List of rabbis
List of rabbis in Wikipedia:
Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic
- Shimon ben Shetach
- Ben Sira, 2nd century BCE, Egypt, ethics and wisdom teacher - Apocryphal
- Shemaya
- Avtalyon
Rabbis: Mishnaic (Tanna)
- Hillel the Elder, 1st century BCE, in Judea, considered the greatest sage of the Second Temple period.
- Shammai, 1st century BCE, in Judea, key scholar in Mishnah
- Yohanan ben Zakkai, 1st century sage in Judea, key to the development of the Mishnah
- Rabbi Akiva, 1st century Judea, central scholar in Mishnah
- Simeon bar Yohai, 1st century mystic, reputed author of the Zohar
- Judah haNasi, 2nd century, Judah the Prince, in Judea, redactor (editor) of the Mishnah
Rabbis: Talmudic (Amora)
- Rav (Abba Arichta) - Last Tanna, first Amora. Moved from Israel to Babylon
- Rabbi Yochanan - Primary author of the Jerusalem Talmud
- Shmuel - Rabbi of Nehardea, Physician
- Rabbah
- Rav Yosef
- Rava - Important Amora
- Abaye - Important Amora
- Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, 3rd century, in Judea, grandson of Judah ha-Nasi, and younger brother of Judah Nesiah
- Hillel II, 4th century creator of the Hebrew calendar, in Judea, son of Judah Nesiah, grandson of Gamaliel IV
- Ravina - Primary aide to Rav Ashi in the redaction of the Babylonian Talmud
- Rav Ashi, 5th century Babylonian Talmudic sage - primary redactor of the Babylonian Talmud
Rabbis: Middle Ages (Rishonim)
- Rabbenu Gershom, 11th century German Talmudist and legalist
- Solomon ben Isaac, (Rashi), 11th century Talmudist used as the main teacher of Talmud to this day
- Tosafists, 11th, 12th and 13th century Talmudic scholars, France and Germany, parallel Rashi in importance* Bahya ibn Paquda, (Hovot ha-Levavot), 11th century Spanish philosopher and moralist
- Hillel ben Eliakim, (Rabbeinu Hillel), 12the century Talmudist and disciple of Rashi
- Abraham ibn Daud, (Sefer HaKabbalah), 12th century Spanish philospher
- Abraham ibn Ezra, (Even Ezra), 12th century Spanish-North African Biblical commentator
- Yehuda Halevi, (Kuzari), 12th century Spanish-Zionist philosopher and poet, lover of Zion
- Maimonides, Moshe Ben Maimon, (Rambam), 13th century Spanish-North African Talmudist, philosopher, and law codifier
- Nahmanides, Moshe ben Nahman, (Ramban), 13th century Spanish and Holy Land mystic and Talmudist
- Abba Mari, (Minhat Kenaot), 13th Century French Talmudist
- Asher ben Jehiel, (Rosh), 13th century German-Spanish Talmudist
- Gersonides, Levi ben Gershom, (Ralbag), 14th century French Talmudist and philosopher
- Jacob ben Asher, (Baal ha-Turim), 14th century German-Spanish legal scholar, wrote Arbaah Turim codes
- Joseph Albo, 15th century Spain
Rabbis: Rennaissance Period (Acharonim)
- Yosef Karo, (Mechaber), 16th century Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the Shulkhan Arukh code of Torah Law
- Isaac Luria, (Ari), 16th century Holy Land mystic, founder of Lurianic Kabbalah
- Judah Low ben Bezalel, (Maharal), 16th century Prague mystic and Talmudist
- Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno, (Sforno), 16th century Italian scholar and rationalist
- Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, commentator on the Mishnah
- Sforno, 15th, 16th, and 17th century family of Italian Torah scholars and philosophers
- Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, (Bet Hillel), 17th century Lithuanian scholar
- Isaac Abendana, 17th century Sephardic scholar in England
- Jacob Abendana, 17th century Sephardic rabbi in England
- Yair Bacharach, (Havvot Yair), 17th century German Talmudist
Rabbis: Recent - Orthodox (Late Acharonim)
18th Century
- Dovber of Mezeritch, (Maggid), 18th century Eastern European mystic, primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
- Elijah ben Solomon, (Gra), 18th century Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim, opponent of Hasidim
- Jacob Emden, 18th century German Talmudist and mystic
- Israel ben Eliezer, (Baal Shem Tov), 18th century mystic, founder of Hasidic Judaism
- Moses Chaim Luzzato, (Ramchal), 18th century Italian philosopher, mystic, and moralist
- Shneur Zalman of Liadi, (Alter Rebbe), 18th century mystic and Talmudist, founder of Lubavitch Hasidism and first Lubavitcher Rebbe
19th Century
- Rabbi Shmuel, 19th century Russian fourth Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Nachman of Breslav, (Reb Nachman), 19th century Ukrainian Hasidic rebbe and mystic
- Meir Lob ben Jehiel Michel, (Malbim), 19th century Russian preacher and scholar
- Rabbi Menachem Mendel, (Tzemach Tzedek), 19th century Russian third Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, 19th century Lithuanian ethicist and moralist
