This is a list of notable Israeli Americans . It includes both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship, and their American descendants. The list is ordered by category of human endeavor. Persons with significant contributions in two fields are listed in both pertinent categories, to facilitate easy lookup.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Israeli American, or must have independent references showing they are Israeli American and are notable.
Academics Nobel laureate Robert Aumann Shafi Goldwasser Ichak Adizes , management expert and best-selling authorReuven Amitai , historian, writer, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University Dan Ariely , economist and authorRobert Aumann , Nobel laureate Baruch Awerbuch , professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University Arie S. Belldegrun , director of the UCLA Institute of Urologic Oncology and is professor and Chief of Urologic Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine Yochai Benkler , Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, and authorYossef Bodansky , Israeli-born American political scientistYaron Brook , president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute Idit Harel Caperton , educational psychologist and epistemologistAvner Cohen , political scientist and historian well known his path-breaking history of the Israeli nuclear program and strategic policyEzekiel Emanuel , bioethicistZvi Galil (born 1947), computer scientist, mathematician, and President of Tel Aviv University Gerson Goldhaber , particle physicist and astrophysicistSulamith Goldhaber , high-energy physicist and molecular spectroscopistMichael Goldsmith , law professor at Brigham Young University 's J. Reuben Clark Law School Shafrira Goldwasser , professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, and professor of mathematical sciences at the Weizmann Institute of Science Amos Grunebaum , ObGyn physician, inventor, professor Zucker School of Medicine Amos N. Guiora , professor of law at the S. J. Quinney College of Law , University of Utah , and an expert on drone attacksRabbi David Weiss Halivni , Israeli-American world-acclaimed scholar in the domain of Jewish Sciences and professor of Talmud Michael Harris , political scientist, author, and professorDavid Hazony , author and editor of The Tower MagazineDaniel Kahneman , Nobel laureate Ehud Kalai , Israeli-born American game theorist and mathematical economist, and James J. O’Connor Distinguished Professor of Decision and Game Sciences at Northwestern University Avi Loeb , astronomerMario Livio , astrophysicist and authorJessica Meir , post-doctoral researcher in comparative physiology at the University of British ColumbiaDon Patinkin , monetary economist and the president of Hebrew University of JerusalemIthiel de Sola Pool , researcher in the field of social sciencesAvital Ronell , philosopher, professor at New York University Emmanuel David Tannenbaum , biophysicist and applied mathematician, professor and researcher at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Georgia Institute of TechnologyRina Tannenbaum , materials scientist and chemical engineer and presently Professor at the University of Alabama at BirminghamAmnon Yariv , professor of applied physics and electrical engineering at California Institute of Technology Moshe Vardi , professor of computer science at Rice University
Actors Natalie Portman Shiri Appleby , film and television actressMili Avital , Israeli-born actress (Stargate )[1] [2] Amir Blumenfeld , Israeli-American writer, comedian, actor, and television hostSteve Bond , Israeli-born television actor and modelYaniv Rokah , actorAssaf Cohen , actorOded Fehr Israeli/American film and television actor (The Mummy , Resident Evil: Extinction )[3] Alona Tal , actressHani Furstenberg , actressBrian George , actor and voice actorOmri Katz , Israeli/American actor (Eerie, Indiana , Hocus Pocus )Amos Lavi , stage and film actor, won three Ophir Awards (Sh'Chur , Nashim and Zirkus Palestina )Grayson McCouch , actorJonah Lotan , actorJudith Light , actressVince Offer , "the ShamWow! Guy", Israeli-American actor known for his appearance in the infomercials for the absorbent towels ShamWow during the 2000sNatalie Portman , Israeli-born American film starDaniella Rabbani , Israeli/American actress, singer, and voiceover artistModi Rosenfeld , stand-up comedian, actor, and cantorOdeya Rush , television and film actress (The Odd Life of Timothy Green , The Giver )Scott L. Schwartz , film and television actor and stuntman, and former professional wrestlerTami Stronach , Israeli-American actress (The Neverending Story )Raviv Ullman , Israeli-born American actor, teen idol (Phil of the Future )Inbar Lavi , actressYael Grobglas , actress
