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TEL AVIV

Most Famous People Born in Tel Aviv, Israel

Notable people
911
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1953
Most distinctive
Rabbi 11.8×

The Bauhaus beach city is essentially the secular twin of its uphill sibling, and the roster follows suit: a Rabbi bench running at better than eleven times the global baseline sits alongside disproportionate Conductor, Photographer, and Mathematician counts. Central European émigrés stepped off the boats in the 1930s with violins and proof techniques in their luggage, and the city never got over it.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Tel Aviv during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 167 notable births.

What Tel Aviv Is Known For

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Politician is Tel Aviv's biggest profession — 7% of all notables (62).

Tel Aviv over-indexes on rabbi11.8× the global rate.

Tel Aviv under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician62
  2. Football60
  3. Actor55
  4. Singer43
  5. Composer30
  6. Film27
  7. Writer26
  8. Artist26
  1. Rabbi1211.8×
  2. Conductor125.1×
  3. Photographer214.8×
  4. Mathematician194.2×
  5. Entrepreneur113.5×
  6. Artist262.8×
  7. Diplomat142.6×
  8. Composer302.5×
  1. Politician620.6×
  2. Football600.6×
  3. Player120.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Tel Aviv's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 167 of 911 notable people

0001 POLITICIAN

Benjamin Netanyahu

Born 1949

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0006 ILLUSIONIST

Uri Geller

Born 1946

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0013 CONDUCTOR

Pinchas Zukerman

Born 1948

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0019 PHYSICIST

Dan Shechtman

Born 1941

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0026 SINGER

Ilanit

Born 1947

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0029 POET

Hanoch Levin

1943 - 1999

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0033 FILM

Boaz Davidson

Born 1943

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0034 COMPOSER

Shuki Levy

Born 1947

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0035 AIR FORCE

Dan Halutz

Born 1948

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0036 NOVELIST

Batya Gur

1947 - 2005

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0037 SONGWRITER

Nurit Hirsh

Born 1942

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0046 POET

Yona Wallach

1944 - 1985

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0049 HISTORIAN

Michael Wolffsohn

Born 1947

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0062 POLITICIAN

Efraim Sneh

Born 1944

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0078 PAINTER

Bracha L. Ettinger

Born 1948

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0083 COMPOSER

Shulamit Ran

Born 1949

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0098 MATHEMATICIAN

Ronald Coifman

Born 1941

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0104 FILM

Uri Barbash

Born 1946

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0106 FOOTBALL

Menachem Bello

Born 1947

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0112 BIOLOGIST

Mayana Zatz

Born 1947

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0119 JUDGE

Elyakim Rubinstein

Born 1947

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0128 CHEMIST

Alexander Pines

Born 1945

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0129 POLITICIAN

Amnon Lipkin-Shahak

1944 - 2012

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0131 BUSINESS

Yaakov Peri

Born 1944

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0145 COMPOSER

Yair Rosenblum

1944 - 1996

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0149 LAWYER

Roni Milo

Born 1949

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0151 JUDGE

Dorit Beinisch

Born 1942

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0157 COMPOSER

Boaz Sharabi

Born 1947

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0159 BUSINESS

Micky Arison

Born 1949

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0166 FOOTBALL

Moshe Romano

Born 1946

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0170 ENTREPRENEUR

Yossi Vardi

Born 1942

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0171 MUSIC

Rivka Golani

Born 1946

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0178 ECONOMIST

Ehud Kalai

Born 1942

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0180 SCIENTIST

Isaac Ben Israel

Born 1949

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0187 CINEMA

Nurith Aviv

Born 1945

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0197 RABBI

Yisrael Rosen

1941 - 2017

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0203 EDUCATION

Gabriela Shalev

Born 1941

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0204 ASTROPHYSICIST

Tsvi Piran

Born 1949

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0208 ACTOR

Yaron London

Born 1940

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0210 JUDGE

Roni Bar-On

Born 1948

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0213 POLITICIAN

Michael Eitan

Born 1944

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0216 PEDIATRICIAN

Gideon Koren

Born 1947

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0245 MUSIC

Shmuel Ashkenasi

Born 1941

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0251 FILM

Ram Loevy

Born 1940

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0255 SOCIOLOGIST

Moshe Zuckermann

Born 1949

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0261 JOURNALIST

Rafael Seligmann

Born 1947

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0268 PRESENTER

Daniel Pe'er

1943 - 2017

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0269 COMMANDER

Giora Romm

Born 1945

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0270 SINGER

Hanan Goldblatt

Born 1941

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0275 JOURNALIST

Dan Shilon

Born 1940

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0279 JUDGE

Asher Grunis

Born 1945

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0280 ARCHITECT

David Fisher (architect)

