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100 Notable alumni of Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

Hebrew University of Jerusalem is ranked #163 in the world and #2 in Israel by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Hebrew University of Jerusalem sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Hebrew University of Jerusalem won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Geulah Cohen

1. Geulah Cohen

1925-2019 (aged 94)
writer journalist publisher politician
Geulah Cohen was an Israeli politician and activist who founded the Tehiya party. She won the Israel Prize in 2003. Between 1974 and 1992, she served as a member of Knesset, initially for Likud. She changed her political affiliation to Tehiya in 1979. In 1992, she lost her seat in the Knesset.
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Amira Hass

2. Amira Hass

1956-. (aged 70)
opinion journalist writer journalist
Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist, columnist, activist, and author, mostly known for her columns in the daily newspaper Haaretz covering Palestinian affairs in Gaza and the West Bank, where she has lived for almost thirty years.
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Avram Hershko

3. Avram Hershko

1937-. (aged 89)
physician educator biochemist university teacher
Avram Hershko is a Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.
Zeruya Shalev

4. Zeruya Shalev

1959-. (aged 67)
literary editor screenwriter novelist writer children's writer
Zeruya Shalev is an Israeli author.
Barak Hiram

5. Barak Hiram

1979-. (aged 47)
military officer
Barak Hiram is an IDF officer with the rank of Brigadier general, currently serving as the commander of the Gaza Division. Previously, he served as the commander of the 99th Infantry Division, the Golani Brigade, the commander of the live-fire training center in the IDF, the commander of the Golani Brigade, the commander of Golani's training base, and the commander...
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Martin van Creveld

6. Martin van Creveld

1946-. (aged 80)
university teacher military historian writer
Martin Levi van Creveld is an Israeli military historian and theorist.
Eli Zeira

7. Eli Zeira

1928-2025 (aged 97)
military officer
Eli Zeira was a major general in the Israel Defense Forces. He was director of Aman, Israel's military intelligence, during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. He is most remembered for his ill-conceived prewar assessment that Egypt and Syria would not attack (also known as "The Concept"), despite intelligence to the contrary.
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Dalia Itzik

8. Dalia Itzik

1952-. (aged 74)
educator politician trade unionist
Dalia Itzik is an Israeli former politician who last served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 became the first female speaker of the Knesset, and served as President of Israel in an interim capacity in July 2007.
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Uzi Dayan

9. Uzi Dayan

1948-. (aged 78)
military personnel military officer politician
Aluf Uzi Dayan (Hebrew: עוזי דיין; born January 4, 1948) is a former general in the Israel Defense Forces and an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud from 2020 to 2021.
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Aaron Ciechanover

10. Aaron Ciechanover

1947-. (aged 79)
university teacher pedagogue chemist biochemist physician
Aaron Ciechanover is an Israeli biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin.
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Tom Segev

11. Tom Segev

1945-. (aged 81)
journalist historian
Tom Segev is an Israeli historian, author and journalist. He is associated with Israel's New Historians, a group critical of many of the country's traditional narratives.
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Isaac Amit

12. Isaac Amit

1958-. (aged 68)
judge advocate
Yitzhak Amit is an Israeli jurist currently serving as President of the Supreme Court of Israel since February 2025, having been the court's acting president from October 2024 to February 2025. He has been a justice of the Supreme Court of Israel since 2009. He is widely considered as a liberal justice and has had a major impact on the...
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Joshua Angrist

13. Joshua Angrist

1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher economist econometrician
Joshua David Angrist is an Israeli American economist and Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Angrist, together with Guido Imbens, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2021 "for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships".
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Ephraim Halevy

14. Ephraim Halevy

1934-. (aged 92)
diplomat pedagogue journalist
Efraim Halevy is an Israeli intelligence expert and diplomat. He was the 9th director of the Mossad and the 3rd head of the Israeli National Security Council.
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Samuel Willenberg

15. Samuel Willenberg

1923-2016 (aged 93)
painter writer sculptor military personnel resistance fighter
Samuel Willenberg, nom de guerre Igo, was a Polish Holocaust survivor, artist, and writer. He was a Sonderkommando at the Treblinka extermination camp and participated in the unit's planned revolt in August 1943. While 300 escaped, about 79 were known to survive the war. Willenberg reached Warsaw where, before war's end, he took part in the Warsaw Uprising. At his...
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Alona Barkat

