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×
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 scientist — 14.4× the global rate.
Haifa under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.
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.
- Sports
- Science
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Music
- Other
Ralph Bakshi
Born 1938
Moshe Safdie
Born 1938
Amos Gitai
Born 1950
David Deutsch
Born 1953
Hillel Slovak
1962 - 1988
Amos Tversky
1937 - 1996
Haya Harareet
Born 1931
Ilan Pappé
Born 1954
Leila Khaled
Born 1944
Ivry Gitlis
Born 1922
Aaron Ciechanover
Born 1947
Shiri Maimon
Born 1981
Odeya Rush
Born 1997
Ari Folman
Born 1962
Moran Atias
Born 1981
Iddo Goldberg
Born 1975
Naftali Bennett
Born 1972
Rula Jebreal
Born 1973
Yakir Aharonov
Born 1932
Emile Habibi
1922 - 1996
Noga Alon
Born 1956
David Broza
Born 1955
Avi Lerner
Born 1947
Ilan Goldfajn
Born 1966
Moshe Feiglin
Born 1962
Dudu Topaz
1946 - 2009
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Clara Khoury
Born 1976
Anne Crawford
1920 - 1956
Yousef Sweid
Born 1976
Amir Aczel
1950 - 2015
Ronny Rosenthal
Born 1963
Yona Metzger
Born 1953
Moshe Vardi
Born 1954
Gideon Toury
1942 - 2016
Doron Zeilberger
Born 1950
Arik Benado
Born 1973
Zohar Manna
1939 - 2018
Eyal Sivan
Born 1964
Yehuda Poliker
Born 1950
Eyal Weizman
Born 1970
Sharon Kam
Born 1971
Nir Davidovich
Born 1976
Mattityahu Peled
1923 - 1995
Tal Banin
Born 1971
Elias Sanbar
Born 1947
Yehoshafat Harkabi
1921 - 1994
Zohar Strauss
Born 1972
Limor Livnat
Born 1950
Chaya Czernowin
Born 1957
Neri Oxman
Born 1976
Norman Issa
Born 1967
Ayman Odeh
Born 1975
Oscar Bronner
Born 1943
Tanya Reinhart
1943 - 2007
Yona Yahav
Born 1944
Zachi Noy
Born 1953
Guy Goodes
Born 1971
Yohai Ben-Nun
1924 - 1994
Avi Ran
1963 - 1987
Savi Gabizon
Born 1960
Dan Bar-On
1938 - 2008
Ziva Rodann
Born 1933
Amihai Mazar
Born 1942
Kobi Oshrat
Born 1944
Ruth Dayan
Born 1917
Yossi Yona
Born 1953
Tawfik Toubi
1922 - 2011
Paul Foot (journalist)
1937 - 2004
Dana Berger
Born 1970
Azriel Lévy
Born 1934
Nati Linial
Born 1953
Shlomo Benizri
Born 1961
Dani Litani
Born 1943
Abraham Silberschatz
Born 1976
Zevulun Hammer
1936 - 1998
Loudy Wiggins
Born 1979
Salim Joubran
Born 1947
Shuli Mualem
Born 1965
Yosef Garfinkel
Born 1956
Azar Gat
Born 1959
Hanan Maman
Born 1989
Rinat Shaham
Born 1980
Uzi Landau
Born 1943
Khaled al-Hassan
1928 - 1994
Ilana Kratysh
Born 1990
Noam Okun
Born 1978
Shahar Perkiss
Born 1962
Daniel Hershkowitz
Born 1953
Eliezer Berland
Born 1937
Avshalom Haviv
1926 - 1947
Einat Kalisch-Rotem
