Yair (name)

Yair (Hebrew: יאיר) is a Hebrew given name. Jair is a variant. It may also be used as a surname. It may refer to:

Given name

• Eleazar ben Yair, Jewish commander of the forces of Israel at Masada, (died in Siege of Masada, 74CE)
• Jair or Yair, the father of Mordecai
• Yair Bacharach (1639—1702) – Rabbi in Germany
• Yair Davidovitz (born 1945), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
• Yair Golan (born 1962), Israeli politician and former general in the Israel Defense Forces
• Yair González (born 2002), Argentine footballer
• Yair Kless (born 1940), Israeli violinist and professor
• Yair Lapid (born 1963), Israeli politician, former Prime Minister of Israel
• Yair Lotan (born 1973), actor
• Yair Michaeli (born 1944), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor
• Yair Netanyahu (born 1991), son of the current Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
• Yair Nossovsky (born 1937), Israeli footballer
• Yair Pantilat (born 1939), Israeli Olympic runner
• Yair Rodriguez (born 1992), Mexican mixed martial artist
• Yair Rosenblum (1944–1996), Israeli composer
• Yair Sprinzak (1911–1999) – Israeli scientist and Member of Knesset
• Yair Tauman (born 1948), Israeli professor and businessman
• Yair Tzaban (born 1930), Israeli politician
• Yair Wertheimer (born 1955), Israeli tennis player

Other

• Avraham Stern (1907–1942), alias Yair, a leader of Lehi

See also

• Yahir, Mexican singer
• Ben Yair (surname)
• Jair (name)
• Jairus (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Yair