Ezra (disambiguation)

Ezra is a male biblical name derived from Hebrew (עזרא) and must not be confused with the Turkish female name Esra. In a biblical context, Ezra refers to:

• Ezra (c. 459 BC), an Old Testament major prophet and scribe
• Esdras, Greek or Latin spelling of the above and title of versions of his books
• Book of Ezra, a canonical book of the Old Testament written by the prophet Ezra

Ezra may also refer to:

People

Given name

• Ezra Abbot (1819–1884), American biblical scholar
• Ezra Ames (1768–1836), American portrait painter
• Ezra Attiya (1885–1970), Rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva, Jerusalem
• Ezra Baker (born c. 1765), American politician
• Ezra Bartlett (1861–1942), English cricketer
• Ezra T. Benson (1811–1869), American religious leader
• Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994), American politician and religious leader
• Ezra Beury (1879–1953), American academic administrator
• Ezra Booth (born 1792), American religious leader
• Ezra Brainerd (1844–1924), American academic administrator
• Ezra A. Burrell, American politician
• Ezra Butler (1763–1838), American politician
• Ezra Butler (American football) (born 1984), American footballer born in South Africa
• Ezra C. Carleton (1838–1911), American politician
• Ezra A. Carman (1834–1909), American military officer
• Ezra Churchill (1806–1874), Canadian industrialist
• Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813–1896), American politician
• Ezra Cline (1907–1984), American bluegrass bassist
• Ezra Danolds Cole (1902–1992), American philatelist
• Ezra Convis (died 1838), American politician
• Ezra Cornell (1807–1874), American businessman, co-founder of Cornell University
• Ezra C. Dalby (1869–1934), American academic administrator
• Ezra Darby (1768–1808), American politician
• Ezra Dean (1795–1872), American politician
• Ezra Butler Eddy (1827–1906), Canadian businessman and political figure
• Ezra Fitch (1865–1930), American businessman, co-founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
• Ezra Bartlett French (1810–1880), American politician
• Ezra C. Gross (1787–1829), American politician
• Ezra Heywood (1829–1893), American anarchist
• Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983), American author
• Ezra Kire (born 1975), American musician
• Ezra Klein (born 1984), American blogger and journalist
• Ezra Koenig (born 1984), American musician
• Ezra Levant (born 1972), Canadian writer
• Ezra Meeker (1830–1928), American pioneer
• Ezra Miller (born 1992), American actor
• Ezra Nawi (born 1952), Israeli peace activist
• Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American poet
• Ezra Schochet, rosh yeshiva, Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary, Los Angeles
• Ezra Solomon (1920–2002), American economist
• Ezra Stiles (1727–1795), American educator, president of Yale University
• Ezra C. Stiles (1891–1974), American landscape architect
• Ezra Clark Stillman (1907–1995), American linguist
• Ezra Stoller (1915–2004), American photographer
• Ezra Stone (1917–1994), American actor
• Ezra Sutton (1849–1907), American baseball player
• Ezra B. Taylor (1823–1912), American politician
• Ezra Vogel (born 1930), American scholar of East Asia
• Ezra Weisz (born 1971), American voice actor

Surname

• David Ezra (born 1947), American judge
• Edward Isaac Ezra (1883–1921), Shanghai Hotelier
• N.E.B. Ezra (1883–1936), founder of the Shanghai Zionist Association and Israel's Messenger
• Gideon Ezra (1937–2012), Israeli politician
• Hen Ezra (born 1989), Israeli footballer
• Michael Ezra (born 1973), Ugandian philanthropist

• Members of the ibn Ezra family of Spanish Jews

Stage name

• George Ezra (born 1993), British singer-songwriter
• Ezra Charles, American jump blues pianist

Fiction

• Ezra (comic), fictional comic book character by Arcana Studio
• Ezra (film) 2007 Nigerian film
• Ezra the Mad, character in the Night Angel Trilogy
• Ezra Fitzgerald Long running character in American TV series Pretty Little Liars as well as the books of the same title by Sara Shepard.

Places

Cities

• Ezra, Alabama, an unincorporated community northwest of Bessemer, Alabama
• Beit Ezra, Israel

Historic Houses

• Ezra Carpenter House, in Foxborough, Massachusetts
• Ezra Carll Homestead, in South Huntington, New York
• Ezra Clark House, in North East, New York

Other

• Ezra, Tel Aviv, a neighborhood
• Ezra's Tomb, a location in Iraq believed to be the burial place of the biblical Ezra

See also

• Ezra Brooks, a brand of Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
• Ezra Cup, an Indian polo tournament
• Ezra-Nama, a Persian versification of the book of Ezra
• Better Than Ezra, American alternative rock band
• ESRA (disambiguation), acronym
• Ezrah, a minor Biblical figure