List of personalities of the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa

The following list contains those born or died in Tel Aviv-Jaffa as well as persons made honorary citizens by the city, listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Ezer Weizman

Daniel Kahneman

Samy Molcho

Itzhak Perlman

Uri Geller

Benjamin Netanyahu

Ilan Ramon

Ofra Haza

Tzipi Livni

Yitzchak Duke

Dana International

Oren Lavie

Liel Kolet

To 1900

• Blanche of France (1253–1320 / 23), French princess from the Capetian dynasty
• Jona von Ustinov (1892–1962), diplomat and father of the actor Peter Ustinov
• Ludwig Schlaich (1899–1977), head of the sanatorium and nursing home in Stetten

1901 to 1925

• Michel Loève (1907–1979), American mathematician
• Alon Talmi (1914-2001), professor and dean
• Yael Dowker (1919–2016), mathematician
• Schmuel Agmon (* 1922), mathematician
• Haim Gouri (1923–2018), poet, novelist, journalist and documentary filmmaker
• Ezer Weizmann (1924–2005), Israeli President
• Geula Cohen (1925–2019), editor and politician
• Juval Ne'eman (1925-2006), physicist and politician

1926 to 1950

• Jitzchak Modai (1926–1998), politician and long-time minister
• Eliahu Winograd (1926–2018), Judge at the Israeli Supreme Court
• Jitzchak Chofi (1927–2014), director of the Israeli secret service Mossad
• Aharon Davidi (1927–2012), officer and brigadier general in the Israeli army
• Uzi Wiesel (1927–2019), cellist and music teacher
• Schulamit Aloni (1928–2014), lawyer, human rights politician, writer and politician
• Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (1929–2001), Palestinian-American political scientist and politician
• Gidon Graetz (* 1929), sculptor
• Zev Bufman (1930–2020), actor and theater producer
• Yoram Kaniuk (1930–2013), writer and journalist
• Dani Karavan (* 1930), sculptor
• Shafik Hout (1932–2009), co-founder of the PLO
• Menashe Kadishman (1932–2015), draftsman, painter and sculptor
• Amitzur Schapira (1932–1972), athletics trainer
• Avraham Sharir (1932–2017), politician and minister
• Elisa Gabbai (1933-2010), singer
• Salah Khalaf (1933–1991), PLO functionary and second oldest official representative of Fatah
• David Avidan (1934–1995), poet, painter, filmmaker, publicist and playwright
• Daniel Kahneman (* 1934), Israeli-American psychologist
• Dan Miron (* 1934), literary scholar and critic
• Margalit Matitiahu (* 1935), poet
• Avi Primor (* 1935), diplomat and publicist
• Aharon Razin (1935–2019), biochemist and molecular biologist
• Noam Sheriff (1935-2018), composer
• Chaim Topol (born 1935), actor
• Shlomo Aronson (1936-2020), historian
• Nira Harel (* 1936), writer
• Joram Lindenstrauss (1936–2012), mathematician
• Samy Molcho (* 1936), pantomime
• Ram Oren (* 1936), journalist, writer and publisher
• Judea Pearl (* 1936), computer scientist
• Shmuel Winograd (1936–2019), Israeli-American computer scientist
• Jigal Cohen-Orgad (1937–2019), politician and finance minister
• Amos Funkenstein (1937–1995), historian
• Abu Nidal (1937–2002), Palestinian terrorist
• Talal Abu-Ghazaleh (* 1938), chairman, CEO and founder of the Talal-Abu-Ghazaleh organization
• Carmela Corren (* 1938), pop singer
• Arik Einstein (1939–2013), singer
• Anna Levinson (1939–2015), German zoologist and entomologist
• Jaakov Neeman (1939–2017), politician, minister of justice and finance
• Yehoshua Sobol (* 1939), playwright and writer
• Micha Ullman (* 1939), sculptor and university professor
• Haim Harari (* 1940), elementary particle physicist and science organizer
• Musa Arafat (1941–2005), General and Head of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service
• Shmuel Ashkenasi (* 1941), violinist
• Yossi Vardi (* 1942), entrepreneur, consultant and investor
• Shulamit Volkov (* 1942), historian and university professor
• Boaz Davidson (* 1943), film director, screenwriter and producer
• Etan Kohlberg (* 1943), Arabist
• Hanoch Levin (1943–1999), writer, playwright and director
• Ronald Barazon (* 1944), Austrian journalist
• Pierre Dulaine (* 1944), dance teacher
• Uzi Landman (* 1944), Israeli-American chemist
• David Ascalon (* 1945), artist and sculptor
• Gabriel Gorodetsky (* 1945), historian
• Itzhak Perlman (* 1945), violinist
• Uri Geller (* 1946), stage magician
• Ahmad Abu Laban (1946-2007), Danish imam
• Ronny Loewy (1946–2012), German film historian
• Batya Gur (1947–2005), writer, journalist and literary scholar
• Rafael Seligmann (* 1947), German-Israeli writer, publicist, political scientist and contemporary historian
• Michael Wolffsohn (* 1947), German historian and publicist
• Joseph Avron (* 1948), mathematical physicist
• Dan Chalutz (* 1948), General
• Hanna Fahlbusch-Wald (1948–2006), Austrian opera singer
• Pinchas Zukerman (* 1948), violinist, violist and conductor
• Dan Ashbel (* 1949), diplomat
• Raviv Gazit (* 1949), composer and music teacher
• Benjamin Netanyahu (* 1949), politician and Prime Minister of Israel 1996–1999 and since 2009
• Tsvi Piran (* 1949), astrophysicist
• Shulamit Ran (* 1949), composer and music teacher
• Moshe Zuckermann (* 1949), sociologist
• Chaim Ramon (* 1950), politician
• Lior Shambadal (* 1950), conductor and composer
• Mina Teicher (* 1950), mathematician

