Baruch (given name)

Baruch (Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ, Modern: Barūḵ, Tiberian: Barūḵ, "Blessed", Polish: Berek) is a male name among Jews used from Biblical times to the present, which is sometimes used as surname.^[1] It is also found, though more rarely, among Christians ‒ particularly among Protestants using Old Testament names.

Notable individuals named Baruch

Bible

• Baruch ben Neriah, aide to the prophet Jeremiah
• Baruch, son of Zabbai; one of Nehemiah's helpers in repairing the walls of Jerusalem
• Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh; a member of the Tribe of Judah who settled in Jerusalem

Early modern period

• Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), Dutch rationalist philosopher

Modern age

• Baruch Schleisinger Weil (1802–1893) American businessman and politician
• Baruch Zuckerman (1887–1970), American-Israeli and leading supporters of Yad Vashem
• Baruch Ostrovsky (1890–1960), first mayor of Ra'anana, Israel
• Baruch Agadati (1895–1976), Israeli painter, dancer, and film director
• Baruch Steinberg (1897–1940), chief Rabbi of the Polish Army, victim of the Katyn massacre
• Baruch Kurzweil (1907–1972), Israeli literary critic
• Baruch Ben Haim (1921–2005), assistant chief rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York
• Baruch Blumberg (1925–2011), American Nobel Prize-winning doctor, developed Hepatitis B vaccine
• Baruch Feinberg (1933–2007), Israeli Olympic javelin thrower
• Baruch Levine (born 1977), American Orthodox Jewish singer-songwriter
• Baruch Shemtov (born 1987), American journalist, television host, fashion designer, and entrepreneur
• Baruch Shmailov (born 1994), Israeli Olympic judoka

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