Bob Sura

Bob Sura

male, 36 years old
Robert Sura Jr. (born March 25 1973, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is a professional basketball player in the NBA currently for the Houston...

Lucius Licinius Sura

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Lucius Licinius Sura was an influential Roman Senator from Tarraco, a close friend of the Emperor Trajan and three times consul - in a period when...

Publius Cornelius Lentulus

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Publius Cornelius Lentulus, nicknamed Sura, (d. December 5, 63 BC) was one of the chief figures in the Catiline conspiracy. When accused by Sulla...
Rav Ashi

Rav Ashi

male, deceased (427)
Rav Ashi ("Rabbi Ashi") (352-427) was a celebrated Jewish religious scholar, a Babylonian amora, who reestablished the academy at Sura and was...
Amram Gaon

Amram Gaon

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...

Yehudai Gaon

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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...

Petachiah Of Ratisbon

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Petachiah of Ratisbon, also known as Petachiah ben Yakov, Moses Petachiah, and Petachiah of Regensburg, was a Bohemian rabbi of the late twelfth...

Samuel ben Hofni

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...

A'As Ibn Wa'Il

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A'as ibn Wa'il is the son of Wa'il ibn Umayya aka Abu al-A'as. His brother was Affan ibn Wa'il, the father of Uthman. He is the father of Amr ibn...

Dodai ben Nahman

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Dodai ben Nahman was a Babylonian-Jewish scholar of the eighth century CE and gaon of the Talmudic academy at Pumbedita (761-764). Little is known...