List of Famous people born in Tel Aviv District, Israel

Chaim Topol

First Name Chaim
Born on September 9, 1935 (age 90)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Chaim Topol, also spelled Haym Topol, mononymously known as Topol, is an Israeli actor, singer, comedian, voice artist, film producer, author, and illustrator. He is best known for his portrayal of Tevye the Dairyman, the lead role in the musical Fiddler on the Roof, on both stage and screen, having performed this role more than 3,500 times in shows and revivals from the late 1960s through 2009.

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T. J. Leaf

First Name T.
Last Name Leaf
Born on April 30, 1997 (age 28)
Height 208 cm | 6'10

Ty Jacob Leaf is an Israeli-American professional basketball player who last played for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing one season of college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, he was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft with the 18th overall pick.

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Assi Azar

First Name Assi
Born on June 10, 1979 (age 46)

Assi Azar is an Israeli television host. He co-hosted Big Brother - Israel with Erez Tal until 2015 and The Next Star with Rotem Sela. He is also the creator of the romantic comedy TV series, Beauty and the Baker. Azar co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. Azar is an LGBT rights advocate. In 2009, he was listed among the most 100 influential gay people in the world by OUT Magazine.

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Ayelet Shaked

First Name Ayelet
Born on May 7, 1976 (age 49)

Ayelet Shaked is an Israeli politician, activist, and software engineer. She served as a member of the Knesset for The Jewish Home from 2013 to 2018, after which she became a member of the New Right. She currently represents the Yamina alliance. She was Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2019. Although until 2018 she was representing a religious party, Shaked identifies as a secular politician.

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Anat Atzmon

First Name Anat
Born on November 27, 1958 (age 67)

Anat Atzmon is an Israeli actress and singer.

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Michael Wolffsohn

First Name Michael
Last Name Wolffsohn
Born on May 17, 1947 (age 78)

Michael Wolffsohn is a German historian. Wolffsohn was born in Tel Aviv, in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine and today is Israel. His parents were German Jews who fled in 1939.

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Erez Tal

ארז משה בן-טולילה
First Name Erez
Born on July 27, 1961 (age 64)

Erez Tal is an Israeli television host.

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Micky Arison

First Name Micky
Born on June 29, 1949 (age 76)
Net Worth $6.7B

Micky Arison is an Israeli-American businessman and chairman of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator. From 1979 until 2013, he also served as CEO until he was replaced in June 2013 by Arnold W. Donald, who had served on the company's board for 12 years. Arison is also the owner of the NBA's Miami Heat.

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Oded Fehr

First Name Oded
Born on November 23, 1970 (age 55)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Oded Fehr is an Israeli actor, currently based in the United States. He is known for his appearance as Ardeth Bay in the 1999 remake of The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as Carlos Olivera in Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Resident Evil: Extinction and Todd/Clone Carlos in Resident Evil: Retribution, Faris al-Farik in Sleeper Cell, Antoine in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, the demon Zankou in the TV series Charmed and Eli Cohn on the TV series V. He also portrayed Eyal Lavin, a Mossad agent on the TV series Covert Affairs, as well as Beau Bronn on the TV series Jane by Design and Mossad Deputy Director Ilan Bodnar on NCIS. Additionally he voiced Osiris in the Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris expansion (2017). In 2020, Fehr appeared in the third season of Star Trek Discovery as Fleet Admiral Charles Vance.

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Benny Hinn

Toufik Benedictus Hinn
First Name Benny
Last Name Hinn
Born on December 3, 1952 (age 73)

Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn is an Israeli televangelist, best known for his regular "Miracle Crusades"—revival meeting or faith healing summits that are usually held in stadiums in major cities, which are later broadcast worldwide on his television program, This Is Your Day.

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