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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×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Haifa during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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.
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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- Science
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Music
- Other
Offer Mizrahi
Born 1967
Maya Arusi
Born 1982
Elyasaf Kowner
Born 1970
Ron Pinter
Born 1953
Yaron Zilberman
Born 1966
Jeff Wilbusch
Born 1987
Pierre Kamel Medawar
1887 - 1985
Amnon Niv
1930 - 2011
Shlomo Kalish
Born 1952
Sabi Dorr
Born 1943
Yosi Ben-Dov
Born 1950
Eduard Meron
Born 1937
Amir Dembo
Born 1958
Ilana Herrnstadt
Born 1940
Islam Cana'an
Born 1983
Sharron Levy
Born 1977
Yossi Katz
Born 1949
Ronny Douek
Born 1958
Shem-Tov Sabag
Born 1959
Daniel Levy (basketball)
1930 - 2020
Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby
Born 1967
Hani al-Hassan
1939 - 2012
Eytan Pessen
Born 1961
Daniel Akiva
Born 1953
Chaim Gingold
Born 1980
Moshe Mano
Born 1955
Shamai Leibowitz
Born 1969
Ismaeel Ryan
Born 1994
Diti Almog
Born 1960
Yiftach Ziv
Born 1995
Boaz Moda'i
Born 1957
Norbert Beilharz
1941 - 2019
Dorry Segev
-
Efrat Alony
Born 1975
Guy Melamed
Born 1979
Ruth Abeles
Born 1942
Giangos Simantiris
1940 - 2007
Jonny Hardy
1934 - 2017
Alona Pushkarevsky
Born 1997
Lior Mor
Born 1976
Yaron Hochenboim
Born 1971
Amos Yaskil
Born 1935
Michaël Attias
Born 1968
Danny Ben-Israel
1944 - 2019
Aihud Pevsner
1925 - 2018
Edmond Bonan
Born 1937
Noam Lanir
Born 1967
Shamuel Avishar
Born 1947
Avner Sher
Born 1951
Mohammed Bushnaq
1934 - 2017
Michael Elad
Born 1963
George Iskandar
Born 1979
Hagai El-Ad
Born 1969
Ehud Shani
Born 1957
Giora Seeliger
Born 1953
Dan Stav
Born 1956
Issak Tavior
Born 1943
Ayala Hetzroni
Born 1938
Georges Habra
1930 - 1994
Shraga Elam
Born 1947
Amnon Dick
Born 1952
Eyal Levin
Born 1986
Yigal Meir
Born 1957
Sol Gradman
Born 1956
Joseph Shatzmiller
Born 1936
Yaron Avitov
Born 1957
Tamar Raban
Born 1955
Yoni Tabac
Born 1980
Sagi Hartov
Born 1978
Meir Cohen-Avidov
1926 - 2015
Majida Al-Masri
-
Yoav Kislev
1932 - 2017
Ilana Hammerman
Born 1944
Ron Kikinis
Born 1956
Shai Dahan
Born 1979
Ofir Shwartz
Born 1979
Ron Kimmel
Born 1963
Lydia Böhmer
Born 1943
Avraham Stern (politician)
1935 - 1997
David Levi-Faur
Born 1961
Nir Barzilai
-
Mor Shushan
Born 1988
Reshef Hen
Born 1968
Shlomo Amar (politician)
Born 1935
Benny Shalita
Born 1934
Ruthy Gertwagen
Born 1952
Tal Ma'abi
Born 1985
Aharon Gershgoren
Born 1948
Eyal Tartazky
Born 1977
Amos Yudan
Born 1936
I. M. Ibrahim
1941 - 2008
Elnathan Heizmann
Born 1982
Yuval Fuchs
Born 1961
Drora Bruck
Born 1966
Eli Y. Adashi
-
Taufik Fayad
Born 1939
Dorit Jellinek
Born 1958
David Levy (footballer)
Born 1963
Ido Bear
Born 1997
Yitzhak Seiger
1936 - 1985
Idan Zareski
-
Chadia Clot
Born 1947
Ruti Zisser
Born 1974
Hila Rosen
Born 1977
Ruthi Navon
Born 1954
Insaf Qal'aji
Born 1946
Tomer Kagan
Born 1983
Rotem Sivan
-
Huda Naccache
-
Edmon Shehadeh
1933 - 2017
Ofer Sela
Born 1972
Tewfik Mishlawi
1935 - 2012
Mooli Lahad
Born 1953
Samir Kafity
1933 - 2015
Guy Pe’er
Born 1975
Mordechai Nessyahu
1929 - 1997
Ron Shushan
Born 1993
David Sambar
Born 1939
Ora Golan
-
Miron Itzhak
Born 1953
Eliran Hudeda
Born 1981
Tamir Ginz
-
Antonio Saccone
Born 1969
Imanuel Schwartz
1957 - 2011
Guy Parselany
Born 1978
Ali Kamal Al-Issawi
Born 1943
Maor Janah
Born 1984
Shlomi Hanuka
Born 1985
Liron Basis
Born 1974
Amit Golan
1964 - 2010
Jacob Hornik
Born 1942
Shone Tell
Born 1970
Tarek Natour
Born 1990
Roni Bornstein
Born 1952
Haim Ziskind
Born 1990
Alon Carmeli
Born 1964
Angelo R. Humouda
1937 - 1994
Amos Grunebaum
Born 1950
Sivan Malkin Maas
-
Manny Schwartz
Born 1957
Shay Sibony
Born 1983
Ahmad Abdulal
1932 - 2013
Lina Machola
Born 1993
Shlomo Benado
Born 1950
Sami Habra
Born 1935
Lea Golda Holterman
Born 1976
Hagai Segal
-
Amira Arnon
-