This is a list of famous people from the
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i city of
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
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Academia and research
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Rachel Adato
Dr Rachel Adato-Levy ( he, רחל אדטו-לוי, born 21 June 1947) is an Israeli gynaecologist, lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima and Hatnuah between 2009 and 2013.
Biography
Born in Haifa in 1947, Adato ...
(gynecologist)
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Dan Bar-On (psychologist)
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Nitza Ben-Dov (Literature)
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Edmond Bonan
Edmond Bonan (born 27 January 1937 in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine) is a French mathematician, known particularly for his work on special holonomy.
Biography
After completing his undergraduate studies ...
(mathematician)
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Aaron Ciechanover
Aaron Ciechanover ( ; he, אהרן צ'חנובר; born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin.
Biography
Earl ...
(biologist; 2004 Nobel Prize, Chemistry)
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David Deutsch
David Elieser Deutsch ( ; born 18 May 1953) is a British physicist at the University of Oxford. He is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Atomic and Laser Physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation (CQC) in the Clarendon Laboratory of ...
(physicist)
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Dahlia Gredinger (chemist)
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Yehuda Hayuth
Yehuda Hayuth (04/10/1946 - יהודה חיות ;12/20/2022) was an Israeli professor of geography, and a former President of the University of Haifa.
Early life
Hayuth was born in Jerusalem in Mandatory Palestine, and fought for Israel as a parat ...
(geography; President of the
University of Haifa
The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming ...
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Avram Hershko
Avram Hershko ( he, אברהם הרשקו, Avraham Hershko, hu, Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám; born December 31, 1937) is a Hungarian-Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.
Biography
He was born Herskó Ferenc in Karc ...
(biochemist, 2004 Nobel Prize, Chemistry)
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Amnon Pazy
Amnon Pazy, אמנון פזי (10 January 1936 – 17 August 2006) was an Israeli mathematician who specialized in partial differential equations (PDE), making important contributions to the PDE field and Semigroups. He served as president of th ...
(1936–2006), mathematician; President of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé ( he, אילן פפה, ; born 1954) is an expatriate Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, direc ...
(historian)
Arts and entertainment
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Abed Abdi (painter, sculptor)
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Chava Alberstein
Chava Alberstein ( he, חוה אלברשטיין, born 8 December 1946 in Poland) is an Israeli musician, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger.
Biography
Born Ewa Alberstein in Szczecin, Poland, her name was Hebraized to Chava when she ...
(singer)
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Moran Atias
Moran Atias ( he, מורן אטיאס; born 9 April 1981) is an Israeli actress and model. She gained fame in the Italian films ''Gas'', '' Oggi sposi'', and '' Mother of Tears''. She is best known for her work with Paul Haggis in the 2008 TV ...
(model)
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Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American animator and filmmaker. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatric ...
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animator and
director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
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Mike Brant
Mike Brant (born Moshe Michael Brand, he, משה מיכאל ברנד, 1 February 1947 – 25 April 1975) was an Israeli singer and songwriter who achieved fame after moving to France. His most successful hit was "Laisse-moi t'aimer" ("Let Me Lov ...
(pop star)
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David Broza
David Simon Berwick Broza ( he, דויד ברוזה; born September 4, 1955) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. His music mixes modern pop with Spanish music.
Biography
David Broza was born in Haifa, Israel. His father was an Israeli–British bus ...
(musician)
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Delilah
Delilah ( ; , meaning "delicate";Gesenius's ''Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon'' ar, دليلة, Dalīlah; grc, label= Greek, Δαλιδά, Dalidá) is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved ...
(fictional character from
John Rain series)
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Ari Folman
Ari Folman ( he, ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-ac ...
(film director)
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Amos Gitai
Amos Gitai ( he, עמוס גיתאי; born 11 October 1950) is an Israeli filmmaker, who was trained as an architect.
Gitai's work was presented in several major retrospectives in Pompidou Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and ...
(film director)
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Ivry Gitlis
Ivry Gitlis ( he, עברי גיטליס; 25 August 1922 – 24 December 2020) was an Israeli virtuoso violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. He performed with the world's top orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, New York Philh ...
(violinist)
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Carine Goren (pastry chef, cookbook author, and television baking show host)
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Tamara Musakhanova, sculptor and ceramist
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Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom is an Israeli musical duo formed in Haifa in 1996 by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani. They produce and perform psytrance, electronica, dream trance and psychedelic music. They are one of the best-selling groups in I ...
