title: Yoram
text: # Yoram
  
  Yoram (יֹרָם‎ or יורם‎ ) is a given name derived from Jehoram (יְהוֹרָם‎), meaning "Jehovah is exalted" in Biblical Hebrew, which was the name of several individuals in the Tanakh; the female version of this name is Athaliah. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Yoram Aridor (born 1933), former right-wing Israeli politician, Knesset member and minister
  * Yoram Barzel (born 1931), Israeli economist and a professor of economics at the University of Washington
  * Yoram Bauman (born 1973), American economist and stand-up comedian
  * Yoram Ben-Porat (died 1992), Israeli economist and president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  * Yoram Chaiter (born 1964), physician, cancer researcher and bass singer
  * Yoram Danziger (born 1953), Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, appointed to the Court in 2007
  * Yoram Dinstein (born 1936), Israeli President of Tel Aviv University
  * Yoram Dori (born 1950), strategic advisor to Shimon Peres when the latter was President of Israel
  * Yoram Globus (born 1941), Israeli director and producer, most famous for his association with Cannon Films Inc
  * Yoram Gross (born 1926), Australian producer of children's and family entertainment
  * Yoram Hazony (born 1964), Israeli scholar and founder of Shalem College in Jerusalem
  * Yoram Ish-Hurwitz (born 1968), Dutch pianist of Israeli origin
  * Yoram Kaniuk (born 1930), Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theater critic
  * Yoram Kochavy (born 1962), Israeli former Olympic swimmer
  * Yoram Marciano (born 1964), Israeli Labor politician
  * Yoram Moses, 1997 Gödel laureate and Associate Professor at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
  * Yoram Schweitzer (fl. 1980s onwards), senior research fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
  