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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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911 notable people

0301 FOOTBALL

Ronnie Calderon

Born 1952

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0302 FILM

Tatia Rosenthal

Born 1971

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0303 FOOTBALL

Motti Ivanir

Born 1964

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0304 SCULPTOR

Ilan Averbuch

Born 1953

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0305 SCHOLAR

Uriya Shavit

Born 1975

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0306 FILM

Yariv Mozer

Born 1978

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0307 COACH

Amitzur Shapira

1932 - 1972

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0308 JOURNALIST

Yigal Ravid

Born 1957

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0309 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Eitan Tchernov

1935 - 2002

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0310 BIOLOGIST

Robin Holliday

1932 - 2014

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0311 COMEDIAN

Eli Yatzpan

Born 1965

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0312 FOOTBALL

Dor Malul

Born 1989

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0313 ACTOR

Romi Aboulafia

Born 1984

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0314 SINGER

Kobi Peretz

Born 1975

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0315 GUITAR

Yonatan Gat

Born 1982

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0316 ARCHITECT

Nitza Metzger-Szmuk

Born 1945

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0317 WRITER

Alon Hilu

Born 1972

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0318 SINGER

Tal Sondak

Born 1976

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0319 RABBI

Zalman Baruch Melamed

Born 1937

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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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0323 SCIENTIST

Karine Nahon

Born 1972

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0324 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Yaron Ezrahi

1940 - 2019

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0325 FILM

Assaf Bernstein

Born 1970

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0326 DIPLOMAT

Reuven Merhav

Born 1936

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0327 MATHEMATICIAN

Moshé Machover

Born 1936

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0328 MILITAR

Avichai Mandelblit

Born 1963

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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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0332 MODEL

Michael Lewis (model)

Born 1987

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0333 POLITICIAN

Zvi Dinstein

1926 - 2012

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0334 WRITER

Uriel Ofek

1926 - 1987

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0335 FOOTBALL

Avi Strool

Born 1980

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0336 LAWYER

Yoram Dinstein

Born 1936

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0337 SKATER

Daniel Samohin

Born 1998

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0338 COMIC

Uri Fink

Born 1963

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0339 JOURNALIST

Lior Schleien

Born 1978

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0340 HISTORIAN

Shulamit Volkov

Born 1942

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0341 FILM

Duki Dror

Born 1963

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0342 FILM

Yaky Yosha

Born 1951

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0343 DRIVER

Roy Nissany

Born 1994

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0344 MUSIC

Marvin Goldstein

Born 1950

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0345 WRITER

Daniella Carmi

Born 1956

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0346 SINGER

Ron Shoval

Born 1973

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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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0349 WRITER

Shifra Horn

Born 1951

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0350 ECONOMIST

Uri Gneezy

Born 1967

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0351 POLITICIAN

Yoav Kish

Born 1968

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0352 GEOGRAPHER

Arnon Soffer

Born 1935

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0353 RACING

Chanoch Nissany

Born 1963

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0354 AUTHOR

Sara Kishon

1931 - 2002

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0355 FOOTBALL

Meni Levi

Born 1980

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0356 JOURNALIST

Ron Pundak

1955 - 2014

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0357 SINGER

Yeho

Born 1977

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0358 JUDO

Golan Pollack

Born 1991

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0359 ACTOR

Hanny Nahmias

Born 1959

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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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0362 SPORT

Niv Libner

Born 1987

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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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0366 COMPOSER

Orit Wolf

Born 1974

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0367 BOTANIST

Amots Dafni

Born 1944

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0368 SINGER

Lilith Nagar

Born 1935

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0369 SCHOLAR

Moshe Garsiel

Born 1936

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0370 ARTIST

Nira Pereg

Born 1969

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0371 FILM

Aharon Keshales

Born 1976

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0372 ACTOR

Yoram Yosefsberg

Born 1963

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0373 POLITICIAN

Gidi Markuszower

Born 1977

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0374 WRITER

Ronen Altman Kaydar

Born 1972

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0375 GUITAR

Liat Cohen

Born 1971

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0376 ACTOR

Aya Koren

Born 1979

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0377 MUSIC

Yoheved Kaplinsky

Born 1947

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0378 FOOTBALL

Roei Gordana

Born 1990

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0379 PAINTER

Nir Hod

Born 1970

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0380 MUSIC

Joshua Epstein

Born 1940

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0381 ACTOR

Tal Mosseri

Born 2006

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0382 SCULPTOR

Gidon Graetz

Born 1929

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0383 THEATRE

Avraham Oz

Born 1944

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0384 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ziva Kunda