(electronic music duo)
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Avi Lerner
Avinoam Lerner ( he, אבי לרנר; born 13 October 1947) is an Israeli-American film producer, primarily of American action movies. Lerner is the founder and CEO of Millennium Films.
Life and career
Avi Lerner was born in Haifa, Israel), on ...
(movie executive)
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Dani Litani
Dani Litani ( he, דני ליטני; born June 30, 1943) is an Israeli musician, singer, actor and voice actor.
Biography Early life
Born in Haifa, Litani learned to play the piano at age six and at age nine, he and his family moved to Jerusalem ...
(musician and actor)
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Shiri Maimon
Shiri Maimon (or Maymon, he, שירי מימון ; born ) is an Israeli pop/ R&B singer, TV show host and actress, who rose to fame as the runner-up in the TV show ''Kokhav Nolad''. She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, ...
(singer)
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Izidore Musallam Izidore Musallam is a Palestinian people, Palestinian film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter who most recently produced the Sci Fi Pictures original films, Sci Fi Pictures original film: ''Savage Planet (film), Savage Planet''. He w ...
(film director)
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Vince Offer
Offer Shlomi ( he, שלומי עופר; born April 25, 1964), better known as Vince Offer or Vince Shlomi is an Israeli-American infomercial pitchman, director, writer, and comedian. Offer's first major work was the 1999 comedy film ''The Underg ...
(entertainer and pitchman)
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Eytan Pessen (voice teacher, pianist and opera director)
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Yehuda Poliker (singer)
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Nasreen Qadri (singer)
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Odeya Rush
Odeya Rushinek ( he, אודיה רושינק; born ), known professionally as Odeya Rush (), is an Israeli actress.[Daniel Salomon (musician)
Daniel Salomon ( he, דניאל סלומון) is an Israeli pop rock singer and musician.
Biography
Daniel Salomon was born and raised in Haifa. Salomon has been playing the piano since the age of six and began writing music at age 12. He stu ...](_blank)
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Rinat Shaham (opera singer)
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Simon Shaheen
Simon Shaheen (Arabic: سيمون شاهين, he, סימון שאהין; born Tarshiha, Upper Galilee, Palestine, 1955) is a Palestinian-American oud and violin player and composer who holds Israeli citizenship.
At the age of 2, Shaheen move ...
(musician-Oud player)
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Gene Simmons (musician, bassist of
Kiss
A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sexual attraction, ...
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*Shirin Sahba (painter, artist)
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Hillel Slovak
Hillel Slovak ( he, הלל סלובק; April 13, 1962 – June 25, 1988) was an Israeli-American musician best known as the founding guitarist of the Los Angeles rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he recorded two albums. His guitar wo ...
(musician, original guitarist of the
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983, comprising vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante. Their music incorporates elements of alternative rock, funk ...
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Drew Tal (Dror Toledano, photographer and visual artist)
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David Tartakover
David Tartakover (דוד טרטקובר) (born 1944) is an Israeli graphic designer, political activist, artist and design educator.
Biography
David Tartakover was born in Haifa in 1944. His father, Dr. Jacob Tartakover, was a lawyer. His mot ...
(artist)
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Dudu Topaz (1946–2009) (TV and radio personality, comedian, and author)
*Nilli Willis (adult film star)
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Noam Zylberman
Noam Zylberman (born June 30, 1973) is an Israeli-born Canadian voice actor.
Early life
Zylberman was born in Haifa, Israel to Jewish parents. His family relocated to Canada when he was two years old. He attended Arlington Middle School and ...
(actor)
*Talia Lewenthal (Miss Israel 1996)
*Miri Zamir (Miss Israel 1968)
*Dorit Jellinek (Miss Israel 1978)
*Ronit Rinat (Miss Israel 1964)
Education
*Dr.
Arthur Biram
Arthur Yitzhak Biram (Hebrew: ארתור בירם; August 13, 1878 – June 5, 1967) was a German–Israeli philosopher, philologist, and educator.
Biography
Biram was born in Bischofswerda in Saxony in 1878 and attended school in Hirsch ...
(educator)
Engineering and technology
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Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie ( he, משה ספדיה; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author, with Israeli, Canadian, and American citizenship. He is known for incorporating principles of socially responsible des ...
(architect)
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Johny Srouji
Johny Srouji (Arabic: جوني سروجي; Hebrew: ג'וני סרוג'י; born 1964) is an Israeli executive, currently Apple's senior vice president of Hardware Technologies.
Early life and education
Srouji was born in the Abbas neighborhoo ...
