Gideon (first name)

Gideon ( Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן) is a male given name .

origin

The name Gideon goes back to the judge Gideon in the Old Testament.

Gideon Botsch (* 1970), German political scientist and journalist
Gideon von Camuzi (1799–1879), landowner and member of the Bavarian state parliament
Gideon Esra (1937–2012), Israeli politician
Gideon Fairman (1774-1827), American engraver
Gideon Granger (1767-1822), American politician
Gideon Greif (* 1951), Israeli historian
Gideon Jung (* 1994), German soccer player
Gideon Klein (1919–1945), Czech composer
Gideon Ernst von Laudon (also Laudohn or Loudon; 1717–1790), Austrian general
Gideon Mantell (1790-1852), English paleontologist
Gideon Schüler (1925–2017), German bookseller, publisher, gallery owner and poet
Gideon Singer (1926-2015), Israeli actor
Gideon Spicker (1840–1912), German religious philosopher
Gideon Ståhlberg (1908–1967), Swedish chess player
Gideon Sundbäck (1880–1954), Swedish-Canadian inventor