# Aharon

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aharon
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aharon.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharon
> Source revision: 1340187818
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Aharon** אַהֲרֹן is the [masculine](/source/Masculine) [given name](/source/Given_name) original spelling, commonly in [Israel](/source/Israel), of the later version *[Aaron](/source/Aaron)*, prominent biblical figure in the [Old Testament](/source/Old_Testament), "Of the Mountains", or "Mountaineer". There are other variants including "Ahron" and "Aron". Aharon is also occasionally a [patronymic](/source/Patronymic) [surname](/source/Surname), usually with the hyphenated prefix "Ben-".

## Given name

- [Aharon Abuhatzira](/source/Aharon_Abuhatzira) (1938–2021), Israeli politician
- [Aharon Amar](/source/Aharon_Amar) (born 1937), Israeli footballer
- [Aharon Amir](/source/Aharon_Amir) (1923–2008), Israeli poet, translator, and writer
- [Aharon Amram](/source/Aharon_Amram) (born 1939), Israeli singer, composer, poet, and researcher
- [Aharon Appelfeld](/source/Aharon_Appelfeld) (1932–2018), Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor
- [Aharon April](/source/Aharon_April) (1932–2020), Russian artist
- [Aharon Barak](/source/Aharon_Barak) (born 1936), Israeli lawyer and jurist
- [Aharon Becker](/source/Aharon_Becker) (1905–1995), Israeli politician
- [Aharon Ben-Shemesh](/source/Aharon_Ben-Shemesh) (1889–1988), Israeli writer, translator, and lecturer
- [Aharon Chelouche](/source/Aharon_Chelouche) (1840–1920), Algerian landowner, jeweler, and moneychanger
- [Aharon Cohen](/source/Aharon_Cohen) (1910–1980), Israeli politician
- [Aharon Danziger](/source/Aharon_Danziger), Israeli Paralympic volleyball player
- [Aharon Davidi](/source/Aharon_Davidi) (1927–2012), Israeli general
- [Aharon Dolgopolsky](/source/Aharon_Dolgopolsky) (1930–2012), Russian-Israeli linguist
- [Aharon Doron](/source/Aharon_Doron) (1922–2016), Israeli general and educator
- [Aharon Efrat](/source/Aharon_Efrat) (1911–1989), Israeli politician
- [Aharon Feldman](/source/Aharon_Feldman) (born 1932), American rabbi
- [Aharon Galstyan](/source/Aharon_Galstyan) (born 1970), Armenian-Russian serial killer
- [Aharon Gershgoren](/source/Aharon_Gershgoren) (born 1948), Israeli footballer
- [Aharon Gluska](/source/Aharon_Gluska) (born 1951), Israeli-American painter
- [Aharon Goldstein](/source/Aharon_Goldstein) (1902–1976), Israeli politician
- [Aharon Gurevich](/source/Aharon_Gurevich), Russian rabbi
- [Aharon HaLevi](/source/Aharon_HaLevi) (1235– c. 1290), Spanish rabbi, scholar, and Halakhist
- [Aharon Haliva](/source/Aharon_Haliva) (born 1967), Israeli Major general
- [Aharon Harel](/source/Aharon_Harel) (1932–2000), Israeli politician
- [Aharon Hoter-Yishai](/source/Aharon_Hoter-Yishai), Israeli Military Advocate General
- [Aharon Ibn Hayyim](/source/Aharon_Ibn_Hayyim) (1545–1632), Moroccan scholar
- [Aharon Ipalé](/source/Aharon_Ipal%C3%A9) (1941–2016), Israeli-American actor
- [Aharon Isser](/source/Aharon_Isser) (1958–1995), Israeli aeronautical engineer
- [Aharon Jacobashvili](/source/Aharon_Jacobashvili) (born 1964), Israeli boxer
- [Aharon of Karlin (I)](/source/Aharon_of_Karlin_(I)) (1736–1772), Polish-Lithuanian rabbi
- [Aharon of Karlin (II)](/source/Aharon_of_Karlin_(II)) (1802–1872), Russian rabbi
- [Aharon Kapitulnik](/source/Aharon_Kapitulnik) (born 1953), Israeli-American physicist
