# List of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev people

The following is a list of presidents, rectors, and noted alumni and professors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva, Israel.

## Presidents

* Prof. Moshe Prywes 1973–1975
* Ambassador Yosef Tekoah 1975–1981
* Maj–Gen (Res.) Shlomo Gazit 1982–1985
* Prof. Chaim Elata 1985–1990
* MK Prof. Avishay Braverman 1990–2006
* Prof. Rivka Carmi 2006–2018
* Prof. Daniel Chamovitz 2019-

## Rectors

* Prof. Haim Hanani 1970–1973
* Prof. Zvi Pelah 1973–1974
* Prof. Moshe Rozen 1974–1979
* Prof. David Wolf 1979–1984
* Prof. Chaim Elata 1984–1986
* Prof. Avraham Tamir 1986–1990
* Prof. Dov Bahat 1990–1994
* Prof. Nahum Finger 1994–2002
* Prof. Jimmy Winblatt 2002–2010
* Prof. Zvi HaCohen 2010–2018
* Prof. Chaim Hames 2018-

## Notable faculty

* Aaron Antonovsky, sociologist
* Aharon Appelfeld, author
* Haim Be'er, author
* Jacob Bekenstein, theoretical physicist
* Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos, historian
* Gerald Blidstein, Jewish Philosophy – Israel Prize Recipient
* Dan Blumberg, geographer
* Rivka Carmi, pediatrician
* Daniel Chamovitz, plant biologist
* Miriam Cohen, mathematician
* Shlomi Dolev, computer scientist
* David Faiman, solar engineer
* Yisrael Friedman, historian
* Tikva Frymer-Kensky, biblical scholar
* Neve Gordon, political scientist
* Chaim Hames, Historian
* Yitzhak Hen, historian
* Samuel Hollander, economist
* Klara Kedem, computer scientist
* Etgar Keret, author
* Howard Kreisel, philosopher
* Shaul Ladany, industrial engineering
* Michael Lin, mathematician
* Leslie Lobel, virologist
* Dan Meyerstein, chemist and president of Ariel University
* Benny Morris, historian
* David Newman, political geographer
* Amos Oz, author
* Renee Poznanski, political scientist and historian of the Holocaust in France
* Joshua Prawer, historian
* Elisha Qimron, Hebrew scholar
* Eliahu Stern, geographer
* Aviad Raz, sociologist
* Danny Rubinstein, journalist
* Michael Segal, algorithmic networking
* Alice Shalvi, educator
* Richard Shusterman, philosopher
* Daniel Sivan, Hebrew literature professor
* Carsten Peter Thiede, biblical scholar
* Jacob Turkel, Israeli supreme court justice
* Oren Yiftachel, geographer
* Avishai Henik, psychologist
* Moti Herskowitz, chemical engineering
* Golan Shahar, clinical psychologist
* Ohad Birk, physician scientist
* Steven A Rosen, archaeologist
* Vered Slonim-Nevo, social work
* Yuval Golan, materials scientist
* Jiwchar Ganor, environmental scientist
* Joseph Kost, biomedical scientist
* Zvi HaCohen, organic chemistry
* Oded Lowengart, marketing
* Limor Aharonson-Daniel, injury epidemiology
* Yuval Elovici, computer and network security
* Amit Schejter, communication studies
* Ozer Schild (1930-2006), Danish-born Israeli academic, President of the University of Haifa and President of the College of Judea and Samaria ("Ariel College").
* Yuval Shahar, artificial intelligence and medical informatics
* Noam Weisbrod, hydrology
* Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby, art history
* Abraham Zangen, neuroscience
* Yigal Meir, Physicist
* Harold J. Vinegar, geology

## Notable alumni

* Amal Elsana Alh'jooj (born 1972), Bedouin feminist and peace activist
* Muhammad Al-Nabari, mayor of Hura
* Orna Barbivai (born 1962) former Minister of Economy, and the former head of IDF Manpower Directorate
* Adam Berdichevsky (born 1983), Paralympic wheelchair tennis player
* Isaac Berzin (born 1967), chemical engineer
* Gilad Bracha
* Alon Chen (born 1970), neuroscientist; 11th President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
* Amira Dotan (born 1947), member of Knesset
* Shai Efrati (born 1971), physician and director of research center
* Varda Shalev, researcher and family physician
* Gila Gamliel (born 1974), member of Knesset
* Anastasia Gloushkov (born 1985), Olympic synchronized swimmer
* Arieh Iserles (born 1947), mathematician
* Ofer Lahav (born 1959), academic
* Hadas Malada-Matzri, M.D. (born 1984), first Ethiopian Israeli female doctor in the Israel Defense Forces
* Silvan Shalom (born 1958), Israeli minister
* Eliezer Shkedi (born 1957), CEO of El Al
* Yaakov Turner, mayor of Beersheba
* Mordechai Vanunu (born 1954), former nuclear technician and peace activist
* Shelly Yachimovich (born 1960), member of the Knesset, former leader of the Israeli Labor Party
* Michael W. Sonnenfeldt (born 1955)
* Tamar Zandberg (born 1976) member of Knesset
* Ofer Zwikael, management scientist, academic, and author