Rabin
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Rabin is a Hebrew surname. It originates from the Polish word rabin meaning Rabbi. Other surnames which stem from the same word include Rabiner, Rabinowitz (also spelled Rabinovich) and Rabinow.
The following notable people carry or carried the surname Rabin (in alphabetical order):
- Chaim Menachem Rabin, semitic-linguist
- Eva Rabin, see Eva Queler
- Leah Rabin - wife of Yitzhak Rabin (see below)
- Matthew Rabin - professor and researcher in Economics
- Michael O. Rabin - a computer scientist and Turing Award recipient
- Michael Rabin (violinist) - violin virtuoso
- Trevor Rabin - rock guitarist, e.g. for Yes
- Yitzhak Rabin - a prime minister of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, assassinated in 1995
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