What is "ben-zion"

Ben-Zion, also spelled Ben Zion and Benzion (, "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 Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (born 1955), fifth Bobover Rebbe
• Ben-Zion Dinur (1884–1973), Israeli politician
• Ben-Zion Gold (born 1923), American rabbi
• Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe
• Ben-Zion Halfon (1930–1977), Israeli politician
• Ben-Zion Harel (1892–1972), Israeli doctor and politician
• Ben Zion Hyman (1891–1984), Canadian Jewish bookseller
• Ben-Zion Keshet (1914–1984), Israeli politician
• Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880–1953), Sephardic chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and of Israel
• Benzion Netanyahu (1910–2012), Israeli historian, father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
• Ben-Zion Orgad (1926–2006), Israeli composer
• Ben-Zion Rubin (born 1939), Israeli politician
• Ben-Zion Sternberg (1894–1962), Zionist leader

Surname:

• Yehoshua Ben-Zion (1924–2004), Israeli banker