The Sages
Biographies of the Sages of Israel, arranged by era — from the age of the Shoftim through the contemporary generation.
Shoftim
c. 1350-879 BCE- Abdon ben Hillel
- Barak ben Abinoam
- Boaz
- Deborah
- Ehud ben Gera
- Eli the High Priest
- Elon the Zebulonite
- Gideon
- Ibzan of Bethlehem
- Jair the Gileadite
- Jephthah
- Othniel ben Kenaz
Neviim
c. 1000-420 BCE- Ahijah the Shilonite
- Amos
- Azariah ben Oded
- Baruch ben Neriah
- Daniel
- David
- Eliezer ben Dodavahu
- Elijah
- Elisha
- Ezekiel
- Gad
- Habakkuk
AK"H & Zugot
c. 410 BCE-10 CE- Antigonus of Sokho
- Avtalyon
- Ezra the Scribe
- Hillel the Elder
- Menachem
- Nechemiah
- Nittai HaArbeli
- Shammai
- Shemaya
- Shimon ben Shatach
- Shimon HaTzaddik
- Yehoshua ben Perachiah
Tannaim
c. 10-220 CE- Abba Guryon of Sidon
- Abba Kohen Bardela
- Abba Shaul
- Abba Shaul ben Batnit
- Abba Yossi ben Chanan
- Abba Yossi Cholikofri of Tivon
- Rabbi Achi b’Rabbi Yoshiya
- Admon
- Akavya ben Mahalalel
- Akilas HaGer
- Rabbi Akiva
- Rabbi Avin
Amoraim
c. 220-500 CE- Rav (Abba Arikha)
- Abaye
- Rabbi Abba
- Rabbi Abba bar Acha
- Abba bar Acha bar Sala of Kafri
- Rabbi Abba bar Avina
- Abba bar Bizna
- Rabbi Abba bar Kahana
- Abba bar Kurya
- Abba bar Marta
- Rabbi Abba bar Memel
- Rabbi Abba bar Papi
Savoraim
c. 500-650 CE- Rav Achai
- Rav Ena
- Rav Giza
- Rav Mar bar Rav Huna
- Rav Rabbai of Rov
- Rav Rava
- Rav Samuel bar Rabbah
- Rav Simuna
- Rav Tachna
- Rav Yose
Geonim
c. 650-1050 CE- Rav Achai Gaon
- Rav Aharon ibn Sargado
- Rav Amram Gaon
- Rav Dodai ben Nachman
- Rav Dosa Gaon
- Rav Hezekiah Gaon
- Rav Kohen Tzedek
- Rav Mevasser Kahana Gaon
- Rav Nachshon Gaon
- Rav Natronai Gaon
- Rabbeinu Nissim
- Rav Paltoi Gaon
Rishonim
c. 1050-1500 CE- Aaron ben Jacob ha-Kohen of Lunel
- Aaron ben Joseph ha-Levi
- Aaron ha-Levi of Barcelona
- Abba Mari
- Abba Mari ben Eligdor
- Abba Mari ben Isaac of Saint-Gilles
- Abiathar ben Elijah ha-Cohen
- Abraham bar Hiyya
- Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra
- Abraham Bibago
- Abraham Klausner
- Abraham of Montpellier
Acharonim
c. 1500-1900 CE- Aaron Abiob
- Aaron Alfandari
- Aaron ben Benjamin Wolf
- Aaron ben David Cohen of Ragusa
- Aaron ben David Hayyun
- Aaron ben Eliezer Lipman
- Aaron ben Isaac Sason
- Aaron ben Joseph Sason
- Aaron ben Meir of Brest
- Aaron ben Mordecai of Rödelheim
- Aaron ben Moses Teomim
- Aaron ben Samuel Schor
Contemporary
c. 1900-present- Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul
- Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky
- Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter
- Rabbi Yisrael Alter
- Rabbi Yehuda Amital
- Rabbi Ezra Attia
- Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
- Rabbi Aharon Bakst
- Rabbi Shalom Noach Berezovsky
- Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua of Brisk
- Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Charlap
- Chazon Ish