(computer scientist)
Fashion
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Lea Gottlieb
Lea Gottlieb (September 17, 1918 – November 17, 2012) was an Israeli fashion designer and businesswoman. She immigrated to Israel from Hungary after World War II, and founded the Gottex company.
Biography
Lea Lenke Roth (later Gottlieb) was bo ...
(founder and fashion designer of
Gottex)
Journalism and media
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Ari Libsker
Ari Libsker ( he, ארי ליבסקר, born 1972 in Haifa), is an Israeli filmmaker and journalist. He has made several documentaries. His film '' Stalags'' (2008) featured in ''The New York Times'' and won several awards. In March 2012 he curate ...
(journalist)
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Rula Jebreal (Palestinian-Italian journalist)
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Tewfik Mishlawi (veteran Lebanese journalist)
Literature
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Emile Habibi
Emile Shukri Habibi ( ar, إميل حبيبي, he, אמיל חביבי, 28 January 1922 – 2 May 1996) was a Palestinian-Israeli (author)
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Sami Michael
Sami Michael ( he, סמי מיכאל, ar, سامي ميخائيل; born August 15, 1926) is an Israeli author, having migrated from Iraq to Israel at the age of 23. Since 2001, Michael has been the President of The Association for Civil Rights ...
(author)
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Galila Ron-Feder Amit
Galila Ron-Feder Amit ( he, גלילה רון־פדר-עמית, born 1949) is an Israeli children books author. She has written 400 books, as well as television and film scripts. She also published a children`s nature magazine, and served as edito ...
(author)
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Alex Aronson (author, teacher)
Military and security
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Ze'ev Almog
Zeev Almog ( he, זאב אלמוג; also written Ze'ev Almog; born 1 February 1935), was the Commander In Chief (C.I.C.) of the Israeli Navy from 1979 to 1985. He was also General Manager of Israel Shipyards from 1986 to 1995.
Early life
Almog wa ...
(11th Commander of the
Israeli Sea Corps
The Israeli Navy ( he, חיל הים הישראלי, ''Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli'' (English: The Israeli Sea Corps); ar, البحرية الإسرائيلية) is the naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in ...
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Yohai Ben-Nun (6th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)
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Yaakov Dori
Yaakov Dori (; October 8, 1899 – January 22, 1973), born Yaakov Dostrovsky, was the first Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He was also the President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Biography
Yaakov Dostr ...
(1st
Chief of Staff of the
Israel Defense Forces)
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Haim Laskov
Haim Laskov ( he, חיים לסקוב; born 1919, Barysaw, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic – 8 December 1982) was an Israeli public figure and the fifth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
Biography
Haim Laskov was born in Ba ...
(5th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and 4th Commander of the
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defens ...
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Ehud Shani (general)
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Paul Shulman (2nd Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)
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Shmuel Tankus (5th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps, Palmach hero)
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Benjamin Telem (9th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)
Medicine and Health Care
* Dr.
Ora Golan
Ora Golan ( he, ד"ר אורה גולן) is an Israeli chiropractor who developed the "Test Anxiety Neutralization" method, and is the founder of the "Ora Golan Center For Emotional Immunity".
Career
Golan studied chiropractic in the United St ...
, Founder of The Ora Golan Center for Functional Medicine
Politics and government
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Rachel Adato
Dr Rachel Adato-Levy ( he, רחל אדטו-לוי, born 21 June 1947) is an Israeli gynaecologist, lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima and Hatnuah between 2009 and 2013.
Biography
Born in Haifa in 1947, Adato ...
(politician)
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Naftali Bennett
Naftali Bennett ( he, נַפְתָּלִי בֶּנֶט, Transliterated: , ; born 25 March 1972) is an Israeli politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Israel from 13 June 2021 to 30 June 2022, and as the 3rd Alternate Prime Minist ...
(politician)
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Moshe Feiglin
Moshe Zalman Feiglin ( he, מֹשֶׁה זַלְמָן פֶייגְּלִין, born 31 July 1962) is an Israeli politician and activist, and the leader of libertarian Zionist party Zehut. A member of Likud, he headed the Manhigut Yehudit (''Jew ...
(politician)
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Noah Gal Gendler (ambassador)
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Emile Habibi
Emile Shukri Habibi ( ar, إميل حبيبي, he, אמיל חביבי, 28 January 1922 – 2 May 1996) was a Palestinian-Israeli (Christian Communist writer and politician)
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Zevulun Hammer
Zevulun Hammer ( he, זבולון המר, 31 May 1936 – 20 January 1998) was an Israeli politician, minister and Deputy Prime Minister.