1951 to 1975

• Ron Arad (* 1951), industrial designer and architect
• Anat Feinberg (* 1951), literary scholar
• Pini Gershon (* 1951), basketball coach
• Yochanan Afek (* 1952), Israeli-Dutch chess composer, player, journalist, organizer and trainer
• Ilan Chester (* 1952), Venezuelan musician and singer
• Benny Hinn (* 1952), American television preacher
• Esther Roth (* 1952), track and field athlete
• Adi Shamir (* 1952), cryptology expert
• Lizzie Doron (* 1953), writer
• Hanna Laslo (* 1953), cabaret artist, comedian and actress
• Benny Numbers (* 1953), journalist, writer and translator
• Muli Katzurin (* 1954), basketball coach
• Betty Olivero (* 1954), composer
• Ilan Ramon (1954–2003), Colonel in the Israeli Air Force and the country's first spaceman
• Kiki Keren-Huss (* 1955), composer
• Nava Semel (1954–2017), journalist and writer
• Dorit Abusch (* 1955), author, professor and linguist
• Daniel Oren (* 1955), conductor
• Avi Cohen (1956-2010), football player
• Avi Mograbi (* 1956), documentary filmmaker
• Nathan Seiberg (* 1956), theoretical physicist
• Yakov Hadas-Handelsman (* 1957), diplomat and ambassador of Israel in Germany
• Ofra Haza (1957-2000), singer
• Udi Adam (* 1958), Major General of the Israel Defense Forces
• Joaw Galant (* 1958), Lieutenant General in the Israeli Army
• Tzipi Livni (* 1958), politician
• Dror Zahavi (* 1959), film and television director
• Jitzchak Herzog (* 1960), politician and lawyer
• Doron Rabinovici (* 1961), Israeli-Austrian historian and writer
• Samuel Maoz (* 1962), director and screenwriter
• Boaz Kaizman (born 1962), artist
• Yvan Attal (* 1965), actor and director
• Amos Mansdorf (* 1965), tennis player
• Yishai Sarid (* 1965), lawyer and writer
• Tal R (* 1967), artist
• Yoav Kish (* 1968), politician
• Achinoam Nini (* 1969), singer and songwriter
• Assif Tsahar (* 1969), jazz musician
• Ayelet Zurer (* 1969), actress
• Liran Einav (* 1970), Israeli-American economist
• Oded Fehr (* 1970), film and theater actor
• Amos Hoffman (* 1970), jazz guitarist, oud player and composer
• Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin (* 1970), politician
• Sagi Kalev (born 1971), bodybuilder
• Lior Navok (* 1971), composer and conductor
• Ghil'ad Zuckermann (* 1971), linguist
• Yoel Hasson (* 1972), politician
• Ronen Altman Kaydar (* 1972), author, poet and translator
• Dana International (* 1972), singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
• Tzipora Obziler (* 1973), former tennis player
• Sasha Roiz (born 1973), actor
• Assaf Kacholi (* 1975), lyric tenor (Adoro)
• Amir Lehavot (* 1975), poker player
• Oded Lev-Ari (* 1975), jazz musician and music producer

