Gedaliah (disambiguation)
Gedaliah (גדליה) is a Hebrew name given to several men in history. It means "made great by God."
In the Bible
- Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam
- Gedaliah son of Pashhur one of the nobles who conspired against Jeremiah (Jer. 38:1)
- Fast of Gedaliah, an annual Jewish day of fasting, the third day of Tishrei
After the Bible
- Gedaliah ibn Yahya ben Joseph, a 16th-century Italian talmudist
- Gedalia Schorr (1910–1979), a Polish-American rabbi who was Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Torah Vodaath
- Gedalia Dov Schwartz, head of the Chicago Rabbinical Council
- Gedalia Yitzhak Schwartz, NFL American football player
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