32.8190° N, 34.9990° E

HAIFA

Most Famous People Born in Haifa, Israel

Notable people
448
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1954
Most distinctive
Computer Scientist 14.4×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Haifa during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 93 notable births.

What Haifa Is Known For

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Football is Haifa's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (41).

Haifa over-indexes on computer scientist14.4× the global rate.

Haifa under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football41
  2. Politician35
  3. Actor32
  4. Film17
  5. Writer14
  6. Music12
  7. Mathematician11
  8. Basket10
  1. Computer Scientist914.4×
  2. Psychologist89.6×
  3. Mathematician114.9×
  4. Model54.3×
  5. Physicist63.2×
  6. Film173.1×
  7. Diplomat83.1×
  8. Architect92.3×
  1. Politician350.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Haifa's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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448 notable people

0001 FILM

Ralph Bakshi

Born 1938

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0002 ARCHITECT

Moshe Safdie

Born 1938

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0003 FILMMAKER

Amos Gitai

Born 1950

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0004 PHYSICIST

David Deutsch

Born 1953

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0005 GUITAR

Hillel Slovak

1962 - 1988

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0006 PSYCHOLOGIST

Amos Tversky

1937 - 1996

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0007 SCREENWRITER

Haya Harareet

Born 1931

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0008 HISTORIAN

Ilan Pappé

Born 1954

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0009 ACTIVIST

Leila Khaled

Born 1944

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0010 VIOLIN

Ivry Gitlis

Born 1922

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0011 BIOCHEMIST

Aaron Ciechanover

Born 1947

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0012 SINGER

Shiri Maimon

Born 1981

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0013 ACTOR

Odeya Rush

Born 1997

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0014 FILM

Ari Folman

Born 1962

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0015 ACTOR

Moran Atias

Born 1981

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0016 ACTOR

Iddo Goldberg

Born 1975

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0017 POLITICIAN

Naftali Bennett

Born 1972

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0018 WRITER

Rula Jebreal

Born 1973

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0019 PHYSICIST

Yakir Aharonov

Born 1932

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0020 POLITICIAN

Emile Habibi

1922 - 1996

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0021 MATHEMATICIAN

Noga Alon

Born 1956

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0022 GUITAR

David Broza

Born 1955

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0023 FILM

Avi Lerner

Born 1947

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0024 ECONOMIST

Ilan Goldfajn

Born 1966

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0025 POLITICIAN

Moshe Feiglin

Born 1962

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0026 COMEDIAN

Dudu Topaz

1946 - 2009

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0027 SCHOLAR

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

1909 - 1977

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0028 ACTOR

Clara Khoury

Born 1976

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0029 ACTOR

Anne Crawford

1920 - 1956

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0030 DANCER

Yousef Sweid

Born 1976

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0031 MATHEMATICIAN

Amir Aczel

1950 - 2015

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0032 FOOTBALL

Ronny Rosenthal

Born 1963

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0033 RABBI

Yona Metzger

Born 1953

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0034 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Moshe Vardi