Arts and entertainment Carmit Bachar , singer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl; member of The Pussycat Dolls (Israeli father)Ralph Bakshi , Israeli-born animation film director. Bakshi was born in Haifa in 1938, when the country was still known as Mandatory Palestine Amir Bar-Lev , film director, producer, and writerRhea Carmi , abstract expressionist and mixed-media artistElinor Carucci , photographerKosha Dillz , rapperLyor Cohen , North American chairman and CEO of Recorded Music for Warner Music Group (WMG)Neil Druckmann , Israeli-born American writer, creative director and programmer for the video game developer Naughty Dog Ari Emanuel , talent agent and co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor (WME), and basis for the character Ari Gold on the TV show Entourage Amos Gitai , auteur filmmakerUsher Morgan , filmmaker, businessman and studio executiveMaira Kalman , Israeli-born American illustrator, author, artist and designerYael Kanarek , artistEthan Klein , Israeli-American YouTuber and podcast hostHila Klein , Israeli-born American podcast host and fashion designer, who is also the wife of Ethan KleinShuki Levy , Israeli-born American music composer whose best known work is soundtrack compositions for children's television programs of the 1980s.Ephrat Livni , artist, writer, and lawyerRod Lurie , director, screenwriter, and film criticArnon Milchan , Israeli-American film producer and businessman who produced many films such as The War of the Roses , Once Upon a Time in America , Pretty Woman , Natural Born Killers , The Devil's Advocate , and L.A. Confidential Oren Moverman , Israeli-American film director/screenwriterAvi Nesher , Israeli-born film producer, film director, screenwriter and actorSassona Norton , Israeli-born sculptor and painterEran Preis , director, screenwriter, playwright, and producerLior Ron , composerAri Sandel , film director (West Bank Story )Ophrah Shemesh , artistBoaz Yakin , screenwriter and film director
Business Avi Arad Shari Arison Safra Catz Guy Oseary Shai Agassi , entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of Better Place Ori Allon, founder of Compass, Inc. , a residential real estate broker [1] Avi Arad , Israeli-American businessman, founder of Marvel Studios Shari Arison , American-born Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist, one of Israel's wealthiest womenArison family , founders of Carnival Cruise Lines , the largest cruise line in the worldNaftali Bennett , politician, former software entrepreneur, and former Prime Minister of IsraelYaron Brook , entrepreneur, author, and economist, who currently serves as the president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute Safra Catz , CEO of the Oracle Corporation Jacob Frenkel , economist and businessman; served as Governor of the Bank of Israel; currently the Chairman of JPMorgan Chase InternationalHillel Fuld , tech marketer and advisor, blogger and global tech speaker. CMO of Zula and Zcast among many other tech startup companies.Orit Gadiesh , corporate strategist and chairwoman of management consulting firm Bain & Company Gideon Gartner , entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Gartner , an information technology (IT) research and advisory companyYoram Globus , film producer, former co-owner of the Cannon Group, Inc. Noam Gottesman , former hedge fund manager; co-founded GLG Partners Andi Gutmans , co-founder of Zend Technologies , co-creator of PHP, General Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)Abraham Karem , inventor of the drone, founder of Karem Aircraft Ynon Kreiz , entrepreneur and businessman, former CEO of Fox Kids Europe , Endemol and Maker Studios Avi Lerner , film producer, co-founder of Nu Image , owner of Bulgaria-based Nu Boyana Film Studios Arnon Milchan , founder and owner of New Regency Films , second wealthiest mogul in Hollywood Adam