16. Alona Barkat

1969-. (aged 57)
businessperson
Alona Barkat is an Israeli businesswoman, and owner of the football team Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Abraham Burg

17. Abraham Burg

1955-. (aged 71)
writer politician
Abraham "Avrum" Burg is an Israeli author, politician, and businessman. He was a member of the Knesset, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Speaker of the Knesset, and Interim President of Israel. He was the first Speaker of the Knesset to have been born in Israel after its declaration of independence in 1948. A member of the Labor Party...
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Nechama Rivlin

18. Nechama Rivlin

1945-2019 (aged 74)
secretary
Nechama Rivlin was an Israeli researcher, science secretary, and First Lady of Israel from 2014 to 2019. She worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1967 to 2007.
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Joseph Raz

19. Joseph Raz

1939-2022 (aged 83)
university teacher philosopher
Joseph Raz FBA was an Israeli legal, moral and political philosopher. He was an advocate of legal positivism and is known for his conception of perfectionist liberalism. Raz spent most of his career as a professor of philosophy of law at Balliol College, Oxford, and was latterly a part-time professor of law at Columbia University Law School and a part-time...
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Shlomo Goren

20. Shlomo Goren

1917-1994 (aged 77)
rabbi military officer
Shlomo Goren was a Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Talmudic scholar. An Orthodox Jew and Religious Zionist, he was considered a foremost rabbinical legal authority on matters of Jewish religious law (halakha). In 1948, Goren founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), a position he held until 1968. Subsequently, he served...
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Meirav Cohen

21. Meirav Cohen

1983-. (aged 43)
politician activist
Meirav Cohen is an Israeli politician and social equality activist. She is currently a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid and served as Minister for Social Equality from May 2020 to January 2021. She took up the post again in June 2021.
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Ehud Manor

22. Ehud Manor

1941-2005 (aged 64)
television presenter songwriter lyricist translator poet
Ehud Manor was an Israeli lyricist, translator, poet and radio and TV personality. He is widely considered to have been Israel's most prolific lyricist of all time, having written or translated over 1,000 songs. In 1998, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his exceptional contributions to Israeli music.
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Shulamit Aloni

23. Shulamit Aloni

1928-2014 (aged 86)
women's rights activist human rights defender writer advocate lawyer
Shulamit Aloni was an Israeli politician. She founded the progressive Ratz party, was leader of the Meretz party, Leader of the Opposition from 1988 to 1990, and served as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993. In 2000, she won the Israel Prize. Throughout her decades-long political career, Aloni advocated for secularism, a peaceful solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, equal...
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Danny Yatom

24. Danny Yatom

1945-. (aged 81)
politician military officer
Danny Yatom is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Labor. In 1996–1998, Yatom was head of the Mossad and between 1999 and 2001, he served as Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Chief Of Staff and security advisor.
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Benny Begin

25. Benny Begin

1943-. (aged 83)
geologist politician
Ze'ev Binyamin Begin (Hebrew: זאב בנימין "בני" בגין; born 1 March 1943), is an Israeli geologist and politician, having previously served as a member for Likud and Herut – The National Movement. He is the son of former Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin.
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Nimrod Aloni

26. Nimrod Aloni

1973-. (aged 53)
military officer
Nimrod Aloni is a major-general in the Israeli Defence Force.
Shevah Weiss

27. Shevah Weiss

1935-2023 (aged 88)
pedagogue political scientist writer university teacher politician
Shevah Weiss was an Israeli politician who served as Knesset Speaker under Yitzhak Rabin. He was Israel's ambassador to Poland and chairman of Yad Vashem.
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Aharon Appelfeld

28. Aharon Appelfeld

1932-2018 (aged 86)
writer prose writer university teacher physical education teacher
Aharon Appelfeld was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor.
Hagai Segal

29. Hagai Segal

1957-. (aged 69)
writer newspaper editor journalist opinion journalist
Hagai Segal is an Israeli author and journalist, former editor of the Makor Rishon newspaper.
Mordechai Gur

