List of Israelis

Aaron Ciechanover & Avram Hershko - ubiquitin system; Lasker Award (2000), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004)
Moshe Feldenkrais - invented Feldenkrais method used in movement therapy
Lior Gepstein - American College of Cardiology's Zipes Award for his development of heart cells and pacemakers from stem cells.^[2]
Eyal Gur - selected by Newsweek as one of the world's top microsurgeons ^[3]
Hossam Haick - inventor of an electric nose which diagnosis cancer.^[4]
Israel Hanukoglu - structures of cytoskeletal keratins, NADP binding proteins, steroidogenic enzymes, Epithelial Sodium Channels (ENaC)
Gavriel Iddan - inventor of capsule endoscopy
Benjamin Kahn - marine biologist, defender of the Red Sea reef
Gideon Mer - malaria control
Shulamit Levenberg - inventor of a muscle tissue which isn't rejected by the body after transplant. Selected by Scientific American as one of the 50 leading scientists in the world.^[5]
Alexander Levitzki - cancer research; Wolf Prize in Medicine (2005)
Saul Merin - Ophthalmologist, author of Inherited Eye Diseases
Raphael Mechoulam - Chemist, discoverer of tetrahydrocannabinol and anandamide
Leo Sachs - blood cell research; Wolf Prize in Medicine (1980)
Michael Sela & Ruth Arnon - developed Copaxone; Wolf Prize in Medicine (1998)
Joel Sussman - 3D structure of acetylcholinesterase, Elkeles Prize for Research in Medicine (2005)
Valero Aaron-Professor of Medicine, founder of Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, director of government hospital
Meir Wilchek - affinity chromatography; Wolf Prize in Medicine (1987)
Ada Yonath - structure of ribosome
Amotz Zahavi - Handicap Principle

[edit] Engineering

David Faiman, solar engineer and director of the National Solar Energy Center
Liviu Librescu, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre
Moshe Zakai, Electrical engineering,
Jacob Ziv, Electrical engineering,

[edit] Philosophy

Martin Buber - philosopher
Berl Katznelson
Joseph Raz - philosopher
Yeshayahu Leibowitz - philosopher and public figure
Avishai Margalit - philosopher
Gershom Scholem

[edit] Social sciences

Yehuda Bauer, historian
Haim Ginott - psychologist: child psychology
Eliyahu Goldratt - business consultant: Theory of Constraints
Louis Guttman, sociologist,
Elhanan Helpman - economist: international trade
Daniel Kahneman - behavioural scientist: prospect theory; Nobel Prize in Economics (2002)
Amihai Mazar - archaeologist
Benjamin Mazar - archaeologist
Eilat Mazar - archaeologist
Benny Morris & Avi Shlaim - historians: New Historians
Erich Neumann - analytical psychologist: development, consciousness
Nurit Peled-Elhanan, educator
Sheizaf Rafaeli, Management, information, communication,
Ariel Rubinstein, economist,
Amos Tversky - behavioral scientist: prospect theory with Daniel Kahneman
Yigael Yadin - archaeologist
Daniel Elazar, political science

[edit] Humanities

Aharon Dolgopolsky, linguist: Nostratic
Moshe Goshen-Gottstein, Bible scholar
Elias Khoury, law
Hans Jakob Polotsky, linguist
Chaim Rabin, Bible scholar
Alice Shalvi, English literature, educator
Gershon Shaked, Hebrew literature
Shemaryahu Talmon, Bible scholar
Emanuel Tov, Bible scholar

[edit] Entrepreneurs

[edit] High-tech

Beny Alagem - founder of Packard Bell
Safra Catz - president of Oracle
Daniel M. Lewin - founder of Akamai Technologies
Bob Rosenschein - founder of GuruNet, Answers.com (Israeli-based)
Gil Schwed - founder of Check Point
Moshe Bar - founder of XenSource, Qumranet
Zeev Suraski & Andi Gutmans - founders of Zend Technologies (developers of PHP)
Ariki & Yossi Vardi, Yair Goldfinger, Sefi Vigiser & Amnon Amir - founders of Mirabilis (developers of ICQ)
Yossi Gross - Recipient of almost 600 patents, founder of 27 medical technology companies in Israel and the Chief Technology Office officer of Rainbow Medical.

