List of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev people

The following is a list of presidents, rectors, and noted alumni and professors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva, Israel.

Presidents

 * Prof. Moshe Prywes 1973–1975
 * Ambassador Yosef Tekoah 1975–1981
 * Maj–Gen (Res.) Shlomo Gazit 1982–1985
 * Prof. Chaim Elata 1985–1990
 * MK Prof. Avishay Braverman 1990–2006
 * Prof. Rivka Carmi 2006–2018
 * Prof. Daniel Chamovitz 2019-

Rectors

 * Prof. Haim Hanani 1970–1973
 * Prof. Zvi Pelah 1973–1974
 * Prof. Moshe Rozen 1974–1979
 * Prof. David Wolf 1979–1984
 * Prof. Chaim Elata 1984–1986
 * Prof. Avraham Tamir 1986–1990
 * Prof. Dov Bahat 1990–1994
 * Prof. Nahum Finger 1994–2002
 * Prof. Jimmy Winblatt 2002–2010
 * Prof. Zvi HaCohen 2010–2018
 * Prof. Chaim Hames 2018-

Notable faculty

 * Aaron Antonovsky, sociologist
 * Aharon Appelfeld, author
 * Haim Be'er, author
 * Jacob Bekenstein, theoretical physicist
 * Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos, historian
 * Gerald Blidstein, Jewish Philosophy – Israel Prize Recipient
 * Dan Blumberg, geographer
 * Rivka Carmi, pediatrician
 * Daniel Chamovitz, plant biologist
 * Miriam Cohen, mathematician
 * Shlomi Dolev, computer scientist
 * David Faiman, solar engineer
 * Yisrael Friedman, historian
 * Tikva Frymer-Kensky, biblical scholar
 * Neve Gordon, political scientist
 * Chaim Hames, Historian
 * Yitzhak Hen, historian
 * Samuel Hollander, economist
 * Klara Kedem, computer scientist
 * Etgar Keret, author
 * Howard Kreisel, philosopher
 * Shaul Ladany, industrial engineering
 * Michael Lin, mathematician
 * Dan Meyerstein, chemist and president of Ariel University
 * Benny Morris, historian
 * David Newman, political geographer
 * Amos Oz, author
 * Renee Poznanski, political scientist and historian of the Holocaust in France
 * Joshua Prawer, historian
 * Elisha Qimron, Hebrew scholar
 * Eliahu Stern, geographer
 * Aviad Raz, sociologist
 * Danny Rubinstein, journalist
 * Michael Segal, algorithmic networking
 * Alice Shalvi, educator
 * Richard Shusterman, philosopher
 * Daniel Sivan, Hebrew literature professor
 * Carsten Peter Thiede, biblical scholar
 * Jacob Turkel, Israeli supreme court justice
 * Oren Yiftachel, geographer
 * Avishai Henik, psychologist
 * Moti Herskowitz, chemical engineering
 * Golan Shahar, clinical psychologist
 * Ohad Birk, physician scientist
 * Steven A Rosen, archaeologist
 * Vered Slonim-Nevo, social work
 * Yuval Golan, materials scientist
 * Jiwchar Ganor, environmental scientist
 * Joseph Kost, biomedical scientist
 * Zvi HaCohen, organic chemistry
 * Oded Lowengart, marketing
 * Limor Aharonson-Daniel, injury epidemiology
 * Yuval Elovici, computer and network security
 * Amit Schejter, communication studies
 * Ozer Schild (1930-2006), Danish-born Israeli academic, President of the University of Haifa and President of the College of Judea and Samaria ("Ariel College").
 * Yuval Shahar, artificial intelligence and medical informatics
 * Noam Weisbrod, hydrology
 * Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby, art history
 * Abraham Zangen, neuroscience
 * Yigal Meir, Physicist
 * Harold J. Vinegar, geology

Notable alumni

 * Amal Elsana Alh'jooj (born 1972), Bedouin feminist and peace activist
 * Muhammad Al-Nabari
 * Orna Barbivai (born 1962) former Minister of Economy, and the former head of IDF Manpower Directorate.
 * Isaac Berzin (born 1967), chemical engineer
 * Gilad Bracha
 * Alon Chen (born 1970), neuroscientist; 11th President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
 * Amira Dotan (born 1947), member of Knesset
 * Shai Efrati (born 1971), physician and director of research center
 * Varda Shalev, researcher and family physician
 * Gila Gamliel (born 1974), member of Knesset
 * Anastasia Gloushkov (born 1985), Olympic synchronized swimmer
 * Arieh Iserles (born 1947), mathematician
 * Ofer Lahav (born 1959)
 * Hadas Malada-Matzri, M.D. (born 1984), first Ethiopian Israeli female doctor in the Israel Defense Forces
 * Silvan Shalom (born 1958), Israeli minister
 * Eliezer Shkedi (born 1957), CEO of El Al
 * Yaakov Turner
 * Mordechai Vanunu (born 1954), an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist
 * Shelly Yachimovich (born 1960), member of the Knesset, former leader of the Israeli Labor Party
 * Michael W. Sonnenfeldt (born 1955)
 * Tamar Zandberg (born 1976) member of Knesset
 * Ofer Zwikael