David Avidan was an Israeli "poet, painter, filmmaker, publicist, and playwright". He wrote 20 published books of Hebrew poetry.
David Tuviyahu was an Israeli politician and trade unionist who served as the first mayor of the city of Beersheba after the establishment of the State of Israel.
Shemuel Yeivin, also spelled Shmuel, was an Israeli archaeologist and the first director of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
David (Dudu) Gerstein is an Israeli painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker. He began as a figurative painter and was recipient of the Israel Museum Prize for illustration. At the end of the 1970s he wished to expand the limits of two-dimensional painting, into painting in three-dimensions. He began cutting out the main subjects of each painting and to cancel the background, creating a unique and iconic cutout images, free standing in space, without the standard and traditional square frame.
David Libai was an Israeli jurist and politician. He was a member of the Knesset for Labor from 1984 to 1996 and served as minister of justice from 1992 to 1996.
Haim Ben-David was a major general in the Israel Defense Forces, the second Military Secretary to Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, and the head of the Manpower Directorate. After his military service, Ben-David was appointed ambassador to Ethiopia where he was killed in a plane accident in line of duty.
Yosef Yekutieli was a prominent member of the international Jewish sports organisation Maccabi. He was the founder of the Maccabiah, Israel Football Association, and the Israel Olympic Committee. Yekutieli was the 1979 Israel Prize recipient for his special contribution to society and the state in sports.
David Tidhar was a Jewish-Israeli police officer, private detective and author, widely known as “the first Hebrew detective”. He was modern Israel’s first celebrity, referred to by the public as the "Israeli Sherlock Holmes”.
David Yair Keltjens is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or as a defender for St Johnstone.
Amnon Harlap was an Israeli footballer, who played for Hapoel Tel Aviv and the Mandatory Palestine national football team.
David Refael ben-Ami was an Israeli singer. In 1970, he recorded the song "Desdemona," which was composed for him by Mati Caspi and written by Gad Kaynar. In 1971, Desdemona reached the top of the Israeli Hit Parade.
Haim Harari (Hebrew: חיים הררי (שניאור זלמן בלומברג was one of the founders of Tel Aviv.
Yeshurun Keshet, born Ya'akov Yehoshua Koplewitz, was an Israeli poet, essayist, translator and literary critic.
David Yeshayahu Silberbusch was a Galician Hebrew and Yiddish writer and journalist.
Arnon Bar-David is an Israeli trade unionist and civil servant. He is the Chairman of the Histadrut since March 2019.
David "Dadi" Barnea is the current Director of the Mossad, having taken over from Yossi Cohen in June 2021.
The Histadrut studio of art was the first art academy in Tel Aviv in Mandatory Palestine. Founded by Isaac Frenkel Frenel, it was active from 1926 to 1929. The Jewish labour union known as the Histadrut provided some funding and therefore the studio used the Histadrut name.
David Hendler was an Israeli painter. Known as "the painter of Tel Aviv", he was the winner of the Dizengoff Prize for painting.
Aharon Avni (Kaminkovitz) was an Israeli painter, born in Russia, a member of the 'Massad' group, founder of the 'Avni Institute,' and one of the founders of the HaMidrasha For the arts.
Chaim David Hazan nicknamed Chad Badara was an Av Beit Din in İzmir, rabbinical scholar, and Rishon LeZion of Israel.