Rabin is a

Hebrew surname The Hebraization of surnames (also Hebraicization) ( he, עברות, ''Ivrut'', "Hebraization") is the act of name change, adopting a Hebrew surname in exchange for a Kinnui, diaspora name. For many Jewish diaspora, diaspora Jews who Aliyah, migr ...

. It originates from the Hebrew word ''rav'' meaning

Rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

, or from the name of the specific Rabbi Abin. The most well known bearer of the name was

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until ...

, prime minister of Israel and Nobel Peace prize Laureate.

People with surname Rabin

* Al Rabin (1936–2012), American soap opera producer *

Beatie Deutsch Bracha “Beatie” Deutsch (ברכה דויטש; née Rabin; born August 29, 1989) is a Haredi American-Israeli marathon runner. She has won the Tiberias Marathon and the Jerusalem Marathon, as well as the Israeli half-marathon and marathon nat ...

(née Rabin; born 1989), Haredi Jewish American-Israeli marathon runner * Chaim Menachem Rabin, German-Israeli semitic-linguist *

Eve Queler Eve Queler (born January 11, 1931) is an American conductor and the '' emerita'' Artistic Director of the Opera Orchestra of New York (OONY). She founded the OONY in 1971, after having worked on the staff of the Metropolitan Opera and the New Yor ...

(née Rabin), American conductor * Leah Rabin, wife of Yitzhak Rabin *

Matthew Rabin Matthew Joel Rabin (born December 27, 1963) is the Pershing Square Professor of Behavioral Economics in the Harvard Economics Department and Harvard Business School. Rabin's research focuses primarily on incorporating psychologically more realist ...

, American professor and researcher in economics *

Michael Rabin Michael Rabin ( ; May 2, 1936January 19, 1972) was an American violinist. He has been described as "one of the most talented and tragic violin virtuosi of his generation". His complete Paganini "24 Caprices" for solo violin are available as a si ...

(1936–1972), American violin virtuoso * Michael O. Rabin, Israeli computer scientist and Turing Award recipient * Nathan Rabin, American film and music critic *

John James Audubon John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictoria ...

(born Jean Rabin, 1785–1851), American ornithologist *

Oscar Rabin Oscar Rabin (26 April 1899 – 20 June 1958) was a Latvian-born English bandleader and musician. He was the musical director of his own big band. Rabin was born in Riga to a family of Jewish origin, and came to London, England as a child. A b ...

(1899–1958), Latvian-born British band leader and musician *

(1928–2018), Russian painter *

Ronald J. Rabin Ronald Joseph Rabin (born May 16, 1932) is a Republican state senator in the state of North Carolina, representing the 12th district, encompassing Harnett, Johnston, Lee Counties. Rabin was born in Rochester, New York in 1932. He attended high s ...

(b. 1932), North Carolina senator *

Samuel Rabin Samuel Rabin (1905 – May 7, 1993) was an American lawyer and politician. Life He was born in 1905 in Manhattan, New York City. He graduated from Cornell University, and in 1928 from New York University School of Law. He was admitted to the bar, ...

(1905–1993), New York judge *

(1903–1991), British sculptor, artist, singer and wrestler *

Trevor Rabin Trevor Charles Rabin (; born ) is a South African rock musician and composer. Born into a musical family and raised in Johannesburg, Rabin took up the piano and guitar at an early age and became a session musician, playing and producing with a va ...

, rock guitarist, member of the English band Yes (1983–94), and film soundtrack composer *

(1922–1995), prime minister of Israel

People with surname Rabin

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