Ben-Zion

Ben-Zion, also spelled Ben Zion, and Benzion (בן ציון, "Son of Zion") is a Hebrew given name. It may refer to the following people:

Given name

 * Ben Zion Abba Shaul (1924–1998), rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva
 * Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda, birth name of Itamar Ben-Avi (1882–1943), first native speaker of Modern Hebrew as the son of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda; journalist and Zionist activist
 * Ben-Zion Bokser (1907–1984), major Conservative rabbi of the United States
 * Ben-Zion Dinur (1884–1973), Israeli politician
 * Benzion Freshwater (born 1948), British billionaire property investor
 * Ben-Zion Gold (1923–2016), American rabbi
 * Ben-Zion Gopstein (born 1969), Israeli radical right-wing activist
 * Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (born 1955), fifth Bobover Rebbe
 * Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe
 * Ben-Zion Halfon (1930–1977), Israeli politician
 * Benzion Halper (1884–1924), Lithuanian-American Hebraist and Arabist
 * Ben-Zion Harel (1892–1972), Israeli doctor and politician
 * Ben Zion Hyman (1891–1984), Canadian Jewish bookseller
 * Ben-Zion Keshet (1914–1984), Israeli politician
 * Benzion Klatzko (born 1968), American rabbi, university professor, founder of the largest Jewish social network
 * Ben-Zion Leitner (c. 1927–2012), Israeli soldier, received highest military decoration during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
 * Benzion Miller (born 1947), Jewish cantor of world renown
 * Benzion Netanyahu (1910–2012), Israeli historian, father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
 * Ben-Zion Rubin (born 1939), Israeli politician
 * Ben Zion Solomon, American-born Israeli musician
 * Ben-Zion Sternberg (1894–1962), Zionist leader
 * Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880–1953), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and of Israel
 * Ben-Zion Witler (1907–1961), Jewish singer, actor, coupletist, comedian and composer

Surname

 * Aaron Ben-Zion ibn Alamani, 12th century Egyptian judge
 * Yehoshua Ben-Zion (1924–2004), Israeli banker

Pseudonym

 * Ben-Zion (artist) (1897–1987), also known as Ben-Zion Weinman, Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, poet and a dramatist. Member of "The Ten" group of expressionist artists.
 * S. Ben Zion (1870–1932), pen name of Simha Alter Guttman, Hebrew writer, educator, newspaper editor (Ha-Omer, Haaretz literary supplement), publisher, co-founder of Tel Aviv