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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 27 of 911 notable people

0033 FILM

Boaz Davidson

Born 1943

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0044 FILM

Uri Zohar

Born 1935

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0079 FILM

Oded Kotler

Born 1937

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Uri Barbash

Born 1946

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Avi Mograbi

Born 1956

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0121 FILM

Yoav Shamir

Born 1975

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0122 FILM

Nadav Lapid

Born 1975

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0124 FILM

Scandar Copti

Born 1975

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0146 FILM

Dror Zahavi

Born 1959

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0191 FILM

Niv Fichman

Born 1958

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Veronica Kedar

Born 1984

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Ram Loevy

Born 1940

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Tatia Rosenthal

Born 1971

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0306 FILM

Yariv Mozer

Born 1978

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0325 FILM

Assaf Bernstein

Born 1970

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Duki Dror

Born 1963

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0342 FILM

Yaky Yosha

Born 1951

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Aharon Keshales

Born 1976

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0421 FILM

Dani Menkin

Born 1970

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Alma Har'el

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0495 FILM

Nili Tal

Born 1944

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0550 FILM

Florian Cossen

Born 1979

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0562 FILM

Yaelle Kayam

Born 1979

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Yaron Shani

Born 1973

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Nomi Talisman

Born 1966

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Ronny Loewy

1946 - 2012

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0813 FILM

Roy Gokay Wol

Born 1984

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