Izak (or Izaak, also Isak, Izhak, Itzchak, Itzik, etc.) is a given name which is an alternate spelling for Isaac.
Notable people and characters with the name include:
Izak Izak, Polish esports player Izak Akakpo (born 2004), Togolese footballer Izak Aloni (1905–1985), Israeli chess master Izak Buys (1895–1946), South African cricketer Izak Davel (born 1943), South African actor Izak David du Plessis (1900–1981), South African Afrikaans writer Izak Moerdijk (born 1958), Dutch mathematician Izak Reid (born 1987), English sportsman Izak Rober (1930–2000), Turkish sportsman Izak Šantej (born 1973), Slovenian motorcyclist Izak van der Merwe (born 1984), South African tennis player Izak Van Heerden (1910–1973), South African rugby coach
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Vian Izak, South African American singer-songwriter
Izaak Izaak Appel (1905–1941), Polish chess master Izaak Grunbaum (1879–1970), Israeli politician Izaak Grynfeld (1912–?), Israeli chess master Izaak Walton Killam (1885–1955), Canadian financier Izaak Kolthoff (1894–1993), Dutch chemist Izaak H. Reijnders (1879–1966), Dutch military commander Izaak Towbin (1899–1941), Polish chess master Izaak Walton (1593–1683), English writer
Izaac Izaac Pacheco (born 2002), American baseball player Izaac Johanes Wanggai (born 1982), Indonesian sportsman Izaac Wang (born 2007), American child actor Izaac Williams (born 1989), New Zealand sportsman
Isak Isak Andersson (born 1996), Swedish hurdler Isak Andic (1953–2024), Turkish-born Spanish businessman Isak-Beg (died 1457), Ottoman governor and soldier Isak Gustaf Clason (1856–1930), Swedish architect Isak Dinesen (1885–1962), pen name of Karen Blixen, Danish author Isak From (born 1967), Swedish politician Isak Hien (born 1999), Swedish footballer Per Isak Juuso (born 1953), Swedish-Sámi artisan and teacher Isak Musliu (born 1970), Yugoslavian camp guard Isak Penttala (1883–1955), Finnish politician Isak Saba (1875–1921), Norwegian leader Isak Valtersen, fictional character in the Norwegian TV show Skam
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Abdi Isak (born 1966), Somali marathon runner Alexander Isak (born 1999), Swedish footballer Joesoef Isak (1928–2009), Indonesian publisher, translator and left-wing intellectual Kim Isak (born 1985), German-American singer, actress and radio personality
Itzhak Itzhak Perlman (born 1945), Israeli-American musician Itzhak Rabin (1922–1995), Israeli leader Itzhak Shum (born 1948), Israeli sportsman Itzhak Ben-Zvi (1884–1963), Israeli president Itzhak Katzenelson (1886–1944), Jewish intellectual Itzhak Shamir (1915–2012), Israeli politician Itzhak Fintzi (born 1933), Bulgarian actor Itzhak Stern (1901–1969), Polish Holocaust survivor Itzhak Bentov (1923–1979), Czech intellectual Itzhak Sadeh (1890–1952), Israeli leader
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Gil Itzhak (born 1993), Israeli footballer Gonen Ben Itzhak (born 1971), Israeli lawyer Itzik Ben-Itzhak (born 1952), American professor of physics Liora Itzhak (born 1974), Israeli singer Ran Itzhak (born 1987), Israeli footballer Yuval Ben-Itzhak, Israeli executive and entrepreneur
Itzchak Itzchak Tarkay (1935–2012), Israeli painter
Itzik Itzik Zohar (born 1970), Israeli sportsman Itzik Manger (1901–1969), Yiddish intellectual Itzik Feffer (1900–1952), Soviet intellectual Itzik Kol (1932–2007), Israeli TV producer Itzik Kornfein (born 1971), Israeli sportsman
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Dalia Itzik (born 1952), Israeli politician
Izhak Izhak Mamistvalov (born 1979), Israeli swimmer Izhak Graziani (1924–2003), Israeli conductor
Izsak Izsák Lőwy (1793–1847), Hungarian industrialist Imre Izsák (1929–1965), Hungarian scientist Carolina Izsak (born 1971), Venezuelan beauty queen Meir ben Izsak Eisenstadt (1670–1744), Jewish rabbi
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Éva Izsák (born 1967), Hungarian road cyclist Imre Izsák (1929–1965), Hungarian mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Ladislav Izsák (born 1954), Hungarian footballer Márton Izsák, Hungarian sculptor Szabolcs Izsák (1944–1993), Hungarian sailor
Other variants Isakas Vistaneckis (1910–2000), Lithuanian chess master Isaka Cernak (born 1989), Australian sportsman
See also Isaac (disambiguation) Isaacs (disambiguation) Ishak (disambiguation) Zack (disambiguation) Izzy (disambiguation) Izak catsharks
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