Isaac (disambiguation)
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Isaac (Hebrew Itzhak or Yitzhak) is one of the patriarchs, whose story is told in the Biblical book of Genesis
Isaac is a given name, popular in both Christian and Jewish societies, generally in reference to the above. Izzy is also a short-form of the name Issac. Famous people named "Isaac" include:
- Isaac Albéniz, the composer
- Isaac Asimov, the writer
- Isaac Isaacs, the politician
- Isaac Mizrahi, the fashion designer
- Isaac (TV show), his eponymous TV show on the Style Network
- Isaac Newton the physicist
- Itzhak Perlman, the violinist
- Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel
- Yitzhak Shamir, prime minister of Israel
- Isaac Singer, the inventor
- Isaac Stern, the violinist
- Isaac Watts, the hymn-writer
- Isaac Hayes, the singer
- Isaac Slade, the lead sing of the band The Fray
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- Arthur Isaac, English cricketer
- Bobby Isaac, American racing driver
- Glynn Isaac, South African archaeologist
- Heinrich Isaac, Franco-Flemish composer
- John Isaac, English cricketer
- Luis Isaac, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Oscar Isaac, American actor
- Rhys L. Isaac, American historian
[edit] See also
- Isaacs
- Isaac, from the Nintendo Golden Sun series
- ISAAC (cipher), a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator.