List of Israelis
This is a list of prominent Israelis (including Arab citizens of Israel).
Historical figures
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Politicians
- Chaim Weizmann - first President of Israel (1949–52)
- Yitzhak Ben-Zvi - first elected/second president President of Israel (1952–1963)
- David Ben-Gurion - first Prime Minister of Israel (1948–54, 1955–63)
- Moshe Sharett - prime minister (1954–55)
- Levi Eshkol - prime minister (1963–69)
- Abba Eban - diplomat and Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (1966–1974)
- Golda Meir - prime minister (1969–74)
- Yitzhak Rabin - prime minister (1974–77, 1992–95); Nobel Peace Prize (1994) (assassinated November 1995)
- Menachem Begin - prime minister (1977–83); Nobel Peace Prize (1978)
- Yitzhak Shamir - prime minister (1983–84, 1986–92)
- Shimon Peres - President of Israel (2007-); prime minister (1984–86, 1995–96); Nobel Peace Prize (1994)
- Benjamin Netanyahu - prime minister (1996–99), (2009-); was minister of finance; Likud party chairman
- Ehud Barak - prime minister (1999-01)
- Moshe Katsav - president (2000–2007)
- Ariel Sharon - prime minister (2001–2006)
- Ehud Olmert - prime minister (2006–2009); former mayor of Jerusalem
- Rehavam Zeevi - founder of the Moledet party (assassinated October 2001)
- Yossi Beilin - leader of the Meretz-Yachad party & peace negotiator
- Yosef Lapid - former leader of the Shinui party
- Teddy Kollek - former mayor of Jerusalem
- Effie Eitam - former leader of the National Religious Party party, now head of the Renewed Religious National Zionist party
- Rabbi Ovadia Yosef - spiritual leader of the Shas party
Military
- Ron Arad - MIA navigator
- Gabi Ashkenazi - Chief of the IDF General Staff (2007–)
- Eli Cohen - Israeli spy
- Wolfgang Lotz - Israeli spy
- Moshe Dayan - military leader
- Giora Epstein - combat pilot, modern-day "ace of aces"
- Yohai Ben-Nun - sixth commander of the Israeli Navy
- Dan Halutz - Chief of the IDF General Staff (2005–2007)
- Uziel Gal - designer of the Uzi submachine gun
- Tzvi Malkhin - Mossad agent, captured Adolf Eichmann
- Yonatan Netanyahu - Sayeret Matkal commando, leader of Operation Entebbe
- Ilan Ramon - astronaut on Columbia flight STS-107
- Avraham Stern - underground military leader
- Israel Tal - general, father of Merkava tank
- Gilad Shalit - kidnapped soldier held in Gaza
Activists
- Uri Avnery - peace activist, Gush Shalom
- Yael Dayan - writer, politician, activist
- Michael Dorfman Russian-Israeli essayist and human rights activist.
- Uzi Even - gay rights activist
- Uri Savir, peace negotiator, Peres Center for Peace
- Israel Shahak - political activist
- Natan Sharansky - Soviet-era human rights activist
- Alon Tal - Environmental activist
Criminals
- Ami Popper - murdered 7 Arabs
- Baruch Goldstein - massacred 29 Arabs in the Cave of the Patriarchs
- Benny Sela - convicted rapist and escapee
- Eden-Nathan Zada - army defector who killed 4 people and wounded many others on a bus in Shfar'am
- Nachman Farkash - gangster, escape artist
- Yigal Amir - assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
- Jesus of Nazareth - tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for the utterance of the blasphemy of announcing himself to be Yahweh in the year 33 CE[1]. In Islamic tradition, the sentence was not effectively executed. In other traditions, the execution of the sentence was by means of crucifixion.
Religious figures
Haredi rabbis
- Avraham Yeshayeh Karelitz, the Chazon Ish
- Ben Zion Aba Shaul
- Elazar Menachem Shach, Rav Shach
- Moshe Shmuel Shapira, rosh yeshiva of Beer Yaakov
- Mordechai Eliyahu
- Nissim Karelitz, Head Justice of Rabbinical Court of Bnei Brak
- Chaim Kanievsky
- Ovadia Yoseph
- Yosef Sholom Eliashiv
- Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem (Edah HaChareidis)
- Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem (Edah HaChareidis)
- Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (I), Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem (Edah HaChareidis)
- Yaakov Aryeh Alter, Gerrer Rebbe
- Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II), Belzer Rebbe
Religious-Zionist rabbis
- Avraham Yitzchak Kook, pre-state Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of 'Israel'[2]
- Shlomo Amar, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Yona Metzger, Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Israel Meir Lau
- Aharon Lichtenstein
- Yoel Bin Nun
- David Hartman
Cultural figures
Film, TV, and stage
- Gila Almagor - actress
- Lior Ashkenazi - actor
- Yvan Attal - actor, director (Israeli-born)
- Mili Avital - actress
- Aki Avni - actor
- Nir Bergman - director
- David Faitelson - Mexican television sports comentator (Israeli-born)
- Oded Fehr - actor
- Eytan Fox - director
- Uri Geller - TV personality, self-proclaimed psychic
- Amos Gitai - director
- Ralph Inbar, Dutch-born TV personality (Banana Split)
- Michael Karpin - broadcast journalist and author
- Daphna Kastner, actress; married to actor Harvey Keitel
- Amos Kollek - director, writer
- Dover Kosashvili - director
- Hanna Laslo - actress
- Daliah Lavi - actress
- Rod Lurie - director, film critic (Israeli-born)
- Amit Lior - writer
- Gad Lerner - journalist (currently living in Italy)
- Arnon Milchan - producer
- Ohad Naharin - choreographer
- Joseph Pitchhadze - director
- Eyal Podell - Actor
- Natalie Portman - actress (Israeli-born)
- Avner Strauss - musician
- Haim Saban - TV producer
- Elia Suleiman - director
- Chaim Topol - actor
- Raviv Ullman - actor (Israeli-born)
- Haim Yavin - long-serving TV anchor
- Keren Yedaya - director
- Rob Yuleinski - dj/actor
- Ayelet Zurer - actress
- Menachem Zilberman - actor / director
- Naor Zion - comedian/actor/director
Fashion models
- Moran Atias - model
- Nina Brosh - model
- Esti Mamo - model
- Bar Refaeli - model
- Omer Berger -model - Represented by ELITE MODELS MENAGEMENT in Israel and by IMG in the U.S, [3]
- Esti Ginzborg - model
- Pnina Rosenblum - former model
- Agam Rodberg - TV Soap Actress & model
Popular musicians
- Chava Alberstein - singer/songwriter
- Shlomo Artzi - singer/songwriter
- Ehud Banai - singer/songwriter
- Eef Barzelay - founder of Clem Snide
- Ethnix - Pop-rock band
- Miri Ben-Ari - jazz & hip hop violinist
- Mike Brant - French-language singer
- David Broza - singer/songwriter
- Matti Caspi - singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Avishai Cohen - jazz bassist
- Arik Einstein - singer, actor, writer
- Aviv Geffen - singer/songwriter
- Gidi Gov - singer
- Shlomo Gronich - singer and composer
- Sarit Hadad - Mizrahi singer
- Yardena Arazi - singer and tv host
- Ofra Haza - singer
- Dana International - pop singer
- Ishtar - vocalist for Alabina
- Amal Murkus - singer
- Ahinoam Nini (Noa) - singer
- Esther Ofarim - singer
- Guy Oseary - head of Maverick Records
- Idan Raichel - Ethiopian and Israeli music
- Yoni Rechter - composer and arranger
- Berry Sakharof - singer
- Naomi Shemer - songwriter
- Gene Simmons - leader member of Kiss
- Hillel Slovak - original guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Tamir Kalisky - composer and arranger
- Zeev Tene - singer\song writer
- Rika Zaraï, singer
- Nir Zidkyahu - drummer, briefly in Genesis
- Ze'ev Nechama - singer/songwriter
- Zino and Tommy - popular duo, songs in U.S. films.
- Gad Elbaz - Singer
Classical musicians
- Alon Sariel - mandolinist, lutenist and conductor
- Yariv Aloni - violist and conductor
- Moshe Atzmon - conductor
- Adi Bar - conductor and pianist
- Daniel Barenboim - conductor and pianist
- Paul Ben-Haim - composer
- Ofer Ben-Amots - composer
- Bart Berman - pianist
- Gary Bertini - conductor
- Yefim Bronfman - pianist
- Natan Brand - pianist
- Beber Bar Moch'a - a Mizrachi producer
- Michael Croitoru-Weissman - cellist
- Avner Dorman - composer
- Dror Elimelech - composer
- Dan Ettinger - conductor
- Giora Feidman - clarinetist
- Miriam Fried - violinist
- Nir Brand - conductor
- Sara Fuxon - pianist
- Ivry Gitlis - violinist
- Matt Haimovitz - cellist
- Aaron Harlap - composer and conductor
- Ofra Harnoy - cellist
- Eliahu Inbal - conductor
- Joseph Kalichstein - pianist
- Amir Katz - pianist
- Richard Lesser - clarinetist
- Yoel Levi - conductor
- Mischa Maisky - cellist
- Shlomo Mintz - violinist
- Itzhak Perlman - violinist
- Rony Rogoff - violinist and conductor
- Shulamit Ran - composer
- Leon Schidlowsky - composer
- Inbal Segev - cellist
- Gil Shaham - violinist
- Hagai Shaham - violinist
- Noam Sheriff - composer
- Gil Shohat - composer
- Mordechai Seter - composer
- Michael Shani - conductor
- Ilan Schul - clarinetist
- Josef Tal - composer
- Yoav Talmi - conductor
- Arie Vardi - pianist
- Pinchas Zukerman - violinist
- Sharon Kam - clarinetist
- Ori Kam - violist
- Yael Naim - solo singer/musician
Writers
- Shmuel Yosef Agnon - author, Nobel Prize in Literature (1966)
- Nathan Alterman - poet
- Yehuda Amichai - poet
- Ron Ben-Yishai - journalist
- Zelda - poet
- Aharon Appelfeld - author, Prix Médicis étranger (2004)
- Mati Shemoelof - Poet & Editor & Journalist
- Max Brod - author, composer & friend of Kafka
- Orly Castel-Bloom - author
- Leah Goldberg - poet
- Uri Zvi Greenberg - poet
- David Grossman - writer
- Batya Gur - author
- Emile Habibi - author
- Amira Hass - journalist & author
- Sayed Kashua - author & journalist
- Shmuel Katz - author & journalist
- Etgar Keret - author
- Ephraim Kishon - satirist
- Hanoch Levin - playwright
- Julius Margolin, writer
- Dan Mazar, writer & biblical historian
- Aharon Megged - author
- Sami Michael - author
- Uri Orlev - author, Hans Christian Andersen Award (1996)
- Amos Oz - author & journalist, Goethe Prize (2005)
- Dalia Ravikovich - poet
- Meir Shalev - author & journalist
- Zeruya Shalev - author
- Moshe Shamir - author, poet
- Naomi Shemer - poet
- Avraham Shlonsky - poet
- Avraham Stern - poet
- A.B. Yehoshua - author
- Benny Ziffer - author, journalist and translator
- Abraham Sutzkever - Yiddish poet
- Yehonatan Geffen - author, poet and lyricist
- Nathan Zach - poet
- Samir Naqqash- novelist
Artists
- Yaacov Agam - kinetic artist
- Moshe Gershuni - painter
- Dubi Roman - Impressionist Photographer
- Michael Arad - architect
- Ron Arad - designer
- Gil Burstein - Industrial designer
- Mordecai Ardon - painter
- David Ascalon - sculptor & synagogue designer
- Maurice Ascalon - sculptor & industrial designer
- Isidor Ascheim - painter & printmaker
- Mordechai Avniel - painter & sculptor
- Yigal Azrouel - fashion designer
- Harry Baron - sculptor
- Ralph Bakshi - animation (director)
- Tuvia Beeri - printmaker
- Connie Branitzky - sculptor
- Rhea Carmi - abstract expressionist and mixed-media artist
- Yitzhak Danziger - sculptor
- Alber Elbaz - fashion designer
- Yitzhak Frenkel - painter
- Heddy Breuer Abramowitz - painter
- Gideon Gechtman - sculptor
- Anna Gechtman - doll maker and sculptor
- Dudu Geva - artist and comic-strip illustrator
- Leah Gottlieb - fashion designer (Gottex swimsuits)
- Maya Guez - fashion photographer
- Nahum Gutman - painter
- Ricjard Hanikanai - Photographer
- Israel Hershberg - realist painter
- Shimshon Holzman - painter
- Leo Kahn - painter
- Shmuel Katz - illustrator
- Dani Karavan - sculptor
- Joseph Kossonogi - painter
- Elyasaf Kowner - video artist
- Sigalit Landau - video, installation, sculpture
- Rafi Lavie - painter
- Benjamin Levy - painter, sculptor
- Ranan Lurie - political cartoonist
- Yair Matalon - Interior designer
- Lea Nikel - painter
- Leo Roth - painter
- Michal Rovner - photographer, video art, installation
- Reuven Rubin - painter
- Moshe Safdie - architect
- Shaul Shatz - painter
- Elie Tahari - fashion designer
- David Tartakover - graphic designer
- Anna Ticho - painter
- Gershom von Schwarze - painter & sculptor
- Moshe Ziffer - sculptor
- Ronit Zilkha - fashion designer
- Abba Richman - Photographer
- Derek Stein- painter
- Marek Yanai- painter
- Ilana Raviv - painter
Other
- Yisrael Aharoni - Famous chef and restaurateur who appears frequently on Israeli television.
Academic figures
Computing and mathematics
- Shmuel Agmon - mathematician
- Ron Aharoni - mathematician
- Noga Alon - mathematician
- Shimshon Amitsur- mathematician ring theory abstract algebra
- Robert Aumann - mathematical game theory; Nobel Prize in Economics (2005)
- Amir Ban & Shay Bushinsky - programmers of Junior (chess)
- Moshe Bar - creator & main developer of openMosix
- Yehoshua Bar-Hillel - machine translation
- Itai Ben Yaacov - mathematical logician
- Joseph Bernstein - mathematician
- Eli Biham - differential cryptanalysis
- Aryeh Dvoretzky, mathematician
- Abraham Fraenkel - ZF set theory
- Hillel Furstenberg - mathematician; Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2006/7)
- David Harel - computer science; Israel Prize (2004)
- Abraham Lempel & Jacob Ziv - LZW compression; Richard W. Hamming Medal (1995)
- Joram Lindenstrauss - mathematician Johnson–Lindenstrauss lemma
- Michel Loève - probabilist
- Moshe Yanai - Led team that developed EMC Symmetrix
- Joel Moses - MIT provost & writer of Macsyma
- Judea Pearl - artificial intelligence, philosophy of action
- Chaim Pekeris - applied mathematics; Vetlesen Prize (1974)
- Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro - representation theory; Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1990)
- Amir Pnueli - temporal logic; Turing Award (1996)
- Michael O. Rabin - nondeterminism, primality testing; Turing Award (1976)
- Adi Shamir - RSA encryption, differential cryptanalysis; Turing Award (2002)
- Saharon Shelah - logic; Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2001)
- Ehud Shapiro - Concurrent Prolog, DNA computing pioneer
- Avi Wigderson - randomized algorithms; Nevanlinna Prize (1994)
- Doron Zeilberger - combinatorics
- Reuven Cohen - Open Source Advocate
There have also been at least 9 Israeli winners of the Gödel Prize in theoretical computer science: Shlomo Moran (93) & Shafi Goldwasser (93 & 01), Yoram Moses (97), Moshe Y. Vardi (00), Uriel Feige & Shmuel Safra (01), Nir Shavit (04) and Noga Alon & Yossi Matias (05).
