List of Famous people born in Israel
Carmel Shama
Carmel Shama-Hacohen is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud in two spells between 2009 and 2014, before becoming Israel's envoy to the OECD, UNESCO and the Council of Europe. In 2018 he was elected mayor of Ramat Gan.
Mira Awad
Mīrā Anwar ‘Awaḍ is an Arab-Israeli singer, actress, and songwriter.
Tanya Kahana
Alon Mizrahi
Alon Mizrahi is a retired Israeli professional footballer that has played in several clubs throughout Europe, including Nice, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem.
Esti Ginzburg
Esther Daphna "Esti" Ginzburg-Keizman is an Israeli model, actress, and television host. She has modeled in international campaigns for fashion brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Burberry, FCUK, Pull and Bear. She was also featured in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. According to Forbes Israel, she was ranked third among the top ten highest paid models in Israel in 2013, below the two top Israeli models Bar Refaeli and Gal Gadot.
Daniel Hershkowitz
Daniel Hershkowitz is an Israeli politician, mathematician, and Orthodox rabbi. He currently serves as Israel's Head of the Civil Service Commission. Previously he served as a professor of mathematics at the Technion, and is also rabbi of the Ahuza neighborhood in Haifa. He was president of Bar-Ilan University from 2013 to 2017.
Ram Bergman
Ram Bergman is an Israeli film producer, known for the films Brick, The Brothers Bloom, Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Knives Out, all of which were written and directed by Rian Johnson.
Salah Tarif
Salah Tarif is a Druze Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2006. When appointed Minister without Portfolio by Ariel Sharon in 2001, he became Israel's first non-Jewish government minister.
Shalom Simhon
Shalom Simhon is an Israeli politician and former member of the Knesset for Independence and the Labor Party. He previously served as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour and Minister of Minorities in the Israeli cabinet.
Moshe Kahlon
Moshe Kahlon is a retired Israeli politician. Between 2003 and 2013 he served as a member of the Knesset for Likud, and as Minister of Communications and Minister of Welfare & Social Services. After taking a break from politics, he founded the Kulanu party in 2014, and returned to the Knesset the following year. In 2015, he was appointed Minister of Finance in the Netanyahu IV cabinet. On 12 January 2020, Kahlon announced that he would be retiring from politics.