SettingsIsraeli people of Polish origin
Aaron Ciechanover
Aaron Ciechanover (אהרן צ'חנובר; born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Aaron Ciechanover (אהרן צ'חנובר; born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Ada Yonath
Ada E. Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome.
Ada E. Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome.
Aliza Olmert
Aliza Olmert (עליזה אולמרט) (born 1946) is an Israeli artist, photographer, author and social worker.
Aliza Olmert (עליזה אולמרט) (born 1946) is an Israeli artist, photographer, author and social worker.
Ben Sahar
Ben Sahar (בן שׂהר, changed his last name from סהר; born 10 August 1989 in Holon) is an Israeli football striker who currently plays for Ligue 1 side Auxerre on loan from Espanyol.
Ben Sahar (בן שׂהר, changed his last name from סהר; born 10 August 1989 in Holon) is an Israeli football striker who currently plays for Ligue 1 side Auxerre on loan from Espanyol.
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi (בנימין בית-הלחמי) is a professor of psychology at the University of Haifa, Israel.
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi (בנימין בית-הלחמי) is a professor of psychology at the University of Haifa, Israel.
Binyamin Gibli
Binyamin Gibli (1919 – August 19, 2008) was the head of Israeli Military Intelligence from June 1950 to March 1955.
Binyamin Gibli (1919 – August 19, 2008) was the head of Israeli Military Intelligence from June 1950 to March 1955.
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg was a Polish-born, American-raised, Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva who, from 1965, made his home in the Kiryat Mattersdorf neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel.
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg was a Polish-born, American-raised, Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva who, from 1965, made his home in the Kiryat Mattersdorf neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel.
Chava Alberstein
Chava Alberstein (חוה אלברשטיין, born December 8, 1947, in Szczecin, Poland) is an Israeli singer, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger.
Chava Alberstein (חוה אלברשטיין, born December 8, 1947, in Szczecin, Poland) is an Israeli singer, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger.
Danny Ayalon
Daniel "Danny" Ayalon is an Israeli diplomat and politician who currently serves as Deputy Foreign Minister and as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu.
Daniel "Danny" Ayalon is an Israeli diplomat and politician who currently serves as Deputy Foreign Minister and as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu.
Elisha Netanyahu
Elisha Netanyahu was an Israeli mathematician specializing in complex analysis.
Elisha Netanyahu was an Israeli mathematician specializing in complex analysis.
Emanuel Amiran-Pougatchov
Emanuel Amiran-Pougatchov nee Emmanuel Pugatschov was a composer and teacher.
Emanuel Amiran-Pougatchov nee Emmanuel Pugatschov was a composer and teacher.
Gil Blumstein
Gil Blumstein is an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Hapoel Ramat HaSharon.
Gil Blumstein is an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Hapoel Ramat HaSharon.
Haim Oron
Haim "Jumas" Oron (חיים "ג'ומס" אורון, born 26 March 1940) is an Israeli politician and former Minister of Agriculture.
Haim "Jumas" Oron (חיים "ג'ומס" אורון, born 26 March 1940) is an Israeli politician and former Minister of Agriculture.
Hanan Melcer
Hanan Melcer (חנן מלצר, born April, 1951) is a current judge in the Supreme Court of Israel.
Hanan Melcer (חנן מלצר, born April, 1951) is a current judge in the Supreme Court of Israel.
Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman (יצחק פרלמן; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes.
Itzhak Perlman (יצחק פרלמן; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes.
Itzhak Schneor
Itzhak Schneor was a successful Israeli footballer and manager.
Itzhak Schneor was a successful Israeli footballer and manager.
Ivri Lider
Ivri Lider is an Israeli pop star and one half of the duo TYP. He is one of the biggest-selling contemporary artists in Israeli music, and has won the Male Singer of the Year honor from Israel...
Ivri Lider is an Israeli pop star and one half of the duo TYP. He is one of the biggest-selling contemporary artists in Israeli music, and has won the Male Singer of the Year honor from Israel...
Jacob Steinhardt
Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968) (יעקב שטיינהרדט) was an Israeli painter and woodcut artist.
Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968) (יעקב שטיינהרדט) was an Israeli painter and woodcut artist.
Joseph Szydlowski
Joseph Szydlowski, was a Jewish-Polish-French-Israeli aircraft engine designer who founded Turbomeca in France.
Joseph Szydlowski, was a Jewish-Polish-French-Israeli aircraft engine designer who founded Turbomeca in France.
Lea Koenig
Lea Koenig (he. ליא קניג, b. November 30, 1929 in Łódź) - is an Israeli theatre actress of Polish descent, nicknamed The First Lady of Israeli Theatre.
Lea Koenig (he. ליא קניג, b. November 30, 1929 in Łódź) - is an Israeli theatre actress of Polish descent, nicknamed The First Lady of Israeli Theatre.
Leo Camron
Leo Camron (14 March 1916 – 21 July 2007), aka "Leo Caminsky" or "Arieh Camron", was a South African-Israeli educationalist and sportsman, from Natal particularly remembered for his English text...
Leo Camron (14 March 1916 – 21 July 2007), aka "Leo Caminsky" or "Arieh Camron", was a South African-Israeli educationalist and sportsman, from Natal particularly remembered for his English text...
Leo Roth
Leo Roth (1914-2002), also known as Lior Roth, was an Israeli painter, born in 1914 in Austria-Hungary.
Leo Roth (1914-2002), also known as Lior Roth, was an Israeli painter, born in 1914 in Austria-Hungary.
Maor Melikson
Maor Melikson is an Israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Wisła Kraków and the Israel national football team.
Maor Melikson is an Israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Wisła Kraków and the Israel national football team.
