Moses (first name)
Moses is a male name . It is derived from the biblical figure Moses .
In addition to Moses, there are also regionally developed name variants such as Mosche or Mosche ( Hebrew משה ), Moisei , Moussa , Musa and Mussa both in the form of a first name and family name .
Name bearer
Ancient and Middle Ages
- Moses the Ethiopian (c. 320-c. 407), African hermit, priest and martyr
- Moses the Hungarian (* around 990; † 1043), Russian Orthodox saint
- Moses of Kiev (12th century), Talmudic scholar
- Moses Maimonides (1138–1204), philosopher, physician, and legal scholar, see Maimonides
- Mose ben Joshua of Narbonne († after 1362), Jewish scholar
- Mose ben Isaak Münz (15th century), Jewish scholar, decisor and rabbi
Modern times
- Moses Ali (* 1939), Ugandan politician
- Moses Browne (1704–1787), English poet, translator and cleric
- Moses Cordovero (1522–1570), one of the most important Jewish mystics and Kabbalists
- Moses Enguelle (* 1974), French [4] football player and coach
- Moses Flechtheim (1814–1886), German wholesaler
- Moses Gunn (1929–1993), American actor
- Moses Hamon (1490 – before 1567), Jewish doctor and linguist
- Moses Hess (1812–1875), German-Jewish philosopher and writer
- Moses Isegawa (* 1963), Ugandan writer
- Moses Der Kalousdian (1895–1984), Armenian resistance fighter
- Moses Kiptanui (* 1970), Kenyan middle and long distance runner
- Moses Lamidi (* 1988), German-Nigerian soccer player
- Moses Mabhida (1923–1986), South African trade union leader and politician
- Moses Malone (1955-2015), American basketball player
- Moses von Mardin ( bl. 1548–1592), Syrian Orthodox priest
- Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786), German philosopher
- Moses Nappelbaum (1869–1958), Russian photographer
- Moses Olsen (1938–2008), Greenlandic politician (Siumut), journalist, writer, trade unionist and teacher
- Moses Pelham (* 1971), German rapper and producer
- Moses Polakoff (1896–1993), American lawyer
- Moses Schneider (* 1966), German music producer
- Moses Wolff (* 1969), German actor, cabaret artist and musician
Alias
- Moses , code name of Harriet Tubman (1820–1913), American slave and escape helper