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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