What is "ben-david"

Ben-David (also Ben David, Bendavid; ) is a Jewish patronymic surname. In Hebrew it means "son of David". It is one of the most common surnames in Israel. It may refer to the following people:

• Abraham ben David (RABaD, 12th century CE), a Provençal rabbi and a Talmudic scholar
• Abraham ben David Caslari (14th century CE), a Catalan-Jewish physician
• Alon Ben David, an Israeli television and print journalist
• Anan ben David (8th century CE), a major founder of the Karaite movement of Judaism
• Jacob ben David ben Yomtob (14th century CE), a Catalan Jewish astronomer
• Judah ben David Hayyuj (10th century CE), a Spanish-Jewish grammarian
• Mordechai ben David (b. 1951, real name Mordechai Werdyger), a Jewish-American musician
• Naftali Bendavid, an American journalist
• Solomon ben David (disambiguation)
• Yehuda Lavi Ben-David, a Jewish scholar
• Zadok Ben-David, a Yemen born Israeli artist and sculptor