30. Mordechai Gur

1930-1995 (aged 65)
military officer writer politician
Mordechai "Motta" Gur was an Israeli politician and the 10th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. During the Six-Day War (1967), he commanded the brigade that penetrated the Old City of Jerusalem and broadcast the famous words, "The Temple Mount is in our hands!" (Hebrew: הר הבית בידינו, Har HaBayit B'Yadeinu). As Chief of Staff, he had responsibility...
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Zvi Yehezkeli

31. Zvi Yehezkeli

1970-. (aged 56)
filmmaker orientalist journalist
Zvi Yehezkeli (Hebrew: צבי (צביקה) יחזקאלי; born August 17, 1970) is an Israeli television journalist and documentarian. He is an commentator on Arab affairs.
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Danny Danon

32. Danny Danon

1971-. (aged 55)
diplomat politician
Danny Danon is an Israeli politician and diplomat serving as Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations since 2024, and previously from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Likud party, he served in the Knesset from 2009 to 2015 and from 2022 to 2024. The former leader of the world Betar organization, Danon was elected Chairman of the World Likud....
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Daphne Koller

33. Daphne Koller

1968-. (aged 58)
computer scientist engineer university teacher artificial intelligence researcher
Daphne Koller is an Israeli-American computer scientist. She was a professor in the department of computer science at Stanford University and a MacArthur Foundation fellowship recipient. She is one of the founders of Coursera, an online education platform. Her general research area is artificial intelligence and its applications in the biomedical sciences. Koller was featured in a 2004 article by...
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Uri Zohar

34. Uri Zohar

1935-2022 (aged 87)
screenwriter film director stand-up comedian rabbi actor
Uri Zohar was an Israeli film director, actor, comedian and rabbi.A major figure of the New Sensibility movement in Israeli cinema, he became one of the country's most prolific and prominent filmmakers in the 1960s and 1970s.He was named a recipient of the Israel Prize for Cinema in 1976, but he declined to accept the award.
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Ze'ev Elkin

35. Ze'ev Elkin

1971-. (aged 55)
historian politician journalist
Ze'ev Elkin is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a Member of the Knesset for the New Hope Party. He was previously a member of the Knesset for Kadima, Likud and the National Unity Party and served as Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Minister of Housing and Construction, Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Minister of Environmental Protection, Minister of Higher Education...
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Yael Dayan

36. Yael Dayan

1939-2024 (aged 85)
writer human rights defender journalist politician
Yael Dayan, also known as Yaël Dayan, was an Israeli politician and author. She served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2003, and from 2008 to 2013 was the chair of Tel Aviv city council. Her service on the city council ended with the 2013 election. She was the daughter of Moshe Dayan and the sister of...
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Avi Gabbai

37. Avi Gabbai

1967-. (aged 59)
chief executive officer politician
Avraham "Avi" Gabbay is an Israeli businessman and politician. He was CEO of the telecommunications company Bezeq from 2007 to 2013, then entered politics. He served as Minister of Environmental Protection between 2015 and 2016 as a member of the Kulanu party, before being elected leader of the Israeli Labor Party in 2017. He was elected to the Knesset in...
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Yehuda Amichai

38. Yehuda Amichai

1924-2000 (aged 76)
playwright poet writer translator novelist
Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. Yehuda Amichai, the poet of everyday life, love, and death, is the most internationally renowned Israeli poet. His 17 books have been translated into more than 20 languages, including Chinese and Japanese. He was a people's poet who believed that...
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David Gross

39. David Gross

1941-. (aged 85)
string theorist theoretical physicist physicist university teacher
David Jonathan Gross is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with Frank Wilczek and Hugh David Politzer "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction".
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Assi Dayan

40. Assi Dayan

1945-2014 (aged 69)
film director journalist actor writer film producer
Assaf "Assi" Dayan was an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
Ephraim Katzir

41. Ephraim Katzir

1916-2009 (aged 93)
biologist politician university teacher biophysicist
Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
A. B. Yehoshua

42. A. B. Yehoshua

1936-2022 (aged 86)
writer playwright pedagogue screenwriter
Avraham Gabriel "Boolie" Yehoshua was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. The New York Times called him the "Israeli Faulkner". Underlying themes in Yehoshua's work are Jewish identity, the tense relations with non-Jews, the conflict between the older and younger generations, and the clash between religion and politics.
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Maurizio Molinari

