Find out more about the greatest Israeli, including Gal Gadot, Natalie Portman, Gene Simmons, Benjamin Netanyahu and Solomon.
The first name that comes to your mind at the mention of Israel might be the beautiful supermodel, Bar Rafaeli, but Israel is more than just a sea of pretty faces! Israelis are known to be intelligent, witty and astute people and that is why their nation has the highest standard of living among the countries in the Middle East. Whatever lifestyles the Israelis follow, they are definitely doing something right for this nation boasts of having one of the world’s longest life expectancies. When intelligent, hard working and long-living people live in a country they contribute not just towards the building of their own nation, but also towards the world.
Ariel Sharon(Prime Minister of Israel)
26 February 1928
11 January 2014
British Mandate of Palestine
Pisces
George Habash(Founder of The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine)
02 August 1926
26 January 2008
Lod
Leo
Judas Iscariot0033 AD
Jerusalem
Samson(Judge)
Zorah
Ishmael(Abraham's son)
1910 BC
1773 BC
Canaan
John the Apostle0006 AD
0100 AD
Galilee
Thomas the Apostle(Saint, Catholic priest)
03 July 0072
Galilee
Saint Christopher(Martyr)
0200 AD
0251 AD
Canaan
Yael Grobglas(Actor, Film actor, Model, Stage actor)
31 May 1984
Paris
Gemini
Caiaphas(priest)
3500 BC
Isaac1896 BC
1716 BC
Canaan
Jonah(prophet)
0800 BC
0900 BC
Nineveh
Josephus(Scholar)
0037 AD
0100 AD
Jerusalem
Jeremiah(Prophet)
0655 BC
0586 BC
Anathoth
Yonatan Netanyahu(Paratrooper, Officer)
13 March 1946
04 July 1976
New York City
Pisces
Herod Antipas(Ruler)
0020 BC
0039 AD
Judea
Ezekiel(Prophet)
0622 BC
0570 BC
Jerusalem
Salome0014 AD
0100 AD
Judea
Itzhak Perlman(Violinist, Conductor, Professor)
31 August 1945
Tel Aviv
Virgo
Esau(Isaac's son)
1653 BC
1506 AD
Canaan
Oded Fehr(Stage actor, Film actor)
23 November 1970
Venezuela
Sagittarius
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem(King)
1161 AD
16 March 1185
Alona Tal(Actor, Singer, Television actor)
20 October 1983
Herzliya
Libra
Samuel(Prophet)
1064 BC
1012 BC
Simon the Zealot(Saint)
0001 AD
0107 AD
Cana
Ayelet Zurer(Actor, Model, Stage actor)
28 June 1969
Tel Aviv
Cancer
Semion Mogilevich(Criminal)
30 June 1946
Kyiv
Cancer
Ishtar
Saint Anne(Mary's mother)
0050 BC
0012 AD
Bethlehem
Daniel Barenboim(Pianist, Conductor, Music director)
15 November 1942
Buenos Aires
Scorpio
Yossi Benayoun(Association football player)
05 May 1980
Dimona
Taurus
Itzhak Stern(Accountant)
25 January 1901
22 April 1969
Kraków
Aquarius
Omri Casspi(Basketball player)
22 June 1988
Yavne
Cancer
Bar Paly(Actor, Film actor, Model)
29 April 1985
Ural
Taurus
Pini Zahavi24 August 1943
Ness Ziona
Virgo
Hezekiah(King of Judah)
0739 BC
0687 BC
Jerusalem
Josh Keaton(Actor, Singer, Musician, Dub actor, Television actor, Voice actor)
08 February 1979
Hacienda Heights
Aquarius
Josiah(King)
0649 BC
0609 BC
Jerusalem
Israel has been considered a sacred place since the Biblical times and her population is primarily Jewish. The country has a rich cultural heritage but has unfortunately been plagued by political upheavals and turmoil over the past several centuries. Yet Israelis are resilient and bounce back to give the world their very best. The nation is very advanced when it comes to research and technology. Six Israelis, including Dan Shechtman have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry within a single decade! Literary geniuses like Yehuda Amichai, Nathan Alterman and Amos Oz have been born in Israel. Read on to learn more about famous Israelis.