Eleazar (given name)
Eleazar is a common Jewish masculine given name. The first known bearer of the name is Eleazar, son of Aaron and High Priest of Israel. Others with the name include:
Figures in the Bible and apocryphal books
- Eleazar, son of Abinadab, a keeper of the Ark of the Covenant
- Eleazar (son of Dodai), one of King David's warriors
- Eleazar (son of Pinhas), one of those in charge of the sacred vessels brought back to Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile
- Eleazar Avaran, the younger brother of Judas Maccabeus
- Eleazar (2 Maccabees), a Jewish martyr mentioned in 2 Maccabees chapter 6
- Eleazar, son of Eliud, mentioned briefly in the genealogy of Jesus
People
Ancient world
- Eleazar, Jewish High Priest during the Second Temple period
- Eleazar ben Ananus, Temple Captain in 66 CE who cancelled the sacrifices to Caesar
- Eleazar ben Azariah, first century Mishanic scholar
- Eleazar ben Arach, one of the Tannaim of the first century CE
- Eleazar Chisma, second century CE tanna
- Eleazar ben Hanania, a Jewish leader in the First Jewish–Roman War
- Eleazar ben Judah of Bartota, a tanna of the first and second centuries CE
- Eleazar of Modi'im, Jewish scholar
- Eleazar ben Pedat, an Amoraim of the fourth century CE
- Eleazar ben Shammua, second century Mishnaic teacher of the 4th generation
- Eleazar ben Simon, one of the leaders of Jewish resistance in the First Jewish-Roman War
Middle Ages
- Eleazar of Worms, Talmudist and Kabbalist
- Eleazar, name chosen by Frankist deacon Bodo (deacon) upon his conversion to Judaism
Modern world
- Eleazar Albin, English naturalist and watercolourist illustrator
- Elazar "Eli" Dasa, Israeli footballer for Dynamo Moscow and the Israel national team
- Eleazar Davidman, Israeli tennis player
- Eleazar Jiménez, Cuban chess International Master
- Eleazar Lipsky, American lawyer, novelist, playwright, president of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- Eleazar Lord, American banker, entrepreneur, author and educator
- Eleazar López Contreras, Venezuelan army general and president of Venezuela
- Elazar Shach, rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh yeshiva and founded the Degel HaTorah political party
- Eleazar Soria, Peruvian footballer
- Eleazar Sukenik, Israeli archaeologist and professor
- Eleazar Swalmius, Dutch theologian known for his portrait by Rembrandt
- Eleazar Rodgers, South African footballer
- Eleazar Wheelock, founder and 1st president of Dartmouth College