Person
Leon Pinsker
Polish-born physician, Zionist pioneer and activist
Leon Pinsker (1821, Tomaszów Lubelski, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire – 1891, Odessa, Russian Empire) is a physician, a Zionist pioneer and activist, and the founder and leader of the Hovevei Zion, also known as Hibbat Zion (Hebrew: Lovers of Zion) movement.