Baruch (given name)
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Baruch (Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ, Modern: Barūḵ, Tiberian: Barūḵ, "Blessed", Polish: Berek) is a male name among Jews used from Biblical times to the present, which is sometimes used as surname.[1] It is also found, though more rarely, among Christians ‒ particularly among Protestants using Old Testament names.
Notable individuals named Baruch
[change | change source]Bible
[change | change source]- Baruch ben Neriah, aide to the prophet Jeremiah
- Baruch, son of Zabbai; one of Nehemiah's helpers in repairing the walls of Jerusalem
- Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh; a member of the Tribe of Judah who settled in Jerusalem
Early modern period
[change | change source]- Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), Dutch rationalist philosopher
Modern age
[change | change source]- Baruch Schleisinger Weil (1802–1893) American businessman and politician
- Baruch Zuckerman (1887–1970), American-Israeli and leading supporters of Yad Vashem
- Baruch Ostrovsky (1890–1960), first mayor of Ra'anana, Israel
- Baruch Agadati (1895–1976), Israeli painter, dancer, and film director
- Baruch Steinberg (1897–1940), chief Rabbi of the Polish Army, victim of the Katyn massacre
- Baruch Kurzweil (1907–1972), Israeli literary critic
- Baruch Ben Haim (1921–2005), assistant chief rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York
- Baruch Blumberg (1925–2011), American Nobel Prize-winning doctor, developed Hepatitis B vaccine
- Baruch Feinberg (1933–2007), Israeli Olympic javelin thrower
- Baruch Levine (born 1977), American Orthodox Jewish singer-songwriter
- Baruch Shemtov (born 1987), American journalist, television host, fashion designer, and entrepreneur
- Baruch Shmailov (born 1994), Israeli Olympic judoka
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[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
