31.7792° N, 35.2250° E

WEST JERUSALEM

Most Famous People Born in West Jerusalem, Israel

Notable people
916
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1946
Most distinctive
Rabbi 79.1×

The most religiously over-indexed city on earth — the Rabbi bench runs at nearly eighty times the global baseline, an unbroken line from the ancient yeshivot through the Old Yishuv to today's seminaries. The thick Scholar and Computer Scientist depth belongs to the Hebrew University and the Givat Ram campus, where ancient textual study and modern cryptography share the same hilltop.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in West Jerusalem during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 153 notable births.

What West Jerusalem Is Known For

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Politician is West Jerusalem's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (92).

West Jerusalem over-indexes on rabbi79.1× the global rate.

West Jerusalem under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician92
  2. Rabbi81
  3. Football50
  4. Writer40
  5. Singer33
  6. Film28
  7. Actor27
  8. Journalist25
  1. Rabbi8179.1×
  2. Educator912.4×
  3. Scholar1110.9×
  4. Computer Scientist118.6×
  5. Activist94.5×
  6. Mathematician163.5×
  7. Diplomat183.4×
  8. Photographer143.2×
  1. Football500.5×
  2. Actor270.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of West Jerusalem's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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916 notable people

0601 FOOTBALL

Danny Neuman

Born 1955

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0602 MINISTER

Zaki Nusseibeh

Born 1946

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0603 INSTRUCTOR

Ezri Tarazi

Born 1962

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0604 POLITICIAN

Avraham Elmalih

1885 - 1967

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0605 BASKET

Erez Katz

Born 1980

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0606 PHOTOGRAPHER

Oded Balilty

Born 1979

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0607 SINGER

Itzik Kala

Born 1953

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0608 EDUCATOR

Yosef Shapira

1926 - 2013

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0609 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Naftali Tishby

Born 1953

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0610 MANAGER

Orna Angel

Born 1962

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0611 POLITICIAN

Yousef al-Khalidi

1829 - 1907

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0612 POLITICIAN

Binyamin Shahor

1916 - 1979

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0613 FOOTBALL

Dudu Dahan

Born 1971

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0614 FILM

Oren Schmuckler

Born 1954

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0615 PIANIST

Natan Brand

1944 - 1990

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0616 COMPOSER

Raz Mesinai

Born 1973

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0617 ARCHITECT

Omer Arbel

Born 1976

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0618 POLITICAL

Ruth Rasnic

Born 1932

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0619 POLITICIAN

Nabeel Kassis

Born 1945

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0620 SCHOLAR

Edna Brocke

Born 1943

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0621 POLITICIAN

Mickey Levy

Born 1951

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0622 PHILOSOPHER

Anat Biletzki

Born 1952

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0623 VOLUNTEER

Eli Beer

Born 1973

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0624 FILM

Vidi Bilu

Born 1959

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0625 LAWYER

Nurit Koren

Born 1960

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0626 ACTIVIST

Adina Bar-Shalom

Born 1945

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0627 ACTOR

Bassam Zuamut

1951 - 2004

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0628 FOOTBALL

Moshe Onana

Born 1950

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0629 EDUCATOR

Yitzchak Dovid Grossman

Born 1946

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0630 WRITER

Nazik Saba Yared

Born 1928

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0631 SINGER

Shmuel Barzilai

Born 1957

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0632 PAINTER

Ilan Baruch

Born 1974

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0633 CONVICT

Rasmea Odeh

Born 1947

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0634 PHOTOGRAPHER

David Adika

Born 1970

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0635 PIANIST

Ammiel Bushakevitz

Born 1986

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0636 FOOTBALL

Hen Azriel

Born 1988

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0637 ACTIVIST

Anat Hoffman

Born 1954

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0638 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Haim Hazan

