Moses (given name)

People with this name

Ancient times

• Moses, the reputed scribe of the Pentateuch and protagonist of the Book of Exodus
• Moses of Alexandria, alchemist

  Medieval

• Moses , saint, first Arab bishop of the Arab people
• Moses the Black, saint, ascetic monk and priest in Egypt, a Desert Father
• Moses of Chorene, Armenian historian, "father of Armenian history"
• Moses of Kalankatuyk, Armenian historian
• Moses the Calm, Twelver Shia imam
• Moses the Hungarian, Russian saint
• Moses ibn Ezra, Jewish, Spanish philosopher
• Moses Kimhi, medieval rabbi from Hachmei Provence, Occitania
• Moses Maimonides, Spanish rabbi, physician, and philosopher
• Moses de León, Spanish rabbi who is thought to have composed the Zohar

  Early modern to 18th century

• Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, a central figure in the historical development of Kabbalah, also known as Ramak
• Moses Isserles, Polish Ashkenazic rabbi and talmudist
• Moses Amyraut, French theologian and metaphysician
• Moyses Hill, English army officer who settled in Ireland
• Moses Cordovero, Italian physician
• Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Italian rabbi and poet, also known as Ramchal, German Jewish philosopher
• Moses Robinson, judge, governor, and senator from Vermont
• Moses Cleaveland, surveyor of the Connecticut Land Company
• Moses Sofer, a leading Orthodox rabbi of European Jewry in the early 19th century
• Moses Montefiore, sheriff of London

  Modern

• Moses Alexander, former governor of Idaho
• Moisés Alou, American baseball player
• Moshe Arens, Israeli politician
• Moses Barrett III, African–American hip hop artist, better known by his stage name Petey Pablo
• Moshe Bejski, Israeli judge
• Mosè Bianchi, Jewish-Italian painter
• Moysés Blás, Brazilian Olympic basketball medallist
• Moses Bloom, American politician, the first Jewish mayor of a major American city
• Moses Brown , American basketball player
• Moshe Czerniak, Israeli chess master
• Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader and politician
• Moses Dyer, New Zealand association footballer
• Moses J. Epstein, New York assemblyman
• Moses Jacob Ezekiel, American sculptor
• Moses Harrison, American jurist
• Moses Hess, early Zionist
• Moses Hogan, American composer and arranger of spirituals
• Moe Howard, one of the Three Stooges
• Moses Hurvitz, Galician–born Jewish playwright
• , French Ukrainian-born Jewish physicist and radiochemist
• Moses Isegawa, Ugandan author
• Moshe Ivgy, Israeli actor
• Moshe Kasher, American comedian
• Moshe Katsav, Israeli-Iranian president of Israel
• Moshe Kaveh, Israeli physicist and former President of Bar-Ilan University
• Moshe Kotlarsky, NBA basketball player
• Moshe Many, Israeli urologist; President of Tel Aviv University, and President of Ashkelon Academic College.
• Moses Martin, the son of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
• Moses Mbye, Australian Rugby League player of Gambian descent
• Moshe Mizrahi , Israeli basketball player
• Moša Pijade, prominent Yugoslav communist and statesman of Sephardic Jewish origin
• Moshe Ponte, Israeli Olympic judoka and President of the Israel Judo Association
• Moshe Prywes, Israeli physician and educator; first President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Moses Regular, American football player
• Moses Rosen, Romanian rabbi
• Moses Josef Rubin,, Hasidic Jewish cleric in Romania and, later, in New York City
• Moses Russell, Welsh footballer
• Moshe Safdie, Israeli–Canadian architect
• Moshe Sharett, Israeli Prime Minister, 1954–1955
• Moshe Sharon, Israeli historian of Islam
• Moses Sherman, land developer in California
• Moses Sithole, South African serial killer and rapist
• Moshe Y. Vardi, Israeli computer scientist and professor of Computer Science at Rice University
• Moshe Wallach, founder and director of Shaare Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem
• Moshe Weinberg, Israeli Olympic wrestling coach killed in the Munich massacre
• Moses M. Weinstein, American politician
• Moshe Wilensky, Polish–born Israeli composer
• Moshe Ya'alon, Israeli general and politician

  Fictional characters

• Moses the raven, in Animal Farm

  Animals

• Moses, a 19th-century British Thoroughbred

  Other uses

• Moishe's, a steakhouse and supermarket food product brand from Montreal, Canada
• Moshe's, a chain of restaurants and cafés in Mumbai, India