List of Jewish figures from the Hebrew Bible.

See also: List of Jews.

• Aaron, brother of Moses and the first High Priest
• Abigail, a prophetess who became a wife of King David
• Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Judaism's "Three Patriarchs"
• Amram and Jochebed, both Levites, parents of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam
• Avishai, one of King David's generals and relative
• Avner, cousin of King Saul and army commander
• Avshalom, rebelious son of King David
• Bathsheba, queen, wife of King David, and mother of King Solomon
• Boaz, husband of Ruth and ancestor of King David
• Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, prophets and leaders of the Exile and Return to Zion
• Elijah and Elisha, important prophets who rebuked the kings of Israel
• Elkanah and Hannah, parents of the prophet Samuel
• Esther and Mordechai, Persian queen, and her uncle, saviors of the Jews on Purim
• Gedaliah, last governor of Judea appointed by Babylonians, (assassinated)
• Gershom and Eliezer, Moses' and Zipporah's sons
• Gideon, general during the time of the Judges
• Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, the Twelve Minor Prophets
• Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Major Prophets
• Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, Jehoram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoshea, the kings of the northern Kingdom of Israel
• Jethro, Zipporah's father and father-in-law of Moses, became a convert after Mt. Sinai
• Jonah, prophet during Kingdom of Israel
• Jonathan, son of King Saul and slain with him in battle
• Joshua, Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Barak, Gideon, Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, Samson, and Eli, the Judges who ruled after Moses and before the kings
• King Saul, King David, and King Solomon the first three major Jewish kings who ruled over a united kingdom of the 12 Tribes
• Miriam, prophetess, sister of Moses and Aaron
• Moses leader of the Exodus from Egypt received the Torah, Mosaic Law
• Nathan, prophet in time of King David
• Neriah a prophet, and his son Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah
• Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,Gad,Asher, Dan, Naphtali, Joseph, Benjamin, the Twelve Tribes the Children of Israel, sons of Jacob called Israel
• Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph's sons (also counted as part of the 12 tribes at times)
• Rehoboam, Abijam, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Ahaziah, (Queen) Athaliah, Jehoash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, Zedekiah, the kings of the southern Kingdom of Judah
• Ruth, Moabite convert and ancestor of King David
• Samuel, last of the Judges and first of the Prophets
• Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah, Judaism's Four Matriarchs
• Tamar, daughter-in-law, and then levirate wife, of Judah
• Yoav, relative of King David, military leader
• Zerubbabel, lived in time of Ezra and Babylonian exile
• Zilpah and Bilhah, additional wives of Jacob, mothers of 4 of the 12 Tribes
• Zipporah, Moses' wife