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-