Nissim

Nissim or Nisim may refer to:

People

Given name

• Nissim (rapper) (born 1986), American Jewish rapper
• Nissim of Gerona (1320–1376), talmudist and authority on Jewish law
• Nisim Aloni (1926–1998), Israeli playwright and translator
• Nissim Behar (1848–1931), Jewish Palestinian educator
• Nissim Benvenisty, Israeli professor of Genetics
• Nissim ben Jacob (990–1062), also known as Rav Nissim Gaon, a rabbi
• Nissim Dahan (born 1954), Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health
• Nissim de Camondo (1892–1917), French banker
• Nissim Eliad (1919–2014), Israeli politician
• Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), Indian Jewish poet, playwright, editor, and art critic
• Nissim Karelitz (born 1926), rabbi
• Nissim Mossek (born 1948), Israeli documentary director, writer, and producer
• Nissim Nassim Adis (1857—1927), Jewish businessman and stockbroker in Singapore
• Nissim Otmazgin, Israeli scholar, specializing in the field of Asian studies
• Nissim Ze'ev (born 1951), Israeli politician
• Nissim Zvili (born 1942), Israeli politician

Surname

• Afik Nissim (born 1981), Israeli point guard in basketball
• Chaïm Nissim (1949–2017), Green politician who launched the 1982 rocket attack against the Superphénix nuclear plant
• Eliahu Nissim (born 1933), Israeli Professor in Aeronautical Engineering; President of the Open University of Israel
• Gabriele Nissim (born 1950), Italian journalist, historian, and essayist
• Giorgio Nissim (1908–1976), Italian civilian anti-fascist hero
• Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin, Jewish philosopher who lived in Tunisia in the 10th century
• Jared Nissim
• Judah ben Nissim al-Malkah, Moroccan, Jewish writer and philosopher
• Kobbi Nissim (born 1965), American computer scientist at Georgetown University
• Moshe Nissim (born 1935), Israeli politician and Deputy Prime Minister
• Offer Nissim, Israeli musician
• Oren Nissim (born 1976), Israeli footballer
• Yitzhak Nissim (1896–1981), Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel
• Solomon Nissim Algazi (1610–1683), rabbi in the 17th century

Museums

• Musée Nissim de Camondo, museum

Synagogues

• Bet Nissim Synagogue, synagogue built in the 1840s in Istanbul, Turkey