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Dov

Dov (דב or דוב) is a Hebrew male given name meaning "bear", akin to the Yiddish name "Ber" (בער). Notable people with the name include:

  • Dov Charney (born 1969), Canadian entrepreneur, president and chief executive officer of clothing manufacturer American Apparel
  • Dov J. Elkabas (born 1968), Dutch DJ, musician and producer
  • Dov Feigin (1907–2000), Israeli sculptor
  • Dov Forman (born 2003), English born Author and social media star
  • Dov Frohman (born 1939), Israeli electrical engineer and business executive
  • Dov Gabbay (born 1945), Israeli logician and professor of logic and computer science
  • Dov Groverman (born 1965), Israeli Olympic wrestler
  • Dov Grumet-Morris (born 1982), American ice hockey player
  • Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Jewish Zionist leader hanged by the British Mandatory authorities
  • Dov Hikind (born 1950), American politician
  • Dov Hoz (1894–1940), a leader of the Labor Zionism movement, one of the founders of the Haganah organization, and a pioneer of Israeli aviation
  • Dov Jaron, American engineer
  • Dow Baer (Berek) Joselewicz (1764–1809), Polish military commander
  • Dov Karmi (1905–1962), Israeli architect
  • Dov Khenin (born 1958), Israeli political scientist, politician and lawyer
  • Dov Lior (born 1933), Israeli rabbi
  • Dov Lopatyn (died 1944), head of the Judenrat in Łachwa, Poland, and leader of a ghetto uprising
  • Dov Lupi (born 1948), Israeli-American gymnast
  • Dov Markus (born 1946), Israeli-American soccer player
  • Dov Noy (1920–2013), Israeli folklorist
  • Dov Reiser (born 1947), Israeli actor and voice artist
  • Dov Sadan (1902–1989), Israeli academic and politician
  • Dov Schwartzman (1921–2011), Haredi Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva
  • Dov Seltzer (born 1932), Israeli composer and conductor
  • Dov Shilansky (1924–2010), Israeli politician and Speaker of the Knesset
  • Dov Sternberg, American karateka
  • Dov Tamari (mathematician) (1911–2006), French mathematician
  • Dov Yosef (1899–1980), Israeli politician and government minister
  • Dov S. Zakheim (born 1948), American former government official, economist and businessman

Surname

Fictional characters

  • Dov, a character in Michael Tippett's 1970 opera The Knot Garden
  • Dov Epstein, one of the series protagonists of Canadian TV show Rookie Blue

See also