Haifa
Haifa ranks 443rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ibaraki Prefecture, Chelyabinsk, and Jersey City, New Jersey. Memorable people born in Haifa include Aaron Ciechanover, Gene Simmons, and Leila Khaled. Memorable people who died in Haifa include `Abdu'l-Bahá, Yisrael Kristal, and Nathan Rosen. Haifa has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Haifa is located in Israel.
Haifa is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of 298,312 in 2023. The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel. It is home to the Baháʼí Faith's Baháʼí World Centre, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1922 and 2003, Haifa was the birth place of 38 globally memorable people, including Aaron Ciechanover, Gene Simmons, and Leila Khaled. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Haifa including `Abdu'l-Bahá, Yisrael Kristal, and Nathan Rosen.
People Born in Haifa
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Aaron Ciechanover
BIOLOGIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 26
Gene Simmons
MUSICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 25
Leila Khaled
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 27
Naftali Bennett
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 30
Amos Tversky
PSYCHOLOGIST
1937 - 1996
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 17
Haya Harareet
ACTOR
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 10
Ivry Gitlis
MUSICIAN
1922 - 2020
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 13
Emile Habibi
WRITER
1922 - 1996
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 14
Daliah Lavi
ACTOR
1942 - 2017
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 12
Amos Gitai
FILM DIRECTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 32
Ilan Pappé
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 31
Ralph Bakshi
FILM DIRECTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 28
People Deceased in Haifa
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`Abdu'l-Bahá
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1844 - 1921
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 4
Yisrael Kristal
POLITICIAN
1903 - 2017
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 5
Nathan Rosen
PHYSICIST
1909 - 1995
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 3
Angelica Rozeanu
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1921 - 2006
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 6
Yaakov Dori
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1973
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 1
Rudolf Wetzer
SOCCER PLAYER
1901 - 1993
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Haifa were soccer players (5), actors (4), musicians (3), film directors (3), and swimmers (3), while most who died were politicians (2), religious figures (1), physicists (1), table tennis players (1), and soccer players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Haifa, including Dani Shmulevich-Rom, Ronny Rosenthal, and Arik Benado. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Haifa, including Dani Shmulevich-Rom, Ronny Rosenthal, and Arik Benado.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Haifa since 1700.