[edit] Other

Avi Arad & Isaac Perlmutter - owners of Marvel Comics
Ted, Micky & Shari Arison - founder/owners of Carnival Corporation
Eli Hurvitz - head of Teva Pharmaceuticals
Lev Leviev - diamond tycoon
Mordecai Meirowitz - inventor of the Mastermind board game
Sammy - shipping magnate
Stef Wertheimer - industrialist

[edit] Sports

[edit] Basketball

Miki Berkovich - Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Tal Brody - Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Tal Burstein - Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Amit Tamir - University of California, PAOK Thessaloniki
Shay Doron - University of Maryland
Omri Casspi - Sacramento Kings

[edit] Football (soccer)

Yossi Benayoun - Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa, Racing Santander, West Ham, Liverpool
Tal Ben Haim - Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea
Eyal Berkovic - Maccabi Haifa, Southampton, West Ham, Celtic, Man City, Portsmouth
Haim Revivo - Maccabi Haifa, Celta Vigo, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray
Ronnie Rosenthal - Maccabi Haifa, Liverpool, Tottenham, Watford
Yochanan Vollach - Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Haifa, HKFC, President of Maccabi Haifa association
Mordechai Spiegler - Maccabi Netanya, Paris St. Germain
Pini Zahavi - UK-based super-agent
Itzik Zohar - Maccabi Jaffa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Royal Antwerp, Beitar Jerusalem, Crystal Palace, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Herzliya, Maccabi Netanya, F.C. Ashdod, Hapoel Nazareth Illit

[edit] Tennis

Harel Levy (1 doubles title, 2 singles finals)
Noam Okun
Dudi Sela
Amir Hadad
Noam Behr
Eyal Ran
Gilad Bloom
Shlomo Glickstein
Jonathan Erlich (6 doubles titles, 6 doubles finals)
Andy Ram (6 doubles titles, 6 doubles finals, 1 mixed double title (Wimbledon 2006 W/Zvonareva
Amos Mansdorf
Shahar Perkiss
Anna Smashnova (12 WTA career titles)
Shahar Pe'er (3 WTA career titles)
Tzipora Obziler

[edit] Other

1972 Olympic team - see Munich Massacre
Alex Averbukh - pole vaulter (European champion: 2002, 2006)
Eli Elezra - professional poker player
Galit Chait & Sergei Sakhnovski - ice dancers (world championship bronze: 2002)
Gal Fridman - windsurfer (olympic gold: 2004, bronze: 1996; world champion: 2002)
Boris Gelfand, Emil Sutovsky, Ilya Smirin - chess Grandmasters (~2700 peak ELO rating)
Baruch Hagai - wheelchair athlete (multiple paralympic golds)
Vince Offer - American informercial presenter
Esther Roth-Shachamarov - track & field (5 Asian game golds)
Ariel Zeevi - judoka (European champion: 2000, 2003, 2004; olympic bronze: 2004)
Yael Arad - judoka (olympic silver: 1992, European champion: 1993, world silver: 1993). First Israeli Olympic medallist.
Oren Smadja - judoka (olympic bronze: 1992)
Michael Kolganov - kayak paddler (olympic bronze: 2000)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Even though the State of Israel did not yet exist at the time of his death, he is commonly referred to as the first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel.
^ "The World Salutes Four Israeli Scientists". http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3395347,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
^ "The World Salutes Four Israeli Scientists". http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3395347,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
^ "The World Salutes Four Israeli Scientists". http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3395347,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
^ "The World Salutes Four Israeli Scientists". http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3395347,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.

[0] Even though the State of Israel did not yet exist at the time of his death, he is commonly referred to as the first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel.

[1] "The World Salutes Four Israeli Scientists". http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3395347,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.

[2] "The World Salutes Four Israeli Scientists". http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3395347,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.

[3] "The World Salutes Four Israeli Scientists". http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3395347,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.

[4] "The World Salutes Four Israeli Scientists". http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3395347,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.

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