Avigdor (name)

Avigdor (Hebrew: אביגדור, also Abigdor, Awigdor, from I Chronicles 4.18, אבי גדור = Avi Gedor) is a Hebrew masculine given name.

## Given name

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* Avigdor Aptowitzer (1871–1942), Austrian rabbi
* Avigdor Arikha (1929–2010), Israeli-French painter, printmaker, and art historian
* Avigdor Ben-Gal (1936–2016), Israeli general
* Abigdor Cohen of Vienna (fl. 13th century), Austrian Talmudist
* Avigdor Dagan (1912–2006), also known as Viktor Fischl, Israeli writer, playwright and diplomat
* Avigdor Eskin, Russian-Israeli political activist
* Avigdor Glogauer (c. 1725–1810), German grammarian and poet
* Avigdor Kara (died 1439), chief rabbi of Prague, poet and mystic
* Avigdor Kahalani, Israeli soldier and politician
* Avigdor Lieberman, Israeli politician, leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party
* Avigdor Miller (1908–2001), American rabbi, author and lecturer
* Avigdor Moskowitz (born 1953), Israeli basketball player
* Avigdor Nebenzahl, former chief rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem
* Avigdor Stematsky (1908–1989), Israeli painter
* Avigdor Yitzhaki (1949–2025), Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Kadima

## Surname

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* Avigdor family (or d'Avigdor), Italian-French and later German and British Jewish pedigree; (de)
* Abraham Abigdor (born 1350), French-Jewish physician, philosopher, and translator
* Isaac C. Avigdor (1920–2010), rabbi, son of Jacob Avigdor
* Jacob Avigdor (1896–1967), also known as Yaakov Avigdor, author and rabbi in Poland and Mexico
* Solomon Avigdor (born 1384), French-Jewish translator of Hebrew

## See also

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* Names of Moses
* Victor (name)
* Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid
* James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid

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