List of Dutch Israelis

This list of Dutch Israelis includes Israeli 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.

Business

• Dov Frohman - director-general of Intel Israel, inventor of the EPROM
• Sigfried Hoofien - director-general of the Anglo-Palestine Company and Bank Leumi (Dutch-born)

Civil service

• Ya'akov Arnon - director-general of the Israeli ministry of Finance (Dutch-born)
• Yonatan Vermeulen - Dutch-born Israeli Christian police sapper and victim of terrorism.^[1]

Literature

• Clara Asscher-Pinkhof - Dutch-Israeli writer, mostly of youth and children books

Media

• Ralph Inbar - television producer, among the pioneers of the Israeli TV (Dutch-born)

Music

• Keren Ann - recording artist, singer-songwriter and producer
• Bart Berman - pianist and composer (Dutch-born)
• Marjo Tal - pianist and composer, moved to Israel after retirement

Politics

• Ophir Pines-Paz - Knesset member and former cabinet minister (was citizen of the Netherlands, Dutch-born father)
• Marcel Gans - former mayor of Elkana (Dutch-born)
• Hanoch Nenner - first mayor of Eilat (Dutch-born)

Science

• Martin van Creveld - military historian
• Manfred Gerstenfeld - political scientist

Sports

• Daniël de Ridder - soccer player

Theater

• Nissan Nativ - Israeli actor and theater educator (fled Germany to Amsterdam, then made aliyah)

Visual arts

• Helen Berman - painter (Dutch-born)
• Hannah Yakin - painter (Dutch-born)

See also

• List of Dutch Jews

References