Born 1970
Nir Bergman
Born 1969
Ya'acov Dorchin
Born 1946
Orit Gadiesh
Born 1951
Hod Lipson
Born 1967
Amir Gutfreund
1963 - 2015
Misha Segal
Born 1943
Avital Selinger
Born 1959
Yirmiyahu Yovel
1935 - 2018
Eliezer Sandberg
Born 1962
Moshe Sharon
Born 1937
Meir Tapiro
Born 1975
Jehuda Reinharz
Born 1944
Amos Fiat
Born 1956
Abed Abdi
Born 1942
Thal Abergel
Born 1982
David Ayalon
1914 - 1998
Moti Yogev
Born 1956
Michal Lipson
Born 1970
Bar Timor
Born 1992
Reuven Snir
Born 1953
Haim Megrelashvili
Born 1982
Shi 360
Born 1976
Yaakov Ariel
Born 1937
Shai Maimon
Born 1986
Carine Goren
Born 1974
Yisrael Aharoni
Born 1950
Ella Milch-Sheriff
Born 1954
Yair Kraidman
Born 1932
Ya'akov Tzur
Born 1937
Ilan Chet
Born 1939
Uri Lubrani
1926 - 2018
Hagai Shaham
Born 1966
Benny Peiser
Born 1957
Ephraim Stern
1934 - 2018
Isaiah Shachar
1935 - 1977
Umayya Abu-Hanna
Born 1961
Galila Ron-Feder Amit
Born 1949
Moti Giladi
Born 1946
Yael German
Born 1947
Zeev Rudnick
Born 1961
Benjamin Rawitz-Castel
1946 - 2006
Josef Schuster
Born 1954
Michale Boganim
Born 1977
Eyal Ofer
Born 1950
Rana Raslan
Born 1978
Avraham Heffner
1935 - 2014
David Tartakover
Born 1944
Reuven Gal
Born 1942
Kobi Arad
Born 1981
Gilad Margalit
1959 - 2014
David Zucker (politician)
Born 1948
Ari Libsker
Born 1972
Akiva Eldar
Born 1945
Avishag Zahavi
Born 1922
Danny Cohen (engineer)
Died 2019
Dan Abramovich
Born 1963
Steve Bond
Born 1953
Shlomo Aronson
1936 - 2018
Danny Lerner
1952 - 2015
Roby Young
Born 1942
Drew Tal
Born 1957
Uzi Even
Born 1940
Chaim Walder
Born 1969
Ofer Zeitouni
Born 1960
Omer Bar-Lev
Born 1953
Anthony A. Hyman
Born 1962
Eshel Ben-Jacob
1952 - 2015
Yaakov Rotblit
Born 1945
Hava Siegelmann
-
Idan Alterman
Born 1971
David Esrig
Born 1935
Rachel Adato
Born 1947
Avinoam Danin
1939 - 2015
Yuval Semo
Born 1972
Yossi Goldstein
Born 1947
Yishai Fleisher
-
Ephraim Evron
1920 - 1995
Doron Tavori
Born 1952
Uri Lupolianski
Born 1951
Joseph Yahalom
Born 1941
Gideon Ben-Yisrael
1923 - 2014
Miron Bleiberg
Born 1955
Ido Zelkovitz
Born 1979
Eithan Urbach
Born 1977
Tsippi Fleischer
Born 1946
Daniel Salomon (musician)
Born 1973
Matt Schwartz
Born 1971
Salman Natour
1949 - 2016
Yfaat Weiss
Born 1962
Haider Mahmoud
Born 1942
Amnon Reshef
Born 1938
Admiel Kosman
Born 1957
Itzchak Weismann
Born 1961
Ami Mandelman
Born 1950
Pierre de Bané
1938 - 2019
Adam Milstein
Born 1952
Eli Somer
Born 1951
Shahar Hirsh
Born 1993
Noam Sohlberg
Born 1962
Avichai Rontzki
1951 - 2018
Salwa Nakkara
Born 1959
Navot Papushado
Born 1980
Joseph Croitoru
Born 1960
Edna B. Foa
Born 1937
Tomer Or
