List of people from Haifa

This is a list of famous people from the Israeli city of Haifa.

Academia and research

Aaron Ciechanover

• Rachel Adato (gynecologist)
• Dan Bar-On (psychologist)
• Nitza Ben-Dov (Literature)
• Edmond Bonan (mathematician)
• Aaron Ciechanover (biologist; 2004 Nobel Prize, Chemistry)
• David Deutsch (physicist)
• Dahlia Gredinger (chemist)
• Yehuda Hayuth (geography; President of the University of Haifa)
• Avram Hershko (biochemist, 2004 Nobel Prize, Chemistry)
• Amnon Pazy (1936–2006), mathematician; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Ilan Pappé (historian)

Arts and entertainment

Odeya Rush

Dudu Topaz

• Abed Abdi (painter, sculptor)
• Chava Alberstein (singer)^[1]
• Moran Atias (model)
• Ralph Bakshi (animator and director)
• Mike Brant (pop star)
• David Broza (musician)
• Delilah (fictional character from John Rain series)
• Ari Folman (film director)
• Amos Gitai (film director)
• Ivry Gitlis (violinist)
• Carine Goren (pastry chef, cookbook author, and television baking show host)
• Tamara Musakhanova, sculptor and ceramist
• Infected Mushroom (electronic music duo)
• Avi Lerner (movie executive)
• Dani Litani (musician and actor)
• Shiri Maimon (singer)
• Izidore Musallam (film director)
• Vince Offer (entertainer and pitchman)
• Eytan Pessen (voice teacher, pianist and opera director)
• Yehuda Poliker (singer)
• Nasreen Qadri (singer)
• Odeya Rush (actress)
• Daniel Salomon (musician)
• Rinat Shaham (opera singer)
• Simon Shaheen (musician-Oud player)
• Gene Simmons (musician, bassist of Kiss)
• Shirin Sahba (painter, artist)^[2]
• Hillel Slovak (musician, original guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Drew Tal (Dror Toledano, photographer and visual artist)
• David Tartakover (artist)
• Dudu Topaz (1946–2009) (TV and radio personality, comedian, and author)
• Nilli Willis (adult film star)
• Keren Tzur (actress and director)
• Noam Zylberman (actor)
• Talia Lewenthal (Miss Israel 1996)
• Miri Zamir (Miss Israel 1968)
• Dorit Jellinek (Miss Israel 1978)
• Ronit Rinat (Miss Israel 1964)

Education

• Dr. Arthur Biram (educator)

Engineering and technology

• Moshe Safdie (architect)
• Johny Srouji (computer scientist)

Fashion

• Lea Gottlieb (founder and fashion designer of Gottex)

Journalism and media

• Ari Libsker (journalist)
• Rula Jebreal (Palestinian-Italian journalist)
• Tewfik Mishlawi (veteran Lebanese journalist)
• Amit Segal (journalist)

Literature

• Emile Habibi (author)
• Sami Michael (author)
• Galila Ron-Feder Amit (author)
• Alex Aronson (author, teacher)

Military and security

• Ze'ev Almog (11th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)
• Yohai Ben-Nun (6th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)
• Yaakov Dori (1st Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces)
• Haim Laskov (5th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and 4th Commander of the Israeli Air Force)
• Ehud Shani (general)
• Paul Shulman (2nd Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)
• Shmuel Tankus (5th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps, Palmach hero)
• Benjamin Telem (9th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)

Medicine and Health Care

• Dr. Ora Golan, Founder of The Ora Golan Center for Functional Medicine^[3]

Politics and government

• Rachel Adato (politician)
• Naftali Bennett (politician)
• Moshe Feiglin (politician)
• Noah Gal Gendler (ambassador)
• Emile Habibi (Christian Communist writer and politician)
• Zevulun Hammer (politician)
• Khaled al-Hassan (Palestinian politician)
• Hani al-Hassan (Palestinian politician)
• Moshe Kahlon (politician)
• Leila Khaled (Palestinian politician)
• Uzi Landau (politician)
• Uri Lupolianski (mayor of Jerusalem)
• Jabra Nicola (Palestinian Trotskyist leader)
• Boaz Rodkin (ambassador)
• Dan Tichon (politician)
• Emile Toma (politician)
• Moti Yogev (politician)

Religion

• Yona Metzger

Sports

Jonathan Erlich

• Eduard Meron (born 1937), Olympic weightlifter
• Ayala Hetzroni (born 1938), Olympic shotputter
• Ruth Abeles (born 1942), Olympic gymnast
• Yochanan Vollach (born 1945), footballer, president of Maccabi Haifa
• Miron Bleiberg (born 1955), football coach
• Shem-Tov Sabag (born 1959), Olympic marathoner
• Nili Drori (born 1960), Olympic foil fencer
• Shahar Perkiss (born 1962), tennis player
• Ronny Rosenthal (born 1963), footballer
• Reuven Atar (born 1969), footballer
• Tal Banin (born 1971), footballer
• Arik Benado (born 1973), footballer
• Idan Tal (born 1975), footballer
• Lior Mor (born 1976), tennis player
• Eithan Urbach (born 1977), Olympic swimmer, backstroke
• Jonathan Erlich (born 1977), tennis player
• Ran Nakash (born 1978), cruiserweight boxer
• Noam Okun (born 1978), tennis player
• Tomer Or (born 1978), fencer
• Guy Parselany (born 1978), professional basketball player
• Yaniv Katan (born 1981), association football player
• Eyal Levin (born 1986), Olympic sports sailor
• Lior Refaelov (born 1986), footballer
• Ilana Kratysh (born 1990), freestyle wrestler
• Orr Barouch (born 1991), footballer
• Jonatan Kopelev (born 1991), swimmer
• Bar Timor (born 1992), basketball player
• Gil Cohen (born 1992), Olympic sports sailor
• Yiftach Ziv (born 1995), basketball player
• Nina Amir (born 1999), Olympic sports sailor
• Ami Omer Dadaon (born 2000), Paralympic champion and world champion swimmer
• Mark Malyar (born 2000), Paralympic champion and world champion para swimmer
• Ron Polonsky (born 2001), Olympic swimmer
• Lea Polonsky (born 2002), Olympic swimmer
• Anastasia Gorbenko (born 2003), Olympic swimmer
• Shani Bakanov (born 2006), world champion rhythmic gymnast

Other

• Gilla Gerzon, Director, Haifa USO
• Amir Gal-Or, businessman
• Eival Gilady, CEO of the Portland Trust
• Sol Gradman, entrepreneur
• Hannah Safran, feminist, activist and researcher
• David Sambar, international investment banker, financial advisor and investor
• Eyal Weizman, intellectual and architect