32.0799° N, 34.7800° E
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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Tel Aviv during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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 rabbi — 11.8× the global rate.
Tel Aviv under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
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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Rutu Modan
Born 1966
Menashe Kadishman
1932 - 2015
Michal Rovner
Born 1957
Arik Levy
Born 1963
Boaz Arad
1956 - 2018
Keren Cytter
Born 1977
Motti Mizrachi
Born 1946
Nira Pereg
Born 1969
Avraham Eilat
Born 1939
Maya Zack
Born 1976
David Ascalon
Born 1945
Tamar Getter
Born 1953
Orit Ishay
Born 1961
Elad Lassry
Born 1977
Eran Schaerf
Born 1962
Dorit Cypis
Born 1951
Adina Bar-On
Born 1951
Tova Beck-Friedman
Born 1934
Dvora Bochman
Born 1950
Yoav Bar El
1933 - 1977
Alona Harpaz
Born 1971
Naama Tsabar
Born 1982
Shai Zakai
Born 1957
Moses Hacmon
Born 1977
Eddo Stern
Born 1972
Rami Maymon
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