43. Maurizio Molinari

1964-. (aged 62)
journalist writer
Maurizio Molinari is an Italian journalist, who was editor-in-chief of the daily la Repubblica between 23 April 2020 and 6 October 2024, after serving five years as editor-in-chief of la La Stampa.
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Yigael Yadin

44. Yigael Yadin

1917-1984 (aged 67)
military personnel politician archaeologist anthropologist military officer
Yigael Yadin was an Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician. He was the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and Deputy Prime Minister from 1977 to 1981.
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Isaac Navon

45. Isaac Navon

1921-2015 (aged 94)
educator politician writer diplomat playwright
Yitzhak Rachamim Navon was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the president of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left Alignment party. He was the first Israeli president born in Jerusalem and the first Sephardi Jew to serve in that office.
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Aharon Barak

46. Aharon Barak

1936-. (aged 90)
university teacher jurist judge
Aharon Barak is an Israeli lawyer and jurist who served as President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1995 to 2006. Prior to this, Barak served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1978 to 1995, and before this as Attorney General of Israel from 1975 to 1978.
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Meir Shalev

47. Meir Shalev

1948-2023 (aged 75)
writer children's writer opinion journalist psychologist journalist
Meir Shalev was an Israeli writer and newspaper columnist for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth. Shalev's books have been translated into 26 languages.
Robert Aumann

48. Robert Aumann

1930-. (aged 96)
pedagogue mathematician researcher professor economist
Robert John Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also holds a visiting position at Stony Brook University, and is one of the founding members of the Stony Brook Center for Game...
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Ahmad Tibi

49. Ahmad Tibi

1958-. (aged 68)
physician gynecologist politician
Ahmad Tibi is a Palestinian-Israeli politician. The leader of the Ta'al party, he has served as a member of the Knesset since 1999. Tibi was acknowledged as a figure in the Israeli-Palestinian arena after serving as a political advisor to the late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat (1993–1999).
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Yinon Magal

50. Yinon Magal

1969-. (aged 57)
television presenter politician journalist
Yinon Magal is an Israeli journalist and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home for most of 2015. Magal presents the program "The Patriots" on the channel Now 14 and broadcasts a daily program on the radio station 103fm alongside Ben Caspit. In the past, he was the presenter of Channel 1's "View Edition"...
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Ofer Cassif

51. Ofer Cassif

1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Ofer Cassif is a far-left Israeli politician. He has represented Hadash in the Knesset since April 2019.
Benny Morris

52. Benny Morris

1948-. (aged 78)
historian university teacher journalist
Benny Morris is an Israeli historian. He was a professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel. Morris was initially associated with the group of Israeli historians known as the "New Historians", a term he coined to describe himself and historians Avi Shlaim, Ilan Pappé and Simha...
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Nir Barkat

53. Nir Barkat

1959-. (aged 67)
businessperson entrepreneur politician
Nir Barkat is an Israeli businessman and politician, currently serving as Minister of Economy. He previously served as mayor of Jerusalem from 2008 to 2018.
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Amit Segal

54. Amit Segal

1982-. (aged 44)
reporter writer journalist
Amit Segal is an Israeli journalist, radio and television personality. He serves as the political commentator of Israel's Channel 12 news (N12 News company) and a political columnist for the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. He is regarded as one of the most influential journalists in Israel. Nowadays he serves as an anchor of the Israeli Meet the Press alongside Ben Caspit.
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Mansour Abbas

55. Mansour Abbas

1974-. (aged 52)
political activist dentist politician
Mansour Abbas is an Israeli politician. He is currently the leader of the United Arab List and represents the party in the Knesset. He was appointed as the chair of Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs in the Knesset on 27 April 2021. In 2021 Abbas made history by becoming the first Israeli Arab political leader to join an Israeli...
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Avi Loeb

56. Avi Loeb

1962-. (aged 64)
astrophysicist ufologist university teacher
Abraham "Avi" Loeb is an Israeli and American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. He chaired the Department of Astronomy from 2011 to 2020, and founded the Black Hole Initiative in 2016.
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Lucy Aharish

57. Lucy Aharish

1981-. (aged 45)
film actor celebrity branding television presenter actor journalist
Lucy Aharish is an Israeli journalist, news anchor, television host, and actress. She was the first Arab-Muslim news presenter on mainstream Hebrew-language Israeli television.
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Iddo Netanyahu

