Jehu (given name)

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Jehu is a masculine given name. The best known of that name is Jehu, a king of Israel in the Bible. There is also another biblical Jehu (prophet). Others bearing the name include:

  • Jehu V. Chase (1869–1937), United States Navy rear admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet
  • Jehu Chesson (born 1993), American National Football League player
  • Jehu Chiapas (born 1984), Mexican footballer
  • Jehu Davis (1738–1802), American planter and politician
  • Jehu Elliott (1813–1876), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
  • Jehu Eyre (1738–1781), American businessman and veteran of the French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War
  • Jehu Grant (c. 1752–1840), runaway slave who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
  • Jehu Grubb (c. 1781–1854), American politician
  • Yehu Orland (born 1981), Israeli basketball player and coach

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