Biography
Hammer was born in Haifa during the Mandate era. He was an active member of the Bnei Akiva youth ...
(politician)
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Khaled al-Hassan
Khaled al-Hassan ( ar, خالد الحسن also known as Abu Said ar, أبو السعيد) (1928-1994) was an early adviser of Yasser Arafat, PLO leader and a founder of the Palestinian political and militant organization Fatah. Khaled was the ...
(Palestinian politician)
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Hani al-Hassan
Hani al Hassan (Arabic: هاني الحسن; 1939 – 6 July 2012), also known as Abu Tariq and Abu-l-Hasan, was a leader of the Fatah organization in Germany and member of the Palestinian Authority Cabinet and the Palestinian National Counci ...
(Palestinian politician)
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Moshe Kahlon
Moshe Kahlon ( he, מֹשֶׁה כַּחְלוֹן, born 19 November 1960) is a retired Israeli politician. Between 2003 and 2013 he served as a member of the Knesset for Likud, and as Minister of Communications and Minister of Welfare & Social ...
(politician)
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Leila Khaled
Leila Khaled ( ar, ليلى خالد, born April 9, 1944) is a Palestinian refugee, terrorist, and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Khaled came to public attention for her role in the TWA Flight 840 hijackin ...
(Palestinian politician)
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Uzi Landau
Uzi Landau ( he, עוזי לנדאו, born 2 August 1943) is an Israeli politician and systems analyst. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1984 and 2006, and for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2009 and 2015. He also held several mi ...
(politician)
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Uri Lupolianski
Uri Lupolianski ( he, אורי לופוליאנסקי; born 1951) was mayor of Jerusalem from 2003 to 2008 and founder of Yad Sarah.
Biography
Born August 29, 1951 in Haifa, Israel, Lupolianski studied at the Yavne School in Haifa and then attende ...
(mayor of
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
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Jabra Nicola (Palestinian Trotskyist leader)
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Boaz Rodkin (ambassador)
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Dan Tichon
Dan Tichon ( he, דן תיכון, born 5 January 1937) is a former Israeli politician and Speaker of the Knesset 1996–1999.
Biography
Dan Tichon was born in Kiryat Haim during the Mandate era. He served as an officer in the Israel Defense Fo ...
(politician)
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Emile Toma (politician)
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Moti Yogev (politician)
Religion
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Yona Metzger
Yona Metzger ( he, יונה מצגר; born 1953) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and the former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. In 2013, while chief rabbi, a fraud investigation was opened. Metzger later pleaded guilty to a number of corruption c ...
Sports
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Ruth Abeles
Ruth Abeles-Peled (רות אבלס; born August 7, 1942) is an Israeli former Olympic gymnast.
She was born in Haifa, Israel, and is Jewish.
Gymnastics career
She competed for Israel at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, in gymnastics at ...
(born 1942), Olympic gymnast
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Nina Amir (born 1999), Olympic sports sailor
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Reuven Atar
Reuven Atar ( he, ראובן עטר; born January 3, 1969) is a retired Israeli football player who was mostly known for his career in Maccabi Haifa and now he works as the manager of Bnei Lod. As a manager, he is mostly known for his work with ...
, footballer
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Tal Banin
Tal Banin ( he, טל בנין; born March 7, 1971) is an Israeli retired football player and currently the manager of Maccabi Ahi Nazareth. Banin played as a defensive midfielder. A captain for the Israeli National Team for many years, Banin was ...
, footballer
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Orr Barouch (born 1991), footballer
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Arik Benado
Ariel "Arik" Benado ( he, אריאל "אריק" בנאדו ; born 5 December 1973) is an Israeli football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.
Playing career
Benado was a second generation player at Maccabi Haifa; his fathe ...
, footballer
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Miron Bleiberg
Miron Bleiberg ( he, מירון בלייברג) is an Israeli-Australian football (soccer) manager.
Biography
Bleiberg was educated at the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, Israel. A former captain in the Israeli Navy, Bleiberg commanded patrol bo ...
, football coach
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Gil Cohen (born 1992), Olympic sports sailor
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Jonathan Erlich
Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich ( he, יונתן דאריו "יוני" ארליך, born 5 April 1977) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. During his career, he was mainly a doubles specialist, having won the men's doubles title at the ...
