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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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Showing 66 of 448 notable people

0016 ACTOR

Iddo Goldberg

Born 1975

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0017 POLITICIAN

Naftali Bennett

Born 1972

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0018 WRITER

Rula Jebreal

Born 1973

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0028 ACTOR

Clara Khoury

Born 1976

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0030 DANCER

Yousef Sweid

Born 1976

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0037 FOOTBALL

Arik Benado

Born 1973

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0041 ARCHITECT

Eyal Weizman

Born 1970

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0042 CLARINET

Sharon Kam

Born 1971

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0043 FOOTBALL

Nir Davidovich

Born 1976

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0045 FOOTBALL

Tal Banin

Born 1971

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0048 ACTOR

Zohar Strauss

Born 1972

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0051 ARCHITECT

Neri Oxman

Born 1976

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0053 PARLIAMENT

Ayman Odeh

Born 1975

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0058 BASKET

Guy Goodes

Born 1971

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0070 ACTOR

Dana Berger

Born 1970

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0075 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Abraham Silberschatz

Born 1976

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0077 DIVER

Loudy Wiggins

Born 1979

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0087 PLAYER

Noam Okun

Born 1978

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0092 URBAN PLANNER

Einat Kalisch-Rotem

Born 1970

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0103 BASKET

Meir Tapiro

Born 1975

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0110 PHYSICIST

Michal Lipson

Born 1970

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0114 PRODUCER

Shi 360

Born 1976

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0117 JOURNALIST

Carine Goren

Born 1974

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0135 FILM

Michale Boganim

Born 1977

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0137 MODEL

Rana Raslan

Born 1978

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0144 FILM

Ari Libsker

Born 1972

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0162 ACTOR

Idan Alterman

Born 1971

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0166 ACTOR

Yuval Semo

Born 1972

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0175 ORIENTALIST

Ido Zelkovitz

Born 1979

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0176 SWIMMER

Eithan Urbach

Born 1977

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0178 SINGER

Daniel Salomon (musician)

Born 1973

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0179 SONGWRITER

Matt Schwartz

Born 1971

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0197 FENCER

Tomer Or

Born 1978

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0200 ACTOR

Tinkerbell (Schauspielerin)

Born 1977

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0214 FOOTBALL

Haim Silvas

Born 1975

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0224 FILM

Michal Vinik

Born 1976

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0229 MUSIC

The Drill (band)

Born 1971

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0230 ACTOR

Avshalom Pollak

Born 1970

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0240 BOXER

Ran Nakash

Born 1978

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0255 MUSIC

Eyal Barkan

Born 1970

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0256 CHEF

Moshik Roth

Born 1972

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0265 JOURNALIST

Yuval Levin

Born 1977

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0266 CORRESPONDENT

Gil Yaron

Born 1973

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0267 FOOTBALL

Barak Bakhar

Born 1979

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0274 FILM

Nisan Katz

Born 1974

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0284 ACTOR

Noam Zylberman

Born 1973

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0295 THERAPIST

Limor Blockman

Born 1977

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0303 PAINTER

Elyasaf Kowner

Born 1970

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0316 SINGER

Sharron Levy

Born 1977

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0334 SINGER

Efrat Alony

Born 1975

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0335 FOOTBALL

Guy Melamed

Born 1979

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0340 PLAYER

Lior Mor

Born 1976

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0341 FOOTBALL

Yaron Hochenboim

Born 1971

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0352 ACTOR

George Iskandar

Born 1979

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0369 CELLIST

Sagi Hartov

Born 1978

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0375 PAINTER

Shai Dahan

Born 1979

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0376 MUSIC

Ofir Shwartz

Born 1979

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0389 FOOTBALL

Eyal Tartazky

Born 1977

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0403 DESIGNER

Ruti Zisser

Born 1974

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0404 PLAYER

Hila Rosen

Born 1977

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0411 PLAYER

Ofer Sela

Born 1972

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0415 BIOLOGIST

Guy Pe’er

Born 1975

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0425 BASKET

Guy Parselany

Born 1978

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0429 FOOTBALL

Liron Basis

Born 1974

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0432 ENTREPRENEUR

Shone Tell

Born 1970

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0446 PHOTOGRAPHER

Lea Golda Holterman

Born 1976

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