'''Rabinovich''' or '''Rabinovitch''' (Рабино́вич, רבינוביץ), is a Russian Ashkenazi Jewish surname, Slavic for "son of the rabbi". The Polish/Lithuanian equivalents are '''Rabinowitz''' or '''Rabinowicz'''.
==People== People bearing the surname include: *Abraham Rabinovich, American historian and journalist *Abram Rabinovich (1878–1943), Russian chess player *Adolphe Rabinovitch (1918–1944), American Special Operations Executive agent executed by the Germans in World War II *Aharon Yariv (born ''Aharon Rabinovich'') (1920–1994), Israeli general and politician *Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945), Russian-born composer *Aviva Rabinovich (1927-2007), professor of botany, chief scientist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, environmental activist. *Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinovich (1913–1999), Chassidic Rabbi *Daniel Rabinovich (1943–2015), Argentine musician and humorist, founding member of Les Luthiers *Dina Rabinovitch (1963–2007), British journalist and writer *Frida Schahar-Rabinovich (born 1950), Israeli chess master *Gabriel A. Rabinovich (born 1969), Argentine biochemist *Gérard Rabinovitch (born 1948), French philosopher and sociologist *Ilya Rabinovich (1891–1942), Russian chess player *Ilya Rabinovich - (born 1965), Moldova-born Dutch and Israeli visual artist *Itamar Rabinovich (born 1942), Israeli politician and president of Tel Aviv University *Jack Rabinovitch (1930-2017), Canadian philanthropist *Louise G. Rabinovitch, psychologist, inventor, and advocate for patient's rights *Mikhail Rabinovich (1941–2025), Russian-American physicist and neuroscientist *Moshe Leib Rabinovich (born 1940), Munkacs Rebbe *Nahum Rabinovich (1928–2020), Israeli rabbi *Raquel Rabinovich (1929–2025), Argentine-American artist *Robert Rabinovitch, (born 1943), Canadian public servant *Roman Rabinovich, Israeli pianist *Samuel Rabinovitch (1903–1991), British sculptor, artist, singer and wrestler (also known as Sam Rabin) *Samuel Rabinovich (1909–1988), Soviet radiolocation engineer *Sholem Aleichem (born ''Sholem Yakov/Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich'') (1859–1916), Russian-Ukrainian Yiddish writer *Vadim Rabinovich (born 1953), Ukrainian gangman and godfather *Victor Rabinovitch, Canadian public servant
==Fictional characters== * Rabbi Emanuel Rabinovich, non-existent figure cited in antisemitic works * Russian jokes § Rabinovich, stereotypical Russian Jew
== See also == * Rabinowitz * Rabin * Rabinow (surname) *{{intitle|Rabinovich}}
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Category:Russian-Jewish surnames Category:Slavic-language surnames Category:East Slavic-language surnames Category:Russian-language surnames Category:Yiddish-language surnames