Nahum (disambiguation)

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Nahum is a biblical prophet.

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Nahum or Nachum may also refer to:

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Nahum

  • Nahum (artist) (born 1979), Mexican contemporary artist and musician
  • Nahum (exilarch), Jewish exilarch of the 2nd century AD residing within the Parthian Empire
  • Nahum Admoni (born 1929), former Israeli intelligence officer
  • Nahum Barnea (born 1944), Israeli journalist
  • Nahum Barnet (1855–1931), architect working in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Nahum Benari (1893–1963), Israeli writer and intellectual
  • Nahum Buch (born 1932), Israeli Olympic swimmer
  • Nahum Capen (1804–1886), writer, editor, bookseller and publisher in Boston
  • Nahum Cohen (1863–1893), Russian writer
  • Nahum Eitingon (1899–1981), Soviet intelligence officer
  • Nahúm Espinoza (born 1964), Honduran football player and football manager
  • Nahum Gergel (1887–1931), Jewish rights activist, humanitarian, sociologist, and author in Yiddish
  • Nahum Galmor (born 1948), Italian-Israeli industrialist residing in Switzerland
  • Nahum Goldmann Nahum Goldmann (1895–1982), Israeli Zionist
  • Nahúm Gómez (born 1998), Mexican professional footballer
  • Nahum Grymes (born 1981), better known by his stage name J. Holiday, American singer, songwriter, rapper and actor
  • Nahum Het (1896–1990), Israeli politician
  • Nahum Hofree (born 1952), former mayor of Ra'anana, Israel, and former principal of Ostrovsky High School in Ra'anana
  • Nahum J. Bachelder (1854–1934), 49th governor of New Hampshire from 1903 to 1905
  • Nahum Korzhavin (1925–2018), Russian poet
  • Nahum Leonard (1876–1927), co-founder of the American college fraternity Kappa Delta Phi
  • Nahum Levin (1905–1967), Israeli politician
  • Nahum M. Sarna (1923–2005), modern biblical scholar
  • Nahum Ma'arabi, Moroccan Hebrew poet and translator of the thirteenth century
  • Nahum Manbar (born 1946), Israeli businessman
  • Nahum Meir Schaikewitz (1849–1905), Yiddish and Hebrew novelist and playwright
  • Nahum Melvin-Lambert (born 2002), English footballer
  • Nahum Mitchell (1769–1853), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
  • Nahum Nardi (1901–1977), Ukraine-born Israeli composer
  • Nahum Nir (1884–1968), Zionist activist, Israeli politician
  • Nahum Norbert Glatzer (1903–1990), scholar of Jewish history and philosophy from antiquity to mid 20th century
  • Nahum Olin (born 1957), Mexican race car driver
  • Nahum Orobitg (born 1971), Andorran alpine skier
  • Nahum Parker (1760–1839), United States Senator from New Hampshire
  • Nahum Rabinovitch (1928–2020), Canadian-Israeli religious Zionist rabbi and posek
  • Nahum Sharfman, (died 2009), Israeli tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Shopping.com
  • Nahum Slouschz (1872–1966), Russian-born Israeli writer, translator and archaeologist
  • Nahum Sokolow (1859–1936), Zionist leader, author, translator, and journalist
  • Nahum Sonenberg (born 1946), Israeli-Canadian microbiologist and biochemist
  • Nahum Stelmach (1936–1999), Israeli football player and manager
  • Nahum Stutchkoff (1893–1965), Yiddish-Polish and later Yiddish-American actor, author, lexicographer, and radio host
  • Nahum Tate (1652–1715), Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist
  • Nahum Tevet (born 1946), Israeli sculptor
  • Nahum Trebitsch (1779–1842), Czech rabbi
  • Nahum Tschacbasov (1899–1984), Russian-born American painter, teacher
  • Nahum Zolotov (1926–2014), Israeli architect
  • Nahum the Mede, first-century tanna of the first generation

Nachum

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Nahum

  • Ana Nahum (1969–2015), Uruguayan journalist, writer, and presenter
  • Benjamín Nahum (born 1937), Uruguayan historian, father of Ana Nahum
  • Bertin Nahum (born 1969), French-Beninese entrepreneur, founder of Medtech
  • Chaim Nahum (1872–1960), Jewish scholar, jurist, and linguist
  • Claudia Nahum (born 1983), better known by her stage name Baby K, Italian-British singer, songwriter and rapper
  • Jacques Nahum (1921–2017), French director, screenwriter, and producer
  • Perrine Simon-Nahum (born 1960), contemporary French historian
  • Peter Nahum (born 1947), English art dealer, author, lecturer and journalist
  • Ricardo Dájer Nahum (born 1955), Mexican politician
  • Stirling Henry Nahum (1906–1956), known professionally as Baron, society and court photographer in the United Kingdom

Nachum

  • Eliad Nachum (born 1990), Israeli singer, songwriter and television actor known professionally as Eliad
  • Nir Nachum (born 1983), Israeli footballer
  • Rogel Nachum (born 1967), Israeli Olympic triple jumper
  • Roy Nachum (born 1979), Israeli artist

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