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Gedaliah (גדליה) is a Hebrew given name given to several men in history. It means "made great by God."
People with the name
= Biblical figures
=Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam
Fast of Gedaliah, an annual Jewish day of fasting, the third day of Tishrei
Gedaliah, son of Pashhur, one of the nobles who conspired against Jeremiah (Jeremiah 38:1)
= Others with the name
=Gedaliah ibn Yahya ben Joseph (c.1515 – c.1587), a 16th-century Italian talmudist
Gedaliah Alon (1901–1950), an Israeli historian
Gedaliah Anemer (1932-2010), an Orthodox rabbi
Gedaliah Bublick (1875–1948), a Yiddish writer and Zionist leader
Gedalia Gal (b. 1933), an Israeli politician
Gedalio Grinberg (1931-2009), a Cuban-born watchmaker
Gedale B. Horowitz (1932-2020), an American banker
Gedaliah Aharon Koenig (1921-1980), an Israeli rabbi
Gedali Kunyavsky (1916-1981), a Soviet engineer
Gedaliah Nadel (1923-2004), an Israeli rabbi
Gedalia Schorr (1910–1979), a Polish-American rabbi who was Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Torah Vodaath
Gedaliah Silverstone (1871-1944), an Orthodox rabbi
Gedali Szapiro (1929-1972), a Polish-Israeli chess master
Gedalyahu Fuchs (1911-1966), a Romanian footballer
Gedalia Dov Schwartz (b. 1925), head of the Chicago Rabbinical Council
Geoff Schwartz (born 1986), American football player whose birth name was Gedalia Yitzhak Schwartz
Gdalyahu Vilbushevich (1865-1943), an architect and engineer from the Russian Empire
= Gdal
=Gdal is a short form of the name, used by Ashkenazim of the former Russian Empire
Gdal Gelshtein (1917-1989), a Soviet cardiologist
Gdal Maslyansky (1906-1993), a Soviet chemist
Gdal Oksegendler (1929-1994), a Soviet chemist
Gdal Saleski (1888-1966), an American musician
= Fictional
="Gedali", a short story by Isaac Babel from the Red Cavalry