Ben-David

Ben-David (also Ben David, Bendavid; Hebrew: בן דוד ‎‎) is a Jewish patronymic surname. In Hebrew it means "son of David". It is one of the most common surnames in Israel. It may refer to the following people:

Abraham ben David (RABaD, 12th century CE), a Provençal rabbi and a Talmudic scholar
Abraham ben David Caslari (14th century CE), a Catalan-Jewish physician
Alon Ben David, an Israeli television and print journalist
Anan ben David (8th century CE), a major founder of the Karaite movement of Judaism
Jacob ben David ben Yomtob (14th century CE), a Catalan Jewish astronomer
Judah ben David Hayyuj (10th century CE), a Spanish-Jewish grammarian
Mordechai ben David (b. 1951, real name Mordechai Werdyger), a Jewish-American musician
Naftali Bendavid, an American journalist
Solomon ben David (disambiguation)
Yehuda Lavi Ben-David, a Jewish scholar
Zadok Ben-David, a Yemen born Israeli artist and sculptor

See also