(born 1977), tennis player
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Anastasia Gorbenko (born 2003), swimmer
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Ayala Hetzroni
Ayala Hetzroni (also "Hezroni"; אילה חצרוני; born June 15, 1938) is an Israeli former Olympic shotputter. She was Israeli Women's Champion in 1960 and 1962.
She was born in Haifa, Israel, and is Jewish.
Shot put career
Hetzroni's perso ...
(born 1938), Olympic shotputter
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Yaniv Katan
Yaniv Katan ( he, יניב קטן; born 27 January 1981) is a retired Israeli international footballer who played professionally for Maccabi Haifa, as a forward and winger. He earned 31 caps for Israel, scoring five goals.
Personal life
Katan ...
, association football player
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Jonatan Kopelev
Jonatan Kopelev (or Yehonatan, he, יהונתן קופלב; born 1 October 1991) is an Israeli swimmer. He competes in 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 50 m backstroke. He won a gold medal in the 50 m backstroke at the 2012 European Aqu ...
(born 1991), swimmer
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Ilana Kratysh, freestyle wrestler
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Eyal Levin
Eyal Levin, sometimes written Eyal Levine ( he, אייל לוין; born August 27, 1986) is an Israeli Olympic sailor. He sails with Dan Froyliche.
Early life
Levin's hometown, where he grew up, is Haifa, Israel.
Sailing career
Levin's sailing ...
(born 1986), Olympic sports sailor
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Eduard Meron (born 1938), Olympic weightlifter
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Lior Mor (born 1976), tennis player
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Ran Nakash (born 1978), cruiserweight boxer
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Noam Okun
Noam Okun ( he, נעם אוקון; born 16 April 1978) is an Israeli retired professional tennis player.
He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 95 in April 2002. Okun won several challenger tournaments in his career, and was a c ...
(born 1978), tennis player
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Tomer Or (born 1978), fencer
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Guy Parselany (born 1978), professional basketball player
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Shahar Perkiss (born 1962), tennis player
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Lior Refaelov
Lior Refaelov (or Rafaelov, he, ליאור רפאלוב; born 26 April 1986) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for Belgian First Division A club Anderlecht.
He began his career at Macc ...
, footballer
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Ronny Rosenthal (born 1963), footballer
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Shem-Tov Sabag
Shem-Tov Sabag (שם טוב סבג; nicknamed "Shemi"; born April 13, 1959) is an Israeli former Olympic marathoner. He won both the 1984 Lake County Marathon and the 1989 Vancouver Marathon.
Early life
Sabag was born in Israel, his hometown is ...
(born 1959), Olympic marathoner
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Idan Tal
Idan Tal ( he, עידן טל; born 13 September 1975, in Beersheba) is a former Israeli professional footballer.
Tal was born in Beersheba, Israel, and is Jewish. He lives in Haifa, is married to Doreen, and has two children, Miron and Amit.
Cl ...
(born 1975), footballer
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Bar Timor
Bar Timor (בר טימור; born March 2, 1992) is an Israeli professional basketball player, who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Israeli national team.
Professional career
Timor was the Israeli Super ...
(born 1992), basketball player
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Eithan Urbach
Eithan Urbach (born 12 January 1977 in Haifa) is a former backstroke swimmer from Israel. Urbach competed in two events in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Ol ...
(born 1977), Olympic swimmer, backstroke
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Yochanan Vollach
Yochanan Vollach ( he, יוחנן וולך, also Jochanan Wallach or Yohanan Wallach, born May 14, 1945) is an Israeli former footballer. He was a member of the Israeli national team that competed at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of th ...
, footballer, president of
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...
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Yiftach Ziv (born 1995), basketball player
Other
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Gilla Gerzon
Gilla Gerzon ( he, גילה גרזון), known to many United States military personnel as the "mother of the 6th fleet,"Brill, Arthur P., Jr"Expeditionary USO,"''Sea Power'', Oct 1997, retrieved September 20, 2012 is an Israeli who served as di ...
, Director, Haifa
USO
The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) is an American nonprofit-charitable corporation that provides live entertainment, such as comedians, actors and musicians, social facilities, and other programs to members of the United States Armed F ...
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Amir Gal-Or, businessman
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Eival Gilady, CEO of the Portland Trust
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Hannah Safran, feminist, activist and researcher
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David Sambar, international investment banker, financial advisor and investor
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Eyal Weizman
Eyal Weizman MBE FBA (born 1970) is a British Israeli architect. He is the director of the research agency Forensic Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London where he is Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures and a founding director t ...
, intellectual and architect
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People
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of prope ...
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...