Bat Yam - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • Shay Abutbul (1983–), soccer player
  • Yohai Aharoni (1986–), soccer player
  • Sholem Asch (1880–1957), Polish-born, Yiddish writer, has a museum of his work in the city.
  • Michael Barkai (1935–99), Commander of the Israeli Navy
  • Vered "Vardush" Buskila (born 1983), Olympic sailor
  • Miri Ben-Ari (1978–), hip hop violinist
  • Moshe Biton, soccer player
  • David D'Or (born David Nehaisi; 1965–), Israeli singer, composer, and songwriter; attended high school
  • Meir Dagan, (born 1945) Director of the Mossad
  • Elana Eden (1940–), actress best known as "Ruth" in The Story of Ruth (1960)
  • Sharon Farber, composer
  • Matt Haimovitz (1970–), US cellist, born here
  • Rita Katz (1963–), terrorism analyst
  • Shlomo Lahiani (1965–), mayor of Bat Yam
  • Peter Roth (1974–), Israeli pop singer and composer
  • Gal Shish (1989–), soccer player
  • Itzik Zohar (1970–), soccer player

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