Rabinovich or Rabinovitch (Рабино́вич, רבינוביץ), is a Russian Ashkenazi Jewish surname, Slavic for "son of the rabbi". The Polish/Lithuanian equivalents are Rabinowitz or Rabinowicz.

People

People bearing the surname include:

  • Abraham Rabinovich, American historian and journalist
  • Abram Rabinovich (1878–1943), Russian chess player
  • Adolphe Rabinovitch (1918–1944), American Special Operations Executive agent executed by the Germans in World War II
  • Aharon Yariv (born Aharon Rabinovich) (1920–1994), Israeli general and politician
  • Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945), Russian-born composer
  • Aviva Rabinovich (1927-2007), professor of botany, chief scientist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, environmental activist.
  • Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinovich (1913–1999), Chassidic Rabbi
  • Daniel Rabinovich (1943–2015), Argentine musician and humorist, founding member of Les Luthiers
  • Dina Rabinovitch (1963–2007), British journalist and writer
  • Frida Schahar-Rabinovich (born 1950), Israeli chess master
  • Gabriel A. Rabinovich (born 1969), Argentine biochemist
  • Gérard Rabinovitch (born 1948), French philosopher and sociologist
  • Ilya Rabinovich (1891–1942), Russian chess player
  • Ilya Rabinovich - (born 1965), Moldova-born Dutch and Israeli visual artist
  • Itamar Rabinovich (born 1942), Israeli politician and president of Tel Aviv University
  • Jack Rabinovitch (1930-2017), Canadian philanthropist
  • Louise G. Rabinovitch, psychologist, inventor, and advocate for patient's rights
  • Mikhail Rabinovich (1941–2025), Russian-American physicist and neuroscientist
  • Moshe Leib Rabinovich (born 1940), Munkacs Rebbe
  • Nahum Rabinovich (1928–2020), Israeli rabbi
  • Raquel Rabinovich (1929–2025), Argentine-American artist
  • Robert Rabinovitch, (born 1943), Canadian public servant
  • Roman Rabinovich, Israeli pianist
  • Samuel Rabinovitch (1903–1991), British sculptor, artist, singer and wrestler (also known as Sam Rabin)
  • Samuel Rabinovich (1909–1988), Soviet radiolocation engineer
  • Sholem Aleichem (born Sholem Yakov/Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich) (1859–1916), Russian-Ukrainian Yiddish writer
  • Vadim Rabinovich (born 1953), Ukrainian gangman and godfather
  • Victor Rabinovitch, Canadian public servant

Fictional characters

  • Rabbi Emanuel Rabinovich, non-existent figure cited in antisemitic works
  • Russian jokes § Rabinovich, stereotypical Russian Jew

See also

  • Rabinowitz
  • Rabin
  • Rabinow (surname)