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Peretz

Peretz (Hebrew פרץ) is a Jewish given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

In the Hebrew Bible

Given name

  • Peretz Lavie (born 1949), Israeli expert in the psychophysiology of sleep and sleep disorders, the 16th president of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Dean of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
  • Peretz Markish, (1895–1952), a Soviet Yiddish-language poet.
  • Peretz Hirshbein, (1880–1948), a Yiddish-language playwright
  • Peretz Smolenskin, (1842–1885), a Russian Jewish novelist

Surname

  • Amir Peretz (born 1952), former defense minister and Labor Party leader in Israel
  • Daniel Peretz (born 2000), goalkeeper for FC Bayern Munich and the Israel national football team
  • Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915), modernist Yiddish language author and playwright
  • Isabelle Peretz (born 1956), Canadian professor of psychology researching music cognition and amusia
  • Jesse Peretz (born 1968), rock video director and son of Martin
  • Martin Peretz (born 1938), Harvard University lecturer and former owner of The New Republic
  • Moshe Peretz (born 1983), Israeli singer-songwriter
  • Omer Peretz (born 1986), Israel U21 footballer and son of Vicky
  • Rafi Peretz (born 1956), Israeli Orthodox rabbi who served as Chief Military Rabbi and is now Education Minister of Israel
  • Vicky Peretz (1953–2021), Israeli international footballer
  • Yitzhak Peretz (born 1936), Israeli politician who served as Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
  • Yitzhak Peretz (born 1938), Israeli politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and of Immigrant Absorption, and member on Israeli Chief Rabbinate Council

See also