58. Iddo Netanyahu

1952-. (aged 74)
playwright radiologist
Iddo Netanyahu is an Israeli physician, author, and playwright. He is the younger brother of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yonatan Netanyahu, a highly decorated soldier who was killed leading the Entebbe raid, a hostage rescue mission in 1976.
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Yariv Levin

59. Yariv Levin

1969-. (aged 57)
advocate lawyer politician
Yariv Gideon Levin is an Israeli lawyer and politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, Minister of Interior and Minister of Religious Services. He served as Speaker of the Knesset in December 2022, previously serving in that role from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as a member of Knesset for Likud, and previously held the posts...
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Delphine Horvilleur

60. Delphine Horvilleur

1974-. (aged 52)
writer journalist rabbi philosopher
Delphine Horvilleur is France's third female rabbi, and (as of 2024) editorial director of the quarterly Jewish magazine Tenou’a - Atelier de pensée(s) juive(s) (Tenou'a - Workshop on Jewish thought). She leads a congregation in Paris, and is currently co-leading the Liberal Jewish Movement of France, a Jewish liberal cultural and religious association affiliated to the World Union for Progressive...
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Yair Netanyahu

61. Yair Netanyahu

1991-. (aged 35)
journalist
Yair Netanyahu is an Israeli podcaster and political activist. He is the second child of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Esther Perel

62. Esther Perel

1958-. (aged 68)
sex therapist podcaster psychotherapist marriage counselor
Esther Perel is an American psychotherapist, known for her work on human relationships.
David Grossman

63. David Grossman

1954-. (aged 72)
radio personality screenwriter writer children's writer novelist
David Grossman is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Ilan Pappé

64. Ilan Pappé

1954-. (aged 72)
historian political scientist university teacher
Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian and political scientist, known for his work on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and as a leading figure among Israel's New Historians. He is a professor at the University of Exeter's College of Social Sciences and International Studies, where he directs the European Centre for Palestine Studies and co-directs the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies.
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Aviv Kochavi

65. Aviv Kochavi

1964-. (aged 62)
military personnel military officer
Aviv Kohavi is an Israeli former general who served as the 22nd Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 15 January 2019 to 16 January 2023. Before becoming Lieutenant General (Rav-Aluf), he was commander of the Gaza Division, commander of the Northern Command, commander of the Paratroopers Brigade and Military Intelligence Directorate.
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Israel Katz

66. Israel Katz

1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Israel Katz is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud currently serving as Minister of Defense and a member of the Security Cabinet of Israel. Katz has been recognized for his role in modernizing Israel's transportation infrastructure, including the expansion of highways, the development of high-speed rail, and reforms to Israel's ports that increased competition and reduced...
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Moshe Katsav

67. Moshe Katsav

1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Moshe Katsav is an Israeli former politician who was the president of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was also a leading Likud member of the Israeli Knesset and a minister in its cabinet. He was the first Mizrahi Jew to be elected to the presidency, and second non-Ashkenazi president after Yitzhak Navon. He is also the only ex-Israeli president...
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Benzion Netanyahu

68. Benzion Netanyahu

1910-2012 (aged 102)
Judaic scholar pedagogue zionist writer university teacher
Benzion Netanyahu was an Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist, born in Warsaw. He served as a professor of history at Cornell University. A scholar of Judaic history, he was also an activist in the Revisionist Zionism movement, who lobbied in the United States to support the creation of the Jewish state. His field of expertise was the history of the...
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Wolf Blitzer

69. Wolf Blitzer

1948-. (aged 78)
television presenter program host journalist
Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network. He has been a host of The Situation Room, now formally known as The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, since 2005. Since March 2025,...
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Neri Oxman

70. Neri Oxman

1976-. (aged 50)
designer artist university teacher architect
Neri Oxman is an American-Israeli designer and former professor known for art that combines design, biology, computing, and materials engineering. She coined the phrase "material ecology" to define her work.
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Amos Oz

71. Amos Oz

1939-2018 (aged 79)
journalist university teacher pedagogue novelist children's writer
Amos Oz was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onwards, Oz was a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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Herzi Halevi

