Yigal Explained
Yigal and Yigael (from Hebrew יגאל) are given names that mean "He (God) will redeem". People with those names include:
- Yigal Allon (1918–80), Israeli politician, acting Prime Minister, a commander of the Palmach, and general
- Yigal Amir (born 1970), Israeli assassin of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin
- Yigal Antebi (born 1974), Israeli football player
- Yigal Arnon (1929-2014), Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co.
- Yigal Azrouël, Israeli-American fashion designer
- Yigal Bibi (born 1942), Israeli politician
- Yigal Carmon, president and founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
- Yigal Cohen (1928–88), Israeli politician
- Yigal Cohen-Orgad (born 1937), Israeli politician
- Yigal Hurvitz (1918–94), Israeli politician
- Yigal Menahem (born 1963), Israeli football player and lawyer
- Yigal Mossinson (1917–94), Israeli novelist
- Yigal Naor (born 1958), Israeli actor
- Yigal Tumarkin (born 1933), Israeli painter
- Igal Volodarsky (also Igal Dar) (1936-1977), Israeli basketball player
- Yigael Yadin (1917–84), Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the IDF
- Yigal Yasinov (born 1966), Israeli politician
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