Born 1947

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0639 PHOTOGRAPHER

Najib Albina

1901 - 1983

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0640 JOURNALIST

Zvi Yehezkeli

Born 1970

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0641 BUSINESS

Salomón Cohen Levy

1927 - 2018

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0642 DIPLOMAT

Princess Firyal

Born 1945

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0643 ORIENTALIST

William A. Smalley

1923 - 1997

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0644 THEOLOGIAN

Ludwig Schneller

1858 - 1953

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0645 CURATOR

Zeev Gourarier

Born 1953

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0646 RABBI

Jehuda Mualam

1921 - 2010

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0647 FOOTBALL

Uri Peso

Born 1987

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0648 PHYSICIAN

Kalman Mann

1912 - 1997

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0649 JOURNALIST

Elan Journo

Born 1976

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0650 PAINTER

Ra'anan Levy

Born 1954

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0651 SCULPTOR

Dafna Kaffeman

Born 1972

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0652 POLITICAL

Ismail Khalidi

1916 - 1968

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0653 ENTREPRENEUR

Eli Izhakoff

-

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0654 JOURNALIST

Yuval Elizur

Born 1927

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0655 FOOTBALL

Shimon Charnuha

Born 1948

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0656 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

P. J. Vatikiotis

1928 - 1997

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0657 FLYING ACE

Amir Nachumi

Born 1945

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0658 ASTROPHYSICIST

Tsevi Mazeh

Born 1946

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0659 SINGER

Yehuda Green

Born 1959

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0660 SWIMMER

Yoav Meiri

Born 1975

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0661 BUSINESS

Yosef Navon

1858 - 1934

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0662 PHYSICIAN

Al-Tamimi, the physician

Died 990

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0663 ATTORNEY

Michael Ben-Yair

Born 1942

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0664 SUNNI

Hussam ad-Din Jarallah

1884 - 1954

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0665 POLICE

Roni Alsheikh

Born 1963

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0666 MILITAR

Herzi Halevi

Born 1967

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0667 FOOTBALL

Nisim Elmaliah

1928 - 1989

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0668 COLLECTOR

Ayala Zacks-Abramov

1912 - 2011

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0669 ARCHITECT

Ruth Golan

1944 - 2012

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0670 RABBI

Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik

Born 1949

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0671 FEMINIST

Michal Har'el

1931 - 2012

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0672 PHYSICIST

Heinrich Lange (Physiker)

1893 - 1973

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0673 RABBI

Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (Mir Jerusalem rosh yeshiva)

Born 1965

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0674 ARTIST

Einat Amir

Born 1979

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0675 POLITICIAN

Emil Ghuri

1907 - 1984

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0676 LAWYER

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Born 1976

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0677 RABBI

Yitzhak Kovo

1770 - 1854

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0678 ACADEMIC

Mohammed Dajani Daoudi

Born 1946

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0679 JOURNALIST

Nadav Shragai

Born 1959

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0680 BUSINESS

Yakir Gabay

Born 1966

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0681 SCIENTIST

Manoug Manougian

Born 1936

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0682 JUDGE

Adi Bitar

1924 - 1973

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0683 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Shamai

1940 - 2016

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0684 POLITICIAN

Samir Ghawshah

1937 - 2009

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0685 BUSINESS

Alon Nisim Cohen

Born 1968

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0686 FILM

Uri Rosenwaks

Born 1965

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0687 SCHOLAR

Yuval Lapide

Born 1961

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0688 PAINTER

Gideon Tomaschoff

Born 1956

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0689 MUSIC

Asher Swissa

Born 1975

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0690 PRIEST

Mattathias ben Theophilus

Died 66

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0691 SINGER

Nizza Thobi

Born 1947

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0692 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Bassem Awadallah

Born 1964

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0693 BOTANIST

Daniel Zohary

1926 - 2016

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0694 SWIMMER

Jowan Qupty

Born 1990

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0695 RABBI

Kotel Da-Don

Born 1967

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0696 FOOTBALL

Zion Merili

Born 1957

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0697 POLITICIAN

Nily Rozic

Born 1986

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0698 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Gaby Mazor

Born 1944

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0699 INTELLIGENCE

Shimon Levinson

Born 1933

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0700 PHOTOGRAPHER

Efrat Shvily

Born 1955

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0701 PAINTER

Géula Dagan

1925 - 2008

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0702 PUBLISHER

Shlomo Lewin

1911 - 1980

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0703 RABBI

Shalom Cohen (rabbi)

