Jacob Ziv

Jacob Ziv

male, 78 years old
Jacob Ziv, along with Abraham Lempel, developed the lossless LZ77 compression algorithm. Jacob Ziv was born in Tiberias, Israel, on November 27,...
Sabri Jiryis

Sabri Jiryis

male, 71 years old
Sabri Jiryis (also known as Sabri Jaris, Sabri Geries, Sabri Jirais) (born 1938 in the Christian Arab town of Fassuta) is an Arab Israeli writer...

Danny Katz

male, deceased (1983)
Danny Katz, (January 3, 1969-December 8, 1983), is considered the first casualty of the First Intifadah, the Palestinian uprising. On December 8,...
Salim Joubran

Salim Joubran

male, 62 years old
Salim Joubran (born 1947) is a judge on the Israeli Supreme Court. An Israeli Arab, he has served on the Court since 2003, and has been a permanent...
David Shaltiel

David Shaltiel

male, deceased (1969)
David Shaltiel (1903-1969) is most well-known for being the district commander of the Haganah in Jerusalem during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. He was...
Nathan Rosen

Nathan Rosen

male, deceased (1995)
Prof. Nathan Rosen Born into a Jewish family (March 22, 1909, Brooklyn, New York - December 18, 1995) was an Israeli physicist. Nathan Rosen...
Zevulun Hammer

Zevulun Hammer

male
Zevulun Hammer (May 31, 1936 - January 20, 1998) was an Israeli politician from the National Religious Party. Hammer was born in Haifa, joined the...
Saul Lieberman

Saul Lieberman

male, deceased (1983)
Saul Lieberman (1898-1983), also known as The "Gra"sh" ("Gaon Rabbeinu Shaul"), was a rabbi and a scholar of Talmud. He served as Professor of...
Ahlam Shibli

Ahlam Shibli

female, deceased (2002)
Ahlam Shibli (b. 1970) is a Palestinian artist who was born in Haifa and is an Arab citizen of Israel. Her artistic medium is photography.
Ronit Lentin

Ronit Lentin

female
Dr Ronit Lentin was born in Haifa prior to the establishment of the State of Israel and has lived in Ireland since 1969. She is a political...