Nehemia Gordon

Nehemia Gordon

male, 37 years old
Nehemia Gordon (1972 -) is arguably the best known Karaite Jew of this era. He was born to an Orthodox Jewish family with a long line of Rabbis,...
Anan ben David

Anan ben David

male
Anan Ben David is often considered to be the founder of the Karaite movement (a form of Judaism that split off from rabbinic Judaism due to its...

Judah Hadassi

male
Judah ben Elijah Hadassi (in Hebrew, "Yehuda ben Eliyahu") was a Karaite Jewish scholar, controversialist, and liturgist who flourished at...

Solomon

male
Solomon ben David was a Karaite leader of the late tenth and early eleventh centuries CE. He was the son of David ben Boaz. As a direct lineal...
Abraham Firkovich

Abraham Firkovich

male, deceased (1874)
Abraham (Avraham) ben Samuel Firkovich was a famous leader of the Qarays (Crimean Karaites). He was born in Lutsk, Volhynia, then lived in...

Benjamin Nahawandi

male
Benjamin Nahawandi or Benjamin ben Moses or Benyamin ben Moshe al-Nahawendi was one of the greatest of the Karaite scholars of the early Middle...

Moshe Marzouk

male, deceased (1955)
Moshe Marzouk (or Musa Lieto Marzuk, ; born 20 December, 1926-31 January, 1955) was an Egyptian Jewish spy, labelled as a terrorist and hanged by...

Yefet ben Ali

male
Yefet ben Ali was perhaps the foremost Karaite commentator on the Bible, during the "Golden Age of Karaism". He lived during the 10th century, a...

Jacob ben Reuben

male
Jacob ben Reuben was a Karaite scholar and Bible exegete of the eleventh century. He wrote a brief Hebrew language commentary on the entire Bible,...
Joseph ben Abraham

Joseph ben Abraham

male
Joseph ben Abraham (Heb. Yosef ben Avraham ha-Kohen, also known as Yusuf al-Basir) was a Karaite philosopher and theologian who flourished in...