Born 1931

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0704 FASHION MODEL

Anat Elimelech

1974 - 1997

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0705 RABBI

Eliyahu Ben Haim

Born 1940

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0706 RABBI

Aharon Mordechai Rokeach

Born 1975

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0707 POLITICIAN

Ariel Weinstein

1932 - 1996

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0708 MUSIC

Nachum Erlich

Born 1959

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0709 MINISTER

Eyal Gabbai

Born 1967

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0710 WARRIOR

Mickey Edelstein

Born 1967

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0711 EDUCATOR

Yehuda Perah

1924 - 1998

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0712 SOCIOLOGIST

Hannah Gavron

1936 - 1965

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0713 POLITICIAN

Avraham-Haim Shag

1887 - 1958

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0714 OFFICER

Yossi Ben Hanan

Born 1945

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0715 MISSING

Hierotheos of Antioch

1800 - 1885

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0716 SINGER

Karin Shifrin

Born 1979

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0717 PAINTER

Roy Nachum

Born 1979

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0718 ACTOR

Ariel Absalón

1923 - 2006

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0719 BUSINESS

Ran Poliakine

Born 1967

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0720 FILM

David Volach

Born 1970

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0721 MATHEMATICIAN

Lily Serna

Born 1986

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0722 PAINTER

Rhea Carmi

Born 1942

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0723 BIOCHEMIST

Gad Avigad

Born 1930

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0724 RABBI

Baruch Ben Haim

1921 - 2005

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0725 FILMMAKER

Danae Elon

Born 1970

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0726 BUSINESS

Joseph Neubauer

Born 1941

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0727 JUDGE

Dvora Berliner

Born 1947

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0728 GUITAR

Matanya Ophee

1932 - 2017

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0729 PHOTOGRAPHER

Muhammed Muheisen

Born 1981

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0730 MOGLIE DI

Doris (épouse d'Hérode)

-

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0731 POLITICIAN

Michael Malchieli

Born 1982

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0732 DIPLOMAT

Mattanya Cohen

Born 1965

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0733 PHILANTHROPIST

Mordechai Kahana

Born 1968

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0734 JOURNALIST

Miriam Hadar Weingarten

Born 1935

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0735 BUSINESS

Joachim Wenning

Born 1965

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0736 AIR FORCE

Shimshon Rozen

1952 - 2011

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0737 MISSIONARY

Theodor Schneller

1856 - 1935

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0738 SWIMMER

Eran Groumi

Born 1970

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0739 EDUCATOR

Eli Hurvitz (Meridor)

