Ben-Zion
Ben-Zion, also spelled Ben Zion and Benzion (Hebrew: בן ציון, "Son of Zion") is a Hebrew given name. It may refer to the following people:
- Ben Zion Abba Shaul (1924–1998), rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva
- Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (b. 1955), fifth Bobover Rebbe
- Ben-Zion Dinur (1884–1973), Israeli politician
- Ben-Zion Gold (b. 1923), American rabbi
- Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe
- Ben-Zion Halfon (1930–1977), Israeli politician
- Ben-Zion Harel (1892–1972), Israeli doctor and politician
- Ben Zion Hyman (1891–1984), Canadian Jewish bookseller
- Ben-Zion Israeli (1887–1984), helped reintroduce date palms in Mandate Palestine and Israel.
- Ben-Zion (1897-1987) Ukrainian-American painter, poet sculptor. Member of a group of artists, "The Ten".
- Ben-Zion Keshet (1914–1984), Israeli politician
- Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880–1953), Sephardic chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and of Israel
- Benzion Netanyahu (1910–2012), Israeli historian, father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- Ben-Zion Orgad (1926–2006), Israeli composer
- Ben-Zion Rubin (b. 1939), Israeli politician
- Ben-Zion Sternberg (1894–1962), Zionist leader
Family name
- Yehoshua Ben-Zion (1924–2004), Israeli banker
Other
- S. Ben Zion, pen name of Simha Alter Guttman, Jewish author
See also
- Ben (Hebrew)
- Zion (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Ben-Zion"
- All pages beginning with "Ben Zion"
- All pages beginning with "Benzion"
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