Ben-Zion () is a Hebrew given name. Alternative spellings in English include Ben Zion, Benzion, and Bension. It may refer to the following people:
Given name Ben Zion Abba Shaul (1924–1998), rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva Ben-Zion Alfes (1851–1941), rabbi Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda, birth name of Itamar Ben-Avi (1882–1943), first native speaker of Modern Hebrew as the son of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda; journalist and Zionist activist Benzion Judah Berkowitz (1803–1879), Hebrew scholar Ben-Zion Bokser (1907–1984), American Conservative rabbi Ben-Zion Dinur (1884–1973), Israeli politician Bentsion Fleishman (born 1923), Russian mathematician Benzion Freshwater (born 1948), British property investor Ben-Zion Gold (1923–2016), American rabbi Ben Zion Goldberg (1895–1972), American journalist Ben-Zion Gopstein (born 1969), Israeli radical right-wing activist Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (born 1955), fifth Bobover Rebbe Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe Ben-Zion Halfon (1930–1977), Israeli politician Benzion Halper (1884–1924), Lithuanian-American Hebraist and Arabist Ben-Zion Harel (1892–1972), Israeli doctor and politician Benzion Hoffman (1874–1954), Yiddish writer Ben Zion Hyman (1891–1984), Canadian Jewish bookseller Aaron Ben-Zion ibn Alamani, 12th century Egyptian judge Ben-Zion Keshet (1914–1984), Israeli politician Benzion Klatzko (born 1968), American rabbi, university professor, founder of the largest Jewish social network Bension Kohen (died 1999), rabbi Ben-Zion Leitner (–2012), Israeli soldier, received highest military decoration during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Benzion Miller (1947–2025), Polish-born American cantor Bentsion Monastyrsky, Soviet cinematographer Ben Zion Moshel (born 1993), Israeli footballer Benzion Netanyahu (1910–2012), Israeli historian, father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Ben-Zion Orgad (1926–2006), Israeli composer Benzion Rakow (1925–1985), British rabbi Ben-Zion Rubin (born 1939), Israeli politician Ben Zion Shenker (1925–2016), American composer and hazzan Ben Zion Solomon, American-born Israeli musician Ben-Tzion Spitz (born 1969), Chief Rabbi of Uruguay Ben-Zion Sternberg (1894–1962), Zionist leader Ben Zion Tavger (1930–1983), Israeli activist Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880–1953), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and of Israel Benzion Yadler (1871–1962), rabbi Ben-Zion Weinman (1897–1987) American painter, sculptor, poet and a dramatist Ben-Zion Witler (1907–1961), Jewish singer, actor, coupletist, comedian and composer
Surname Ariel Bension (1880–1932), writer (1870–1932), pen name of Simha Alter Guttman, Hebrew writer, educator, newspaper editor, publisher, co-founder of Tel Aviv Yehoshua Ben-Zion (1924–2004), Israeli banker
See also Zion (disambiguation)
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