List of Famous people born in Israel

Lucy Aharish is an Arab-Israeli news anchor, reporter, television host and actress. She was the first Muslim Arab news presenter on mainstream Hebrew-language Israeli television.

Meni Levi, is a retired Israeli footballer who played as a right back for Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Leila Khaled is a Palestinian refugee and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

Ruth Arnon is an Israeli biochemist and codeveloper of the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone. She is currently the Paul Ehrlich Professor of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, where she is researching anti-cancer and influenza vaccinations.

Anthony Arie Hyman FRS is a British scientist and professor at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.

Tzipi Hotovely is an Israeli former politician. She served as Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Minister of Settlement Affairs and as a member of the Knesset for the Likud.

Majalli Wahabi is an Israeli Druze politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud, Kadima and Hatnuah between 2003 and 2013. He briefly assumed the position of Acting President due to President Moshe Katzav's leave of absence and Interim President Dalia Itzik's trip abroad in February 2007, making him the first non-Jew and the first Druze to be Israel's acting head of state.

Sheikh Raed Salah Abu Shakra is a Palestinian religious leader from Umm al-Fahm, Israel. He is best known for being the leader of the outlawed Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel. He became the mayor of Umm al-Fahm in 1989 but stepped down in 2001 to focus on his religious activities. He has eight children, and is a former poet.

Shlomi Elkabetz is an Israeli actor, writer and director. He is known for playing Simon in HBO's Our Boys.

Amos Gitai is an Israeli filmmaker, who was trained as an architect.