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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- Field: Photographer Clear ×
Nadav Kander
Born 1961
Ziv Koren
Born 1970
Uri Dan
1935 - 2006
Michal Heiman
Born 1954
Ori Gersht
Born 1967
Alex Levac
Born 1944
Dina Goldstein
Born 1969
Nino Herman
Born 1952
Michael Ackerman
Born 1967
Israel Zafrir
1911 - 2016
Vardi Kahana
Born 1959
Lili Almog
Born 1961
Alon Reininger
Born 1947
Nurit Yarden
Born 1959
Ilit Azoulay
Born 1972
Rafael Herlich
Born 1954
Sheffy Bleier
Born 1964
Erieta Attali
Born 1966
Moshe Ninio
Born 1953
Alisa Douer
Born 1943
Boaz Zippor
Born 1972