Moses (given Name) - People With This Name

People With This Name

Ancient times:

• Moses, the reputed author of the Pentateuch and protagonist of Exodus

Medieval:

• Moses (bishop) (c. 389), saint, first Arab bishop of the Arabs
• Moses the Black (330-405), saint
• Moses of Chorene (5th century), Armenian historian
• Moses of Kalankatuyk (7th century), Armenian historian
• Moses the Calm (Musa al-Kadhim, 8th century), Twelver Shia imam
• Moses the Hungarian (990s–1045), Russian saint
• Moses ibn Ezra (1070–1138), Jewish, Spanish philosopher
• Moses Kimhi (died c. 1190), medieval rabbi
• Moses Maimonides (1135–1204), Spanish rabbi, physician, and philosopher
• Moses de Leon (c. 1250–1305), Spanish rabbi who is thought to have composed the Zohar

Early Modern to 18th century:

• Moses Cordovero (1522–1570), rabbi
• Moses Isserles (1530–1572), rabbi and talmudist
• Moses Amayraut (1596–1664), French theologian and metaphysician
• Moses Chaim Luzzatto (1707–1746), Italian rabbi and poet
• Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786), German Jewish philosopher
• Moses Cleaveland (1754–1806), surveyor of the Connecticut Land Company
• Moses Sofer (1762–1839), rabbi
• Moses Montefiore (1784–1885), former Sheriff of London, England

Modern:

• Moses Alexander (1853–1932), former governor of Idaho
• Moisés Alou (born 1966), American baseball player
• Moses Barrett III (born 1973), African–American hip hop artist
• Moshe Bejski (1921–2007), Israeli judge
• Moses Blass (born 1937), Brazilian Olympic basketball medallist
• Moses Bloom (1833–1893), American politician, the first Jewish mayor of a major American city (Iowa City, Iowa)
• Moshe Czerniak (1910–1984) Israeli chess master
• Moshe Dayan (1915–81), Israeli military leader and politician
• Moses Ezekiel (1844–1917), American sculptor
• Moses Harrison (1932-2013), American jurist
• Moses Hess (1812–1875), early Zionist
• Moses Hogan (1957–2003), American composer and arranger of spirituals
• Moses Horwitz (1897–1975), one of the Three Stooges
• Moses Hurvitz (1844–1910), Galician–born Jewish playwright
• Moshe Ivgy (born 1953), Israeli actor
• Moshe Kotlarsky, Chabad rabbi and spokesman
• Moses Malone (born 1955), former NBA basketball player
• Moses Rosen (1912–1994), Romanian rabbi
• Moshe Safdie (born 1938), Israeli–Canadian architect
• Moses Sherman (1853–1932), land developer in California, USA
• Moshe Vilenski (1910–1997), Polish–born Israeli composer
• Moshe Wallach (1866–1957), founder and director of Shaare Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem