List of people from Haifa

This is a list of famous people from the Israeli city of Haifa.

Academia and research

 * Rachel Adato (gynecologist)
 * Dan Bar-On (psychologist)
 * Nitza Ben-Dov (Literature)
 * Edmond Bonan (mathematician)
 * Aaron Ciechanover (biologist; 2004 Nobel Prize, Chemistry)
 * David Deutsch (physicist)
 * Dahlia Gredinger (chemist)
 * Yehuda Hayuth (geography; President of the University of Haifa)
 * Avram Hershko (biochemist, 2004 Nobel Prize, Chemistry)
 * Amnon Pazy (1936–2006), mathematician; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
 * Ilan Pappé (historian)

Arts and entertainment

 * Abed Abdi (painter, sculptor)
 * Chava Alberstein (singer)
 * Moran Atias (model)
 * Ralph Bakshi (animator and director)
 * Mike Brant (pop star)
 * David Broza (musician)
 * Delilah (fictional character from John Rain series)
 * Ari Folman (film director)
 * Amos Gitai (film director)
 * Ivry Gitlis (violinist)
 * Carine Goren (pastry chef, cookbook author, and television baking show host)
 * Tamara Musakhanova, sculptor and ceramist
 * Infected Mushroom (electronic music duo)
 * Avi Lerner (movie executive)
 * Dani Litani (musician and actor)
 * Shiri Maimon (singer)
 * Izidore Musallam (film director)
 * Vince Offer (entertainer and pitchman)
 * Eytan Pessen (voice teacher, pianist and opera director)
 * Yehuda Poliker (singer)
 * Nasreen Qadri (singer)
 * Odeya Rush (actress)
 * Daniel Salomon (musician)
 * Rinat Shaham (opera singer)
 * Simon Shaheen (musician-Oud player)
 * Gene Simmons (musician, bassist of Kiss)
 * Shirin Sahba (painter, artist)
 * Hillel Slovak (musician, original guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 * Drew Tal (Dror Toledano, photographer and visual artist)
 * David Tartakover (artist)
 * Dudu Topaz (1946–2009) (TV and radio personality, comedian, and author)
 * Nilli Willis (adult film star)
 * Noam Zylberman (actor)
 * Talia Lewenthal (Miss Israel 1996)
 * Miri Zamir (Miss Israel 1968)
 * Dorit Jellinek (Miss Israel 1978)
 * Ronit Rinat (Miss Israel 1964)

Education

 * Dr. Arthur Biram (educator)

Engineering and technology

 * Moshe Safdie (architect)
 * Johny Srouji (computer scientist)

Fashion

 * Lea Gottlieb (founder and fashion designer of Gottex)

Journalism and media

 * Ari Libsker (journalist)
 * Rula Jebreal (Palestinian-Italian journalist)
 * Tewfik Mishlawi (veteran Lebanese journalist)

Literature

 * Emile Habibi (author)
 * Sami Michael (author)
 * Galila Ron-Feder Amit (author)
 * Alex Aronson (author, teacher)

Military and security

 * Ze'ev Almog (11th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)
 * Yohai Ben-Nun (6th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)
 * Yaakov Dori (1st Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces)
 * Haim Laskov (5th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and 4th Commander of the Israeli Air Force)
 * Ehud Shani (general)
 * Paul Shulman (2nd Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)
 * Shmuel Tankus (5th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps, Palmach hero)
 * Benjamin Telem (9th Commander of the Israeli Sea Corps)

Medicine and Health Care

 * Dr. Ora Golan, Founder of The Ora Golan Center for Functional Medicine

Politics and government

 * Rachel Adato (politician)
 * Naftali Bennett (politician)
 * Moshe Feiglin (politician)
 * Noah Gal Gendler (ambassador)
 * Emile Habibi (Christian Communist writer and politician)
 * Zevulun Hammer (politician)
 * Khaled al-Hassan (Palestinian politician)
 * Hani al-Hassan (Palestinian politician)
 * Moshe Kahlon (politician)
 * Leila Khaled (Palestinian politician)
 * Uzi Landau (politician)
 * Uri Lupolianski (mayor of Jerusalem)
 * Jabra Nicola (Palestinian Trotskyist leader)
 * Boaz Rodkin (ambassador)
 * Dan Tichon (politician)
 * Emile Toma (politician)
 * Moti Yogev (politician)

Religion

 * Yona Metzger

Sports



 * Eduard Meron (born 1937), Olympic weightlifter
 * Ayala Hetzroni (born 1938), Olympic shotputter
 * Ruth Abeles (born 1942), Olympic gymnast
 * Yochanan Vollach (born 1945), footballer, president of Maccabi Haifa
 * Miron Bleiberg (born 1955), football coach
 * Shem-Tov Sabag (born 1959), Olympic marathoner
 * Shahar Perkiss (born 1962), tennis player
 * Ronny Rosenthal (born 1963), footballer
 * Reuven Atar (born 1969), footballer
 * Tal Banin (born 1971), footballer
 * Arik Benado (born 1973), footballer
 * Idan Tal (born 1975), footballer
 * Lior Mor (born 1976), tennis player
 * Eithan Urbach (born 1977), Olympic swimmer, backstroke
 * Jonathan Erlich (born 1977), tennis player
 * Ran Nakash (born 1978), cruiserweight boxer
 * Noam Okun (born 1978), tennis player
 * Tomer Or (born 1978), fencer
 * Guy Parselany (born 1978), professional basketball player
 * Yaniv Katan (born 1981), association football player
 * Eyal Levin (born 1986), Olympic sports sailor
 * Lior Refaelov (born 1986), footballer
 * Ilana Kratysh (born 1990), freestyle wrestler
 * Orr Barouch (born 1991), footballer
 * Jonatan Kopelev (born 1991), swimmer
 * Bar Timor (born 1992), basketball player
 * Gil Cohen (born 1992), Olympic sports sailor
 * Yiftach Ziv (born 1995), basketball player
 * Nina Amir (born 1999), Olympic sports sailor
 * Ron Polonsky (born 2001), swimmer
 * Lea Polonsky (born 2002), swimmer
 * Anastasia Gorbenko (born 2003), swimmer
 * Shani Bakanov (born 2006), world champion rhythmic gymnast

Other

 * Gilla Gerzon, Director, Haifa USO
 * Amir Gal-Or, businessman
 * Eival Gilady, CEO of the Portland Trust
 * Hannah Safran, feminist, activist and researcher
 * David Sambar, international investment banker, financial advisor and investor
 * Eyal Weizman, intellectual and architect