List of Famous people born in Israel
Yair Shamir
Yair Shamir is an Israeli politician, businessman and former military officer. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2013 and 2015, during which he also held the post of Minister of Agriculture.
Yoram Moses
Yoram Moses is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Yair Golan
Aluf Yair Golan is a retired major general in the Israel Defense Forces who served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and is currently an MK for Meretz. Previously, he served as the commander of Home Front Command and Northern Command. He was succeeded by Aviv Kochavi as Deputy Chief of General Staff in November 2016.
Roni Milo
Roni Milo is an Israeli politician, lawyer and journalist, and a former Knesset member who held several ministerial positions. He was also mayor of Tel Aviv from 1993 to 1998.
Michael Zemour
Tamer Nafar
Tamer Nafar is a Palestinian rapper, actor, screenwriter and social activist of Israeli citizenship. He is the leader and a founding member of DAM, the first Palestinian hip hop group. Born in Lod, Israel.
David D'Or
David D'Or is an Israeli singer, composer, and songwriter. A countertenor with a vocal range of more than four octaves, he is a three-time winner of the Israeli "Singer of the Year" and "Best Vocal Performer" awards. He was also chosen to represent Israel in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, at which he placed 11th in the semi-final. By February 2008, nine of his albums had gone platinum.
Dalal Abu Amneh
Dalal Ghazi Muhammad Abu Amneh is a Palestinian singer and producer and a research doctor in brain sciences and neurophysiology from the Technion Applied Institute in Haifa. In 2022, she declined an invitation to perform at the Dubai Expo on the UAE's relations with Israel.
Shlomit Baytelman
Shlomit Baytelman Albala is a Chilean-nationalized Israeli actress, director and writer. She recognized for being a sex symbol in Chilean cinema with the film Julio comienza en julio in the mid-1970s, and later for an extensive career in television.
Limor Livnat
Limor Livnat is an Israeli former politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1992 and 2015, and was Minister of Communications, Minister of Education, and Minister of Culture & Sport.