Izak

Izak (or Izaak, also Isak, Izhak, Itzchak, Itzik, etc.) is a given name which is an alternate spelling for Isaac.

Notable people and characters with the name include:

Izak

Izak, Polish esports player
Izak Aloni (1905–1985), Israeli chess master
Izak Buys (1895–1946), South African cricketer
Izak Davel (born 1943), South African actor
Izak David du Plessis (1900–1981), South African Afrikaans writer
Izak Moerdijk (born 1958), Dutch mathematician
Izak Reid (born 1987), English sportsman
Izak Rober (1930–2000), Turkish sportsman
Izak Šantej (born 1973), Slovenian motorcyclist
Izak van der Merwe (born 1984), South African tennis player
Izak Van Heerden (1910–1973), South African rugby coach

Surname

Vian Izak, South African American singer-songwriter

Izaak

Izaak Appel (1905–1941), Polish chess master
Izaak Grunbaum (1879–1970), Israeli politician
Izaak Grynfeld (1912–?), Israeli chess master
Izaak Walton Killam (1885–1955), Canadian financier
Izaak Kolthoff (1894–1993), Dutch chemist
Izaak H. Reijnders (1879–1966), Dutch military commander
Izaak Towbin (1899–1941), Polish chess master
Izaak Walton (1593–1683), English writer

Izaac

Izaac Pacheco (born 2002), American baseball player
Izaac Johanes Wanggai (born 1982), Indonesian sportsman
Izaac Wang (born 2007), American child actor
Izaac Williams (born 1989), New Zealand sportsman

Isak

Isak Andersson (born 1996), Swedish hurdler
Isak Andic (1953–2024), Turkish-born Spanish businessman
Isak-Beg (died 1457), Ottoman governor and soldier
Isak Gustaf Clason (1856–1930), Swedish architect
Isak Dinesen (1885–1962), pen name of Karen Blixen, Danish author
Isak From (born 1967), Swedish politician
Per Isak Juuso (born 1953), Swedish-Sámi artisan and teacher
Isak Musliu (born 1970), Yugoslavian camp guard
Isak Penttala (1883–1955), Finnish politician
Isak Saba (1875–1921), Norwegian leader
Isak Valtersen, fictional character in the Norwegian TV show Skam

Surname

Abdi Isak (born 1966), Somali marathon runner
Alexander Isak (born 1999), Swedish footballer
Joesoef Isak (1928–2009), Indonesian publisher, translator and left-wing intellectual
Kim Isak (born 1985), German-American singer, actress and radio personality

Itzhak

Itzhak Perlman (born 1945), Israeli-American musician
Itzhak Rabin (1922–1995), Israeli leader
Itzhak Shum (born 1948), Israeli sportsman
Itzhak Ben-Zvi (1884–1963), Israeli president
Itzhak Katzenelson (1886–1944), Jewish intellectual
Itzhak Shamir (1915–2012), Israeli politician
Itzhak Fintzi (born 1933), Bulgarian actor
Itzhak Stern (1901–1969), Polish Holocaust survivor
Itzhak Bentov (1923–1979), Czech intellectual
Itzhak Sadeh (1890–1952), Israeli leader

Surname

Gil Itzhak (born 1993), Israeli footballer
Gonen Ben Itzhak (born 1971), Israeli lawyer
Itzik Ben-Itzhak (born 1952), American professor of physics
Liora Itzhak (born 1974), Israeli singer
Ran Itzhak (born 1987), Israeli footballer
Yuval Ben-Itzhak, Israeli executive and entrepreneur

Itzchak

Itzchak Tarkay (1935–2012), Israeli painter

Itzik

Itzik Zohar (born 1970), Israeli sportsman
Itzik Manger (1901–1969), Yiddish intellectual
Itzik Feffer (1900–1952), Soviet intellectual
Itzik Kol (1932–2007), Israeli TV producer
Itzik Kornfein (born 1971), Israeli sportsman

Surname

Dalia Itzik (born 1952), Israeli politician

Izhak

Izhak Mamistvalov (born 1979), Israeli swimmer
Izhak Graziani (1924–2003), Israeli conductor

Izsak

Izsák Lőwy (1793–1847), Hungarian industrialist
Imre Izsák (1929–1965), Hungarian scientist
Carolina Izsak (born 1971), Venezuelan beauty queen
Meir ben Izsak Eisenstadt (1670–1744), Jewish rabbi

Surname

Éva Izsák (born 1967), Hungarian road cyclist
Imre Izsák (1929–1965), Hungarian mathematician, physicist, and astronomer
Ladislav Izsák (born 1954), Hungarian footballer
Márton Izsák, Hungarian sculptor
Szabolcs Izsák (1944–1993), Hungarian sailor

Other variants

Isakas Vistaneckis (1910–2000), Lithuanian chess master
Isaka Cernak (born 1989), Australian sportsman

See also

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