72. Herzi Halevi

1967-. (aged 59)
military personnel military officer
Herzl "Herzi" Halevi is a retired Israeli general who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 16 January 2023 to 5 March 2025.
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Naftali Bennett

73. Naftali Bennett

1972-. (aged 54)
businessperson politician
Naftali Bennett is an Israeli politician and businessman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 13 June 2021 to 30 June 2022, and as the alternate prime minister from 1 July to 8 November 2022. Bennett was the leader of the New Right party from 2018 to 2022, having previously led the religious Zionist and far-right political party...
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Daniel Kahneman

74. Daniel Kahneman

1934-2024 (aged 90)
essayist university teacher psychologist author economist
Daniel Kahneman was an Israeli-American psychologist best known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences together with Vernon L. Smith. Kahneman's published empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory. Kahneman became known as...
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Ehud Barak

75. Ehud Barak

1942-. (aged 84)
diplomat military officer politician
Ehud Barak is an Israeli former general and politician who served as the prime minister and Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party between 1997 and 2001 and between 2007 and 2011. He was also Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2013.
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Reuven Rivlin

76. Reuven Rivlin

1939-. (aged 87)
jurist lawyer politician
Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the president of Israel between 2014 and 2021. He is a member of the Likud party. Rivlin was Minister of Communications from 2001 to 2003, and subsequently served as Speaker of the Knesset from 2003 to 2006 and 2009 to 2013. On 10 June 2014, he was elected...
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Ehud Olmert

77. Ehud Olmert

1945-. (aged 81)
advocate lawyer politician
Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009.
Dmitry Glukhovsky

78. Dmitry Glukhovsky

1979-. (aged 47)
science fiction writer screenwriter writer novelist short story writer
Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky is a Russian and Israeli author, best known for the science fiction novel Metro 2033 and its sequels. As a journalist, Glukhovsky has worked for Euronews, RT in its early years, and others. Aside from his native Moscow, Glukhovsky has also lived in Israel, Germany, and France. He currently lives abroad due to his wanted status and...
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Natalie Portman

79. Natalie Portman

1981-. (aged 45)
film producer film actor stage actor film director television actor
Natalie Hershlag, known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an actress, film producer and director with dual Israeli and American citizenship. She has had a prolific screen career from her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Ofer Winter

80. Ofer Winter

1971-. (aged 55)
military officer
Ofer Winter is a retired Israel Defense Forces Brigadier General who has served in the reserves since 2024. He served as the commander of 98th Paratroopers Division, the military secretary to the Israeli Minister of Defense, the Chief of Staff of Central Command, the commander of the Givati Brigade, the commander of the Northern Brigade in the Gaza Strip, the...
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Ada Yonath

81. Ada Yonath

1939-. (aged 87)
chemist molecular biologist crystallographer university teacher biochemist
Ada E. Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in Chemistry, best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes. She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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Jacob Perry

82. Jacob Perry

1944-. (aged 82)
chief executive officer politician manager
Ya'akov Peri is a former head of the Israeli security agency Shin Bet and formerly a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid. He headed Shin Bet between 1988 and 1994. He was the first Shin Bet head born in Israel. After his service with Shin Bet he entered the business world. He became an MK in 2013 and was...
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Yuval Steinitz

83. Yuval Steinitz

1958-. (aged 68)
pedagogue philosopher university teacher politician
Yuval Steinitz is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Likud party. He also held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Finance, Minister of Intelligence, Minister of Strategic Affairs and Minister of Energy. Steinitz holds a PhD in philosophy and has been a senior lecturer at the University of Haifa. His book "Invitation to...
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Ehud Yaari

84. Ehud Yaari

1945-. (aged 81)
orientalist writer journalist
Ehud Yaari is an Israeli journalist, author, television personality and political commentator.
Tzachi Hanegbi

85. Tzachi Hanegbi

1957-. (aged 69)
trade unionist politician
Tzachi Hanegbi is an Israeli politician and national security expert who served as Israel's National Security Advisor from 2023 to 2025. A member of Likud, Hanegbi previously served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Regional Cooperation and Minister of Community Affairs.
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Omer Bar-Lev

