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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

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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.

  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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Showing 23 of 448 notable people

0010 VIOLIN

Ivry Gitlis

Born 1922

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0020 POLITICIAN

Emile Habibi

1922 - 1996

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0029 ACTOR

Anne Crawford

1920 - 1956

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0044 POLITICIAN

Mattityahu Peled

1923 - 1995

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0047 ACADEMIC

Yehoshafat Harkabi

1921 - 1994

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0059 SOLDIER

Yohai Ben-Nun

1924 - 1994

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0068 POLITICIAN

Tawfik Toubi

1922 - 2011

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0085 POLITICAL

Khaled al-Hassan

1928 - 1994

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0091 MUSIC

Avshalom Haviv

1926 - 1947

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0123 DIPLOMAT

Uri Lubrani

1926 - 2018

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0146 BOTANIST

Avishag Zahavi

Born 1922

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0169 DIPLOMAT

Ephraim Evron

1920 - 1995

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0173 POLITICIAN

Gideon Ben-Yisrael

1923 - 2014

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0205 ACTOR

Bomba Tzur

1928 - 1979

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0215 MILITAR

Eli Zeira

Born 1928

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0235 JOURNALIST

Nakdimon Rogel

1925 - 2011

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0262 ARCHITECT

Rostam Bastuni

1923 - 1994

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0273 POLITICIAN

Yosef Kremerman

1926 - 1981

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0277 FLYING ACE

George Goodman (RAF officer)

1920 - 1941

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0298 BUSINESS

Bruce Rappaport

1922 - 2010

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0345 PHYSICIST

Aihud Pevsner

1925 - 2018

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0370 LAWYER

Meir Cohen-Avidov

1926 - 2015

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0416 PHILOSOPHER

Mordechai Nessyahu

1929 - 1997

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