- Elimelech of Lezhinsk(Lizensk), (Noam Elimelech) 18th century Polish mystic and Hasid
- Dovber, 19th century Russian second Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Yechiel Michel Epstein, 19th and 20th century halakhist and posek
- Jacob Ettlinger, 19th century German scholar and opponent of Reform
- Azriel Hildesheimer, 19th century German rabbi and philosopher
- Samson Raphael Hirsch, 19th century German rabbi, founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement;
20th Century
- Nosson Zvi Finkel, (Alter/Sabba), early 20th century founder of Slabodka Yeshiva, Lithuania. Disciples opened major yeshivas in US and Israel
- Meir Simcha of Dvinsk, community rabbi and leader
- Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, 20th century religious philosopher and ethicist
- Moshe Feinstein, (Igrot Moshe), 20th century Russian-American legal scholar and Talmudist
- Ger Rebbes, (Gerrer), Polish Hasidic dynasty in Israel
- Yitzchok Hutner, (Pachad Yitzchok), 20th century European born, American and Israeli Rosh Yeshiva
- Yisrael Meir Kagan, (Chofetz Chaim), 20th century Polish legalist and moralist
- Aryeh Kaplan, Othodox 20th century writer and mystic
- Abraham Isaac Kook, 20th century philosopher and mystic, first chief rabbi of Palestine
- Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, 20th century European-born head of US Yeshiva Torah Vodaath
- Sholom Dovber, 20th century Russian fifth Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Joseph Isaac Schneersohn, 20th century sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Meir Kahane, 20th century founder of the American Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party
- Menachem Mendel Schneerson, (Lubavitcher Rebbe), 20th century Hasidic mystic and scholar, seventh Chabad Rebbe
- Joel Teitelbaum, (Satmar Rebbe), 20th century Hasidic Hungarian-American rebbe known for anti-Zionism
- Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl, 20th century European scholar; was involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust
Contemporary
- Ovadia Yosef, 21st century Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar
- Vizhnitz Rebbes, (Vizhnitzer), Polish dynasty of Hasidic rebbes in Israel
- Israel Kirzner, economist and authority on writings of Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner
- Norman Lamm, 21st century American modern Othodox thinker, head of Yeshiva University
- Joseph Soloveitchik, 20th century European-born Talmudist and philosopher, leading figure in American Modern Orthodoxy
- Adin Steinsaltz, 21st century Israeli Talmud scholar and philosopher
Conservative
19th Century
- Zecharias Frankel, 19th century critical historian, founder of the positive-historical (Conservative) school of Judaism
- Nachman Krochmal, 19th century Austrian philosopher and historian
20th Century
- Elliot N. Dorff, 20th century Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
- Louis Finkelstein, 20th century Conservative Talmud scholar
- Louis Ginzberg, 20th century American Conservative Talmud scholar
- Robert Gordis, 20th century leader in Conservative Judaism
- Jules Harlow, 20th century Conservative Judaism liturgist
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, 20th century Conservative scholar of Hasidism
- Isaac Klein, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and scholar
Contemporary
- Neil Gillman, 21st century American Conservative philosopher
- David Weiss Halivni, 21st century Hungarian-American Talmudist of Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ)
- Harold Kushner, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and popular writer
- Saul Lieberman, 20th century Lithuanian-American Conservative-Orthodox Talmud scholar
- Jacob Neusner, 20th century Conservative trained scholar and prolific writer
- Joel Roth, 20th century Conservative scholar and rabbi
- Mathilde Roth Schechter, 20th century American Conservative scholar
- Solomon Schechter, 20th century scholar and a founder of Conservative Judaism
- Ismar Schorsch, 21st century American Conservative educator and leader
Reform
- Emil Hirsch, 19th century American Reform rabbi and scholar
- Samuel Hirsch, 19th century German-American philosopher of the Reform Movement
- Samuel Holdheim, 19th century German rabbi and founder of classic German Reform Judaism
Reconstructionist
- Mordecai Kaplan, 20th century founder of the Reconstructionist movement in America
- Michael Lerner, 21st century American Jewish Renewal, Reconstructionist political activist
Other
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, 20th century leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
- Leopold Zunz, 19th century German scholar, founded Science of Judaism school