Born 1954

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0035 SCHOLAR

Gideon Toury

1942 - 2016

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0036 MATHEMATICIAN

Doron Zeilberger

Born 1950

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0037 FOOTBALL

Arik Benado

Born 1973

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0038 ACADEMIC

Zohar Manna

1939 - 2018

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0039 FILM

Eyal Sivan

Born 1964

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0040 SINGER

Yehuda Poliker

Born 1950

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0041 ARCHITECT

Eyal Weizman

Born 1970

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0042 CLARINET

Sharon Kam

Born 1971

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0043 FOOTBALL

Nir Davidovich

Born 1976

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0044 POLITICIAN

Mattityahu Peled

1923 - 1995

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0045 FOOTBALL

Tal Banin

Born 1971

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0046 POET

Elias Sanbar

Born 1947

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0047 ACADEMIC

Yehoshafat Harkabi

1921 - 1994

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0048 ACTOR

Zohar Strauss

Born 1972

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0049 POLITICIAN

Limor Livnat

Born 1950

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0050 COMPOSER

Chaya Czernowin

Born 1957

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0051 ARCHITECT

Neri Oxman

Born 1976

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0052 ACTOR

Norman Issa

Born 1967

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0053 PARLIAMENT

Ayman Odeh

Born 1975

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0054 JOURNALIST

Oscar Bronner

Born 1943

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0055 LINGUIST

Tanya Reinhart

1943 - 2007

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0056 POLITICIAN

Yona Yahav

Born 1944

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0057 ACTOR

Zachi Noy

Born 1953

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0058 BASKET

Guy Goodes

Born 1971

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0059 SOLDIER

Yohai Ben-Nun

1924 - 1994

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0060 FOOTBALL

Avi Ran

1963 - 1987

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0061 FILM

Savi Gabizon

Born 1960

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0062 PSYCHOLOGIST

Dan Bar-On

1938 - 2008

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0063 ACTOR

Ziva Rodann

Born 1933

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0064 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Amihai Mazar

Born 1942

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0065 COMPOSER

Kobi Oshrat

Born 1944

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0066 ACTIVIST

Ruth Dayan

Born 1917

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0067 POLITICIAN

Yossi Yona

Born 1953

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0068 POLITICIAN

Tawfik Toubi

1922 - 2011

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0069 ACTIVIST

Paul Foot (journalist)

1937 - 2004

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0070 ACTOR

Dana Berger

Born 1970

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0071 MATHEMATICIAN

Azriel Lévy

Born 1934

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0072 MATHEMATICIAN

Nati Linial

Born 1953

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0073 POLITICIAN

Shlomo Benizri

Born 1961

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0074 MUSIC

Dani Litani

Born 1943

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0075 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Abraham Silberschatz

Born 1976

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0076 POLITICIAN

Zevulun Hammer

1936 - 1998

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0077 DIVER

Loudy Wiggins

Born 1979

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0078 JUDGE

Salim Joubran

Born 1947

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0079 NURSE

Shuli Mualem

Born 1965

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0080 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Yosef Garfinkel

Born 1956

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0081 HISTORIAN

Azar Gat

Born 1959

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0082 FOOTBALL

Hanan Maman

Born 1989

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0083 SINGER

Rinat Shaham

Born 1980

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0084 POLITICIAN

Uzi Landau

Born 1943

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0085 POLITICAL

Khaled al-Hassan

1928 - 1994

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0086 WRESTLER

Ilana Kratysh

Born 1990

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0087 PLAYER

Noam Okun

Born 1978

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0088 PLAYER

Shahar Perkiss

Born 1962

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0089 MATHEMATICIAN

Daniel Hershkowitz

Born 1953

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0090 RABBI

Eliezer Berland

Born 1937

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0091 MUSIC

Avshalom Haviv

1926 - 1947

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0092 URBAN PLANNER

Einat Kalisch-Rotem

Born 1970

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0093 FILM

Nir Bergman

Born 1969

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0094 SCULPTOR

Ya'acov Dorchin

Born 1946

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0095 MANAGER

Orit Gadiesh

Born 1951

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0096 ENGINEER

Hod Lipson

Born 1967

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0097 WRITER

Amir Gutfreund

1963 - 2015

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0098 PRODUCER

Misha Segal

Born 1943

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0099 PLAYER

Avital Selinger

Born 1959

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0100 PHILOSOPHER

Yirmiyahu Yovel

1935 - 2018

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0101 POLITICIAN

Eliezer Sandberg

Born 1962

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0102 EDUCATION

Moshe Sharon

Born 1937

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0103 BASKET

Meir Tapiro

Born 1975

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0104 HISTORIAN

Jehuda Reinharz

Born 1944

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0105 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Amos Fiat

