Noam

For the moshav in south-central Israel, see No'am. For Noar Masorti, the youth movement of Masorti Olami, see Masorti Olami.

Noam (Hebrew: נועם) is a Hebrew name which means "pleasantness" and while started as the male version of the female No'omi — (English: "Naomi" or "Noemi") today it is a very common Hebrew name for both males and females alike.

People with the given name Noam

Political activism

• Noam Chomsky, American political activist, linguist and philosopher.
• Noam Federman, right-wing political activist.
• Noam Bramson (born 1969), Mayor of New Rochelle.

Television and film

• Noam Gonick, Canadian film director.
• Noam Pitlik, American television director and character actor.
• Noam Zylberman, Israeli-born voice actor best known for the voice of Split Kit from the Garbage Pail Kids.

Music

• Noam Pikelny, American banjoist.
• Noam Kaniel, Israeli singer best known for performing the theme song to Code Lyoko.
• Noam Jacobson, 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 Mills (born 1986), female Israeli Olympic fencer.
• Noam Okun (born 1978), Israeli professional tennis player.

Other fields

• Noam D. Elkies, American mathematician.
• Noam Gottesman, wealthy businessman living in the United Kingdom.
• Noam Friedlander, author and journalist.
• Noam Lanir, Israeli entrepreneur.
• Noam Nisan, Israeli computer scientist.
• Noam T. Wasserman, American academic.

People with the surname Noam

• Eli Noam, professor at Columbia University.

Political organisation

• Noam Masorti Youth, part of Masorti Olami, is a Jewish youth movement that has an ideology that reflects the values of its participants. Every year it has its summer camp for kids aged 10-15 and madrichim who look after the children and plan all the Noam based activities.

See also

• Naomi (disambiguation)