- [Aharon Katzir](/source/Aharon_Katzir) (1914–1972), Israeli chemist
- [Aharon Keshales](/source/Aharon_Keshales) (born 1976), Israeli film director, screenwriter, and film critic
- [Aharon Moshe Kiselev](/source/Aharon_Moshe_Kiselev) (1866–1949), Russian-Manchurian rabbi
- [Yitzhak Aharon Korff](/source/Yitzhak_Aharon_Korff), American rabbi
- [Aharon Kotler](/source/Aharon_Kotler) (1892–1962), Lithuanian-American rabbi
- [Aharon Lichtenstein](/source/Aharon_Lichtenstein) (1933–2015), French rabbi
- [Aharon Megged](/source/Aharon_Megged) (1920–2016), Israeli author and playwright
- [Aharon Meskin](/source/Aharon_Meskin) (1898–1974), Israeli stage actor
- [Aharon Mor](/source/Aharon_Mor) (born 1947), Polish-Israeli civil servant
- [Aharon Mordechai Rokeach](/source/Aharon_Mordechai_Rokeach) (born 1975), Israeli rabbi
- [Aharon Nahmias](/source/Aharon_Nahmias) (1932–1998), Israeli politician
- [Aharon Perlow of Koidanov](/source/Aharon_Perlow_of_Koidanov) (1839–1897) – third [Rebbe](/source/Rebbe) of [Koidanov](/source/Koidanov_(Hasidic_dynasty))
- [Aharon Pfeuffer](/source/Aharon_Pfeuffer) (1949–1993), Israeli rabbi
- [Avraham Aharon Price](/source/Avraham_Aharon_Price) (1900–1994), Canadian scholar, writer, educator, and community leader
- [Aharon Razel](/source/Aharon_Razel) (born 1974), Israeli musician
- [Aharon Razin](/source/Aharon_Razin) (1935–2019), Israeli biochemist
- [Aharon Remez](/source/Aharon_Remez) (1919–1994), Israeli civil servant, politician, diplomat, and Air Force commander
- [Aharon Rokeach](/source/Aharon_Rokeach) (1880–1957), Ukrainian rabbi
- [Aharon Roth](/source/Aharon_Roth) (1894–1947), Hungarian rabbi and scholar
- [Aharon Shabtai](/source/Aharon_Shabtai) (born 1939), Israeli poet and translator
- [Aharon Leib Shteinman](/source/Aharon_Leib_Shteinman) (1914–2017), Israeli rabbi
- [Aharon Shulov](/source/Aharon_Shulov) (1907–1997), Israeli entomologist
- [Aharon Sorasky](/source/Aharon_Sorasky) (born 1940), Israeli author
- [Aharon Uzan](/source/Aharon_Uzan) (1924–2007), Israeli politician
- [Aharon Wasserman](/source/Aharon_Wasserman) (born 1986), American entrepreneur and software designer
- [Aharon Yadlin](/source/Aharon_Yadlin) (1926–2022), Israeli educator and politician
- [Aharon Yariv](/source/Aharon_Yariv) (1920–1994), Israeli politician and general
- [Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash](/source/Aharon_Ze'evi-Farkash) (born 1948), Israeli general
- [Aharon Zisling](/source/Aharon_Zisling) (1901–1964), Israeli politician and minister
- [Aharon Zorea](/source/Aharon_Zorea) (born 1969), American historian
- [Aharon of Zhitomir](/source/Aharon_of_Zhitomir), Ukrainian rabbi

## Surname

- [Dudu Aharon](/source/Dudu_Aharon) (born 1984), Israeli singer-songwriter, musician, and composer
- [Michal Aharon](/source/Michal_Aharon), Israeli computer scientist
- [Shay Aharon](/source/Shay_Aharon) (born 1978), Israeli retired footballer
- [Yossi Aharon](/source/Yossi_Aharon), Israeli bouzouki player

## See also

- [Ben-Aharon (surname)](/source/Ben-Aharon_(surname))
- [Beis Aharon Synagogue of Karlin-Stolin](/source/Beis_Aharon_Synagogue_of_Karlin-Stolin), Jerusalem
- [Ahron](/source/Ahron)
- [Aron (name)](/source/Aron_(name))
- [Aaron (given name)](/source/Aaron_(given_name))
- [Aaron (surname)](/source/Aaron_(surname))

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Aharon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharon?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.