title: Amnon (given name)
text: # Amnon (given name)
  
  In the Bible, Amnon is the eldest son of King David.
  
  Amnon is also the given name of:
  
  * Amnon of Mainz, a medieval German rabbi and the subject of a popular legend
  * Amnon David Ar (born 1973), Israeli painter
  * Amnon Barzel (born 1935), Israeli curator and author
  * Amnon Cohen (born 1960), Israeli politician
  * Amnon Dankner (1946–2013), Israeli newspaper editor and author
  * Amnon Filippi (born 1969), American professional poker player
  * Amnon Jackont (born 1948), Israeli author of thrillers, historian and literary editor
  * Amnon Kapeliouk (1930–2009), Israeli journalist and author
  * Amnon Krauz (born 1952), Israeli Olympic swimmer
  * Amnon Linn (1924–2016), Israeli retired politician
  * Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944–2012), Israeli military officer and Chief of Staff and politician
  * Amnon Lord (born 1952), Israeli journalist
  * Amnon Netzer (1934–2008), Iranian-Jewish historian, researcher, professor and journalist
  * Amnon Niv (1930–2011), Israeli architect and urban designer
  * Amnon Pazy (1936–2006), Israeli mathematician; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  * Amnon Rubinstein (born 1931), Israeli law scholar, politician, and columnist
  * Amnon Salomon (1940–2011), Israeli film cinematographer
  * Amnon Sella (born 1934), academic and author
  * Amnon Straschnov (born 1947), Israeli former judge
  * Amnon Weiss, Israeli businessman and former Paralympic champion
  * Amnon Wolman (born 1955), music composer
  * Amnon Yariv (born 1930), Israeli-American professor of applied physics and electrical engineering at Caltech
  * Amnon Yitzhak (born 1953), Haredi Israeli rabbi
  