Ishmael (disambiguation)
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Related names | Ismail |
Ishmael refers to the son of Abraham, in the context of Abrahamic religions.
Ishmael may also refer to:
People:
- Ishmael (Book of Mormon), a figure in the Book of Mormon who travelled with Lehi's group.
- Ishmael ben Elisha, more commonly "Rabbi Ishmael", a second century rabbi.
- Ishmael ben Jose, a third-century rabbi, the son of Jose ben Halafta
- Ishmael Noko, a general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation
- Ishmael Reed, an American poet, essayist and novelist
- Ishmael (Ian Smale), a Christian singer from the UK, specialising in children's music
Fictional characters:
- Ishmael (Moby-Dick), the protagonist 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 (A Series of Unfortunate Events), the island facilitator in The End, a book in the series "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
- Ishmael, the wizard who imprisoned the goblins in Goblins in the Castle by Bruce Coville
Other:
- Ishmael (novel), a novel about a telepathically communicating gorilla by Daniel Quinn
- My Ishmael, a sequel to the above novel
- Ishmael (poem), an epic poem by Peter Straub
- Ishmael (Star Trek), a Star Trek novel, written by Barbara Hambly