- male, deceased (1936)
- The Rogatchover Gaon, Yosef Rosen (Hebrew: יוסף רוזין), also known by the name of his main work Tzafnath Paneach, was a Rabbi and one of the promi...
- 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
- 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...
- male, deceased (1797)
- The Vilna Gaon (April 23, 1720 - October 9, 1797) was a prominent rabbi, Talmud scholar, and Kabbalist. Born Elijah (Eliyahu) ben Shlomo Zalman, he...
- 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
- 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 (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, 87 years old
- Nessim Gaon (pronounced NEE-SEEM GAH-OHN) (born 1922, in Khartoum, Sudan) is a Swiss financier who created the Noga company. Outside the business...
- 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 (1463)
- Jacob Gaón was a Basque tax collector, (born in Vitoria, died in Tolosa, 1463). The Gaóns were a Jewish family in Vitoria, Álava, today in the aut...
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