Kimhi
Surname list
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Medieval
- Joseph ben Isaac Kimhi (1105–1170), biblical commentator and poet, father of David and Moses Kimhi
- Moses Kimhi (c. 1127 – c. 1190), biblical commentator and grammarian
- David Kimhi (1160–1235), biblical commentator, philosopher, and grammarian
- Isaac ben Mordecai ibn Kimhi of Salon, "Mestre Petit de Nyons" (f. 1290), Talmudist[2]
- David ben Joseph Kimhi of Frascati (fl. 1326), author of a biblical commentary (found MS Angelica 1.2)
- Samuel ben Moses Kimhi of Sicily (fl. 1342), author of a commentary to Perek Shira
- Joseph ben Saul Kimhi, author of the Mezuqqaq Shiv'atayim (1380) (Archived 2023-10-28 at the Wayback Machine)[3] and a brief commentary to the astronomical tables of Jacob Boneth ben David Bonjorn,[4] as well as other lost works. This is apparently the same scholar called Joseph ben Saul of Bannieres (מובנייר) in philosophical literature.[5]
Several medieval letters mentioning Salama ben Joseph al-Kamha[6][7][8][9] and Abu al-Fadhl ben al-Kamha[10][11][12][13] were found in the Cairo Geniza, which may be the same name.[1]
Modern
- Solomon Kimhi (fl. 1862), Turkish rabbi
- Rafael Moshe Kamhi (1870–1970), IMRO revolutionary
- Jon Kimche (1909–1994), Swiss journalist
- Victoria Kamhi (1905–1997), Turkish pianist
- David Kimche (1928–2010), Israeli diplomat and deputy-director of Mossad
- David Kamhi (1936–2021), hazan of the Sarajevo Synagogue
- Michelle Marder Kamhi (born 1937), art critic
- Alan Kimche (born 1952), British-Israeli rabbi
- Alona Kimhi (born 1963), Israeli author and actress
- Katherine Kamhi (born 1964), American actress
- Shavit Kimchi (born 2002), Israeli tennis player
Other
- Zalman Kimhi (1904), short story by Yehuda Steinberg[14]
See also
- Khimki, Russian city
- Kimchi (disambiguation)