Gavron Family
Gavron is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Assaf Gavron (born 1968), Israeli writer, novelist, translator, musician, journalist and hi-tech worker *Hannah Gavron Hannah Gavron ( he, חנה גברון; born Ann Fyvel; 1936 – 14 December 1965) was a Mandatory Palestine-born British sociologist. Life and work Ann Fyvel was born in British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) in 1936, the daughter of Ma ...

Assaf Gavron
Assaf Gavron ( he, אסף גברון; born 21 December 1968) is an Israeli writer, novelist, translator and musician, formerly a journalist and hi-tech worker. His books have been translated to several languages and won awards such as the Bernstein Prize for ''The Hilltop'' (2013), Prix ''Courrier International'' (France) for ''Croc Attack'' (2012), "Ein Buch für die Stadt" (Cologne, Germany) for the same novel (2012), and the Israeli Prime Minister Award for authors (2011). Biography Assaf Gavron was born in the town of Arad in 1968 and grew up in Motza Illit near Jerusalem. Studied BA in Media and Communication in Goldsmiths' College in London, UK (1991–1994), and New Media in Vancouver, Canada (1997). In the 1990s he worked as a journalist for several Israeli newspapers. Between 2000–2004 he was a creative director for Israeli high-tech company Valis. He has been teaching creative writing in Israel (Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, the Sam Spiegel Film and Television ...
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Hannah Gavron
Hannah Gavron ( he, חנה גברון; born Ann Fyvel; 1936 – 14 December 1965) was a Mandatory Palestine-born British sociologist. Life and work Ann Fyvel was born in British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) in 1936, the daughter of Mary (Kirschner), who was from South Africa, and T. R. Fyvel, the left-wing Zionist who eventually became the literary editor of ''Tribune'' and a friend of the writer George Orwell.Helen McCarthy"Social Science and Married Women’s Employment in Post-War Britain" '' Past and Present'', vol. 233, no. 1 (2016), p. 280. She was registered at birth as Ann, but always used the name in the form of Hannah, both privately and professionally. Aged sixteen, she became a student at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts (RADA)."'Tell the boys I loved them ...
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Nicky Gavron
Felicia Nicolette C. Gavron (born November 1941) is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London to Ken Livingstone from 2000 to 2003 and 2004 to 2008. She was a member of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2021 and was the former Labour candidate for the 2004 Mayor of London elections. Biography Gavron was born in Worcester. She is the daughter of a German Jew who had fled Nazi Germany in 1936 as pressure on the Jewish community was mounting. In March 2008 she claimed that her mother was chosen to dance before Hitler in the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympics, until the authorities discovered that she was Jewish. She studied at Worcester Girls' Grammar School, followed by the study of the history of art at the Courtauld Institute in London. She then gained a job as a lecturer at the Camberwell School of Art in South London. Political career Gavron first became interested in politics in the 1970s when she campaigned against the widening of the Archway Road in ...
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Rafi Gavron
Raphael Pichey Gavron (born 24 June 1989) is an English-American actor. He had supporting roles in the films ''Breaking and Entering'' (2006), '' Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008), '' A Star Is Born'' (2018), and the series ''Life Unexpected'' (2010) and ''Godfather of Harlem'' (2019). Early life Gavron was born in Hendon, London, England, the son of writer Martha Pichey and the late publisher Simon Gavron. His mother is American, and his father was British. Gavron was raised in a Jewish family in North London. His paternal grandparents were Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, a British printing millionaire, philanthropist and Labour Life Peer, and sociologist Hannah Fyvel, who was born in Tel Aviv and committed suicide at age 29. His great-grandfather was writer Tosco R. Fyvel, who worked with author George Orwell. His half-aunt (his father's half-sister) is director Sarah Gavron. Gavron has two younger brothers – Benjamin (born 1992) and Moses (born 1996). In 2008, G ...
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Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron
Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron (13 September 1930 – 7 February 2015) was a British printing millionaire, philanthropist and a Labour life peer. Early life and education Gavron was the eldest son of Nathan Gavron, a patent lawyer, and Leah Gavron. He was brought up in Hampstead Garden Suburb, north London, and studied at Leighton Park School in Reading and then at St Peter's College, Oxford. Gavron became a barrister and was called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1955. Career Gavron borrowed £5,000 to purchase a failing publishing house in 1964. He renamed it the St Ives Group and served as chairman from 1964 to 1993. He was the director of Octopus Publishing between 1975 and 1987 and Electra Management from 1981 to 1992. He was also the proprietor of the Carcanet Press from 1983 to 2015 and served as the chairman of the Folio Society, (1982–2015) and the National Gallery Co Ltd (1996–1998). He was both chairman of the Guardian Media Group and a trustee of the Scott Trust b ...
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