1955 - 2004

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0385 WRITER

Michal Govrin

Born 1950

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0386 POET

Aharon Shabtai

Born 1939

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0387 ENTOMOLOGIST

Anna Levinson

1939 - 2015

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0388 PHOTOGRAPHER

Dina Goldstein

Born 1969

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0389 MATHEMATICIAN

Zvi Galil

Born 1947

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0390 POLITICIAN

Mordechai Bar-On

Born 1928

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0391 ACADEMIC

Aharon Davidi

1927 - 2012

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0392 SINGER

Udi Davidi

Born 1975

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0393 CHEMIST

Shneior Lifson

1914 - 2001

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0394 BUSINESS

Amir Gross Kabiri

Born 1980

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0395 MUSIC

Joseph Kalichstein

Born 1946

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0396 SINGER

Naomi Polani

Born 1927

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0397 PAINTER

Atar Arad

Born 1945

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0398 SINGER

Daklon

Born 1944

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0399 ECONOMIST

David Klein (economist)

Born 1935

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0400 HISTORIAN

Ron Robin

Born 1951

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0401 COMMANDER

Joseph Tabenkin

1921 - 1987

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0402 SINGER

Michal Amdursky

Born 1975

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0403 ARTIST

Avraham Eilat

Born 1939

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0404 POLITICIAN

Avraham Katz-Oz

Born 1934

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0405 ACTRESS

Neta Riskin

Born 1976

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0406 POLITICIAN

Moshe Gafni

Born 1952

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0407 NEUROSCIENTIST

Hermona Soreq

Born 1947

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0408 BASKET

Uri Cohen-Mintz

Born 1973

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0409 NEUROSCIENTIST

Yadin Dudai

Born 1944

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0410 MODEL

Avi Kornick

Born 1983

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0411 SCHOLAR

Yehoshua Mondshine

1947 - 2014

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0412 BIOLOGIST

Michael Karin

Born 1951

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0413 MUSIC

Amichai Paglin

1922 - 1978

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0414 JOURNALIST

Igal Sarna

Born 1952

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0415 RABBI

Aryeh Stern

Born 1944

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0416 HEZBOLLAH

Udi Adam

Born 1958

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0417 MENTALIST

Guy Bavli

Born 1971

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0418 PRESENTER

David Witzthum

Born 1948

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0419 COMMANDER

Ze'ev Almog

Born 1935

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0420 FOOTBALL

David Schweitzer

1925 - 1997

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0421 FILM

Dani Menkin

Born 1970

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0422 LAWYER

Shimon Mizrahi

Born 1939

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0423 LAWYER

Yigal Arnon

1929 - 2014

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0424 SONGWRITER

Eli Mohar

1948 - 2006

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0425 ARTIST

Maya Zack

Born 1976

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0426 BIOLOGIST

Eviatar Nevo

Born 1929

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0427 WRITER

Limor Schreibman-Sharir

Born 1954

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0428 POET

Raquel Chalfi

-

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0429 ARTIST

David Ascalon

Born 1945

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0430 POLITICIAN

Amos Degani

1926 - 2012

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0431 PIANIST

Inon Barnatan

Born 1979

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0432 JOURNALIST

Avi Benayahu

Born 1959

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0433 PLAYER

Noam Behr

Born 1975

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0434 CONDUCTOR

David Shallon

1950 - 2000

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0435 MUSIC

Shlomi Bracha

Born 1962

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0436 MATHEMATICIAN

Moshe Jarden

Born 1942

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0437 ORIENTALIST

Etan Kohlberg

Born 1943

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0438 BASKET

Muli Katzurin

Born 1954

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0439 PROFESSOR

Joseph Sadan

Born 1939

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0440 ARTIST

Tamar Getter

Born 1953

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0441 POLITICIAN

Ariel Atias

Born 1970

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0442 WRITER

Maira Kalman

Born 1949

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0443 FOOTBALL

Tamir Kahlon

Born 1987

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0444 ENGINEER

Oded Golan

Born 1951

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0445 MUSIC

Oforia

Born 1971

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0446 ACTOR

Nitza Saul

Born 1950

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0447 FOOTBALL

Dan Glazer

Born 1996

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0448 SOLDIER

Yekutiel Adam

1927 - 1982

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0449 FOOTBALL

Nir Sivilia

Born 1975

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0450 POLITICIAN

Shaul Yahalom

Born 1947

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0451 BUSINESS

Joseph Hackmey

Born 1945

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0452 ACTOR

Yael Tal

Born 1983

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0453 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Keren Elazari

Born 1980

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0454 SPORT

Aviv Yechezkel

Born 1994

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0455 WRITER

Tamar Adar

Born 1939

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0456 PAINTER

Amnon David Ar

Born 1973

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0457 POLITICIAN

Ronit Tirosh

Born 1953

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0458 LITERARY

Nira Harel

Born 1936

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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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0463 CONDUCTOR