Maya Maron
Maya Maron (מאיה מרון, born May 12, 1980) is an Israeli Film Academy Award winner actress.
Maya Maron (מאיה מרון, born May 12, 1980) is an Israeli Film Academy Award winner actress.
Mendel Weinbach
Mendel Weinbach (מנדל וינבך) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and one of the fathers of the modern-day baal teshuva movement in his capacity as co-founder and dean of Ohr Somayach Institutions, a Jer...
Mendel Weinbach (מנדל וינבך) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and one of the fathers of the modern-day baal teshuva movement in his capacity as co-founder and dean of Ohr Somayach Institutions, a Jer...
Mordechai Geldman
Mordechai Geldman (מרדכי גלדמן; b. 1946) is an Israeli artist, author, poet and psychologist.
Mordechai Geldman (מרדכי גלדמן; b. 1946) is an Israeli artist, author, poet and psychologist.
Mordechai Rotenberg
Mordechai Rotenberg is an Israeli professor of social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Mordechai Rotenberg is an Israeli professor of social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Natalie Portman
Natalie Hershlag, better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship.
Natalie Hershlag, better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship.
Nitzan Horowitz
Nitzan Horowitz (ניצן הורוביץ; born 24 February 1965) is an Israeli journalist and politician.
Nitzan Horowitz (ניצן הורוביץ; born 24 February 1965) is an Israeli journalist and politician.
Pinchas Zukerman
Pinchas Zukerman (פנחס צוקרמן, born July 16, 1948) is a violinist, violist, and conductor of Israeli descent.
Pinchas Zukerman (פנחס צוקרמן, born July 16, 1948) is a violinist, violist, and conductor of Israeli descent.
Ram Loevy
Ram Loevy (Hebrew: רם לוי, born 1940 in Tel Aviv in the British Mandate of Palestine) is an award-winning Israeli television director and screenwriter since the medium first began broadcasting i...
Ram Loevy (Hebrew: רם לוי, born 1940 in Tel Aviv in the British Mandate of Palestine) is an award-winning Israeli television director and screenwriter since the medium first began broadcasting i...
Ron Huldai
Ron Huldai (רון חולדאי, b. 26 August 1944) is an Israeli politician, academic administrator, former fighter pilot and current mayor of Tel Aviv.
Ron Huldai (רון חולדאי, b. 26 August 1944) is an Israeli politician, academic administrator, former fighter pilot and current mayor of Tel Aviv.
Ruchama Marton
Ruchama Marton is an Israeli psychotherapist, psychiatrist, and feminist, and the founder of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel.
Ruchama Marton is an Israeli psychotherapist, psychiatrist, and feminist, and the founder of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel.
Ruth Rasnic
Ruth Rasnic (Hebrew: רות רזניק, b. 1932) is an Israeli social and political activist, a pioneer in the struggle against domestic violence in Israel, a writer and a translator.
Ruth Rasnic (Hebrew: רות רזניק, b. 1932) is an Israeli social and political activist, a pioneer in the struggle against domestic violence in Israel, a writer and a translator.
Shlomo Avineri
Shlomo Avineri (Hebrew: שלמה אבינרי) (born in Bielsko, Poland 1933) is an Israeli political scientist.
Shlomo Avineri (Hebrew: שלמה אבינרי) (born in Bielsko, Poland 1933) is an Israeli political scientist.
Shlomo Goren
Shlomo Goren (Hebrew: שלמה גורן) (born 3 February 1917, died 29 October 1994), was an Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi in Israel who founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinat...
Shlomo Goren (Hebrew: שלמה גורן) (born 3 February 1917, died 29 October 1994), was an Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi in Israel who founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinat...
Shlomo Sand
Shlomo Sand (born 10 September 1946 in Linz, Austria) is professor of history at Tel Aviv University and author of the controversial book The Invention of the Jewish People (Verso Books, 2009).
Shlomo Sand (born 10 September 1946 in Linz, Austria) is professor of history at Tel Aviv University and author of the controversial book The Invention of the Jewish People (Verso Books, 2009).
Shlomo Scharf
Shlomo Scharf, is an Israeli football manager and a regular commentator on Israeli Sport 5 TV channel.
Shlomo Scharf, is an Israeli football manager and a regular commentator on Israeli Sport 5 TV channel.
Simcha Lieberman
Rabbi Simcha Binem Lieberman (29 December 1929 – 28 June 2009) was a Talmudic scholar, lecturer at Jews' College, London, and a prolific writer.
Rabbi Simcha Binem Lieberman (29 December 1929 – 28 June 2009) was a Talmudic scholar, lecturer at Jews' College, London, and a prolific writer.
Sucho
Gedalia Suchowolski (born 1928) is an Israeli painter and sculptor known by his nickname Sucho.
Gedalia Suchowolski (born 1928) is an Israeli painter and sculptor known by his nickname Sucho.
Tomer Hemed
Tomer Hemed is an Israeli international footballer who currently plays for La Liga side Mallorca.
Tomer Hemed is an Israeli international footballer who currently plays for La Liga side Mallorca.
Yaniv Green
Yaniv Green (, born May 16, 1980 in Herzliya, Israel) is an Israeli professional basketball player.
Yaniv Green (, born May 16, 1980 in Herzliya, Israel) is an Israeli professional basketball player.
Yigael Yadin
Yigael Yadin was an Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
Yigael Yadin was an Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
Zohar Zisapel
Zohar Zisapel (born February 15, 1949; זהר זיסאפל), is a successful Israeli entrepreneur in Israel’s advanced hi-tech industry.
Zohar Zisapel (born February 15, 1949; זהר זיסאפל), is a successful Israeli entrepreneur in Israel’s advanced hi-tech industry.