Famous People with Name Baruch

Baruch Samuel Blumberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Baruch Samuel Blumberg: American scientist and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine for "discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases." Blumberg identified the Hepatitis B virus, and later developed the diagnostic test and vaccine for it.

Baruch Dego            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Baruch Dego: an Israeli-Ethiopian football (soccer) player. He currently plays for F.C. Ashdod.Dego, who grew up in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C., was transferred to Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in 2001/02, and won a championship and three national trophies. In 2004/05, he was the only player to score for Maccabi in the UEFA Champions League group stage. He scored two goals against Ajax Amsterdam in the local win 2-1, one goal from penalty against Juventus (1-1) and another penalty goal at Bayern Munich (5-1 to Bayern).

Baruch Maman            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Baruch Maman: a former Israeli footballer and widely considered one of the greatest players to ever come out of the youth system of Maccabi Haifa.Maman didn't get along with manager Ori Weinberg, and found himself staying at home for almost half a year until he returned to play for the Israeli Air Force football team in an IDF tournament.At 1982, the English Jack Mansell arrived to Maccabi Haifa and wished to ger rid of Maman. Luckly for Maman, Mansell was fully denied by "The barins of Maccabi Haifa", Yochanan Vollach,

Baruch Harold Wood MSc            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Baruch Harold Wood MSc: was an English chess player, editor and author. He was born in Sheffield, England.Between 1938 and 1957, Wood won the championship of Warwickshire eight times. In 1939 he represented England at the Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires. He won the tournaments at

Baruch Or Benedict De Spinoza            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Baruch Or Benedict De Spinoza: was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death. Today, he is considered one of the great rationalists of 17th

Jay Baruchel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jay Baruchel: is a Canadian actor. Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario to Robyne, a freelance writer, and Serge Baruchel, an antiques dealer.

Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel: a Canadian actor.After appearing briefly in Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning Almost Famous, Baruchel won the role of Steven Karp on Judd Apatow's acclaimed yet short-lived television series Undeclared, where he starred alongside Seth Rogen, Carla Gallo, Charlie Hunnam, and Monica Keena. He then appeared with James Van Der Beek in Roger Avary's The Rules of Attraction.In 2004, he played boxing hopeful Danger Barch in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, which received an Oscar for Best Picture the following year. Baruchel was among those thanked by Eastwood during his acceptance speech. He then starred in Nemesis Game and Fetching Cody before appearing opposite Don Johnson on the WB's Just Legal in 2005 and guest-starring on CBS's Emmy Award-nominated Numb3rs in 2006.

Aviram Baruchian            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Aviram Baruchian: an Israeli professional football (soccer) player.He has been playing for Beitar Jerusalem since Youth level. In the 2002-2003 season he moved to the Senior team. Bruchian plays as a creative midfielder.He wears the number 8 jersey which is the same number that his famous uncle wore. His uncle is former Beitar legend Uri Malmilian. When Avi Nimni played in Beitar, Baruchyan handed him the number 8 since it is also Nimni's preferred number. Baruchyan wore temporarily the number 16.