200 Greatest Israelis

In 2005, the Israeli news website Ynet conducted a vote to determine whom the general public considers the "200 Greatest Israelis" of all time.

The Greatest Israelis List

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-|Due to the nature of the poll used to select and rank the Israelis, the results do not pretend to be an objective assessment. They are as follows:

# Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995), Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
# David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), the first Prime Minister of State of Israel
# Ehud Manor (1941-2005), songwriter and translator
# Menachem Begin (1913-1992), Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
# Ilan Ramon (1954-2003), combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force and the first Israeli astronaut
# Naomi Shemer (1930-2004), songwriter and the "First Lady of Israeli Song"
# Rehavam Ze'evi (1926-2001), politician and historian
# Ariel Sharon (1928-), politician and Prime Minister
# Ezer Weizman (1924-2005), politician and President of Israel
# Ninet Tayeb (1983-), pop rock singer and actress
# Shimon Peres (1923-), President of Israel and Prime Minister
# Ron Arad (1958-), Israeli Air Force weapon systems officer
# Yonatan Netanyahu (1946-1976), member of the Israel Defense Forces elite Sayeret Matkal unit
# Ze'ev Revach (1940-), actor and comedian
# Meir Har-Zion (1934-), military commando fighter
# Eli Yatzpan (1960-), television host and Comedian
# Shlomo Artzi (1949-), singer-songwriter and a composer
# Benjamin Netanyahu (1949-), politician and Prime Minister
# Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888-1970), Hebrew nobel prize laureate writer
# Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903-1994), philosopher and scientist
# Ephraim Kishon (1924-2005), writer, satirist, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director
# Arik Einstein (1939-), singer and songwriter
# Ovadia Yosef (1920-), Haredi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, a recognized authority in Halakha
# Rafael Eitan (1929-2004), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces and politician
# Gal Fridman (1975-), windsurfer and first Israeli to win an Olympic gold medal
# Eli Cohen (1924-1965), spy
# Yehoram Gaon (1939-), singer and actor
# Ehud Banai (1953-), singer and songwriter
# Yitzhak Shamir (1915-), politician and Prime Minister
# Tal Friedman (1963-), actor and comedian
# Aaron Ciechanover (1947-) and Avram Hershko (1937-), biologists and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureates
# Ofra Haza (1957-2000), singer, actress and international recording artist
# Shaike Ophir (1929-1987), film actor, mime and comedian
# Meir Ariel (1942-1999), singer-songwriter
# Miki Berkovich (1954-), basketball player
# Yair Lapid (1963-), journalist, author, and TV presenter
# Zvika Hadar (1966-), actor, comedian and television host
# Stef Wertheimer (1926-), entrepreneur and industrialist
# Aharon Barak (1936-), President of the Supreme Court of Israel
# Eli Ohana (1964-), football player and manager
# Amos Oz (1939-), writer, novelist and journalist
# Meir Shalev (1948-), writer
# Nathan Alterman (1910-1970), poet, journalist, and translator
# Abie Nathan (1927-2008), humanist and peace activist
# Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952), chemist, Zionist leader, President of the World Zionist Organization and the first President of the State of Israel
