page_title: Netanya
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Netanya / Notable residents
caption_attribution_description: Português: Rio de Janeiro - Judoca Or Sasson, ganha medalha de bronze nos Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016. English: Or Sasson at the 2016 Olympics.
context_page_description: Netanya is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is 30 km north of Tel Aviv, and 56 km south of Haifa, between Nahal Poleg and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north. Netanya was named in honor of Nathan Straus, a prominent Jewish American merchant and philanthropist in the early 20th century who was the co-owner of Macy's department store.
  Its 14 kilometres of beaches have made the city a popular tourist resort.
  In 2019, it had a population of 221,353, making it the 7th largest city in Israel. An additional 150,000 people live in the local and regional councils within 10 kilometres of Netanya which serves as a regional center for them. The city mayor is Miriam Feirberg.
context_section_description: Linor Abargil, Miss World 1998
  Yityish Titi Aynaw, Miss Israel 2013
  Orit Bar-On (born 1975), Olympic judoka
  Yehuda Barkan, actor and filmmaker
  Edith Hahn Beer, Austrian Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust by hiding her Jewish identity and marrying a Nazi officer
  Cheryl Bentov, American real estate agent and former Israeli Mossad agent
  Maya Bouskilla, Moroccan-Israeli singer
  Noah Brosch, astronomer, astrophysicist and space researcher
  Yonatan "Yoni" Chetboun, member of the Knesset
  Jacko Eisenberg, singer
  Eva Fabian (born 1993), American-Israeli world champion swimmer
  Eli Finish, actor and comedian
  Yarden Gerbi (born 1989), world champion and Olympic bronze medalist judoka
  Haim Gidon, martial artist
  Moshe Glam, football player
  Ageze Guadie (born 1989), Olympic marathon runner
  Nadav Guedj, Israeli 2015 Eurovision Song Contest entrant
  Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, Klausenburger Rebbe
  Zvi Elimelech Halberstam, Sanzer Rebbe
  Yitzhak "Haki" Harel, civil servant and army general
  Mariano Idelman, actor and comedian
  Silvi Jan, female professional and Israeli team footballer
  Deniz Khazaniuk (born 1994), tennis player
  Baruch Kimmerling, scholar and professor of sociology
  Moti Kirschenbaum, television presenter and filmmaker
  Aliza Lavie, academic and politician
  David Levin (born 1999), ice hockey player
  Ronny Levy, football player and now a manager
  Imi Lichtenfeld, martial artist, founded Krav Maga
  Nili Lotan, Israeli-American fashion designer
  Oded Machnes, football player
  Tesama Moogas, Olympic marathon runner
  Sagi Muki, reigning European judo champion
  Andrea Murez, Israeli–American Olympic swimmer for Israel
  Or Sasson, Olympic bronze medalist judoka
  Stav Shaffir, activist, journalist, and politician
  Arik Shivek, basketball coach
  Mordechai Spiegler, football player
  Shiraz Tal, model
  Shalom Tikva, football player
  Margalit Tzan'ani, singer
  Meir Wieseltier, poet
  Ehud Yatom, Shin Bet agent and Knesset member
  Ron Yosef (b. 1974), openly gay Orthodox Jewish rabbi
caption: Or Sasson
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