List of Famous people born in Northern District, Israel
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela is an Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009. As of January 2018, Sela is Israel's top men's singles player.
Azmi Bishara
Azmi Bishara is an Arab public intellectual, political philosopher and author. He is presently the General Director of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.
Tom Gores
Tom Gores is an American businessman and investor. He is the founder of Platinum Equity, a private equity firm with headquarters in Beverly Hills, California. On June 1, 2011, Gores and Platinum Equity became the owners of the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons. He would later become sole owner of the team in 2015. Gores is also a billionaire with an estimated current net worth of $4.1 billion according to the 2019 Forbes 400 list.
Eliad Cohen
Eliad Cohen is an Israeli producer, actor, model and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Gay-ville, a gay-friendly vacation rental service headquartered in Tel Aviv. He became a prominent Israeli gay personality after being chosen as the cover model of the Spartacus International Gay Guide for the 2011-2012 issue, which led to various magazine covers around the world.
Bibras Natcho
Bibars Natcho is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serbian club Partizan and captains the Israel national team. He is the first captain of Israel to be of either Circassian or Muslim origin.
Viktor Tsyhankov
Viktor Vitaliyovych Tsyhankov is an Israeli-born Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national football team.
Rivka Zohar
Rivka Zohar is an Israeli singer.
Lucy Aharish
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.
Majalli Wahabi
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.
Dudu Aouate
David "Dudu" Aouate is an Israeli retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.