Born 1949

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0283 SINGER

Ariel Zilber

Born 1943

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0290 LAWYER

Yehuda Weinstein

Born 1944

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0291 HISTORIAN

Haggai Erlich

Born 1942

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0293 PSYCHOLOGIST

Benny Shanon

Born 1948

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0295 POLITICIAN

Ron Nachman

1942 - 2013

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0296 SONGWRITER

Ahuva Ozeri

1948 - 2016

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0316 ARCHITECT

Nitza Metzger-Szmuk

Born 1945

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0320 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alex Levac

Born 1944

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0321 SINGER

Avihu Medina

Born 1948

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0322 CHEMIST

Abraham Nitzan

Born 1944

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0324 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Yaron Ezrahi

1940 - 2019

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0329 MATHEMATICIAN

David Gottlieb (mathematician)

1944 - 2008

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0330 ACTOR

Tuvia Tzafir

Born 1945

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0331 WRITER

Ephraim Sidon

Born 1946

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0340 HISTORIAN

Shulamit Volkov

Born 1942

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0347 JOURNALIST

Eitan Haber

1940 - 2020

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0348 RABBI

Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi

1943 - 2015

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0360 LAWYER

Ze'ev Segal

1947 - 2011

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0361 ACTOR

Gad Kaynar

Born 1947

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0363 PSYCHOLOGIST

Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

Born 1943

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0364 ARTIST

Motti Mizrachi

Born 1946

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0365 RABBI

Yissachar Dov Rokeach (fifth Belzer rebbe)

