List of Dutch Israelis
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This list of Dutch Israelis includes Israel
i citizens or residents who were born in the Netherlands
or are of Dutch descent. Included are Israelis who are well known to the general public or their professional community, or Israelis with an article.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i citizens or residents who were born in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
or are of Dutch descent. Included are Israelis who are well known to the general public or their professional community, or Israelis with an article.
Business
- Dov FrohmanDov FrohmanDov Frohman is an Israeli electrical engineer and business executive. A former vice president of Intel Corporation, he is the inventor of the erasable programmable read only memory and the founder and first general manager of Intel Israel, Intel’s extensive operations in Israel...
- director-general of Intel Israel, inventor of the EPROMEPROMAn EPROM , or erasable programmable read only memory, is a type of memory chip that retains its data when its power supply is switched off. In other words, it is non-volatile. It is an array of floating-gate transistors individually programmed by an electronic device that supplies higher voltages... - Sigfried Hoofien - director-general of the Anglo-Palestine Company and Bank LeumiBank LeumiBank Leumi is an Israeli bank. It was founded in London as the Anglo Palestine Company on February 27, 1902, by members of the Zionist movement to promote the industry, construction, agriculture, and infrastructure of Palestine.-History:...
(Dutch-born)
Civil service
- Ya'acov Arnon - director-general of the Israeli ministry of Finance (Dutch-born)
- Jonatan Vermeulen - Dutch-Israeli policeman and victim of terrorism
Media
- Ralph Inbar - television producer, among the pioneers of the Israeli TV (Dutch-born)
- Willy LindwerWilly LindwerWolf "Willy" Lindwer is a Dutch documentary filmmaker.-Biography:Willy Lindwer was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy. When Lindwer finished his study, he worked for several Dutch Public TV stations...
- movie director
Music
- Keren AnnKeren AnnKeren Ann Zeidel is a singer-songwriter-composer-producer and engineer based largely in Paris, Tel Aviv and New York City. She plays guitar, piano and clarinet, engineers and writes choir and musical arrangements.-Life and career:...
- recording artist, singer-songwriter and producer - Bart BermanBart BermanBart Berman is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th century music....
- pianist and composer (Dutch-born) - Marjo Tal - Pianist and composer, moved to Israel after retirement
Politics
- Ophir Pines-PazOphir Pines-PazOphir Pines-Paz is an Israeli former politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Science, Culture & Sport and as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party from 1996 until 2010.-Biography:...
- KnessetKnessetThe Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...
member and former cabinet minister (was citizen of the Netherlands, Dutch-born father) - Marcel Gans - former mayor of ElkanaElkanaElkana or Elqana is an Israeli settlement and local council in the north-western Samarian hills in the West Bank. Elkana is situated just to the east of the Green Line and the city of Rosh HaAyin. The Trans-Samarian Highway previously cut through the town until 2000 when the road, which now skirts...
(Dutch-born) - Hanoch Nenner - first mayor of Eilat (Dutch-born)
Science
- Martin van CreveldMartin van CreveldMartin Levi van Creveld is an Israeli military historian and theorist.Van Creveld was born in the Netherlands in the city of Rotterdam, and has lived in Israel since shortly after his birth. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he has...
- Military historian - Manfred GerstenfeldManfred GerstenfeldManfred Gerstenfeld is an Austrian-born Israeli author and political activist.-Biography:Manfred Gerstenfeld was born in Vienna, grew up in Amsterdam and moved to Israel in 1968. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Gerstenfeld was a board member of the Israel...
- Political scientist
Visual arts
- Helen BermanHelen BermanHelen Berman is a Dutch-Israeli visual artist. She was a textile designer in the 1960s and has been a painter and occasionally an art educator since the 1970s. She is well known in Israel and has exhibited also in Germany and the Netherlands...
- painter (Dutch-born) - Hannah YakinHannah YakinHannah Yakin is an Israeli artist. She was born in Amsterdam in 1933 as Hannah van Hulst.During World War II, Hannah developed her artistic talents, experiencing "happy times in which necessity bore creativity"....
- painter (Dutch-born)