Rabin

For the village in Iran, see Rabin, Iran.

Rabin is a Hebrew surname. It originates from the Hebrew word rav meaning Rabbi, or from the name of the specific Rabbi Abin. The most well known bearer of the name was Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel and Nobel Peace prize Laureate.

People with surname Rabin

• Michael Rabin (1936–1972), American violin virtuoso
• Michael O. Rabin, Israeli computer scientist and Turing Award recipient
• Leah Rabin, first lady of Israel.
• Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995), prime minister of Israel
• Matthew Rabin, American professor and researcher in economics
• Samuel Rabin (1905–1993), New York judge
• Ronald J. Rabin (b. 1932), North Carolina senator
• Beatie Deutsch (née Rabin; born 1989), Haredi Jewish American-Israeli marathon runner
• Chaim Menachem Rabin, German-Israeli semitic-linguist
• Eve Queler (née Rabin), American conductor
• Nathan Rabin, American film and music critic
• John James Audubon (born Jean Rabin, 1785–1851), American ornithologist
• Oscar Rabin (1899–1958), Latvian-born British band leader and musician
• Oscar Rabin (1928–2018), Russian painter
• Samuel Rabin (1903–1991), British sculptor, artist, singer and wrestler
• Trevor Rabin, rock guitarist, member of the English band Yes (1983–94), and film soundtrack composer
• Al Rabin (1936–2012), American soap opera producer

See also

• Rabinow (surname)
• Rabinowitz (surname)
• Rabin automaton
• Rabin cryptosystem
• Rabin–Karp string search algorithm
• Rabin Square (Kikar Rabin)
• Mechinat Rabin pre-army preparatory program
• Miller–Rabin primality test
• Rąbiń, a village in Poland