title: Itzhak
text: # Itzhak
  
  Itzhak (Hebrew: יצחק) is a Hebrew given name and surname, meaning Isaac. Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Itzhak Arnon (1909–2005), Israeli agronomist
  * Itzhak Bars (born 1943), American theoretical physicist at the University of Southern California
  * Itzhak Ben David (1931–2007), Israeli cyclist
  * Itzhak Bentov (1923–1979), Czech-born Israeli American scientist, inventor, mystic
  * Itzhak Brook (born 1941), Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine
  * Itzhak de Laat (born 1994), Dutch short track speed skater
  * Itzhak Drucker (born 1947), Israeli football defender
  * Itzhak Fintzi (born 1933), Bulgarian film and stage actor
  * Itzhak Gilboa (born 1963), Israeli economist
  * Itzhak Fisher, vice president at Nielsen Holdings
  * Itzhak Katzenelson (1886–1944), Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist
  * Itzhak Levanon (born 1944), Israeli ambassador to Egypt from 2009 to 2011
  * Isaac Luria, also known as Itzhak Luria (1534–1572), Ottoman Syrian rabbi and mystic
  * Itzhak Luria (born 1940), Israeli olympic swimmer
  * Itzhak Mamistvalov, Israeli Paralympic swimmer
  * Itzhak Nir (born 1940), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor
  * Itzhak Nissan, chairman and CEO of Meteor Aerospace Ltd., a privately owned Israeli Defense and Security company that Nissan founded
  * Itzhak Perlman (born 1945), Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue
  * Itzhak Rashkovsky (born 1955), Russian-Israeli violinist and pedagogue
  * Itzhak Schneor (1925–2011), Israeli footballer and manager
  * Itzhak Shum (born 1948), Israeli footballer and manager
  * Itzhak Stern (1901–1969), Polish-Israeli Jewish man who worked for Oskar Schindler and assisted him in his rescue activities
  * Itzhak Vissoker (born 1944), Israeli footballer
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Gil Itzhak (born 1993), Israeli footballer
  * Miron Itzhak (born 1953), psychologist
  * Ran Itzhak (born 1987), Israeli footballer
  