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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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  • Politics & Law
  • Film & TV
  • Science
  • Writing
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Avi Primor

Born 1935

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Reuven Merhav

Born 1936

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Alon Liel

Born 1948

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Dan Ashbel

Born 1949

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Yuval Rotem

Born 1959

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Alon Pinkas

Born 1961

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Yakov Hadas-Handelsman

Born 1957

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David Saranga

Born 1964

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Moshe Gidron

1925 - 2009

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Barukh Binah

Born 1950

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Doron Grossman

1956 - 2005

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Béla Szombati

Born 1955

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Aviv Shir-On

Born 1952

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Avi Granot

Born 1950

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