Who was born first, Mikhail Kravchuk or Israel Gelfand?
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Mikhail Kravchuk Mykhailo Pylypovych Kravchuk, also Krawtchouk (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Пили́пович Кравчу́к ) (September 27, 1892 – March 9, 1942), was a Soviet Ukrainian mathematician who, despite his early death, was the author of around 180 articles on mathematics.
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Israel Gelfand Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand (Yiddish: ישראל געלפֿאַנד‎ , Russian: Изра́иль Моисе́евич Гельфа́нд ; 2 September [O.S. 20 August] 1913 – 5 October 2009) was a prominent Soviet mathematician. He made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis. The recipient of many awards, including the Order of Lenin and the Wolf Prize, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society and professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at Rutgers University.
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Shira Shaked Shira Shaked (Hebrew: שירה שקד; born 1981) is an Israeli concert pianist and musician.
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Oded Burla Oded Yehuda Burla (Hebrew: עודד בורלא‎ ‎ ; June 23, 1915 – July 26, 2009) was an Israeli writer, poet, and artist. He is considered as one of the founders of children's literature in Hebrew.
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Oleg Sadikhov Oleg Sadikhov (אולג סדיחוב; also "Sadikov" and "Sodichov"; born April 4, 1966), is an Israeli former Olympic weightlifter.
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Avigdor Lieberman Avigdor Lieberman (Hebrew: אביגדור ליברמן‎ ‎ , ] , ; born Evet Lvovich Liberman, Russian: Эве́т Льво́вич Ли́берман , 5 July 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli politician who serves as the Defense Minister of Israel. He served as Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2012, and again from 2013 to 2015. He has also served as member of the Knesset and as Deputy Prime Minister of Israel.
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David Chavchavadze Prince David Chavchavadze (May 20, 1924 – October 5, 2014) was an American author and a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer of Georgian-Russian origin.
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Michael Krivelevich Michael Krivelevich (born January 30, 1966) is a professor with the School of Mathematical Sciences of Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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Mikhail Golant Mikhail Borisovich Golant (Russian: Михаи́л Бори́сович Го́лант ; 3 February 1923 – 7 February 2001) was a Soviet and Russian scientist and engineer. Best known as a leader of Soviet design of backward-wave tubes, he was awarded the Lenin Prize, the USSR State Prize, and the State Prize of the Russian Federation. He worked with Nikolay Devyatkov on the application of EHF therapy.
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Hayim David HaLevi Rabbi Hayim David HaLevi (24 January 1924 – 10 March 1998), also written Haim David ha-Levi, etc. (),
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Allan Chumak Allan Vladimirovich Chumak (Russian: А́ллан Влади́мирович Чума́к, born 26 May 1935, Moscow) is a Russian faith healer who came to prominence at the height of Gorbachev's Perestroika. When he appeared on television, his fans would hold jars of water next to their televisions in the hope that the water would be able to cure disease. At the height of his fame, he had a regular early morning television spot.
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Max Brod Max Brod (Hebrew: מקס ברוד; May 27, 1884 – December 20, 1968) was a German-speaking Jewish Czech, later Israeli, author, composer, and journalist. Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is most famous as the friend and biographer of Franz Kafka. As Kafka's literary executor, Brod refused to follow the writer's instructions to burn his life's work, and had them published instead. Kafka would probably not be famous without Brod's help.
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Isaac Baer Levinsohn Isaac Baer Levinsohn (Hebrew: יצחק בר לוינזון) (October 13, 1788 in Kremenetz – February 13, 1860 in Kremenetz) was a notable Russian-Hebrew scholar, satirist, writer and Haskalah leader. He was called "the Russian Mendelssohn". In his "Bet Yehudah" (1837), he formulated a philosophy and described Jewish contributions to civilization in an effort to promote Judeo-Christian understanding.
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Saul Lieberman Saul Lieberman (Hebrew: שאול ליברמן, May 28, 1898 – March 23, 1983), also known as Rabbi Shaul Lieberman or, among some of his students, The Gra"sh ("Gaon Rabbeinu Shaul"), was an Israeli rabbi and a scholar of Talmud. He served as Professor of Talmud at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA) for over 40 years, and for many years was dean of the Harry Fischel Institute in Israel and also president of the American Academy for Jewish Research.
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Yehudah Katz Yehudah Katz (born May 10, 1951) is an American-born Israeli singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, and activist. He first rose to fame as the lead singer of seminal Jewish rock band Reva L'Sheva. As a solo artist, he has released three albums and performed with prominent Israeli singers like Ehud Banai and Kobi Oz. He is also the founder of the non-profit organization Artists and Musicians for Israel (AMI).
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Yael Arad Yael Arad (Hebrew: יעל ארד‎ ‎ ) (born May 1, 1967) is an Israeli judoka.
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Arik Lavie Aryeh "Arik" Lavie (Hebrew: ֵאָרִיק לָבִיא, born Leo Alexander Inselsbacher on 9 March 1927 in Erfurt, Germany; died 29 June 2004 in Petah Tikva, Israel) was an Israeli actor and Pop-Rock-Folk singer.
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Alan Gelfand Alan "Ollie" Gelfand (born 1963, New York) is the inventor of the ollie, a skateboarding trick.
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David Zaslavsky David Zaslavsky (1880 – March, 1965) was a prominent Soviet journalist and propagandist under Stalin. He was born near Kiev, Russia. He joined the Bund (the Jewish socialist party of the Russian Empire) and initially opposed the Bolsheviks, but a few years after the latter established the Soviet Union he became a Communist supporter.
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Efraim Sevela Efraim Sevela (Russian: Эфраим Севела , Hebrew: אפרים סבלה‎ ‎ , pen-name of Efim Evelevich Drabkin – Russian: Ефим Евелевич Драбкин ; March 8, 1928, Babruysk, Mahilyow Voblast, Belarus – August 18, 2010) was a Soviet writer, screenwriter, director, producer, who after his emigration from the Soviet Union lived in Israel, USA and Russia.
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Alexei Gorokhov Aleksey Nikolaevich Gorokhov (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Горохов ; ; February 11, 1927, Moscow - February 3, 1999) was a Soviet violinist who lived most of his life in Ukraine.
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Meir Bar-Ilan Meir Berlin, later Hebraized to Meir Bar-Ilan, (1880 at Volozhin, Russian Empire – 1949 at Jerusalem, Israel) was an