Jaffa
Jaffa ranks 1,988th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Huesca, Bray, County Wicklow, and Yangon. Memorable people born in Jaffa include Abu Nidal, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, and Benny Hinn. Memorable people who died in Jaffa include Thomas Hodgkin, Menahem Golan, and Dorcas. Jaffa has been the birth place of many politicians and actors and the death place of many physicians and film directors. Jaffa is located in Israel.
Jaffa, also called Japho or Joppa in English, is an ancient Levantine port city founded by the Canaanites that is now part of southern Tel Aviv, Israel. Sitting atop a naturally elevated outcrop on the Mediterranean coastline, it was a strategic location that exchanged hands repeatedly in ancient Near East history, and was also contested during the Crusades, when it presided over the County of Jaffa and Ascalon. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1937 and 1989, Jaffa was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Abu Nidal, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, and Benny Hinn. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Jaffa including Thomas Hodgkin, Menahem Golan, and Dorcas.
People Born in Jaffa
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Abu Nidal
1937 - 2002
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 1
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 2
Benny Hinn
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 3
Haim Ramon
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 4
Hana Laszlo
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 5
Yoav Galant
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 6
Yon Tumarkin
1989 - Present
HPI: 26.30
Rank: 7
Newly Added People Born in Jaffa
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Thomas Hodgkin
1798 - 1866
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 1
Menahem Golan
1929 - 2014
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 2
Dorcas
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Jaffa were politicians (2), actors (2), extremists (1), businesspeople (1), and presenters (1), while most who died were physicians (1), film directors (1), and politicians (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Jaffa since 1700.