Born 1978
Orr Barouch
Born 1991
Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi
1935 - 2009
Tinkerbell (Schauspielerin)
Born 1977
Tamar Golan
1933 - 2011
Moshe Weinberg
1939 - 1972
Ran Eliran
Born 1934
Ofer Ben-Amots
Born 1955
Bomba Tzur
1928 - 1979
Ronen Palan
Born 1957
Leah Tsemel
Born 1945
Jaron Löwenberg
Born 1969
Yoav Bear
Born 1991
Tamar Ziskind
Born 1985
Athalya Brenner
Born 1943
Leah Fadida
Born 1968
Motti Ashkenazi
Born 1940
Haim Silvas
Born 1975
Eli Zeira
Born 1928
Rivka Yahav
Born 1950
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Ron Sommer
Born 1949
Simon J. Bronner
Born 1954
Eliyahu Speiser
1930 - 2009
Edna Shavit
1935 - 2015
Eliyahu Hacarmeli
1891 - 1952
Maliheh Afnan
1935 - 2016
Michal Vinik
Born 1976
Hannah Kim
Born 1957
Ronit Lentin
Born 1944
Irith Gabriely
Born 1950
David Palterer
Born 1949
The Drill (band)
Born 1971
Avshalom Pollak
Born 1970
Adiva Geffen
Born 1946
Moti Bodek
Born 1961
Yael Markovich
Born 1989
Chana Eden
1932 - 2019
Nakdimon Rogel
1925 - 2011
Gabriel Weimann
Born 1950
Mordechai Omer
1941 - 2011
Moshe Tennenholtz
Born 1960
Moshe Selecter
Born 1961
Ran Nakash
Born 1978
Ali Kazak
Born 1947
Johny Srouji
Born 1964
Ori Yaniv
Born 1982
Naim Attallah
Born 1931
Avichay Adraee
Born 1982
Ernst Cohen
Born 1951
Arthur Lessac
1909 - 2011
Israela Margalit
-
Gil Cohen (sailor)
Born 1992
Yuval Zaliouk
Born 1939
Mahmoud Abbas (footballer)
Born 1988
David Re'em
Born 1953
Yaron Mazuz
Born 1962
Yehiel Leket
Born 1941
Eyal Barkan
Born 1970
Moshik Roth
Born 1972
Danniel Danniel
1950 - 2017
Shai Livnat
Born 1984
Michal Ravitz
Born 1986
Imri Kalmann
Born 1986
Michael Federmann
Born 1943
Rostam Bastuni
1923 - 1994
David Bar-Ilan
1930 - 2003
Eyal Maoz
Born 1969
Yuval Levin
Born 1977
Gil Yaron
Born 1973
Barak Bakhar
Born 1979
Ronnith Neumann
Born 1948
Aarele Ben Arieh
Born 1955
Galit Eilat
Born 1965
Ben Malka
Born 1989
Aviem Sella
Born 1946
Yosef Kremerman
1926 - 1981
Nisan Katz
Born 1974
Jake Hooker (musician)
1953 - 2014
Jamil Khoury
-
George Goodman (RAF officer)
1920 - 1941
Boris Djerassi
Born 1952
Dan Roth
-
Liad Suez
Born 1981
Nina Amir
Born 1999
Zeev Drori
Born 1946
Limore Yagil
Born 1961
Noam Zylberman
Born 1973
Haim Shafir
Born 1950
Dafna Lemish
Born 1951
Yoav Gath
Born 1980
Rony Kramer
Born 1960
Yosef Elron
Born 1955
Dan Harel
Born 1955
Ariel Muzicant
Born 1952
Myra Warhaftig
1930 - 2008
Samuel Brussell
Born 1956
Adam Bizanski
Born 1983
Limor Blockman
Born 1977
Ami Shelef
1936 - 1988
Opher Etzion
Born 1957
Bruce Rappaport
1922 - 2010
Oded Netivi
Born 1950
Naama Shafir
Born 1990