Moses (disambiguation)
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Moses, pronounced Moshe in Hebrew may refer to:
In religion:
- Moses, Hebrew liberator, good man, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian
- Moses the Black (330-405), saint
- Moses Amayraut (1596-1664), French theologian and metaphysician
- Moses Chaim Luzzatto (1707-1746), Italian Jewish rabbi and poet
- Moses Cordovero (1522-1570), medieval rabbi
- Moses de Leon (c. 1250-1305), Spanish rabbi who is thought to have composed the Zohar
- Moses Hogan (1957-2003), American composer and arranger of spirituals
- Moses Isserles (1530-1572), rabbi and talmudist
- Moses Kimhi (died c. 1190), medieval rabbi
- Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher
- Moses Sofer (1762-1839), rabbi
- Moses Rosen (1912-1994), rabbi
In art:
- Moses (1977) an acrylic painting by Robert B. Sherman
- Moses - a character in the webcomic Jesus and Mo
- Moses (Michelangelo)
In philosophy:
- Moses ibn Ezra (1070-1138), Jewish, Spanish philosopher
- Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786), German Jewish philosopher
In geomatics:
- Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806), surveyor of the Connecticut Land Company
- Moses Sherman (1853-1932), land developer in California, USA
In other fields:
- Grandma Moses, American artist
- Moses Alexander (1853–1932), former governor of Idaho
- Moses Barrett III (born 1973), African American Southern hip hop artist from Greenville, North Carolina
- Moses Ezekiel (1844-1917), American sculptor
- Moses Hess (1812–1875), early Zionist
- Moses Hurvitz (1844-1910), Galician-born Jewish playwright
- Moses Malone (born 1955), former NBA basketball player
- Moses Martin, son of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
- Moses Montefiore (1784-1885), former Sheriff of London, England
- Moses Sandor, a playable character in the game Tales of Legendia
- Moshe Czerniak (1910–1984) Israeli chess master
- Moshe Dayan DSO (1915–1981), Israeli military leader and politician.
[edit] Other uses
- Moses Lake, city in Grant County, Washington, United States
- Operation Moses, Jewish evacuation mission