Many people, Jewish and non-Jewish, have played a part in the State of Israel’s creation, survival and development despite never themselves becoming Israeli. For good or bad, Israel would not be what it is today without the contributions of these 75 people. They are, of course, not the only non-Israelis who have been important in Israel’s history, but all have been essential. They join our lists of 75 current Israelis, 75 people from Israel’s history and our 75 Zionist founders, plus a list of Zionist and Israeli artworks.
View the Full List as a PDF- Bella Abzug, 1920-1998
- Sheldon Adelson, 1933-2021
- Konrad Adenauer, 1876-1967
- Arthur Balfour, 1848-1930
- Noah Barou, 1889-1955
- Fritz Bauer, 1903-1968
- Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990
- Jacob Blaustein, 1892-1970
- Louis Brandeis, 1856-1941
- Charles Bronfman, 1931-
- Ralph Bunche, 1904-1971
- George W. Bush, 1946-
- Jimmy Carter, 1924-
- Emanuel Celler, 1888-1981
- Winston Churchill, 1874-1965
- Clark Clifford, 1906-1998
- Bill Clinton, 1946-
- Irwin Cotler, 1940-
- Richard Crossman, 1907-1974
- Lester Crown, 1925-
- Ted Deutch, 1966-
- Blanche “Baffy” Dugdale, 1880-1948
- Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
- Max Fisher, 1908-2005
- Abraham Foxman, 1940-
- Jorge García-Granados, 1900-1961
- Arthur Goldberg, 1908-1990
- David Harris, 1949-
- Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, 1921-2006
- Malcolm Hoenlein, 1944-
- King Hussein, 1935-1999
- Henry “Scoop” Jackson, 1912-1983
- Eddie Jacobson, 1891-1955
- Kenneth Jacobson, 1943-
- Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973
- Isaiah “Si” Kenen, 1905-1988
- Jeane Kirkpatrick, 1926-2006
- Henry Kissinger, 1923-
- Howard Kohr, 1955-
- Tom Lantos, 1928-2008
- Naomi Lauter, 1930-2017
- Emma Lazarus, 1849-1887
- Bernard Lewis, 1916-2018
- Samuel Lewis, 1930-2014
- David Lloyd George, 1863-1945
- Bernie Marcus, 1929-2024
- Louis Marshall, 1856-1929
- Mayer “Bubba” Mitchell, 1933-2007
- Henry Morgenthau Jr., 1891-1967
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan, 1927-2003
- Richard Nixon, 1913-1994
- Barack Obama, 1961-
- Pope Paul VI, 1897-1978
- Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004
- Russell Robinson, 1956-
- Dennis Ross, 1948-
- John Ruskay, 1946-
- Anwar Sadat, 1918-1981
- Rabbi Alexander Schindler, 1925-2000
- Charles and Lynn Schusterman, 1935-2000 and 1939-
- Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, 1893-1963
- James Snyder, 1952-
- Leonard Stein, 1887-1973
- Michael Steinhardt, 1940-
- Mark Sykes, 1879-1919
- Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972
- Donald Trump, 1946-
- Robert F. Wagner, 1877-1953
- Raoul Wallenberg, 1912-1947
- Barbi Weinberg, 1929-
- Rabbi Avi Weiss, 1944-
- Harold Wilson, 1916-1995
- Charles Winters, 1913-1984
- Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, 1874-1949
- Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 1961-
