Ben-David
Ben-David (also Ben David, Bendavid; Hebrew: בן דוד) is a Hebrew patronymic surname. In Hebrew it means "son of David". It is one of the most common surnames in Israel. It may refer to the following people:
- Abraham ben David (RABaD, 12th century CE), a Provençal rabbi and a Talmudic scholar
- Abraham ben David Caslari (14th century CE), a Catalan-Jewish physician
- Alon Ben David, an Israeli television and print journalist
- Anan ben David (8th century CE), a major founder of the Karaite movement of Judaism
- Jacob ben David ben Yomtob (14th century CE), a Catalan Jewish astronomer
- Joseph Ben-David (1920 – 1986), Israeli sociologist
- Judah ben David Hayyuj (10th century CE), a Spanish-Jewish grammarian
- Mordechai ben David (b. 1951, real name Mordechai Werdyger), a Jewish-American musician
- Naftali Bendavid, an American journalist
- Solomon ben David (disambiguation)
- Zadok Ben-David, a Yemen born Israeli artist and sculptor
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Categories:
- Surnames
- Hebrew-language surnames
- Jewish surnames
- Patronymic surnames