Born 1970

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0740 DIPLOMAT

Yossi Gal

Born 1950

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0741 COMPOSER

Tal Balshai

Born 1969

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0742 MUSIC

Nahum Sarig

1914 - 1999

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0743 PROFESSOR

Raanan Gillon

Born 1941

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0744 BOMBMAKER

Mohiyedine Sharif

1966 - 1998

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0745 DIPLOMAT

Rafael Harpaz

Born 1962

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0746 PAINTER

Raphael Perez

Born 1965

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0747 MILITAR

Emmanuel Shaked

1930 - 2018

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0748 RABBI

Yitzchok Ezrachi

Born 1934

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0749 FILM

Jonas Quastel

-

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0750 ACADEMIC

Menahem Blondheim

Born 1954

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0751 PRIEST

Pierre Madros

Born 1949

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0752 JOURNALIST

Amotz Asa-El

-

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0753 CRICKET

George Carnegie-Brown

1906 - 1964

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0754 ARABIST

Morris S. Seale

1896 - 1993

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0755 MINISTERI

Dorit Shavit

Born 1949

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0756 BASKET

Orna Ostfeld

Born 1952

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0757 LECTURER

Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin

Born 1958

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0758 PHOTOJOURNALIST

Oren Rosenfeld

Born 1976

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0759 RABBI

Menachem Shlomo Bornsztain

1934 - 1969

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0760 MILITAR

Avi Blut

Born 1974

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0761 HISTORIAN

Benjamin Lazier

Born 1971

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0762 EXECUTIVE

Yizhar Hess

Born 1967

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0763 FOOTBALL

Evyatar Baruchyan

Born 1989

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0764 RABBI

Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas

1738 - 1805

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0765 QADI

Mohammed Tahir al-Husayni

1842 - 1908

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0766 BUSINESS

Moshe Zar

Born 1938

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0767 FOOTBALL

Eden Nachmani

Born 1990

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0768 WRITER

Yizhak Ahren

Born 1946

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0769 BASKET

Ayelet Cohen

Born 1985

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0770 PHYSICIAN

Hisham Maizar

1942 - 2015

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0771 MATHEMATICIAN

Emmanuel David Tannenbaum

1978 - 2012

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0772 SON

Joseph Almosnino

1642 - 1689

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0773 ZIONIST

Tamar de Sola Pool

1890 - 1981

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0774 PHOTOGRAPHER

Naomi Tereza Salmon

Born 1965

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0775 ENGINEER

Jehiel R. Elyachar

1898 - 1989

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0776 JOURNALIST

Mordechai Lavi

Born 1978

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0777 MINISTER

Nechemya Cohen

1943 - 1967

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0778 FOOTBALL

Michele Dayan

Born 1961

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0779 DIPLOMAT

David Peleg

1942 - 2013

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0780 RABBI

Moshe Havlin

Born 1948

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0781 THEATER

Daniel Kühnel

Born 1973

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0782 DEAN

Munther Dajani Daoudi

Born 1951

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0783 POLITICIAN

Abu Maher Ghneim

Born 1937

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0784 RABBI

Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht

1924 - 1994

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0785 RABBI

Hillel Weinberg

Born 1961

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0786 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Naama Goren-Inbar

Born 1948

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0787 SOLDIER

Siman-Tov Ganeh

1924 - 1968

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0788 NEUROLOGIST

Raffaele Canger

1938 - 2019

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0789 COMPOSER

Ehud Ettun

Born 1987

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0790 SOCIOLOGIST

Hanna Herzog

-

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0791 MATHEMATICIAN

Jerry Kevorkian

Born 1933

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0792 BUSINESS

Joseph Nakash

Born 1942

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0793 ACTIVIST

Schulamit König

Born 1930

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0794 LAWYER

Ram Caspi

Born 1939

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0795 COMPOSER

Yossi Mar-Chaim

Born 1940

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0796 BASKET

David Kaminsky

Born 1938

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0797 PAEDIATRICIAN

Amitai Ziv

Born 1958

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0798 FOOTBALL

Stav Shushan

Born 1995

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0799 RABBI

Eliezer Igra

Born 1954

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0800 COMPOSER

Ayelet Rose Gottlieb

Born 1979

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0801 BASKET

Amnon Weiss

Born 1943

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0802 RABBI

Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach

1925 - 2008

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0803 ACADEMIC

David Shinar

Born 1943

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0804 RABBI

Shimon Elituv

Born 1937

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0805 DIPLOMAT

Gideon Meir

Born 1947

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0806 BUSINESS

Frank Evers (CEO)

Born 1965

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0807 POLITICIAN

Menachem Cohen (politician)

1922 - 1975

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0808 PAINTER

Khairat Al-Saleh

Born 1940

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0809 SPORT

Dov Ben-Dov

1927 - 2020

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0810 DESIGNER

Sruli Recht

Born 1979

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0811 RABBI

Shmuel Bornsztain (sixth Sochatchover rebbe)

Born 1961

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0812 MUSIC

Yuval Gabay

Born 1963

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0813 JOURNALIST

Naomi Gal

Born 1944

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0814 BUSINESS

Daniel Gross (software entrepreneur)

Born 1991

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0815 PHOTOGRAPHER

Assaf Shaham

Born 1983

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0816 COACH

Elad Hasin

Born 1980

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0817 DIPLOMAT

Manuel Hassassian

Born 1953

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0818 LEGISLATIVE

Imil Jarjoui

Died 2007

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0819 WRITER

Yaakov Blau

1929 - 2013

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0820 ACADEMIC

Edit Doron

1951 - 2019

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0821 SUNNI

Saad al-Alami

1911 - 1993

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0822 ENTREPRENEUR

Stav Prodromou

Born 1944

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0823 CHEMIST

Dan Meyerstein

Born 1938

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0824 ENGINEER

John Bandler

Born 1941

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0825 RABBI

Arie Zeev Raskin

Born 1976

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0826 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Frank

1913 - 1993

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0827 VIOLIN

Rachel Schmidt (Violinistin)

Born 1975

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0828 FOOTBALL

Barak Moshe

Born 1991

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0829 FOOTBALL

Assaf Azo

Born 1984

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0830 POLITICIAN

Avraham Leizerson

1943 - 2020

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0831 PRODUCER

Tarik Freitekh

Born 1987

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0832 WRITER

Mahmud Schahin

Born 1947

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0833 PHOTOGRAPHER

Yoav Horesh

Born 1975

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0834 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jossi Kaufmann

