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Why did Ariel Sharon change his surname from Scheinerman to Sharon?
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Ariel Sharon
Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon, March 8, 2001.
Ariel Sharon was born with the surname Scheinerman. Like many other Israelis during the early years of the state, he changed his name to a Hebrew version, a process known as Hebraization.1