Ashkenazi (surname)
Ashkenazi is a surname of Jewish origin. It is most commonly found in countries with large Jewish populations such as the United States, Russia and Israel.[1]
The surname is sometimes spelled "Ashkenazy".
People
- Abraham Ashkenazi, 19th-century rabbi, Chacham Bashi of Jerusalem
- Adi Ashkenazi (born 1975), Israeli actress, comedian and television host
- Amir Ashkenazi (born 1971) Israeli businessman
- Bezalel Ashkenazi, 16th-century rabbi and Talmud scholar
- Dan Ashkenazi (13th century), German Talmudist
- David Ashkenazi (1915–1997), Russian pianist, accompanist and composer
- Eliezer ben Elijah Ashkenazi (1512–1585), rabbi, Talmudist, and physician
- Gabi Ashkenazi (born 1954), former Chief of the Israel Defense Forces General Staff
- Goga Ashkenazi (born 1980), Kazakh-Russian businesswoman
- Israel Sarug Ashkenazi (16th century), pupil of Isaac Luria
- Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi (1550–1625), rabbi and author of the Tseno Ureno
- Judah Ashkenazi (18th century), rabbi and author of the Ba'er Hetev
- Léon Ashkenazi (1922–1996), French rabbi and Jewish leader
- Lior Ashkenazi (born 1969), Israeli actor
- Malkiel Ashkenazi (16th century), Sephardic rabbi in Hebron
- Meir Ashkenazi (16th century), envoy of the Khan of Crimea
- Menachem Ashkenazi (1934–2000), Israeli football referee
- Mordechai ben Hillel Ashkenazi (1250–1298), German rabbi and legal authority
- Moses Ashkenazi (died 1701), also known as Johann Peter Spaeth, German convert to Judaism
- Motti Ashkenazi (born 1940), Israeli reserve captain
- Tzvi Ashkenazi (1656–1718), rabbi of Amsterdam
- Yisroel ben Shmuel Ashkenazi of Shklov (1770–1839), Lithuanian Talmudist
- Yitzhak Ashkenazi (1534–1572), also called Isaac Luria, rabbi and mystic, founder of an important branch of Kabbalah
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