Physics and chemistry
- Yakir Aharonov - Aharonov-Bohm effect; Wolf Prize in Physics (1998)
- Shlomo Alexander,
- Jacob Bekenstein - black hole thermodynamics
- Amos De-Shalit,
- David Deutsch - quantum computing pioneer; Paul Dirac Prize (1998)
- Israel Dostrovsky, physical chemistry,
- Joshua Jortner & Rafi Levine - molecular energy; Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1988)
- Josef Imry, physicist,
- Aaron Katzir, physical chemistry,
- Ephraim Katzir - immobilized enzymes; Japan Prize (1985)
- Zvi Lipkin, physicist,
- Mordehai Milgrom - Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)
- Yuval Ne'eman - the "Eightfold way"
- Asher Peres - quantum theory
- Giulio Racah - spectroscopy
- Nathan Rosen - EPR paradox
- Nathan Seiberg - string theory
- Dan Shechtman - quasicrystals; Wolf Prize in Physics (1999)
- Shmuel Shtrikman, physicist,
- Izchak Shteinberg, physicist,
- Zeev Tadmor, chemical engineering,
- Igal Talmi, particle physics
- Reshef Tenne - discovered inorganic fullerenes and inorganic nanotubes
- Chaim Weizmann - acetone production
- Itamar Wilner, chemist,
Biology and medicine
- Aaron Ciechanover & Avram Hershko - ubiquitin system; Lasker Award (2000), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004)
- Moshe Feldenkrais - invented Feldenkrais method used in movement therapy
- Lior Gepstein - American College of Cardiology's Zipes Award for his development of heart cells and pacemakers from stem cells.[4]
- Eyal Gur - selected by Newsweek as one of the world's top microsurgeons [5]
- Hossam Haick - inventor of an electric nose which diagnosis cancer.[6]
- Israel Hanukoglu - structures of cytoskeletal keratins, NADP binding proteins, steroidogenic enzymes, Epithelial Sodium Channels (ENaC)
- Gavriel Iddan - inventor of capsule endoscopy
- Benjamin Kahn - marine biologist, defender of the Red Sea reef
- Doron Lancet - smell, origin of life
- Gideon Mer - malaria control
- Shulamit Levenberg - inventor of a muscle tissue which isn't rejected by the body after transplant. Selected by Scientific American as one of the 50 leading scientists in the world.[7]
- Alexander Levitzki - cancer research; Wolf Prize in Medicine (2005)
- Saul Merin - Ophthalmologist, author of Inherited Eye Diseases
- Raphael Mechoulam - Chemist, discoverer of tetrahydrocannabinol and anandamide
- Leo Sachs - blood cell research; Wolf Prize in Medicine (1980)
- Michael Sela & Ruth Arnon - developed Copaxone; Wolf Prize in Medicine (1998)
- Jacob Shani -Professor of Medicine and Interventional cardiology, performed the first atherectomy in New York State(1991); invented an angled catheter(1992);pioneering work in the field of angioplasty during acute MI and shock.