Born 1956

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0106 ARTIST

Abed Abdi

Born 1942

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0107 CHESS

Thal Abergel

Born 1982

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0108 HISTORIAN

David Ayalon

1914 - 1998

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0109 POLITICIAN

Moti Yogev

Born 1956

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0110 PHYSICIST

Michal Lipson

Born 1970

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0111 BASKET

Bar Timor

Born 1992

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0112 LINGUIST

Reuven Snir

Born 1953

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0113 FOOTBALL

Haim Megrelashvili

Born 1982

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0114 PRODUCER

Shi 360

Born 1976

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0115 RABBI

Yaakov Ariel

Born 1937

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0116 FOOTBALL

Shai Maimon

Born 1986

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0117 JOURNALIST

Carine Goren

Born 1974

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0118 CELEBRITY

Yisrael Aharoni

Born 1950

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0119 COMPOSER

Ella Milch-Sheriff

Born 1954

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0120 CHESS

Yair Kraidman

Born 1932

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0121 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Tzur

Born 1937

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0122 EDUCATION

Ilan Chet

Born 1939

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0123 DIPLOMAT

Uri Lubrani

1926 - 2018

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0124 MUSIC

Hagai Shaham

Born 1966

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0125 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Benny Peiser

Born 1957

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0126 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Ephraim Stern

1934 - 2018

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0127 HISTORIAN

Isaiah Shachar

1935 - 1977

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0128 AUTHOR

Umayya Abu-Hanna

Born 1961

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0129 WRITER

Galila Ron-Feder Amit

Born 1949

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0130 ACTOR

Moti Giladi

Born 1946

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0131 POLITICIAN

Yael German

Born 1947

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0132 MATHEMATICIAN

Zeev Rudnick

Born 1961

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0133 PIANIST

Benjamin Rawitz-Castel

1946 - 2006

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0134 INTERNIST

Josef Schuster

Born 1954

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0135 FILM

Michale Boganim

Born 1977

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0136 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Eyal Ofer

Born 1950

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0137 MODEL

Rana Raslan

Born 1978

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0138 FILM

Avraham Heffner

1935 - 2014

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0139 DESIGNER

David Tartakover

Born 1944

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0140 PSYCHOLOGIST

Reuven Gal

Born 1942

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0141 MUSIC

Kobi Arad

Born 1981

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0142 HISTORIAN

Gilad Margalit

1959 - 2014

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0143 POLITICIAN

David Zucker (politician)

Born 1948

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0144 FILM

Ari Libsker

Born 1972

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0145 JOURNALIST

Akiva Eldar

Born 1945

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0146 BOTANIST

Avishag Zahavi

Born 1922

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0147 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Danny Cohen (engineer)

Died 2019

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0148 MATHEMATICIAN

Dan Abramovich

Born 1963

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0149 TELEVISION

Steve Bond

Born 1953

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0150 ARCHITECT

Shlomo Aronson

1936 - 2018

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0151 FILM

Danny Lerner

1952 - 2015

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0152 FOOTBALL

Roby Young

Born 1942

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0153 PHOTOGRAPHER

Drew Tal

Born 1957

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0154 CHEMIST

Uzi Even

Born 1940

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0155 WRITER

Chaim Walder

Born 1969

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0156 MATHEMATICIAN

Ofer Zeitouni

Born 1960

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0157 POLITICIAN

Omer Bar-Lev

Born 1953

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0158 PROFESSOR

Anthony A. Hyman

Born 1962

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0159 PHYSICIST

Eshel Ben-Jacob

1952 - 2015

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0160 SONGWRITER

Yaakov Rotblit

Born 1945

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0161 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Hava Siegelmann

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0162 ACTOR

Idan Alterman

Born 1971

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0163 THEATER

David Esrig

Born 1935

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0164 PHYSICIAN

Rachel Adato

Born 1947

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0165 BOTANIST

Avinoam Danin

1939 - 2015

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0166 ACTOR

Yuval Semo

Born 1972

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0167 HISTORIAN

Yossi Goldstein

Born 1947

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0168 AUTHOR

Yishai Fleisher

-

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0169 DIPLOMAT

Ephraim Evron

1920 - 1995

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0170 ACTOR

Doron Tavori

Born 1952

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0171 POLITICIAN

Uri Lupolianski

Born 1951

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0172 LINGUIST

Joseph Yahalom

Born 1941

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0173 POLITICIAN

Gideon Ben-Yisrael

1923 - 2014

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0174 FOOTBALL

Miron Bleiberg

Born 1955

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0175 ORIENTALIST

Ido Zelkovitz

Born 1979

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0176 SWIMMER

Eithan Urbach

Born 1977

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0177 COMPOSER

Tsippi Fleischer

Born 1946

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0178 SINGER

Daniel Salomon (musician)

