Miscellaneous

• Baruch

  Scribe of Jeremiah.

  • Appears in Jeremiah (see list of Biblical Names from the Old Testament)

Science and Philosophy

• Baruch S. Blumberg

  American physician known for his studies of the origin and spread of infectious diseases.

  • 1976 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Daniel Gajdusek (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Baruch Spinoza (born 1632, died 1677)

  Dutch philosopher.

  • Proponent of pantheism (see list of Philosophers)