- male, deceased (1038)
- Hai Gaon (969-1038) was one of the last "geonim" (rabbinic authorities of the early Middle Ages). He was the head of the academy at Pumbedita,...
- male, deceased (942)
- Sa'adiah ben Yosef Gaon, ("Sa`īd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmi"); was a prominent rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete of the geonic period. Saadia is kno...
- male, deceased (1180)
- Abraham ibn Daud was a Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher; born at Toledo, Spain about 1110; died, according to common report, a...
- male
- Rav Sherira Gaon was the head of yeshiva in Pumbeditha. He wrote the "Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon", a comprehensive history of the composition of the...
- male, deceased (875)
- Amram Gaon (Hebrew: עמרם גאון was a famous "Gaon" or head of the Jewish Talmud Academy of Sura (Persia) in the 9th century. He was the author o...
- male
- Yehudai ben Nahman or Yehudai Gaon was the head of the yeshiva in Sura from 757 to 761, during the Gaonic period of Judaism. He was author of the...
- male, deceased (1034)
- Samuel ben Hofni was the last gaon of Sura. His father was a Talmudic scholar and chief judge ("ab bet din," probably of Fez), one of whose...
- male
- Achai Gaon (also known as Ahai of Sabha or Aha of Sabha) was one of the Geonim, an 8th-century Talmudist of high renown. He enjoys the distinction...
- male, deceased (1463)
- Isaac ben Jacob Campanton (Hebrew: יצחק קנפנטון) was a Spanish rabbi. He lived in the period darkened by the outrages of Ferran Martinez and Vicente...
- male
- Hezekiah Gaon was gaon of the Talmudic academy at Pumbedita from 1038-40. Hezekiah was a member of the exilarchal family. He was elected to the...
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