86. Omer Bar-Lev

1953-. (aged 73)
politician military officer
Omer Israel Bar-Lev is an Israeli politician who formerly served as Minister of Public Security. He was previously a member of the Knesset for the Israeli Labor Party. He was placed seventh on the party's list for the 2013 Israeli legislative election, and serves as the Party's point person on issues of peace and defense. Bar-Lev is an IDF reserve...
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Tamar Zandberg

87. Tamar Zandberg

1976-. (aged 50)
activist educator human rights defender politician
Tamar Zandberg is an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Environmental Protection from 2021 to 2022, as a member of the Knesset for Meretz from 2013 to 2021, and as the party's leader between 2018 and 2019. As of July 2025 she is the head of the National Institute for Climate and Environmental Policy at Ben Gurion University.
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Yonit Levi

88. Yonit Levi

1977-. (aged 49)
broadcaster news presenter journalist television presenter
Yonit Levi is an Israeli news anchor, television presenter, podcaster, and journalist.
Amir Hetsroni

89. Amir Hetsroni

1968-. (aged 58)
honorary fellow lecturer visiting professor senior teacher
Amir Hetsroni is an Israeli professor of communication science, novelist, comedian and social media personality. Commonly described as an internet troll, Hetsroni is known for his extremely divisive views and frequent employment of shock humor.
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Kazuya SHIMBA

90. Kazuya SHIMBA

1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Kazuya Shimba is a Japanese politician, the general-secretary of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP). He is serving as a member of the House of Councillors.
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Sara Netanyahu

91. Sara Netanyahu

1958-. (aged 68)
educational psychologist
Sara Netanyahu is the spouse of the prime minister of Israel by marriage to Benjamin Netanyahu, holding the role for her third time. By profession, she is an educational and career psychologist.
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Miriam Adelson

92. Miriam Adelson

1945-. (aged 81)
publisher physician
Miriam Adelson is an Israeli-American physician, businesswoman, philanthropist, and conservative political donor. She was married to Sheldon Adelson until his death in 2021.
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Ariel Sharon

93. Ariel Sharon

1928-2014 (aged 86)
army officer politician
Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician who served as the prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006.
Yuval Noah Harari

94. Yuval Noah Harari

1976-. (aged 50)
popular science author military historian writer philosopher medievalist
Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer. He is a professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His first bestselling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011) is based on his lectures to an undergraduate world history class. His other works include the bestsellers Homo Deus: A Brief History...
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Bernardo Arévalo de León

95. Bernardo Arévalo de León

1958-. (aged 68)
writer diplomat sociologist politician
César Bernardo Arévalo de León is a Guatemalan diplomat, sociologist, writer, and politician serving as the 52nd and current president of Guatemala since 2024. A member and co-founder of the Semilla party, he previously served as a deputy in the Congress of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024, as ambassador to Spain from 1995 to 1996 and as deputy minister of...
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Avigdor Lieberman

96. Avigdor Lieberman

1958-. (aged 68)
chief executive officer politician
Avigdor Lieberman is a Soviet-born Israeli politician who served as Minister of Finance between 2021 and 2022, having previously served twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2008 and 2009 to 2012.
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Nouriel Roubini

97. Nouriel Roubini

1958-. (aged 68)
university teacher economist art collector
Nouriel Roubini is an American economic consultant, economist, speaker, and writer. He is a professor emeritus since 2021 at the Stern School of Business of New York University. Roubini earned a BA in political economics at Bocconi University in Italy and a doctorate in international economics at Harvard University. He was an academic at Yale and a researcher/advisor researching emerging...
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Zeev Sternhell

98. Zeev Sternhell

1935-2020 (aged 85)
historian opinion journalist political scientist university teacher
Zeev Sternhell was a Polish-born Israeli historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and writer. He was one of the world's leading theorists of the phenomenon of fascism. Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and wrote for Haaretz newspaper.
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Eva Illouz

99. Eva Illouz

1961-. (aged 65)
university teacher writer communication scholar director of studies sociologist
Eva Illouz is a professor of sociology at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris and a Professor emerita at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was the first woman president of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.
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Karin Kneissl

100. Karin Kneissl

1965-. (aged 61)
journalist diplomat opinion journalist politician
Karin Kneissl is an Austrian diplomat, journalist, and politician. She served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2017 and 2019. Prior to assuming her government position, she was a lecturer.
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