Ezra (disambiguation)
Ezra (c. 459 BC) is an Old Testament major prophet and scribe.
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Ezra is a male biblical name derived from Hebrew (עזרא) and should not be confused with the Turkish female name Esra. In a biblical context, Ezra refers to:
- Esdras, Greek or Latin spelling of the above and title of versions of his books
- Book of Ezra, a canonical book of the Old Testament written by the prophet Ezra
Ezra may also refer to:
People
Given name
- Ezra Abbot (1819–1884), American biblical scholar
- Ezra Ames (1768–1836), American portrait painter
- Ezra Attiya (1885–1970), Rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva, Jerusalem
- Ezra Baker (born c. 1765), American politician
- Ezra Bartlett (1861–1942), English cricketer
- Ezra T. Benson (1811–1869), American religious leader
- Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994), American politician and religious leader
- Charles Ezra Beury (1879–1953), American academic administrator
- Ezra Booth (1792–1873), American religious leader
- Ezra Brainerd (1844–1924), American academic administrator
- Ezra A. Burrell (1867–?), American politician
- Ezra Butler (1763–1838), American politician
- Ezra Butler (American football) (born 1984), American footballer born in South Africa
- Ezra C. Carleton (1838–1911), American politician
- Ezra A. Carman (1834–1909), American military officer
- Ezra Churchill (1806–1874), Canadian industrialist
- Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813–1896), American politician
- Ezra Cleveland (born 1998), American football player
- Ezra Cline (1907–1984), American bluegrass bassist
- Ezra Danolds Cole (1902–1992), American philatelist
- Ezra Convis (died 1838), American politician
- Ezra Cornell (1807–1874), American businessman, co-founder of Cornell University
- Ezra C. Dalby (1869–1934), American academic administrator
- Ezra Darby (1768–1808), American politician
- Ezra Dean (1795–1872), American politician
- Ezra Butler Eddy (1827–1906), Canadian businessman and political figure
- Ezra Fitch (1865–1930), American businessman, co-founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
- Ezra Bartlett French (1810–1880), American politician
- Ezra Furman (born 1986), American musician and songwriter
- Ezra C. Gross (1787–1829), American politician
- Ezra Heywood (1829–1893), American anarchist
- Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983), American author
- Ezra Kendall (1861–1910), American actor-comedian, humorist, playwright and author
- Ezra Otis Kendall (1818–1899), American professor, astronomer and mathematician
- Ezra Kire (born 1975), American musician
- Ezra Klein (born 1984), American blogger and journalist
- Ezra Koenig (born 1984), American musician
- Ezra Levant (born 1972), Canadian writer
- Ezra Meeker (1830–1928), American pioneer
- Ezra Miller (born 1992), American actor
- Ezra Nawi (born 1952), Israeli peace activist
- Ezra T. Newman (born 1929), American physicist, known for his many contributions to general relativity theory
- Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American poet
- Ezra Schochet, rosh yeshiva, Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary, Los Angeles
- Ezra Solomon (1920–2002), American economist
- Ezra Stiles (1727–1795), American educator, president of Yale University
- Ezra C. Stiles (1891–1974), American landscape architect
- Ezra Clark Stillman (1907–1995), American linguist
- Ezra Stoller (1915–2004), American photographer
- Ezra Stone (1917–1994), American actor
- Ezra Sutton (1849–1907), American baseball player
- Ezra B. Taylor (1823–1912), American politician
- Ezra Vogel (born 1930), American scholar of East Asia
- Ezra Weisz (born 1971), American voice actor
- Ezra J. William, Indonesian socialite
Surname
- David Ezra (born 1947), American judge
- Edward Isaac Ezra (1883–1921), Shanghai Hotelier
- N.E.B. Ezra (1883–1936), founder of the Shanghai Zionist Association and Israel's Messenger
- Gideon Ezra (1937–2012), Israeli politician
- Hen Ezra (born 1989), Israeli footballer
- Michael Ezra (born 1973), Ugandan philanthropist
- Members of the ibn Ezra, family of Spanish Jews
Stage name
- George Ezra, stagename of George Ezra Barnett, British singer-songwriter
- Ezra Charles, American jump blues pianist
Fiction
- Ezra (comics), fictional comic book character by Arcana Studio
- Ezra (2007 film), a 2007 Nigerian film
- Ezra (2017 film), a 2017 Indian film
- Ezra the Mad, character in the Night Angel Trilogy
- Ezra Fitzgerald Long running character in American TV series Pretty Little Liars as well as the books of the same title by Sara Shepard
- Ezra Bridger, a character on the television series Star Wars Rebels
Places
Cities
- Ezra, Alabama, an unincorporated community northwest of Bessemer, Alabama
- Beit Ezra, Israel
Historic houses
- Ezra Carpenter House, in Foxborough, Massachusetts
- Ezra Carll Homestead, in South Huntington, New York
- Ezra Clark House, in North East, New York
Other
- Ezra, Tel Aviv, a neighborhood in Israel
- Ezra's Tomb, a location in Iraq believed to be the burial place of the biblical Ezra
- Ezra, a Zionist youth movement
- Ezrah, a minor Biblical figure
See also
- ESRA (disambiguation), acronym
- Ezra Brooks, a brand of Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
- Ezra Cup, an Indian polo tournament
- Ezra-Nama, a Persian versification of the book of Ezra
- Better Than Ezra, American alternative rock band
- Erza (disambiguation)
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