Avigdor (name)
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Avigdor is a Hebrew given-name. Figdor, Viktor
, Victor
are Europeanised forms. Avigdora is the female
form.
Victor (name)
Victor is a masculine given name that has been used for centuries in numerous cultures and parts of the world. Of Latin origin, victor means " conquers" and may also be spelled Viktor, Vítor or Víctor...
, Victor
Victor (name)
Victor is a masculine given name that has been used for centuries in numerous cultures and parts of the world. Of Latin origin, victor means " conquers" and may also be spelled Viktor, Vítor or Víctor...
are Europeanised forms. Avigdora is the female
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
form.
Given names
- Avigdor AptowitzerAvigdor AptowitzerAvigdor Aptowitzer was a rabbinic and talmudic scholar.-Life:Aptowitzer was born in Ternopil on March 16, 1871 to his parents Moshe Aaron and Tziril Kasner. His father, who suffered from poor health, was the head of a small yeshiva and barely eked out a living. Avigdor helped out from the age of...
- Avigdor ArikhaAvigdor ArikhaAvigdor Arikha was a painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and art historian.-Biography:Avigdor Arikha was born to German-speaking Jewish parents in Rădăuţi, but grew up in Czernowitz , in Bukovina, Romania., His family faced forced deportation in 1941 to the Romanian-run concentration camps of...
, Israeli-French painter, printmaker, and art historian - Abigdor Cohen of ViennaAbigdor Cohen of ViennaAvigdor Cohen ben Elijah of Vienna was the earliest of the great Talmudists of Austria.Cohen was the pupil of R. Simha of Speyer , but he knew also R. Joel ha-Levi of Bonn . Avigdor lived in Vienna, and from there administered the religious affairs of the Jewish population of Austria...
(c. 13th century), Austrian Talmudist - Avigdor DaganAvigdor DaganAvigdor Dagan was an Israeli writer, a playwright and literary translator; a diplomat...
(1912–2006), also known as Viktor Fischl, Israeli writer, playwright and diplomat - Avigdor EskinAvigdor EskinAvigdor Eskin is Russian-Israeli controversial conservative journalist and political activist. Born in the Soviet Union, Eskin emigrated to Israel where he became involved in radical right-wing politics...
, Russian-Israeli political activist - Avigdor KahalaniAvigdor KahalaniBrigadier-General Avigdor Kahalani is a former Israeli soldier and politician.-Background:Kahalani was born in Ness Ziona during the Mandate era. He studied at Tel Aviv University, gaining a B.A. in History, before going on to Haifa University, where he studied for an M.A. in Political Science...
, Israeli soldier and politician - Avigdor Lieberman, Israeli politician, leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party
- Avigdor MillerAvigdor MillerRabbi Avigdor Miller was a Haredi rabbi, author and lecturer in the United States. He served simultaneously as a communal rabbi and as the mashgiach ruchani of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin and as a teacher in Beis Yaakov for many years.-Biography:Rabbi Miller was born in 1908 in Baltimore...
(1908–2001), American rabbi, author and lecturer - Avigdor Nebenzahl, former chief rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem
- Avigdor StematskyAvigdor StematskyAvigdor Stematsky was a Russian-born Israeli painter. He is considered one of the pioneers of Israeli abstract art.-Biography:Stematsky was born in 1908 in Odessa. In 1922, he immigrated to Palestine and attended the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem from 1926 to 1928. He joined the Massad group...
(1908–89), Israeli painter - Avigdor YitzhakiAvigdor YitzhakiAvigdor Yitzhaki is an Israeli politician. He is a former member of the Knesset for Kadima, having been the party's parliamentary group chairman and head of the coalition....
, Israeli politician, former member of the Knesset for Kadima - Ephraim Avigdor SpeiserEphraim Avigdor SpeiserEphraim Avigdor Speiser was a Polish-born American Assyriologist. He discovered the ancient site of Tepe Gawra in 1927 and supervised its excavation between 1931 and 1938.-Pre-war career:...
Surnames
- Avigdor (French family) (or d'Avigdor), a French Jewish pedigree; (de)
- Abraham AbigdorAbraham AbigdorAbraham Abigdor was a Jewish physician, philosopher, and translator. He should not be confounded with Maestro Abraham Abigdor, who in 1386 was the proprietor of a house at Arles .Abraham Abigdor devoted his early life to the study of medicine and philosophy...
(b. 1350), French-Jewish physician, philosopher, and translator - Maestro Abraham Abigdor
- Henri Salomon d'Avigdor
- Henry d'Avigdor-GoldsmidHenry d'Avigdor-GoldsmidMajor-General Sir Henry Joseph "Harry" d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet DSO, MC, DL, TD , was a British army officer, company director and politician....
- Isaak Samuel d'Avigdor (Isaac Samuel d'Avigdor)
- James d'Avigdor-GoldsmidJames d'Avigdor-GoldsmidMajor-General Sir James Arthur d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet CB OBE MC was a British Army officer and British Conservative politician...
- Jacob AvigdorJacob AvigdorYaakov Avigdor was a Polish rabbi, author and Holocaust survivor, who served as Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Jewish community in Mexico.-Life:...
(1896–1967), also known as Yaakov Avigdor, author and rabbi in Poland and Mexico - Solomon Avigdor (b. 1384), French-Jewish translator of Hebrew