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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

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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Showing 93 of 448 notable people

0003 FILMMAKER

Amos Gitai

Born 1950

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0004 PHYSICIST

David Deutsch

Born 1953

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0008 HISTORIAN

Ilan Pappé

Born 1954

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0021 MATHEMATICIAN

Noga Alon

Born 1956

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0022 GUITAR

David Broza

Born 1955

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0031 MATHEMATICIAN

Amir Aczel

1950 - 2015

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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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0036 MATHEMATICIAN

Doron Zeilberger

Born 1950

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0040 SINGER

Yehuda Poliker

Born 1950

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0049 POLITICIAN

Limor Livnat

Born 1950

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0050 COMPOSER

Chaya Czernowin

Born 1957

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0057 ACTOR

Zachi Noy

Born 1953

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0067 POLITICIAN

Yossi Yona

Born 1953

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0072 MATHEMATICIAN

Nati Linial

Born 1953

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0080 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Yosef Garfinkel

Born 1956

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0081 HISTORIAN

Azar Gat

Born 1959

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0089 MATHEMATICIAN

Daniel Hershkowitz

Born 1953

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0095 MANAGER

Orit Gadiesh

Born 1951

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0099 PLAYER

Avital Selinger

Born 1959

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0105 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Amos Fiat

Born 1956

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0109 POLITICIAN

Moti Yogev

Born 1956

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0112 LINGUIST

Reuven Snir

Born 1953

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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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0125 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Benny Peiser

Born 1957

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0134 INTERNIST

Josef Schuster

Born 1954

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0136 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Eyal Ofer

Born 1950

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0142 HISTORIAN

Gilad Margalit

1959 - 2014

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0149 TELEVISION

Steve Bond

Born 1953

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0151 FILM

Danny Lerner

1952 - 2015

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0153 PHOTOGRAPHER

Drew Tal

Born 1957

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0157 POLITICIAN

Omer Bar-Lev

Born 1953

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0159 PHYSICIST

Eshel Ben-Jacob

1952 - 2015

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0170 ACTOR

Doron Tavori

Born 1952

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0171 POLITICIAN

Uri Lupolianski

Born 1951

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0174 FOOTBALL

Miron Bleiberg

Born 1955

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0184 POET

Admiel Kosman

Born 1957

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0186 ACTOR

Ami Mandelman

Born 1950

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0188 BUSINESS

Adam Milstein

Born 1952

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0189 PSYCHOLOGIST

Eli Somer

Born 1951

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0192 MILITAR

Avichai Rontzki

1951 - 2018

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0193 ACTOR

Salwa Nakkara

Born 1959

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0204 COMPOSER

Ofer Ben-Amots

Born 1955

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0206 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Ronen Palan

Born 1957

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0216 PSYCHOLOGIST

Rivka Yahav

Born 1950

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0219 HISTORIAN

Simon J. Bronner

Born 1954

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0225 JOURNALIST

Hannah Kim

Born 1957

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0227 SINGER

Irith Gabriely

Born 1950

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0236 PROFESSOR

Gabriel Weimann

Born 1950

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0246 ACTOR

Ernst Cohen

Born 1951

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0252 POLITICIAN

David Re'em

Born 1953

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0257 FILM

Danniel Danniel

1950 - 2017

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0269 SCULPTOR

Aarele Ben Arieh

Born 1955

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0275 MUSIC

Jake Hooker (musician)

1953 - 2014

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0278 ATHLETIC

Boris Djerassi

Born 1952

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0285 WRITER

Haim Shafir

Born 1950

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0286 ACADEMIC

Dafna Lemish

Born 1951

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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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0293 WRITER

Samuel Brussell

Born 1956

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0297 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Opher Etzion

Born 1957

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0299 WRITER

Oded Netivi

Born 1950

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0304 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ron Pinter

Born 1953

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0309 INVESTOR

Shlomo Kalish

Born 1952

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0311 EDUCATOR

Yosi Ben-Dov

Born 1950

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0313 MATHEMATICIAN

Amir Dembo

Born 1958

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0318 BUSINESS

Ronny Douek

Born 1958

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0319 SPORT

Shem-Tov Sabag

Born 1959

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0324 COMPOSER

Daniel Akiva

Born 1953

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0326 BUSINESS

Moshe Mano

Born 1955

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0331 DIPLOMAT

Boaz Moda'i

Born 1957

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0349 ARCHITECT

Avner Sher

Born 1951

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0354 CAMPAIGN

Ehud Shani

Born 1957

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0355 ACTOR

Giora Seeliger

Born 1953

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0356 DIPLOMAT

Dan Stav

Born 1956

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0361 BUSINESS

Amnon Dick

Born 1952

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0363 PHYSICIST

Yigal Meir

Born 1957

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0364 ENTREPRENEUR

Sol Gradman

Born 1956

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0366 POET

Yaron Avitov

Born 1957

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0367 PAINTER

Tamar Raban

Born 1955

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0374 RESEARCH

Ron Kikinis

Born 1956

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0386 ACADEMIC

Ruthy Gertwagen

Born 1952

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0397 MODEL

Dorit Jellinek

Born 1958

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0405 ACTOR

Ruthi Navon

Born 1954

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0413 PSYCHOLOGIST

Mooli Lahad

Born 1953

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0420 PSYCHOLOGIST

Miron Itzhak

Born 1953

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0424 FOOTBALL

Imanuel Schwartz

1957 - 2011

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0434 BUSINESS

Roni Bornstein

Born 1952

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0438 ECOLOGIST

Amos Grunebaum

Born 1950

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0440 FOOTBALL

Manny Schwartz

Born 1957

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0444 FOOTBALL

Shlomo Benado

Born 1950

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