From 1976

• Tamar Halperin (* 1976), harpsichordist, pianist, conductor
• Oren Lavie (* 1976), composer, musician, playwright and director
• Ilan Volkov (* 1976), conductor
• Yonathan Avishai (* 1977), jazz musician
• Guy Tuneh (* 1977), musician
• Eli Degibri (* 1978), jazz musician
• Yariv Mozer (* 1978), screenwriter, film producer and director
• Subliminal (* 1979), rapper and producer
• Uri Gincel (* 1981), jazz musician
• Lior Suchard (* 1981), mentalist
• Hila Bronstein (* 1983), German pop singer
• Asi Moshe (* 1983 or 1984), poker player
• Tamir Cohen (* 1984), soccer player
• Saar Steele (* 1984), tennis player
• Tanya Kahana (* 1985), German voice actress
• Tal Laufer (* 1985), writer
• Daniel Dor (* 1986), jazz musician
• Niv Libner (* 1987), racing cyclist
• Adi Sofer (* 1987), football player
• Yon Tumarkin (born 1989), actor
• Liel Kolet (* 1989), singer
• Gil Pomeranz (* 1991), national handball player
• Tal Baron (* 1992), chess player
• Ty Jacob Leaf (born 1997), basketball player
• Denis Shapovalov (* 1999), Canadian tennis player

Personalities who died in Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Moshe Dayan

• Meir Dizengoff (1861–1936), engineer, businessman and co-founder and first, long-standing mayor of Tel Aviv
• Friedrich Kitzinger (1872–1943), German university professor for criminal law
• Hermann Vallentin (1872–1945), German actor and singer
• Devorah Baron (1887–1956), writer and translator
• Hugo Gold (1895–1974), historian, essayist, editor and publisher
• Marcel Janco (1895–1984), Romanian-Israeli artist, writer and architect
• Chaim-Moshe Schapira (1902–1970), politician and signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence
• Moshé Feldenkrais (1904–1984), engineer and hand-to-hand combat teacher; developed the Feldenkrais method named after him
• Erich Neumann (1905–1960), German-Israeli psychologist and psychoanalyst
• Moshe Czerniak (1910–1984), Israeli chess master of Polish origin
• Moshe Dajan (1915–1981), general and politician; as Israel's Foreign Minister, he led the negotiations at Camp David
• Abel Ehrlich (1915–2003), composer
• Yohanan Aharoni (1919–1976), German-Israeli archaeologist
• Gideon Singer (1926–2015), Israeli-Austrian actor
• Menahem Golan (1929–2014), director, film producer and screenwriter
• Assi Dajan (1945–2014), director, actor, screenwriter and producer

Honorary Citizen of Tel Aviv-Jaffa

• Achad Ha'am (1856–1927), Zionist activist
• Albert Einstein (1879–1955; appointed 1923), physicist
• Abraham Sutzkever (1913–2010), ghetto survivor and contemporary poet in Yiddish