Maghrebi Jewish
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Maghrebi Jews ( or , ''Maghrebim'') or North African Jews ( ''Yehudei Tzfon Africa'') are ethnic Jews who had traditionally lived in the Maghre ...
surname which is common in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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Avraham Biton
Avraham Biton ( he, אברהם ביטון; 21 February 1923 – 18 February 2005) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Labor Party between 1965 and 1969.
Biography
Born in Mandatory Palestine in ...
(1923-2005), Israeli politician
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Charlie Biton
Charlie-Shalom Biton ( he, צ'רלי-שלום ביטון; born 11 April 1947) is an Israeli social activist and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash and the Black Panthers between 1977 and 1992.
Biography
Charlie Bi ...
(born 1947), former Israeli politician
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Dan Biton
Aluf Dan Biton ( he, דן ביטון, born 1961) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and the Head of the Technological and Logistics Directorate.
Biton was drafted into the IDF in 1979. He served with the armored corps and later became a c ...
(born 1961), general in the Israel Defense Forces
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Dudu Biton
Dudu Biton ( he, דודו ביטון; born 1 March 1988) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a striker for Maccabi Jaffa.
Career Club
Biton played in the youth clubs of Beitar Nes Tubruk and Maccabi Haifa. He made his debut for Maccabi Haif ...
(1988), Israeli footballer
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Erez Biton
Erez Biton ( he, ארז ביטון; born 1942 in Oran, Algeria) is an Algerian-born Israeli poet of Moroccan descent. He is the 2015 recipient of the Israel Prize for Hebrew Literature and Poetry, among other literary awards.
Biography
Erez Biton ...
(born 1942), Israeli poet born in Oran
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Haim Biton
Haim Biton ( he, חַיִּים בִּיטוֹן, born 17 January 1978)
Mako, 25 Ma ...
, Israeli politician
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Michael Biton
Michael Mordecai Biton ( he, מִיכָאֵל מָרְדְּכַי בִּיטוֹן, born 3 February 1970) is an Israeli politician. He formerly served as Minister of Strategic Affairs and as minister for civic issues within the Ministry of Def ...
, Israeli politician
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Moshe Biton
Moshe Biton (born 18 November 1982) is an Israeli footballer.
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1982 births
Living people
Israeli footballers
Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players
Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players
Maccabi Tel Avi ...
(born 1982), Israeli footballer
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Nir Biton
Nir Bitton (or Biton, he, ניר ביטון; born 30 October 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or as a defensive midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and Israel national team which he ...
(born 1991), Israeli footballer
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Ori Biton
Ori Biton ( he, אורי ביטון; born 2 October 1987) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Honours
;Maccabi Tel Aviv
* Israeli Noar Leumit League
The Israeli Noar Premier League ( he, ליגת העל לנ� ...
(born 1987), Israeli footballer
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Yifat Shasha-Biton (born 1973), Israeli educator and politician
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Yifat Bitton
Yifat Bitton ( he, יפעת ביטון) is an Israeli Law professor, and activist. She is the president of the Achva Academic College of education & science. She is the founder of Tmura—The Israeli Anti-discrimination Center, which advocates ...
(born 1971), Israeli law professor
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Eyal Golan
Eyal Golan ( he, אייל גולן; born Eyal Bitton; 12 April 1971) is an Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi music pop fusion genre, and considered one of the most successful singers in Israel. Golan reported the highest income of all sing ...
(born Eyal Biton), Israeli singer
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Bitòn Coulibaly
Bitòn Coulibaly (1689?–1755), also known as Mamary Coulibaly, founded the Bambara Empire in what is now Mali's Ségou Region and Mopti Region.
Biography
Great-grandson of former Ségou king Kaladian Coulibaly, Mamary Coulibaly settle ...
(1689? – 1755), founder of the Bambara Empire
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Biton (disambiguation) Biton is a Hebrew surname common among Israeli Morrocan-Jews, originated from Spain.
Biton may also refer to:
* AS Biton, Malian football club
* Biton, Burkina Faso
* Biton of Pergamon, an ancient Greek writer of the Hellenistic period on war an ...
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Bitton
Bitton is a village and civil parish of South Gloucestershire in England, to the east of the Greater Bristol area on the River Boyd.
It is in South Gloucestershire. The parish of Bitton has a population of 9,307, and apart from the village ...
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Byton
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Surnames of Maghrebi Jewish origin