Milstein , real estate investor, entrepreneur, and active philanthropistAdam Mosseri , head of Instagram[2] Shaul Olmert , co-founder of online publishing platform Playbuzz , former VP of digital products for MTV Networks ; son of Ehud Olmert Guy Oseary , Israeli-American businessman; Madonna 's managerIsaac Perlmutter , chairman of Marvel Entertainment , former co-owner of Toy Biz Shai Reshef , educational entrepreneur and founder and president of University of the People Meshulam Riklis , businessmanLior Ron , entrepreneur, co-founder of autonomous trucking company Otto, former lead of Google Maps [3] [4] Haim Saban , television and media proprietor notable for his adaptations of Power Rangers ; ranked by Forbes as the 98th richest person in America Tamir Sapir , Israeli-Georgian-American businessman; earned billions in the 1980s bartering fertilizers for oil; in 2006 was ranked at position 160 in list of the 400 richest Americans, with an estimated fortune of $2 billionEli Tene , businessman, co-founder, co-managing director, and principal of the Peak Corporate Network Boaz Weinstein , derivatives trader and hedge fund manager, and founder of Saba Capital Management Jerry Zucker , former CEO of the InterTech Group and the Polymer Group
Fashion Yael Markovich Yigal Azrouël , fashion designerDonna Feldman , American model, daughter of Israeli parentsSharon Genish , Israeli/American modelYael Markovich , Israeli/American modelNili Lotan , fashion designerMax Rhyser , Danish-American-Israeli model, stage, television and film actorYotam Solomon , fashion designerElie Tahari , founder of fashion label Elie Tahari
Government and politics Rahm Emanuel
Journalism Nicole Lapin Irin Carmon , feminist author, blogger, and television personalityMichael Dorfman , Russian-Israeli essayist and human rights activistHadas Gold , politics, media and global business reporter for CNNDaniel Pearl , journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal , who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan .Nicole Lapin , anchor on CNBC and CNN LiveLiel Leibovitz , journalist, author, media critic and video game scholarHaviv Rettig Gur , journalist at The Times of Israel , Former Director of Communications for the Jewish Agency Hanna Rosin , journalist
Literature
Musicians Hillel Slovak Miri Ben-Ari Itzhak Perlman JR Rotem Gene Simmons The Alchemist , hip hop producer and rapperLeigh Daniel Avidan , member of Ninja Sex Party and co-host of Internet webseries Game Grumps .Carmit Bachar , member of the pop group, The Pussycat Dolls Didi Benami , American singer who is best known for being a finalist on the ninth season of American Idol . Daughter of an Israeli Jewish father.Ofer Ben-Amots , Israeli-American composer and professor of composition at Colorado College .Miri Ben-Ari , hip-hop violinist plays songs with emcee Twista and R&B singer Alicia Keys Ill Bill , rapperYefim Bronfman , Soviet-born Israeli-American pianistKosha Dillz , hip hop MCDavid Draiman , lead vocalist for heavy metal band Disturbed Eli Eban , clarinetistMeir Finkelstein , cantor and composer of contemporary Jewish liturgical musicYuval Gabay , hip hop drummerGoapele , African-American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, daughter of a New York-born Israeli Jewish motherEste, Danielle and Alana Haim , Grammy-nominated musicians of the rock band HAIM.Yehuda Hanani , international soloist, recording artist, cellist, and Professor of Violoncello at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Eyran Katsenelenbogen , jazz pianistJoseph Malovany , tenor soloist, cantor of New York's Fifth Avenue Synagogue , and Distinguished Professor of Liturgical Music at Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, Yeshiva University Necro , rapper, producer, director, and record label owner; younger brother of Ill Bill Itzhak Perlman , violin virtuosoShulamit Ran , composer, won the Pulitzer Prize J.R. Rotem , record producer and songwriterGil Shaham , Israeli American award-winning violinistMordecai Shehori , pianistItaal Shur , composer, producer, and musicianGene Simmons , guitarist and singer-songwriter from KISS, Israeli-bornHillel Slovak , original guitarist of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers , Israeli-bornEmanuel Vardi , violistElliott Yamin , American singer, third place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol Inon Zur , Israeli American award-winning music composer Sean Hurwitz , musician and singerIsraela Margalit , pianist and playwrightRucka Rucka Ali , rapper, singer, YouTuber and parodist