Itay Talgam

Born 1958

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0464 LAWYER

David Libai

Born 1934

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0465 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Amir Drori

1937 - 2005

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0466 CINEMA

Amnon Salomon

1940 - 2011

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0467 AUTHOR

Michal Zamir

Born 1964

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0468 FILM

Alma Har'el

-

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0469 RABBI

Aryeh Finkel

1931 - 2016

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0470 SINGER

Danny Maseng

Born 1950

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0471 CONDENAD

Benny Sela

Born 1971

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0472 PSYCHOLOGIST

Yoram Bilu

Born 1942

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0473 BASKET

Tomer Steinhauer

Born 1966

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0474 BASKET

Ronen Ginzburg

Born 1963

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0475 COMPOSER

Daniel Gortler

Born 1965

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0476 CONDUCTOR

Elyakum Shapirra

1926 - 2014

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0477 PRESENTER

Jason Danino-Holt

Born 1987

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0478 ACTOR

Chelli Goldenberg

Born 1954

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0479 SINGER

Dalia Friedland

Born 1935

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0480 ACTIVIST

May Golan

Born 1986

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0481 ARTIST

Orit Ishay

Born 1961

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0482 POLITICIAN

Yisrael Peled

1921 - 2016

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0483 POLITICIAN

Haim Kaufman

1934 - 1995

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0484 FOOTBALL

Ido Exbard

Born 1988

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0485 MINISTER

Eliyahu Bet-Zuri

1922 - 1945

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0486 EDUCATOR

Yairah Amit

Born 1941

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0487 HISTORIAN

Yehoshua Porath

1938 - 2019

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0488 COMMISSIONER

Herzl Shafir

Born 1929

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0489 CONDUCTOR

Arie Vardi

Born 1937

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0490 COMPOSER

Roy Zu-Arets

Born 1969

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0491 SCREENWRITER

Jacob Goldwasser

Born 1950

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0492 BIOLOGIST

Jeheskel Shoshani

1943 - 2008

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0493 PAINTER

Uri Lifschitz

1936 - 2011

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0494 COMPOSER

Dafna Eilat

1938 - 2002

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0495 FILM

Nili Tal

Born 1944

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0496 ACTOR

Eliana Tidhar

Born 1992

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0497 ACTOR

Rachel Attas

1934 - 2004

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0498 DIPLOMAT

Dan Ashbel

Born 1949

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0499 MUSIC

Shalom Ronli-Riklis

1922 - 1994

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0500 DESIGNER

Ilan Fernández Uzzan

Born 1966

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0501 HISTORIAN

Shmuel Ahituv

Born 1935

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0502 COMPOSER

Uri Fineman

Born 1959

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0503 COMPOSER

Matan Porat

Born 1982

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0504 BOXER

Hagar Finer

Born 1984

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0505 BASKET

Sharon Shason

Born 1978

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0506 FOOTBALL

Ramzi Safouri

Born 1995

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0507 PAINTER

Hagit Shahal

Born 1950

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0508 ACTOR

Tanya Kahana

Born 1985

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0509 RABBI

Yeshayahu Hadari

1933 - 2018

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0510 ARCHITECT

Sharon Rotbard

Born 1959

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0511 FOOTBALL

Yonatan Cohen

Born 1996

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0512 COMEDIAN

Eyal Kitzis

Born 1969

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0513 ACTOR

Adi Ashkenazi

Born 1975

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0514 ECONOMIST

Reuben Gronau

Born 1937

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0515 ACTOR

Suhel Haddad

Born 1951

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0516 FOOTBALL

Itzik Azuz

Born 1985

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0517 PHOTOGRAPHER

Nino Herman

Born 1952

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0518 SAILOR

Gideon Kliger

Born 1980

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0519 SINGER

Maya Shoef

Born 1988

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0520 JUDO

Moni Aizik

-

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0521 FOOTBALL

Omer Peretz

Born 1986

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0522 PAINTER

Yigal Ozeri

Born 1958

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0523 FOOTBALL

Motti Kakoun

Born 1972

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0524 FOOTBALL

Shimon Cohen

Born 1942

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0525 SOCIOLOGIST

Tamar El Or

Born 1955

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0526 ARTIST

Elad Lassry

Born 1977

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0527 ACADEMIC

Dorit Abusch

Born 1955

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0528 HISTORIAN

Hanna Yablonka

Born 1950

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0529 SOCIOLOGIST

Mosche Lissak

1928 - 2018

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0530 POLITICIAN

Yigal Cohen-Orgad

1937 - 2019

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0531 WRITER

Azila Talit Reisenberger

Born 1952