- Israel Silman - 3D structure of acetylcholinesterase, Elkeles Prize for Research in Medicine (2005)
- Joel Sussman - 3D structure of acetylcholinesterase, Elkeles Prize for Research in Medicine (2005)
- Valero Aaron-Professor of Medicine, founder of Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, director of government hospital
- Refael Beyar-Professor of Cardiology at the Technion, founder of the cardiology exchange program between Johns Hopkins Medical School and the Technion
- Meir Wilchek - affinity chromatography; Wolf Prize in Medicine (1987)
- Ada Yonath - structure of ribosome
- Amotz Zahavi - Handicap Principle
Engineering
- David Faiman, solar engineer and director of the National Solar Energy Center
- Franz Ollendorf, Electronics, Electrical research,
- Liviu Librescu, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre
- Moshe Zakai, Electrical engineering,
- Jacob Ziv, Electrical engineering,
Philosophy
- Martin Buber - philosopher
- Berl Katznelson
- Joseph Raz - philosopher
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz - philosopher and public figure
- Avishai Margalit - philosopher
- Gershom Scholem
Social sciences
- Yehuda Bauer, historian
- SN Eisenstadt - sociologist: multiple modernities
- Haim Ginott - psychologist: child psychology
- Eliyahu Goldratt - business consultant: Theory of Constraints
- Louis Guttman, sociologist,
- Don Handelman, Anthropology, Sociology,
- Elhanan Helpman - economist: international trade
- Daniel Kahneman - behavioural scientist: prospect theory; Nobel Prize in Economics (2002)
- Gerry Leisman - psychologist: neuropsychology, computational neuroscience
- Amihai Mazar - archaeologist
- Benjamin Mazar - archaeologist
- Eilat Mazar - archaeologist
- Ory Mazar - biblical historian & author
- Benny Morris & Avi Shlaim - historians: New Historians
- David Navon, psychologist,
- Erich Neumann - analytical psychologist: development, consciousness
- Nurit Peled-Elhanan, educator
- Sheizaf Rafaeli, Management, information, communication,
- Ariel Rubinstein, economist,
- Yoram Tsafrir, Archeology,
- Amos Tversky - behavioral scientist: prospect theory with Daniel Kahneman
- Menahem Yaari, economist
- Yigael Yadin - archaeologist
- Daniel Elazar, political science
Humanities
- David Asheri, classical studies
- Aharon Dolgopolsky, linguist: Nostratic
- Moshe Goshen-Gottstein, Bible scholar
- Elias Khoury, law
- Hans Jakob Polotsky, linguist
- Chaim Rabin, Bible scholar
- Alice Shalvi, English literature, educator
- Gershon Shaked, Hebrew literature
- Shemaryahu Talmon, Bible scholar
- Emanuel Tov, Bible scholar
- Shmuel Werses, Yiddish and Hebrew literature
Entrepreneurs
High-tech
- Beny Alagem - founder of Packard Bell
- Efi Arazi - founder of Scitex
- Safra Catz - president of Oracle
- Idan & Yerach Feigenbaum - founders of SpeedBit (developers of Download Accelerator)
- Eli Harari - founder of SanDisk
- Ami Hashash - founder of Atom Style
- Yoav Hollander - founder of Verisity
- Morris Kahn - founder of Amdocs
- Daniel M. Lewin - founder of Akamai Technologies
- David Perlmutter - mobile platforms manager of Intel (developed Centrino wholly in Israel)
- Zack Rinat - founder of NetDynamics, Model N, Inc.
- Bob Rosenschein - founder of GuruNet, Answers.com (Israeli-based)
- Gil Schwed - founder of Check Point
- Moshe Bar - founder of XenSource, Qumranet
- Zeev Suraski & Andi Gutmans - founders of Zend Technologies (developers of PHP)
- Ariki & Yossi Vardi, Yair Goldfinger, Sefi Vigiser & Amnon Amir - founders of Mirabilis (developers of ICQ)
- Amnon Landan - founder of Mercury Interactive
- Doron Simovitch & Asaf Klibansky - founders of SortPrice.com
- Meir Brand - Google Israel
- Yossi Gross - Recipient of almost 600 patents, founder of 27 medical technology companies in Israel and the Chief Technology Office officer of Rainbow Medical.