Born 1973

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0179 SONGWRITER

Matt Schwartz

Born 1971

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0180 WRITER

Salman Natour

1949 - 2016

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0181 ACADEMIC

Yfaat Weiss

Born 1962

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0182 POLITICIAN

Haider Mahmoud

Born 1942

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0183 COMMANDER

Amnon Reshef

Born 1938

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0184 POET

Admiel Kosman

Born 1957

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0185 ACADEMIC

Itzchak Weismann

Born 1961

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0186 ACTOR

Ami Mandelman

Born 1950

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0187 SENATOR

Pierre de Bané

1938 - 2019

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0188 BUSINESS

Adam Milstein

Born 1952

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0189 PSYCHOLOGIST

Eli Somer

Born 1951

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0190 FOOTBALL

Shahar Hirsh

Born 1993

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0191 JUDGE

Noam Sohlberg

Born 1962

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0192 MILITAR

Avichai Rontzki

1951 - 2018

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0193 ACTOR

Salwa Nakkara

Born 1959

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0194 FILM

Navot Papushado

Born 1980

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0195 AUTHOR

Joseph Croitoru

Born 1960

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0196 PSYCHOLOGIST

Edna B. Foa

Born 1937

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0197 FENCER

Tomer Or

Born 1978

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0198 FOOTBALL

Orr Barouch

Born 1991

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0199 POLITICIAN

Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi

1935 - 2009

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0200 ACTOR

Tinkerbell (Schauspielerin)

Born 1977

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0201 JOURNALIST

Tamar Golan

1933 - 2011

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0202 WRESTLER

Moshe Weinberg

1939 - 1972

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0203 SINGER

Ran Eliran

Born 1934

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0204 COMPOSER

Ofer Ben-Amots

Born 1955

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0205 ACTOR

Bomba Tzur

1928 - 1979

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0206 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Ronen Palan

Born 1957

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0207 LAWYER

Leah Tsemel

Born 1945

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0208 ACTOR

Jaron Löwenberg

Born 1969

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0209 SPORT

Yoav Bear

Born 1991

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0210 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Tamar Ziskind

Born 1985

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0211 SCHOLAR

Athalya Brenner

Born 1943

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0212 POLITICIAN

Leah Fadida

Born 1968

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0213 MINISTER

Motti Ashkenazi

Born 1940

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0214 FOOTBALL

Haim Silvas

Born 1975

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0215 MILITAR

Eli Zeira

Born 1928

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0216 PSYCHOLOGIST

Rivka Yahav

Born 1950

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0217 BANK

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

1889 - 1953

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0218 MANAGER

Ron Sommer

Born 1949

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0219 HISTORIAN

Simon J. Bronner

Born 1954

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0220 POLITICIAN

Eliyahu Speiser

1930 - 2009

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0221 THEATRE

Edna Shavit

1935 - 2015

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0222 POLITICIAN

Eliyahu Hacarmeli

1891 - 1952

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0223 ARTIST

Maliheh Afnan

1935 - 2016

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0224 FILM

Michal Vinik

Born 1976

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0225 JOURNALIST

Hannah Kim

Born 1957

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0226 WRITER

Ronit Lentin

Born 1944

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0227 SINGER

Irith Gabriely

Born 1950

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0228 ARCHITECT

David Palterer

Born 1949

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0229 MUSIC

The Drill (band)

