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.
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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-
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-