Noam

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'''Noam''' ({{langx|he|נעם/נועם}}) is a Hebrew name that means, "gentleness", "pleasantness" or "peacefulness". It started as the male version of ''Na'omi'' (English: "[[Naomi (given name)|Naomi]]" or "[[Noémie]]"), but today is a very common Hebrew name for people of any gender. The common [[name day]] is 7 December.

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==People with the given name Noam==

===Political activism===
* [[Noam Chomsky]] (born 1928), American political activist, linguist, and philosopher.
* [[Noam Federman]] (born 1969), Israeli right-wing political activist.
* [[Noam Bramson]] (born 1969), Mayor of [[New Rochelle]].

===Television and film===
* [[Noam Murro]] (born 1961), Israeli American director.
* [[Noam Gonick]] (born 1973), Canadian film director.
* [[Sacha Noam Baron Cohen]] (born 1971), British comedian, actor, writer and producer.
* [[Noam Pitlik]] (1932-1999), American television director and character actor.
* [[Noam Zylberman]] (born 1973), Israeli-born voice actor.
* [[Noam Jenkins]], Canadian actor.
* [[Noam Shuster-Eliassi]] (born 1986/87), Israeli comedian and activist.

===Music===
* [[Noam Pikelny]] (born 1981), American banjoist.
* [[Noam Kaniel]] (born 1962), Israeli musician, singer, and composer.
* [[Noam Jacobson]] (born 1975), Israeli singer, songwriter, and actor, member of group Latma.

===Sports===
* [[Noam Dar]] (born 1993), Israeli-Scottish professional wrestler.
* [[Noam Behr]] (born 1975), Israeli tennis player.
* [[Noam Dovrat]] (born 2002), Israeli basketball player.
* [[Noam Mills]] (born 1986), Israeli female Olympic fencer.
* [[Noam Okun]] (born 1978), Israeli professional tennis player.
* [[Noam Yaacov]] (born 2004), Israeli–Danish player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
* [[Noam Emeran]] (born 2002), French football player who plays for [[Manchester United]].

===Other fields===
* [[Noam D. Elkies]] (born 1966), American mathematician.
* [[Noam Gottesman]] (born 1961), wealthy businessman living in the United Kingdom.
* [[Noam Lanir]] (born 1967), Israeli entrepreneur.
* [[Noam Nisan]] (born 1961), Israeli computer scientist.
* [[Noam Sienna]], author and Jewish educator.
* [[Noam Sohlberg]] (born 1962), Israeli jurist.
* [[Noam T. Wasserman]], American academic.

==People with the surname Noam==
* [[Eli Noam]] (born 1946), professor at Columbia University.
* [[Vered Noam]] (born 1960), professor of Talmud at Tel Aviv University.

==Political organizations==
*'''Noam Masorti Youth''', part of [[Masorti Olami]], is a Jewish youth movement with a democratically decided ideology and statement of purpose, reflecting the values of its participants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://noam.org.uk/about-us/ideology/|title = Ideology – Noam}}</ref> Noam offers annual summer camps for children aged 10–16, as well as year-round events and camps<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://noam.org.uk/noam-programmes/|title=Programmes – Noam}}</ref> led by madrichim who look after the children and plan the Noam-based activities.
* [[Noam (political party)]], an Israeli political party.

==See also==
* [[Naomi (disambiguation)]]

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==References==
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[[Category:Surnames of Jewish origin]]
[[Category:Hebrew-language names]]
[[Category:Hebrew masculine given names]]
[[Category:English masculine given names]]
[[Category:Masculine given names]]

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