Born 1971

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0230 ACTOR

Avshalom Pollak

Born 1970

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0231 WRITER

Adiva Geffen

Born 1946

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0232 ARCHITECT

Moti Bodek

Born 1961

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0233 MODEL

Yael Markovich

Born 1989

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0234 ACTOR

Chana Eden

1932 - 2019

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0235 JOURNALIST

Nakdimon Rogel

1925 - 2011

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0236 PROFESSOR

Gabriel Weimann

Born 1950

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0237 ART HISTORIAN

Mordechai Omer

1941 - 2011

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0238 ACADEMIC

Moshe Tennenholtz

Born 1960

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0239 FOOTBALL

Moshe Selecter

Born 1961

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0240 BOXER

Ran Nakash

Born 1978

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0241 DIPLOMAT

Ali Kazak

Born 1947

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0242 CEO

Johny Srouji

Born 1964

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0243 ACTOR

Ori Yaniv

Born 1982

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0244 PUBLISHER

Naim Attallah

Born 1931

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0245 MILITAR

Avichay Adraee

Born 1982

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0246 ACTOR

Ernst Cohen

Born 1951

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0247 CREATOR

Arthur Lessac

1909 - 2011

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0248 PIANIST

Israela Margalit

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0249 SAILOR

Gil Cohen (sailor)

Born 1992

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0250 CONDUCTOR

Yuval Zaliouk

Born 1939

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0251 FOOTBALL

Mahmoud Abbas (footballer)

Born 1988

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0252 POLITICIAN

David Re'em

Born 1953

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0253 POLITICIAN

Yaron Mazuz

Born 1962

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0254 POLITICIAN

Yehiel Leket

Born 1941

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0255 MUSIC

Eyal Barkan

Born 1970

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0256 CHEF

Moshik Roth

Born 1972

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0257 FILM

Danniel Danniel

1950 - 2017

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0258 SWIMMER

Shai Livnat

Born 1984

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0259 FOOTBALL

Michal Ravitz

Born 1986

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0260 POLITICIAN

Imri Kalmann

Born 1986

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0261 ENTREPRENEUR

Michael Federmann

Born 1943

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0262 ARCHITECT

Rostam Bastuni

1923 - 1994

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0263 COLUMNIST

David Bar-Ilan

1930 - 2003

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0264 COMPOSER

Eyal Maoz

Born 1969

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0265 JOURNALIST

Yuval Levin

Born 1977

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0266 CORRESPONDENT

Gil Yaron

Born 1973

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0267 FOOTBALL

Barak Bakhar

Born 1979

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0268 AUTHOR

Ronnith Neumann

Born 1948

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0269 SCULPTOR

Aarele Ben Arieh

Born 1955

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0270 ARTIST

Galit Eilat

Born 1965

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0271 FOOTBALL

Ben Malka

Born 1989

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0272 COLONEL

Aviem Sella

Born 1946

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0273 POLITICIAN

Yosef Kremerman

1926 - 1981

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0274 FILM

Nisan Katz

Born 1974

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0275 MUSIC

Jake Hooker (musician)

1953 - 2014

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0276 ACTOR

Jamil Khoury

-

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0277 FLYING ACE

George Goodman (RAF officer)

1920 - 1941

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0278 ATHLETIC

Boris Djerassi

Born 1952

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0279 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Dan Roth

-

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0280 BASKET

Liad Suez

Born 1981

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0281 SAILOR

Nina Amir

Born 1999

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0282 OFFICER

Zeev Drori

Born 1946

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0283 HISTORIAN

Limore Yagil

Born 1961

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0284 ACTOR

Noam Zylberman

Born 1973

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0285 WRITER

Haim Shafir

Born 1950

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0286 ACADEMIC

Dafna Lemish

Born 1951

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0287 SWIMMER

Yoav Gath

Born 1980

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0288 ACTOR

Rony Kramer

Born 1960

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0289 JUDGE

Yosef Elron

Born 1955

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0290 COMMANDER

Dan Harel

Born 1955

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0291 POLITICIAN

Ariel Muzicant

Born 1952

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0292 AUTHOR

Myra Warhaftig

1930 - 2008

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0293 WRITER

Samuel Brussell

Born 1956

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0294 FILM

Adam Bizanski

Born 1983

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0295 THERAPIST

Limor Blockman

Born 1977

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0296 BASKET

Ami Shelef

1936 - 1988

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0297 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Opher Etzion

Born 1957

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0298 BUSINESS

Bruce Rappaport

1922 - 2010

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0299 WRITER

Oded Netivi

Born 1950

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0300 BASKET

Naama Shafir

Born 1990

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