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 Å antej (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

• Isaac (disambiguation)
• Isaacs (disambiguation)
• Ishak (disambiguation)
• Zack (disambiguation)
• Izzy (disambiguation)
• Izak catsharks

References