Other
- Avi Arad & Isaac Perlmutter - owners of Marvel Comics
- Ted, Micky & Shari Arison - founder/owners of Carnival Corporation
- Eli Hurvitz - head of Teva Pharmaceuticals
- Lev Leviev, Benny Steinmetz - diamond tycoons[citation needed]
- Mordecai Meirowitz - inventor of the Mastermind board game
- Joseph, Ralph & Avi Nakash - founders of Jordache[citation needed]
- Sammy & Yuli Ofer - shipping magnates[citation needed]
- Ron Sommer - ex-CEO of Deutsche Telekom
- Stef Wertheimer - industrialist
- Giora Erlich - CEO of Aquaproducts Inc.[citation needed]
Sports
Basketball
- Miki Berkovich - Maccabi Tel-Aviv
- Tal Brody - Maccabi Tel-Aviv
- Tal Burstein - Maccabi Tel-Aviv
- Amit Tamir - University of California, PAOK Thessaloniki
- Shay Doron - University of Maryland
- Omri Casspi - Sacramento Kings
Football (soccer)
- Yossi Benayoun - Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa, Racing Santander, West Ham, Liverpool
- Tal Ben Haim - Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea
- Eyal Berkovic - Maccabi Haifa, Southampton, West Ham, Celtic, Man City, Portsmouth
- Haim Revivo - Maccabi Haifa, Celta Vigo, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray
- Ronnie Rosenthal - Maccabi Haifa, Liverpool, Tottenham, Watford
- Yochanan Vollach - Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Haifa, HKFC, President of Maccabi Haifa association
- Mordechai Spiegler - Maccabi Netanya, Paris St. Germain
- Pini Zahavi - UK-based super-agent
- Itzik Zohar - Maccabi Jaffa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Royal Antwerp, Beitar Jerusalem, Crystal Palace, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Herzliya, Maccabi Netanya, F.C. Ashdod, Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Tennis
- Harel Levy (1 doubles title, 2 singles finals)
- Noam Okun
- Dudi Sela
- Amir Hadad
- Noam Behr
- Eyal Ran
- Gilad Bloom
- Shlomo Glickstein
- Jonathan Erlich (6 doubles titles, 6 doubles finals)
- Andy Ram (6 doubles titles, 6 doubles finals, 1 mixed double title (Wimbledon 2006 W/Zvonareva
- Amos Mansdorf
- Shahar Perkiss
- Anna Smashnova (12 WTA career titles)
- Shahar Pe'er (3 WTA career titles)
- Tzipora Obziler
Other
- 1972 Olympic team - see Munich Massacre
- Johar Abu Lashin - boxer (IBO Welterweight Champion, 1997) [citation needed]
- Alex Averbukh - pole vaulter (European champion: 2002, 2006)
- Eli Elezra - professional poker player
- Galit Chait & Sergei Sakhnovski - ice dancers (world championship bronze: 2002)
- Gal Fridman - windsurfer (olympic gold: 2004, bronze: 1996; world champion: 2002)
- Boris Gelfand, Emil Sutovsky, Ilya Smirin - chess Grandmasters (~2700 peak ELO rating)
- Gilad - host of television programme "Gilad's Bodies in Motion"
- Baruch Hagai - wheelchair athlete (multiple paralympic golds)
- Vince Offer - American informercial presenter
- Esther Roth-Shachamarov - track & field (5 Asian game golds)
- Ariel Zeevi - judoka (European champion: 2000, 2003, 2004; olympic bronze: 2004)
- Yael Arad - judoka (olympic silver: 1992, European champion: 1993, world silver: 1993). First Israeli Olympic medallist.
- Oren Smadja - judoka (olympic bronze: 1992)
- Michael Kolganov - kayak paddler (olympic bronze: 2000)
See also
- List of Israel Prize recipients
- List of people by nationality
- Politics of Israel, List of Knesset members
- Culture of Israel, Music of Israel
- Science and technology in Israel
- List of Hebrew language authors, poets and playwrights
- List of Dutch Israelis
References
- ^ http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2010:33&version=NIV John 10:33, NIV Bible
- ^ Even though the State of Israel did not yet exist at the time of his death, he is commonly referred to as the first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel.
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