# Keren Or Leybovitch (1973-), swimmer
# Dana International (1972-), transsexual singer, who won the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest
# Uri Zohar (1935-), film director and actor
# Shalom Hanoch (1946-), singer, lyricist and composer
# Ariel Ze'evi (1977-), judoka
# Yossi Banai (1932-2006), performer, singer and dramatist
# Abba Eban (1915-2002), diplomat and politician
# Shlomo Goren (1917-2004), Orthodox Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
# Yisrael Meir Lau (1937-), Orthodox Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
# Dudu Topaz (1946-), actor and television host
# Shari Arison (1957-), businesswoman
# Shulamit Aloni (1928-), politician and left-wing activist
# Aryeh Deri (1959-), leader of Israel's Shas Party
# Aviv Geffen (1973-), rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, keyboardist and guitarist
# Zohar Argov (1955-1987), singer and a distinctive voice in the Mizrahi music scene
# Ehud Barak (1942-), politician and Prime Minister
# Hanoch Levin (1943-1999), dramatist
# Tal Brody (1943-), basketball player
# Geula Cohen (1925-), politician and journalist
# Yigal Allon (1918-1980), politician, acting Prime Minister and commander of the Palmach
# Moni Moshonov (1951-), actor and comedian
# Ralph Klein (1931-2008), basketball player and coach
# Oded Kattash (1974-), basketball player and coach
# Gil Shwed (1952-), programmer and entrepreneur
# Elazar Shach (1898-2001), the rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh yeshiva and founded the Degel HaTorah political party
# Nahum Stelmach (1936-1999), football player and manager
# Yonatan Geffen (1947-), poet, playwright, writer, lyricist, journalist and translator
# Moshe Dayan (1915-1981), military leader and politician
# Aryeh Eliav (1921-), politician
# Golda Meir (1898-1978), politician and the Israel's first female Prime Minister
# Yaron London (1940-), journalist, lyricist and TV presenter
# A. B. Yehoshua (1936-), novelist, essayist and playwright
# Shoshana Damari (1923-2006), singer and actress
# Haim Yavin (1932-), television anchor
# Uri Malmilian (1957-), football player and manager
# Pnina Rosenblum (1954-), politician, model and businesswoman
# Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000), poet
# Tzvika Pick (1951-), composer and singer
# Abraham Even-Shoshan (1906-1981), Hebrew linguist and lexicographer
# Eli Hurvitz (1932-), industrialist
# Levi Eshkol (1895-1969), politician and Prime Minister
# Leah Goldberg (1911-1970), poet and writer
# Teddy Kollek (1911-2007), mayor of Jerusalem
# Linor Abargil (1980-), model and Miss World
# Chaim Topol (1935-), theatrical and film performers
# Matti Caspi (1949-), composer, musician, singer and lyricist
# Haim Revivo (1972-), football player and businessman
# Chava Alberstein (1947-), singer, lyricist, composer, musical arranger and actress
# Eyal Berkovic (1972-), football player
# Yehuda Poliker (1950-), singer-songwriter
# Netiva Ben-Yehuda (1928-), writer and lexicographer
# David Grossman (1954-), writer and essay
# Hanna Meron (1923-), actress
# Meir Shamgar (1925-), President of the Israeli Supreme Court
# Moti Kirschenbaum (1939-), journalist, announcer and TV presenter
# Daniel Kahneman (1934-), psychologist and Nobel laureate
# Gila Almagor (1939-), actress
# Yael Arad (1967-), judoka and the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal
# Natan Yonatan (1923-2004), poet
# Mordechai Spiegler (1944-), football player and manager
# Ilana Dayan (1964-), journalist, announcer and TV presenter
# David Elazar, (1925-1976), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces
# Yitzhak Navon (1921-), President of Israel, playwright and author
# Dvora Omer (1932), author
# Nahum Gutman (1898-1980), painter, sculptor and author
# Daniel Barenboim (1942-), pianist and conductor
# Moshe Ivgy (1953-), actor
# Rifaat Turk (1957-), football player and the first Arab to ever play for the Israel national football team
# Ze'ev (1923-2002), caricaturist
# Chaim Herzog (1918-1997), politician and President of Israel
# Chaim Chefer (1925-), lyricist
# Zubin Mehta (1936-), conductor of Western classical music
# Erez Tal (1961-), announcer and TV presenter
# Galila Ron-Feder Amit (1949-), author
# Ida Nodel (1931-), refusenik
# Yitzhak Sadeh, the commander of the Palmach and one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces
# Mordechai Gur (1930-1995), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces
# Avihu Medina (1948-), singer-songwriter
# Zahi Armeli (1957-), football player
# Yaakov Peri (1944-), head of the General Security Service and businessman
# Martin Buber (1878-1965), philosopher, translator and educator
# Esther Roth Shahamorov (1952-), athlete
# Uri Avnery (1923-), journalist, left-wing peace activist and Knesset member
# Assi Dayan (1945-), actor and film director
# Yitzhak Ben-Aharon (1906-2006), politician
# Sami Michael (1926-), author and the president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
# Asa Kasher (1940-), philosopher and linguist
# Yuval Ne'eman (1925-2006), soldier, physicist and politician
# Tanhum Cohen-Mintz (1939-), basketball player
# Itzhak Perlman (1945-), violinist, conductor, and pedagogue
# Sasha Argov (1914-2005), composer
# Ohad Naharin (1952-), dancer and choreographer
# Yona Wallach (1944-1985), poet
# Zalman Shazar (1889-1974), President of Israel and author
# Dan Ben-Amotz (1924-1989), writer, journalist, screenwriter and actor
# Dan Shilon (1940-), journalist, announcer and TV presenter
# Haim Bar-Lev (1924-1994), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces and politician
# Emile Habibi (1922-1996), writer and politician
# Oded Machnes (1956-), football player
# Miriam Yalan-Shteklis (1900-1984), writer and poet
# Ya'akov Hodorov (1927-2006), football goalkeeper
# Haim Gouri (1923-), poet, novelist, journalist and documentary filmmaker
# Efi Arazi (1937-), industrialist and businessman
# Azriel Carlebach (1909-1956), journalist and editorial writer
# Moshe Sharett (1894-1965), politician and Prime Minister of Israel
# Orna Porat (1924-), actress
# Leah Rabin (1928-2000), the wife of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
# Yafa Yarkoni (1925-), singer
# Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936-2005), poet and peace activist
# Miriam Ben-Porat (1918-), judge and state comptroller
# Rivka Michaeli (1938-), actress, announcer and TV presenter
# Aharon Appelfeld (1932-), novelist
# Alon Abutbul (1965-), actor, announcer and film producer
# Yair Rosenblum (1944-1996), composer
# Yigal Mossinsohn (1917-1994), writer and playwright
# Yigal Tumarkin (1933-), painter and sculptor
# Hanna Rovina (1892-1980), actress and the original "First Lady of Hebrew Theatre"
# Eli Amir (1937-), writer
# S. Yizhar (1916-2006), writer and politician
# Yigael Yadin (1917-1984), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces, politician and archeologist
# Yossi Vardi (1943-), tech entrepreneur and businessman
# Lea Gottlieb (1918-), fashion designer
# Sara Levi-Tanai (1911-2005), choreographer
# Pinchas Sapir (1906-1975), politician
# Yevgeny Aryeh (1947-), theatre director
# Alexander Penn (1906-1972), poet
# Giora Spiegel (1947-), football player and manager
# Yaakov Shabtai (1934-1981), novelist, playwright and translator
# Yemima Avidar Tshernovitz (1909-1998), writer
# Avraham Shlonsky (1900-1973), poet and editor
# Menashe Kadishman (1932-), sculptor and painter
# Aharon Katzir (1914-1972), pioneer
# Amos Mansdorf (1965-), tennis player
# Rina Mor (1956-), model and Miss Universe
# David Avidan (1934-1995), poet, painter, filmmaker, publicist and playwright
# Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884-1963), President of Israel and historian
# Pinchas Sadeh (1929-1994), writer, poet and translator
# Neomi Polani (1927-), singer, producer and theatre director
# Marcel Janco (1895-1984), painter and architect
# Yehoshua Sobol (1939-), playwright, writer and director
# Avigdor Steimatzky (1908-1989), painter
# Moshe Vilenski (1910-1997), composer
# Nathan Zach (1930-), poet
# Hanna Zemer (1925-2003), journalist
# Anna Ticho (1894-1980), painter
# Nisim Aloni (1926-1998), playwright and translator
# Ram Karmi (1931-), architect
# Yitzhak Danziger (1916-1977), sculptor
# Yehezkel Streichman (1906-1993), painter
# Yaacov Agam (1928-), sculptor
# Yosef Zaritsky (1891-1985), painter
# Siona Shimshi (1939-), painter and sculptor
# Rina Sheinfeld (1938-), dancer and choreographer
# Noah Mozes (1912-1985), the first editor of Yedioth Ahronoth
# Baruch Agadati (1895-1976), painter, dancer and film director

External links

* [http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html 200 Greatest Israelis in Ynet]