Ben-David

Ben-David (also Ben David, Bendavid; Hebrew: בן דוד ‎) is a Jewish 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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