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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 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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0005 GUITAR

Hillel Slovak

1962 - 1988

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0014 FILM

Ari Folman

Born 1962

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0024 ECONOMIST

Ilan Goldfajn

Born 1966

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0025 POLITICIAN

Moshe Feiglin

Born 1962

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0032 FOOTBALL

Ronny Rosenthal

Born 1963

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0039 FILM

Eyal Sivan

Born 1964

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0052 ACTOR

Norman Issa

Born 1967

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0060 FOOTBALL

Avi Ran

1963 - 1987

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0061 FILM

Savi Gabizon

Born 1960

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0073 POLITICIAN

Shlomo Benizri

Born 1961

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0079 NURSE

Shuli Mualem

Born 1965

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0088 PLAYER

Shahar Perkiss

Born 1962

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0093 FILM

Nir Bergman

Born 1969

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0096 ENGINEER

Hod Lipson

Born 1967

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0097 WRITER

Amir Gutfreund

1963 - 2015

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0101 POLITICIAN

Eliezer Sandberg

Born 1962

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0124 MUSIC

Hagai Shaham

Born 1966

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0128 AUTHOR

Umayya Abu-Hanna

Born 1961

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0132 MATHEMATICIAN

Zeev Rudnick

Born 1961

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0148 MATHEMATICIAN

Dan Abramovich

Born 1963

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0155 WRITER

Chaim Walder

Born 1969

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0156 MATHEMATICIAN

Ofer Zeitouni

Born 1960

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0158 PROFESSOR

Anthony A. Hyman

Born 1962

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0181 ACADEMIC

Yfaat Weiss

Born 1962

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0185 ACADEMIC

Itzchak Weismann

Born 1961

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0191 JUDGE

Noam Sohlberg

Born 1962

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0195 AUTHOR

Joseph Croitoru

Born 1960

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0208 ACTOR

Jaron Löwenberg

Born 1969

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0212 POLITICIAN

Leah Fadida

Born 1968

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0232 ARCHITECT

Moti Bodek

Born 1961

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0238 ACADEMIC

Moshe Tennenholtz

Born 1960

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0239 FOOTBALL

Moshe Selecter

Born 1961

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0242 CEO

Johny Srouji

Born 1964

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0253 POLITICIAN

Yaron Mazuz

Born 1962

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0264 COMPOSER

Eyal Maoz

Born 1969

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0270 ARTIST

Galit Eilat

Born 1965

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0283 HISTORIAN

Limore Yagil

Born 1961

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0288 ACTOR

Rony Kramer

Born 1960

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0301 FOOTBALL

Offer Mizrahi

Born 1967

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0305 FILM

Yaron Zilberman

Born 1966

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0321 ACADEMIC

Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby

Born 1967

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0323 COACH

Eytan Pessen

Born 1961

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0327 LAWYER

Shamai Leibowitz

Born 1969

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0329 ARTIST

Diti Almog

Born 1960

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0343 SAXOPHONIST

Michaël Attias

Born 1968

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0347 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Noam Lanir

Born 1967

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0351 RESEARCH

Michael Elad

Born 1963

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0353 ACTIVIST

Hagai El-Ad

Born 1969

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0377 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ron Kimmel

Born 1963

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0380 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

David Levi-Faur

Born 1961

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0383 LAWYER

Reshef Hen

Born 1968

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0393 DIPLOMAT

Yuval Fuchs

Born 1961

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0394 MUSIC

Drora Bruck

Born 1966

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0398 FOOTBALL

David Levy (footballer)

Born 1963

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0423 POLITICIAN

Antonio Saccone

Born 1969

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0430 MUSIC

Amit Golan

1964 - 2010

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0436 BUSINESS

Alon Carmeli

Born 1964

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