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

Click any row to filter the list of people below.

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.

1900192519501975
  • Sports
  • Science
  • Film & TV
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Other
Search
All448
Sort By

Showing 65 of 448 notable people

0001 FILM

Ralph Bakshi

Born 1938

Preview
0002 ARCHITECT

Moshe Safdie

Born 1938

Preview
0006 PSYCHOLOGIST

Amos Tversky

1937 - 1996

Preview
0007 SCREENWRITER

Haya Harareet

Born 1931

Preview
0019 PHYSICIST

Yakir Aharonov

Born 1932

Preview
0038 ACADEMIC

Zohar Manna

1939 - 2018

Preview
0062 PSYCHOLOGIST

Dan Bar-On

1938 - 2008

Preview
0063 ACTOR

Ziva Rodann

Born 1933

Preview
0069 ACTIVIST

Paul Foot (journalist)

1937 - 2004

Preview
0071 MATHEMATICIAN

Azriel Lévy

Born 1934

Preview
0076 POLITICIAN

Zevulun Hammer

1936 - 1998

Preview
0090 RABBI

Eliezer Berland

Born 1937

Preview
0100 PHILOSOPHER

Yirmiyahu Yovel

1935 - 2018

Preview
0102 EDUCATION

Moshe Sharon

Born 1937

Preview
0115 RABBI

Yaakov Ariel

Born 1937

Preview
0120 CHESS

Yair Kraidman

Born 1932

Preview
0121 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Tzur

Born 1937

Preview
0122 EDUCATION

Ilan Chet

Born 1939

Preview
0126 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Ephraim Stern

1934 - 2018

Preview
0127 HISTORIAN

Isaiah Shachar

1935 - 1977

Preview
0138 FILM

Avraham Heffner

1935 - 2014

Preview
0150 ARCHITECT

Shlomo Aronson

1936 - 2018

Preview
0163 THEATER

David Esrig

Born 1935

Preview
0165 BOTANIST

Avinoam Danin

1939 - 2015

Preview
0183 COMMANDER

Amnon Reshef

Born 1938

Preview
0187 SENATOR

Pierre de Bané

1938 - 2019

Preview
0196 PSYCHOLOGIST

Edna B. Foa

Born 1937

Preview
0199 POLITICIAN

Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi

1935 - 2009

Preview
0201 JOURNALIST

Tamar Golan

1933 - 2011

Preview
0202 WRESTLER

Moshe Weinberg

1939 - 1972

Preview
0203 SINGER

Ran Eliran

Born 1934

Preview
0220 POLITICIAN

Eliyahu Speiser

1930 - 2009

Preview
0221 THEATRE

Edna Shavit

1935 - 2015

Preview
0223 ARTIST

Maliheh Afnan

1935 - 2016

Preview
0234 ACTOR

Chana Eden

1932 - 2019

Preview
0244 PUBLISHER

Naim Attallah

Born 1931

Preview
0250 CONDUCTOR

Yuval Zaliouk

Born 1939

Preview
0263 COLUMNIST

David Bar-Ilan

1930 - 2003

Preview
0292 AUTHOR

Myra Warhaftig

1930 - 2008

Preview
0296 BASKET

Ami Shelef

1936 - 1988

Preview
0308 ARCHITECT

Amnon Niv

1930 - 2011

Preview
0312 WEIGHTLIFTER

Eduard Meron

Born 1937

Preview
0320 BASKET

Daniel Levy (basketball)

1930 - 2020

Preview
0322 DIPLOMAT

Hani al-Hassan

1939 - 2012

Preview
0338 FOOTBALL

Jonny Hardy

1934 - 2017

Preview
0342 PAINTER

Amos Yaskil

Born 1935

Preview
0346 MATHEMATICIAN

Edmond Bonan

Born 1937

Preview
0350 SCULPTOR

Mohammed Bushnaq

1934 - 2017

Preview
0358 ATHLETIC

Ayala Hetzroni

Born 1938

Preview
0359 PRIEST

Georges Habra

1930 - 1994

Preview
0365 MEDIEVALIST

Joseph Shatzmiller

Born 1936

Preview
0372 ECONOMIST

Yoav Kislev

1932 - 2017

Preview
0379 POLITICIAN

Avraham Stern (politician)

1935 - 1997

Preview
0384 POLITICIAN

Shlomo Amar (politician)

Born 1935

Preview
0385 POLITICIAN

Benny Shalita

Born 1934

Preview
0390 BUSINESS

Amos Yudan

Born 1936

Preview
0396 WRITER

Taufik Fayad

Born 1939

Preview
0400 LAWYER

Yitzhak Seiger

1936 - 1985

Preview
0410 POET

Edmon Shehadeh

1933 - 2017

Preview
0412 JOURNALIST

Tewfik Mishlawi

1935 - 2012

Preview
0414 BISHOP

Samir Kafity

1933 - 2015

Preview
0418 INVESTMENT

David Sambar

Born 1939

Preview
0437 SAGGISTA

Angelo R. Humouda

1937 - 1994

Preview
0442 BROADCAST

Ahmad Abdulal

1932 - 2013

Preview
0445 MUSIC

Sami Habra

Born 1935

Preview