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0532 AUTHOR

Itamar Levy

Born 1956

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0533 CHEMIST

Avner Treinin

1928 - 2011

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0534 MARTIAL ART

Ido Pariente

Born 1978

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0535 PRESENTER

Tal Berman

Born 1973

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0536 JUDGE

Uzi Vogelman

Born 1954

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0537 MISSING

Yoram Cohen

Born 1960

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0538 CHESS

Shimon Kagan

Born 1942

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0539 SCIENTIST

Avishai Henik

Born 1945

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0540 BASKET

Regev Fanan

Born 1981

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0541 ACTOR

Bar Belfer

Born 1989

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0542 BASKET

Ben Altit

Born 1993

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0543 SCULPTOR

Zvi Lachman

Born 1950

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0544 POLITICIAN

Daniel Rosolio

1927 - 2005

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0545 LAW

Michael Goldsmith

1951 - 2009

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0546 WRITER

Tami Lancut Leibovitz

Born 1949

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0547 SINGER

Ziv Rubinstein

Born 1970

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0548 FOOTBALL

Ehud Ben-Tovim

Born 1952

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0549 RABBI

David Lau

Born 1966

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0550 FILM

Florian Cossen

Born 1979

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0551 POET

Yair Hurvitz

1941 - 1988

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0552 FOOTBALL

Moshe Mishaelof

Born 1983

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0553 SINGER

Snir Yamin

Born 1990

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0554 SWIMMER

Paweł Juraszek

Born 1994

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0555 JUDGE

Hanan Melcer

Born 1951

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0556 ACTOR

Modi Rosenfeld

Born 1970

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0557 PHOTOGRAPHER

Michael Ackerman

Born 1967

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0558 HISTORIAN

Eran Rolnik

Born 1965

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0559 FOOTBALL

Meni Koretski

Born 1974

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0560 DIPLOMAT

Yuval Rotem

Born 1959

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0561 ACTOR

Zach Cohen (actor)

Born 1977

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0562 FILM

Yaelle Kayam

Born 1979

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0563 FOOTBALL

Omer Vered

Born 1990

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0564 MANAGER

Zvi Alderoti

1934 - 2018

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0565 JUDGE

Yitzhak Amit

Born 1958

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0566 AUTHOR

Aharon Almog

Born 1931

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0567 SOLDAT

Dora Bloch

1901 - 1976

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0568 ENGINEER

Uzi Rubin

Born 1937

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0569 WRITER

On Sarig

1926 - 2012

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0570 MODEL

Dror Barak

1974 - 2012

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0571 HOCKEY

David Levin (ice hockey)

Born 1999

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0572 POLITICIAN

Rachel Tzabari

1909 - 1995

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0573 SCHOLAR

Uriel Reichman

Born 1942

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0574 CHOREOGRAPHER

Itzik Galili

Born 1961

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0575 MANAGER

Nathan Birnboim

Born 1950

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0576 MATHEMATICIAN

Yael Dowker

1919 - 2016

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0577 EDUCATOR

Dalit Stauber

Born 1959

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0578 PAINTER

Adi Rosenblum

Born 1962

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0579 PRODUCER

Josh Macrae

Born 1964

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0580 FOOTBALL

Kobi Musa

Born 1982

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0581 PRESENTER

Miki Haimovich

Born 1962

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0582 PHOTOGRAPHER

Israel Zafrir

1911 - 2016

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0583 BASKET

Limor Mizrachi

Born 1970

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0584 POET

Giora Leshem

1940 - 2011

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0585 ACTOR

Elisheva Michaeli

1928 - 2009

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0586 PRESENTER

Adi Shilon

Born 1987

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0587 FOOTBALL

Gil Itzhak

Born 1993

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0588 FOOTBALL

Sean Goldberg

Born 1995

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0589 LAWYER

Avigdor Feldman

Born 1948

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0590 BASKET

Nimrod Tishman

Born 1991

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0591 POLITICIAN

Amira Dotan

Born 1947

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0592 BASKET

Oren Aharoni

Born 1973

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0593 PHOTOGRAPHER

Vardi Kahana

Born 1959

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0594 POLITICIAN

Ehud Rassabi

Born 1953

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0595 ACTOR

Reuven Shefer

1925 - 2011

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0596 SCULPTOR

Dan Zakhem

1958 - 1994

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0597 LECTURER

Rivka Feldhay

Born 1947

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0598 ARTIST

Eran Schaerf

Born 1962

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0599 DIPLOMAT

Alon Pinkas

Born 1961

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0600 POLITICIAN

Avi Yehezkel

Born 1958

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