Born 1948

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0367 BOTANIST

Amots Dafni

Born 1944

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0377 MUSIC

Yoheved Kaplinsky

Born 1947

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0380 MUSIC

Joshua Epstein

Born 1940

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0383 THEATRE

Avraham Oz

Born 1944

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0389 MATHEMATICIAN

Zvi Galil

Born 1947

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0395 MUSIC

Joseph Kalichstein

Born 1946

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0397 PAINTER

Atar Arad

Born 1945

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0398 SINGER

Daklon

Born 1944

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0407 NEUROSCIENTIST

Hermona Soreq

Born 1947

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0409 NEUROSCIENTIST

Yadin Dudai

Born 1944

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0411 SCHOLAR

Yehoshua Mondshine

1947 - 2014

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0415 RABBI

Aryeh Stern

Born 1944

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0418 PRESENTER

David Witzthum

Born 1948

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0424 SONGWRITER

Eli Mohar

1948 - 2006

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0429 ARTIST

David Ascalon

Born 1945

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0436 MATHEMATICIAN

Moshe Jarden

Born 1942

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0437 ORIENTALIST

Etan Kohlberg

Born 1943

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0442 WRITER

Maira Kalman

Born 1949

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0450 POLITICIAN

Shaul Yahalom

Born 1947

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0451 BUSINESS

Joseph Hackmey

Born 1945

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0459 DIPLOMAT

Alon Liel

Born 1948

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0460 PAINTER

Ilana Raviv

Born 1945

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0461 JOURNALIST

Gideon Remez

Born 1946

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0462 CHEMIST

Itamar Procaccia

Born 1949

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0466 CINEMA

Amnon Salomon

1940 - 2011

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0472 PSYCHOLOGIST

Yoram Bilu

Born 1942

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0486 EDUCATOR

Yairah Amit

Born 1941

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0492 BIOLOGIST

Jeheskel Shoshani

1943 - 2008

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0495 FILM

Nili Tal

Born 1944

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0498 DIPLOMAT

Dan Ashbel

Born 1949

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0524 FOOTBALL

Shimon Cohen

Born 1942

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0538 CHESS

Shimon Kagan

Born 1942

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0539 SCIENTIST

Avishai Henik

Born 1945

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0546 WRITER

Tami Lancut Leibovitz

Born 1949

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0551 POET

Yair Hurvitz

1941 - 1988

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0573 SCHOLAR

Uriel Reichman

Born 1942

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0584 POET

Giora Leshem

1940 - 2011

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0589 LAWYER

Avigdor Feldman

Born 1948

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0591 POLITICIAN

Amira Dotan

Born 1947

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0597 LECTURER

Rivka Feldhay

Born 1947

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0605 GEOGRAPHER

Eliahu Stern

Born 1948

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0606 PHYSICIST

Uzi Landman

Born 1944

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0619 ACTOR

Carlo Mossy

Born 1946

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0623 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alon Reininger

Born 1947

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0630 PIANIST

Ilana Vered

Born 1943

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0631 ACTOR

Dov Glickman

Born 1949

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0639 NOVELIST

Dora Levy Mossanen

Born 1945

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0640 LINGUIST

Shlomo Izre'el

Born 1949

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0642 POLITICIAN

Avigdor Yitzhaki

Born 1949

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0648 LAWYER

Eti Livni

Born 1948

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0649 COMPOSER

Raviv Gazit

Born 1949

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0652 BUSINESS

Jerry Zucker (businessman)

1949 - 2008

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0658 ANAESTHETIST

Eli Alon

Born 1945

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0659 ACTOR

Aviva Joel

Born 1949

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0679 FILM

Ronny Loewy

1946 - 2012

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0683 ENTREPRENEUR

Zohar Zisapel

Born 1949

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0684 BUSINESS

Michael Dezer

Born 1941

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0687 DOCTOR

Miriam Adelson

Born 1945

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0691 SCULPTOR

Harry Baron

Born 1944

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0693 LAWYER

Rachel Hirschfeld

1946 - 2018

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0696 ENTREPRENEUR

Oded Grajew

Born 1944

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0699 ART HISTORIAN

Yigal Zalmona

Born 1945

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0705 RABBI

Uri D. Herscher

Born 1941

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0709 RABBI

Yisroel Hager (The second)

Born 1945

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0712 BOTANIST

Eli Putievsky

1942 - 2017

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0718 JOURNALIST

Ronald Barazon

Born 1944

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0725 POET

Baruch Berliner

Born 1942

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0729 MATHEMATICIAN

Michael Lin (mathematician)

Born 1942

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0736 WRITER

Michael Guggenheimer

Born 1946

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0745 GENETICIST

Baruch Minke

Born 1940

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0746 POLITICIAN

Michael Reisser

1946 - 1988

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0756 COMPOSER

Rami Bar-Niv

Born 1945

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0763 SPORT

Ilana Adir

Born 1941

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0768 BUSINESS

Yehuda Talit

1944 - 2019

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0769 MATHEMATICIAN

Uriel Rothblum

1947 - 2012

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0770 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Uri C. Weiser

Born 1945

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0775 PAINTER

Avi Trattner

1946 - 2011

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0778 OLYMPIC

Amos Grodzinowsky

Born 1940

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0790 POLITICIAN

Roni Brizon

Born 1944

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0800 CURATOR

Dalia Levin

Born 1946

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0801 LAWYER

Mordechai Mishani

1945 - 2013

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0818 SCREENWRITER

Leah Laiman

Born 1946

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0821 JOURNALIST

Michael Gurdus

1944 - 2017

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0826 POLITICIAN

Hussein Mahmoud

Born 1947

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0829 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alisa Douer

Born 1943

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0837 SINGER

Hanna Fahlbusch-Wald

1948 - 2006

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0858 ENTREPRENEUR

Itschak Shrem

Born 1947

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0862 PHYSICIST

Joseph Avron

Born 1948

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0870 FOOTBALL

Daniel Danieli (calciatore)

1945 - 1977

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0873 BASKET

Dan Barzily

Born 1945

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0877 FOOTBALL

Shmuel Melika

1947 - 2011

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0885 SCIENTIST

Jacob Klein (chemist)

Born 1949

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0897 ENTREPRENEUR

Cobi Benatoff

Born 1944

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