Hezekiah (disambiguation)

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Hezekiah (or Ezekias) is the Anglicized version of the Hebrew name Hizkiya or Hizkiyahu, (חזקיה or חזקיהו), which means "God has strengthened").

Notable people named Hezekiah are:

1. Hezekiah, a king of Judah.
2. Hezekiah (Khazar), a Khazar ruler of the ninth century CE.
3. Hezekiah Gaon, last Gaon of the Yeshiva of Pumbedita 1038-1040.
4. Hezekiah Brenstick, a nineteenth-century officer of the United States Army.
5. Hezekiah Niles, nineteenth-century American newspaperman.
6. Chaim Hezekiah Medini, a rabbi who worked among the Krymchaks.
7. Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman, nineteenth century American actor.
8. Hezekiah Bradley Smith, American politician and bigamist.
9. Hezekiah M. Washburn, American missionary.
10. Hezekiah Ochuka, ruler of Kenya for six hours in 1982, hanged in 1987.
11. Hezekiah, a Philadelphia-based hip-hop artist.