Ishmael is the first child of Abraham in Abrahamic religions.
Ishmael may also refer to:
People Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the murderer of Gedaliah, Nebuchadnezzar II's provincial governor Ishmael ben Elisha, more commonly "Rabbi Ishmael", 2nd-century rabbi Ishmael ben Jose, 3rd-century rabbi, the son of Jose ben Halafta Saint Isfael, a 6th-century Breton prince and Welsh saint also known as Ismael and Ishmael Ishmael Beah (born 1980), Sierra Leonean author and former child soldier Ishmael Davis (born 1995), English professional boxer Ishmael Hyman (born 1995), American football player Ismail Kadare (1936—2024), Albanian novelist and poet Ishmael Kipkurui (born 2005), Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner Ishmael Noko, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation since 1995 Ishmael Reed (born 1938), American poet, essayist and novelist Nola Ishmael (born 1943), Barbadian nurse Prophet Ishmael, Zimbabwean religious leader
Fictional characters Ishmael (Book of Mormon), a figure in the Book of Mormon Ishmael (Moby-Dick), the narrator in the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Ishmael, a "mad" character with apparent mystical powers in Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander Ishmael, the wizard who imprisoned the goblins in Goblins in the Castle by Bruce Coville Ishmael, the main protagonist in The Haj, a 1984 novel by Leon Uris Ishmael (character), the name of two fictional characters in DC Comics Ishmael, a character in the 2023 video game Limbus Company based on the character from Moby-Dick
Literature Ishmael (Quinn novel), a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn Ishmael (Southworth novel), an 1876 novel by E.D.E.N. Southworth Ishmael (Star Trek), a Star Trek novel by Barbara Hambly Ishmael, a chapbook by Peter Straub
Places Ismael, Sar-e Pol, a village in Afghanistan Ishmael, Missouri, a ghost town in the United States
See also St Ishmaels Ismael (disambiguation) Ismail (disambiguation) Ismaël Ismayil Ishamael Isfael