Religion
Sports Ryan Braun Jordan Farmar Ike Berger (1936–2022), Olympic and world champion weightlifterSue Bird (born 1980), point guard for the Seattle Storm ; first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft ; two-time Olympic champion; four-time All-StarAdam Bisnowaty (born 1993), football player for the New York Giants of the NFLDavid Blatt (born 1959), Head Coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA franchiseDavid Blu (born 1980), professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel AvivRyan Braun (born 1983), major league baseball playerTal Brody (born 1943), professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv Jake Cohen (born 1990), professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israeli national basketball team John DiBartolomeo (born 1991), professional basketball player for Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv Eva Fabian (born 1993), world champion swimmerJordan Farmar (born 1986), basketball player for the Sacramento Kings Roy Fink (born 1977), retired soccer player and coachD'or Fischer , professional basketball playerMordechai Haim , soccer playerIan Kinsler (born 1982), major league baseball playerDean Kremer (born 1996), baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles Sylven Landesberg (born 1990), basketball player for Maccabi Tel AvivBrad Leaf (born 1960), professional basketball playerT. J. Leaf (born 1997), NBA player for the Indiana Pacers Ben Lederman (born 2000), American-Israeli-Polish soccer playerBoyd "Rainmaker" Melson (born 1981), light middleweight boxerJeron Roberts (born 1976), basketball player for the Israeli national teamKenny Hasan Sayef (born 1993), soccer player for Belgian club K.A.A. Gent Jon Scheyer (born 1987), professional basketball playerDerrick Sharp (born 1971), basketball playerAlana Shipp (born 1982), IFBB professional bodybuilderEliot Teltscher (born 1959), professional top-10 tennis playerAlex Tyus (born 1988), professional basketball playerAlex Zahavi (born 1991), soccer playerDaria Zuravicki (born 1985), figure skater
Other Nava Applebaum , 20-year-old woman killed together with her father Dr. David Applebaum on the evening before her wedding by a Palestinian suicide bomberMichael Arad , architect who won the design competition for the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City in 2004Juval Aviv , security consultant and writerRon Ben-Israel , pastry chefRonnie Bardah , poker player and Survivor: Island of the Idols contestantCarol Shaya Castro , former New York City police officer and actress whose employment was terminated after she appeared in Playboy magazineEli Elezra , world-class poker playerTamar Geller , dog trainer who developed "the Loved Dog" method of dog trainingChaim Gingold , noted for design work with the computer game Spore Gavriel Holtzberg , Orthodox rabbi and Chabad emissary to Mumbai, India, killed by Pakistani Islamist militants in the 2008 Mumbai attacks Ami James , tattoo artist, businessman, and media personality (Miami Ink )Yonatan Netanyahu , Israeli war hero who died saving Jewish hostages in Operation Entebbe , older brother of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu Cheryl Saban , philanthropist, woman's advocate, and wife of billionaire entertainment mogul Haim SabanMichael Solomonov , chef and restaurateur
See also
References ^ Atzmon Shmayer, Irad (September 28, 2018). "Real Estate Platform Co-founded by Israeli, Raises $400m From Investors". Haaretz . Retrieved February 23, 2019 . ^ Solomon, Shoshanna (September 3, 2020). "4 Israelis in Fortune's '40 under 40′ List of Influential Businesspeople". The Times of Israel . Retrieved September 14, 2020 . ^ "Lior Ron". SVOD. March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016 . ^ "Meet Lior Ron, The Guy in Charge Of Google's Big Attempt To Kill Samsung And Apple With An 'X Phone'". Business Insider . Retrieved June 14, 2016 . ^ Sarafraz, Beth (May 26, 2017) "The Saga Of Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi", The Jewish Press . Retrieved December 30, 2018. References are given within the articles themselves.