Yitzhak

Yitzhak
Pronunciation	Modern Hebrew: [jit͡sˈχak]; Classical Hebrew: [jisˤˈħaːq]
Gender	Male
Language	Hebrew
Origin
Meaning	'laughing'
Region of origin	Ancient Israel
Other names
Alternative spelling	Itzhak, Yitzhaq, Yitshak, Itshak, Yishaq, Jitzhak, Yitchak
Variant forms	Isaac, Ishak, Yitzchok

Yitzhak (pronunciation^ⓘ (יִצְחָק‎)) is a male first name, and is Hebrew for Isaac. Yitzhak may refer to:

People

Yitzhak, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites
Yitzhak ha-Sangari, rabbi who converted the Khazars to Judaism
Yitzhak Aharonovich (born 1950), Israeli politician
Yitzhak Apeloig (born 1944), Israeli computational chemistry professor and President of the Technion
Yitzhak Arad (1926–2021), Israeli historian
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon (1906–2006), Israeli politician
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884–1963), Israeli politician and President
Yitzhak Danziger (1916–1977), Israeli sculptor
Yitzhak Hatuel (born 1962), Israeli Olympic foil fencer
Yitzhak Hofi (1927–2014), Israeli general
Yitzhak Laor (born 1948), Israeli poet
Yitzhak Mastai (born 1966), Israeli professor of chemistry
Yitzhak Molcho (born 1945), Israeli lawyer
Yitzhak Mordechai (born 1944), Israeli general and politician
Yitzhak Navon (1921–2015), Israel politician and President
Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz (1953–2021), Israeli Olympic footballer
Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995), Israeli politician and Prime Minister
Yitzhak Sadeh (1890–1952), Israeli general
Yitzhak Schwartz, birth name of Irving Fields (1915–2016), American pianist and composer
Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012), Israeli politician and Prime Minister
Yitzhak Tshuva (born 1948), Israeli businessman
Yitzhak Y. Melamed (born 1968), Israeli-American philosophy professor
Yitzhak Yosef (born 1952), Israeli chief rabbi

Yitzhak, fictional character in the musical and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch