Dov

Dov (דב or דוב) is a Hebrew male given name meaning "bear", akin to the Yiddish name "Ber" (בער). Notable people with the name include:

Dov Ber Abramowitz (1860–1926), American Orthodox rabbi and author
Dov Albukrek (born 1966), Israeli physician
Dov Alfon (born 1961), Israeli journalist and author
Dov Alpert (1930–1963), Israeli writer
Dov Atzmon (1941–2020), Israeli footballer
Dov ben Samuel Baer, author of Shivhe ha-Besht
Dov Bar-Nir (1911–2000), Israeli politician
Dov Ben-Dov (1927–2020), Israeli sports shooter
Dov Ben-Meir (1927–2020), Israeli politician
Dov Ber Birkenthal (1723–1805), 18th century Hebrew memoirist
Dov Cariño (born 2003), Filipino footballer
Dov Carmel (born 1932), Israeli composer and music arranger
Dov Charney (born 1969), Canadian entrepreneur
Dov Davidoff (born 1973), American comedian
Dov Dori (born 1953), Israeli-American computer scientist
Dov Eichenwald (born 1955), Israeli publisher
Dov Berish Einhorn (1877–1942), Polish rabbi
Dov Elbaum (born 1970), Israeli writer, journalist, and philosopher
Dov J. Elkabas (born 1968), Dutch DJ, musician and producer
Dov Feigin (1907–2000), Israeli sculptor
Dov Forman (born 2003), British author and social media creator
Dov Freiberg (1927–2008), Polish Holocaust survivor, writer
Dov Frohman (born 1939), Israeli electrical engineer and business executive
Dov Gabbay (born 1945), Israeli logician
Dov Gazit (1908–1986), Israeli Air Force commander
Dov Glickman (born 1949), Israeli actor
Dov Gottesman (1929–2011), Israeli art collector
Dov Groverman (born 1965), Israeli wrestler
Dov Grumet-Morris (born 1982), American ice hockey player
Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Zionist activist
Dov Tzvi Heller (1862–1935), Lithuanian Haredi rabbi
Dov Hikind (born 1950), American politician and activist
Dov Hoenig (born 1932), American film editor and novelist
Dov Hoz (1894–1940), Israeli aviation pioneer
Dov Jaron (1935–2024), American engineer
Dov Kalmanovich (born 1956), Israeli municipal politician and social activist
Dov Karmi (1905–1962), Israeli architect
Dov Khenin (born 1958), Israeli politician
Dov Kleiman, American sports media personality
Dov Koppelman (1909–2011), Swiss rabbi
Otto Dov Kulka (1933–2021), Israeli historian, writer, and university teacher
Dov Lando (born 1930), Israeli rabbi
Dov Levin (1925–2001), Israeli Supreme Court justice
Dov Levine (born 1958), American physicist
Dov Linzer (born 1966), New York rabbi
Dov Lior (born 1933), Israeli Orthodox rabbi
Dov Lipman (born 1971), Israeli politician
Dov Lupi (born 1948), Israeli artistic gymnast
Dov Behr Manischewitz (1858–1914), Lithuanian-American rabbi and businessman
Dov Markus (born 1946), Israeli-American soccer player
Dov Ber of Mezeritch (1704–1772), Hasidic rabbi
Dov Milman (1919–2007), Israeli diplomat
Dov Moran (born 1955), Israeli entrepreneur, inventor and investor
Dov Navon (born 1959), Israeli comedian and actor
Dov Nisman (born 1954), Israeli swimmer
Dov Noy (1920–2013), Israeli folklorist
Dov Raviv (born 1937), Israeli engineer
Dov Reiser (born 1947), Israeli actor
Dov Rosenblatt (born 1981), American singer-songwriter
Dov Sadan (1902–1989), Israeli literary critic and politician
Dov Schperling (1937–2014), Zionist pioneer
Dov Schwartz (born 1961), Israeli professor of Jewish thought
Dov Schwartzman (1921–2011), Russian-born American Haredi rabbi
Dov Segev-Steinberg (born 1956), Israeli diplomat
Dov Seidman (born 1964), American author, columnist and businessman
Dov Seltzer (born 1932), Romanian-born Israeli composer and conductor
Dov Shilansky (1924–2010), Israeli politician
Dov Shmotkin (born 1949), Israeli psychologist
Dov Shurin (born 1949), Israeli singer-songwriter
Dov Sternberg, American karateka
Dov Tamari (mathematician) (1911–2006), German mathematician
Dov Tamari (brigadier general) (born 1936), Israeli military leader
Dov Tiefenbach (born 1981), Canadian actor and musician
Dov Waxman (born 1974), American political scientist
Dov Berish Weidenfeld (1881–1965), Chief Rabbi of Tshebin
Dov Weissglas (born 1946), Israeli lawyer and businessman
Dov Yaffe (1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi
Dov Yermiya (1914–2016), Israeli writer
Dov Yosef (1899–1980), Israeli statesman
Dov S. Zakheim (born 1948), United States Department of Defense official
Dov Zakin (1922–1986), Israeli politician
Dov Zur (born 1955), Israeli politician

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Aleksandr Dov (born 1954), Soviet-Israeli singer

Fictional characters

Dov Epstein, in the Canadian TV show Rookie Blue

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Fictional characters

See also