1936 - 2017

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0835 PSYCHOLOGIST

Liliane Lurçat

Died 2019

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0836 PSYCHIATRIST

Allen Bartholomew

1925 - 2004

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0837 RABBI

Amram Zaks

1926 - 2012

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0838 PRODUCER

Henry Hadaway

Born 1942

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0839 PRESENTER

Anita Erskine

Born 1978

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0840 FILM

Ramzi Maqdisi

Born 1980

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0841 ACTOR

Judah Gavra

Born 1984

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0842 JOURNALIST

Lilly Rivlin

-

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0843 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Bienzle

1939 - 2008

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0844 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Gil (politician born 1931)

1931 - 2007

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0845 FOOTBALL

Ofir Amram

Born 1986

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0846 FOOTBALL

Adam Mizrahi

Born 1985

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0847 BUSINESS

Charles Dayan (real estate developer)

Born 1941

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0848 BUSINESS

David Rose (real estate developer)

1892 - 1986

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0849 INNOVATOR

Ami Dar

Born 1961

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0850 ACTIVIST

Haya Shalom

Born 1944

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0851 EDUCATOR

Sholom Rivkin

1926 - 2011

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0852 PAINTER

Zohar Fraiman

Born 1978

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0853 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Gohl

1896 - 1958

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0854 FUTURIST

Ghanem Nuseibeh

Born 1977

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0855 FOOTBALL

Gadi Zelniker

1944 - 2016

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0856 PHYSICIST

Baruch Barzel

Born 1976

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0857 AMBASSADOR

Walid Muhammed Sadi

Born 1939

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0858 RABBI

Einat Ramon

Born 1959

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0859 FOOTBALL

Samuel Lavan

Born 1982

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0860 FOOTBALL

Omer Nachmani

Born 1993

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0861 RABBI

Zalman I. Posner

1927 - 2014

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0862 PHYSICIST

Amnon Aharony

Born 1943

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0863 POLITICIAN

Amin Yunis al Husseini

1929 - 2016

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0864 FOOTBALL

Rafi Cohen (football manager)

Born 1965

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0865 RABBI

Elazar Mordechai Koenig

1945 - 2018

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0866 SAXOPHONIST

Yoni Kretzmer

Born 1982

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0867 ACTOR

Orit Nahmias

Born 1977

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0868 RABBI

Yitzhak Israeli

-

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0869 FOOTBALL

Avishay Cohen

Born 1995

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0870 TEACHER

Aida Bamia

-

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0871 ACADEMIC

Eliezer E. Goldschmidt

Born 1938

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0872 SCULPTOR

Sam Philipe

-

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0873 POLITICIAN

Walid Muaqqat

Born 1953

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0874 OLYMPIC

Miriam Kara

Born 1938

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0875 SCHOLAR

Hannah Cotton

-

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0876 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Yuval Shahar

Born 1958

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0877 ARTIST

Sari Ibrahim Khoury

1941 - 1997

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0878 COMMANDER

Abu Ibrahim al-Kabir

-

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0879 BUSINESS

Mazen Sinokrot

Born 1954

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0880 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Mor Harchol-Balter

-

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0881 DIPLOMAT

Ehud Gol

Born 1946

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0882 ACADEMIC

Amnon Albeck

Born 1958

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0883 PAINTER

Abshalom Jac Lahav

Born 1977

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0884 RABBI

Moshe Silberhaft

Born 1967

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0885 FOOTBALL

Shay Aharon

Born 1978

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0886 SCIENTIST

Vered Slonim-Nevo

Born 1953

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0887 FOOTBALL

Ohad Saidof

Born 1987

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0888 ENGINEER

Alfredo D'Arbela

1898 - 1977

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0889 RABBI

Shlomo Bistritzky

Born 1977

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0890 CARTOONIST

Baha Boukhari

1944 - 2015

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0891 CHEMIST

Shmaryahu Hoz

Born 1945

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0892 BIOCHEMIST

Yosef Gruenbaum

Born 1949

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0893 ARCHITECT

Ronald Shiffman

-

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0894 MATHEMATICIAN

Elchanan Mossel

-

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0895 PHYSICIAN

San Talaleo

Died 284

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0896 FOOTBALL

Oday Dabbagh

Born 1998

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0897 BUSINESS

Cy Leslie

1922 - 2008

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0898 SCIENTIST

Yuval Golan

Born 1962

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0899 PARASITOLOGIST

Brouria Feldman-Muhsam

Born 1916

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0900 PROFESSOR

Ahmed Khalidi

Born 1945

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