Israel ranks 1,548th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Galați, Reno, Nevada, and Mount Kisco, New York. Memorable people born in Israel include Judas Maccabeus, Shlomo Artzi, and Itzhak Vissoker. Memorable people who died in Israel include Itzhak Stern, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, and Nahum Stelmach. Israel has been the birth place of many businesspeople and religious figures and the death place of many religious figures and engineers. Israel is located in Israel.
Israel, officially known as the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel's economic and technological center is Tel Aviv, while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although international recognition of the state's sovereignty over Jerusalem is limited. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 200 BC and 2000, Israel was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Judas Maccabeus, Shlomo Artzi, and Itzhak Vissoker. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Israel including Itzhak Stern, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, and Nahum Stelmach.
200 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 1
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 2
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 3
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 4
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 5
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 6
2000 - Present
HPI: 38.39
Rank: 7
1901 - 1969
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 1
1947 - 2011
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 2
1936 - 1999
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Israel were businesspeople (2), religious figures (1), musicians (1), soccer players (1), and composers (1), while most who died were religious figures (1), engineers (1), and soccer players (1).