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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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  • Sports
  • Science
  • Film & TV
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Other
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Showing 35 of 448 notable people

0017 POLITICIAN

Naftali Bennett

Born 1972

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0020 POLITICIAN

Emile Habibi

1922 - 1996

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0025 POLITICIAN

Moshe Feiglin

Born 1962

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0044 POLITICIAN

Mattityahu Peled

1923 - 1995

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0049 POLITICIAN

Limor Livnat

Born 1950

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0056 POLITICIAN

Yona Yahav

Born 1944

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0067 POLITICIAN

Yossi Yona

Born 1953

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0068 POLITICIAN

Tawfik Toubi

1922 - 2011

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0073 POLITICIAN

Shlomo Benizri

Born 1961

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0076 POLITICIAN

Zevulun Hammer

1936 - 1998

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0084 POLITICIAN

Uzi Landau

Born 1943

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0101 POLITICIAN

Eliezer Sandberg

Born 1962

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0109 POLITICIAN

Moti Yogev

Born 1956

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0121 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Tzur

Born 1937

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0131 POLITICIAN

Yael German

Born 1947

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0143 POLITICIAN

David Zucker (politician)

Born 1948

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0157 POLITICIAN

Omer Bar-Lev

Born 1953

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0171 POLITICIAN

Uri Lupolianski

Born 1951

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0173 POLITICIAN

Gideon Ben-Yisrael

1923 - 2014

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0182 POLITICIAN

Haider Mahmoud

Born 1942

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0199 POLITICIAN

Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi

1935 - 2009

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0212 POLITICIAN

Leah Fadida

Born 1968

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0220 POLITICIAN

Eliyahu Speiser

1930 - 2009

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0222 POLITICIAN

Eliyahu Hacarmeli

1891 - 1952

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0252 POLITICIAN

David Re'em

Born 1953

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0253 POLITICIAN

Yaron Mazuz

Born 1962

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0254 POLITICIAN

Yehiel Leket

Born 1941

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0260 POLITICIAN

Imri Kalmann

Born 1986

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0273 POLITICIAN

Yosef Kremerman

1926 - 1981

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0291 POLITICIAN

Ariel Muzicant

Born 1952

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0371 POLITICIAN

Majida Al-Masri

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0379 POLITICIAN

Avraham Stern (politician)

1935 - 1997

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0384 POLITICIAN

Shlomo Amar (politician)

Born 1935

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0385 POLITICIAN

Benny Shalita

Born 1934

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0423 POLITICIAN

Antonio Saccone

Born 1969

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