Ishmael (disambiguation)

Ishmael is the first child of Abraham in Abrahamic religions.

Ishmael may also refer to:

People

Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the murderer of Gedaliah, Nebuchadnezzar II's provincial governor
Ishmael (Book of Mormon), a figure in the Book of Mormon
Ishmael ben Elisha, more commonly "Rabbi Ishmael", 2nd-century rabbi
Ishmael ben Jose, 3rd-century rabbi, the son of Jose ben Halafta
Saint Isfael, a 6th-century Breton prince and Welsh saint also known as Ismael and Ishmael
Ishmael Beah (born 1980), Sierra Leonean author and former child soldier
Ishmael Hyman (born 1995), American football player
Ismail Kadare (1936—2024), Albanian novelist and poet
Ishmael Kipkurui (born 2005), Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner
Ishmael Noko, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation since 1995
Ishmael Reed (born 1938), American poet, essayist and novelist
Nola Ishmael (born 1943), Barbadian nurse
Prophet Ishmael, Zimbabwean religious leader

Ishmael (Moby-Dick), the narrator in the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Ishmael, a "mad" character with apparent mystical powers in Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander
Ishmael, the wizard who imprisoned the goblins in Goblins in the Castle by Bruce Coville
Ishmael, the main protagonist in The Haj, a 1984 novel by Leon Uris
Ishmael (character), the name of two fictional characters in DC Comics
Ishmael, a character in the 2023 video game Limbus Company based on the character from Moby-Dick