List of Famous people born in Israel
Karine Nahon
Karine Nahon is an Israeli information scientist in the area of information, technology and society. She holds a dual position as an associate professor in The Information School at University of Washington and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. In July 2017, Nahon was named #24 on Forbes' list of 50 Most Influential Women in Israel. Her co-authored book “Going Viral” was awarded Best Information Science Book Award by the Association for Information Science and Technology and the 2014 Outstanding Academic Title Award by the American Library Association.
Avi Lerner
Avinoam Lerner is an Israeli-American film producer, primarily of American action movies. Lerner is the founder and CEO of Millennium Films.
Mina Teicher
Mina Teicher is an Israeli mathematician at Bar-Ilan University, specializing in algebraic geometry.
Nathan Goshen
Nathan Goshen is an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer, music arranger, musician and actor.
Wael Hallaq
Wael B. Hallaq is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he has been teaching ethics, law, and political thought since 2009. He is considered a leading scholar in the field of Islamic legal studies, and he has been described as one of the world's leading authorities on Islamic law.
Eyal Berkovic
Eyal Berkovic is an Israeli former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He made 78 appearances for Israel, and is considered one of the nation's greatest players.
Tal Sondak
Tal Sondak is an Israeli singer.
Avi Arad
Avi Arad is an Israeli-American businessman and film producer who became the CEO of the company Toy Biz in the 1990s and soon afterward became the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment, a Marvel director and the chairman, CEO and founder of Marvel Studios. Since then, Arad has produced a wide array of live-action, animated, and television comic book adaptations including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the 2019 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature.
Oren Peli
Oren Peli is an Israeli American film director, producer and screenwriter, known for directing the 2007 film Paranormal Activity.
Moshe Kaplinsky
Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky is an Israeli army general and businessman who served as CEO of the Israeli subsidiary of Better Place. Most recently, he was Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He was previously head of the Israel Defense Forces's Central Command, whose area of responsibility includes the West Bank. As Deputy Chief of the General Staff he was second in command of the Israel Defense Forces.