List of Israelis

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Lists of Israelis
 
By ethnicity
Israeli Jews:
Ethiopian Jews
Arab citizens of Israel:
Arab Muslims, Druze, Arab Christians
Various:
Circassians
By descent
Afghan, Algerian, American, Argentine, Armenian, Australian, Austrian
Belarusian, Belgian, Bosnian, Brazilian, British, Bulgarian
Canadian, Chilean, Chinese, Croatian, Czech
Danish, Dutch
Egyptian, Estonian, Ethiopian
Finnish, French
Georgian, German, Greek, Guatemalan
Hungarian
Indian, Iranian, Iraqi, Irish, Italian
Kazakhstani
Latvian, Libyan, Lithuanian
Mexican, Moldovan, Moroccan, Nigerian
Polish
Romanian, Russian
Serbian, Slovak, South African, Sudanese, Swedish, Swiss, Syrian
Tunisian, Turkish
Ukrainian, Uzbekistani
Yemeni
By place of residence
 

This is a list of notable Israelis. Israelis (Hebrew: ישראלים Yiśraʾelim) are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews (75%), followed by Arabs (20%) and other minorities (5%).


Academics

Archaeology

Biology and medicine

Nobel Prize winner Aaron Ciechanover
Nobel Prize winner Avram Hershko
Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath

Computing and mathematics

Nobel Prize winner Robert Aumann
Shafi Goldwasser
Elon Lindenstrauss

Journalists

Engineering

Humanities

Philosophy

Physics and chemistry

Josef Imry
Nobel Prize winner Michael Levitt
Nobel Prize winner Dan Shechtman
Nobel Prize winner Arieh Warshel

Social sciences

Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman
Ariel Rubinstein

Activists

Architects

Athletes

Association football (soccer)

Yossi Benayoun
Avram Grant

Basketball

Omri Casspi
Gal Mekel

Bodybuilding

Boxing

Yuri Foreman

Cycling

Fencing

Delila Hatuel

Figure skating

Golf

Laetitia Beck

Gymnastics

Linoy Ashram

Judo

Or Sasson
Ariel Ze'evi
Oren Smadja

Motor racing

Sailing

Gal Fridman
Shahar Tzuberi

Surfing

Anat Lelior

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Avishag Semberg

Tennis

Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich
Shahar Pe'er

Track and field

Other

Chefs

Michal Ansky

Entertainment

Artists

Sigalit Landau

Film, TV, radio, and stage

Gal Gadot
Avi Arad
Natalie Portman
Rotem Sela
Ayelet Zurer

Musicians

Classical composers

Rami Bar-Niv

Classical musicians

Itzhak Perlman
Etti Ankri
Shlomo Artzi
Eyal Golan
Ofra Haza
Noa Kirel
Ninet Tayeb

News anchors

Poets

Yehuda Amichai

Writers

Entrepreneurs

Tech

Andi Gutmans
Yossi Vardi

Other

Fashion models

Bar Refaeli
Esti Ginzburg
Shani Hazan

Military

Moshe Dayan
Ilan Ramon

Politicians

Golda Meir
Benjamin Netanyahu
Ayelet Shaked
Yair Lapid
Meirav Cohen
Amir Ohana

Religious figures

Haredi rabbis

Avraham Yeshayeh Karelitz
Yissachar Dov Rokeach
Ovadia Yosef

Reform rabbis

Religious-Zionist rabbis

Other

See also

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