• Ehud Barak (b.1942), Israeli prime minister (1999-2001)
• Menachem Begin (1913-1992), Prime Minister of Israel (1977-1983)
• David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), founder of Israel, Prime Minister of Israel (1948-1953 and 1955-1963)
• Moshe Dayan (1915-1981), Israeli politician and general. Directed the 1956 Suez War and Six-Day War
• Golda Meir (1898-1978), Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974)
• Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949), Prime Minister of Israel (1996-1999)
• Shimon Peres (born 1923), Prime Minister of Israel (1977, 1984-1986, and 1995-1996), shared winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1994
• Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995), Prime Minister of Israel (1974-1977 and 1992-1995), shared 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, assassinated in 1995
• Ariel Sharon (b. 1928), Israeli general and prime minister
• Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952), leading Zionist and first President of Israel

See List of Israeli artists.