Ishmael (disambiguation)

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Ishmael may mean:

People:
* Ishmael, son of Abraham, in the context of Abrahamic religions
* One of two figures in the Book of Mormon, Ishmael, a man who traveled with Lehi's group; and Ishmael, the grandfather of Amulek
* Ishmael ben Elisha, more commonly "Rabbi Ishmael", a second century rabbi.
* Ishmael ben Jose, a third-century rabbi, the son of Jose ben Halafta
* Ishmael Noko, a general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation
* Ishmael Reed, an American poet, essayist and novelist
* Ishmael (Ian Smale), a Christian singer from the UK, specialising in children's music

Fictional characters:
* Ishmael (Moby-Dick), the protagonist in the novel "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville
* Ishmael, a "mad" character with apparent mystical powers in Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander
* the similar sounding Ishamael, one of the main villains of the fantasy saga The Wheel of Time from Robert Jordan
* Ishmael (A Series of Unfortunate Events), the island facilitator in "The End", a book in the series "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
* Ishmael, the wizard who imprisoned the goblins in "Goblins in the Castle" by Bruce Coville

Other:
* "Ishmael (novel)", a novel by Daniel Quinn
* "My Ishmael", a sequel to the above novel
* "Ishmael (poem)", an epic poem by Peter Straub
* "Ishmael (Star Trek)", a Star Trek novel, written by Barbara Hambly

ee also

* Ismaël
*Ismail