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Prominent Karaites
Prominent Historical Karaite Individuals

Isa/ Yasu (Jesus) of Nazareth (in Samaria), 0CE to 62CE, Islamic prophet of God.

Muhammad ibn Abdullah, 570 - 632, founder of Islam/ Muslims, author of the Quran.

Anan ben David, 715 - ca 795 CE, Founder of Karaites.

Salih Ibn Tarif, the “father of Karaites” and Karaism, was the second king of the Berghouata Berber kingdom, and proclaimed himself a prophet. He appeared during the Caliphate of Hisham ibn Abd al Malik in 744 CE. His writings influenced all Karaites and Karaism.

Abu Isa Al-Isfahani, Abu Isa (also known as Ovadiah, Ishaq ibn Ya'qub al-Isfahani, Isaac ibn Jacob al- Isfahani) was a self-proclaimed Jewish prophet sometime in the 8th century CE

David ben Merwan al Mukkamas, (died 937 CE) was a philosopher and controversialist

Abu Yusuf Yaqud Jacob Qirqisani, 937 CE, Ya'akov ben Ephraim ha-Tzerqesi; Arab, was a Karaite dogmatist and exegete who flourished in the first half of the tenth century.

Benjamin Nahawandi (Moses), early middle ages, proper originator of Karaism.

Solomon ben Jeroham, 940 and 960 CE

Eldad ha-DanI, Jewish, Hebrew-writing merchant and traveler of the ninth century.

Daniel al- Qumisi, Japheth ben Eli , end of the ninth or at the beginning of the tenth century

Aaron ben Moses ben Asher, 10th century, died circa 960 was a Jewish scribe who refined the Tiberian system for writing down vowel sounds in Hebrew, which is still in use today,

Nissim ben Noah, 11th century), Karaite writer who lived in Persia. Nissi was formerly thought to be a contemporary of *Anan b. David

Judah Hadassi, who flourished at Constantinople in the middle of the twelfth century, was a Karatie scholar, controversialist, and liturgist who flourished at Constantinople.

Abraham ben Samuel Firkovich (1786–1874) was a famous leader of the Crimean Karaites.

Isaac ben Abraham of Troki, Karaite scholar and polemical writer 1594CE

 

 

 

Prominent Modern Karaite Individuals

Melech Ben Ya’aqov http://www.karaiteinsights.com  

Ya’aqov ben Yisrael, Karaite Insights,

Gersom ben Yonah Hakogen Qiprisci

Ezra ben Simcha, Ezra Ben Simcha, a young Hakham who acknowledges the Final Testament and follows the laws of the Old Testament,

Shlomo ben Moshe, Hakham Shlomo is the founder and spiritual leader of B'nei Mikra Ministries. Baton Rouge Louisiana.

Kefeli V. I. and A. Kalevich - Album "Crimean Karaites"/ Simferopol-Slippery Rock,

Yufud Kokizoff, Author; The analytical History of the Crimean Karaites, their migrations, names etc

Libor Nissim Valko Chairman of the Chancellery of the Central Spiritual Board for the Russian Qaraim Abroad

David ben Moshe El: Qaraim Senior, President of the Central Spiritual Board of the Ukrainian

Avraham Kefeli — Hazzan in Ashdod, Israel

Avraham Qanaï — Hakham of the Karaite congregation “Orah Saddiqim” in Albany, New York|Albany, New York, http://www.orahsaddiqim.org

Moshe Yosef Firrouz — Chief Rabbi and Vice-Chancellor of Karaite Jewish University; Rabbi Firrouz maintains the http://www.karaim.net

Nehemia Jordon, http://www.karaite-korner.org and http://www.karaim.org