- Y. I. AikhenvaldLiterary & drama critic
- Yaacov Levitzki1904Ring theory
- Yaakov ShwekeyOrthodox Jewish vocalist and concert performer.
- Yadin Gellman2023Israeli actor
- Yael FolmanIsraeli actress.
- Yael GermanIsraeli politician and former Minister of Health.
- Yael Goldman1978Israeli actress and model.
- Yael Grobglas1984Israeli actress known internationally for her dual role on Jane the Virgin.
- Yael Stone1985Australian actress who played Lorna Morello in Orange Is the New Black.
- Yaffa YarkoniYaffa Yarkoni was a talented and influential Israeli singer who recorded over 1,400 songs…
- Yair Lapid2022Fourteenth Prime Minister of Israel (2022)
- Yakir Aharonov1932Physicist
- Yakov Eliashberg1946Symplectic and contact geometry
- Yakov Flier1912Classical pianist
- Yakov Frenkel1894Physicist
- Yakov Kreizberg1959Orchestra conductor
- Yakov Malkiel1914Romance philologist and leading scholar of etymology.
- Yakov Sinai1935Dynamical systems and statistical mechanics (Abel Prize)
- Yakov Smirnoff1951Soviet-born comedian who became an American stand-up star built on immigrant-perspective…
- Yakov UflyandContinuum mechanics
- Yakov Zak1913Classical pianist
- Yakov Zeldovich1914Physicist
- Yale Mintz1916Meteorologist, a pioneer of general circulation modeling of the atmosphere
- Yan FeldmanIsraeli actor known for television and film work.
- Yana Yosef1988Israeli actress and model (Jewish by conversion) known for 'Harmonia.'
- Yannaic. 550Early Palestinian liturgical poet, a pioneer of the 'kerovah' form of piyyut.
- Yara Bernette1920Raised in Brazil, world-renowned pianist Yara Bernette began studying piano with her…
- Yarden Gerbi2016Judoka
- Yardena Arazi1951Israeli singer and Eurovision performer.
- Yardena Cohen1910Incorporating biblical themes and Sephardic music into her dances, Yardena Cohen helped…
- Yasmina Reza1959French playwright ('Art', 'God of Carnage')
- Yasmine Bleeth1968Actress known for Baywatch
- Yechezkel Barenholz1995Co-invented Doxil (PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin), the first FDA-approved nano-drug…
- Yefim Bronfman1958Uzbekistan-born pianist who emigrated to Israel, acclaimed for his powerful performances…
- Yefim DinitzComputer & information scientist
- Yehonatan Indursky1984Israeli screenwriter and director who co-created the internationally beloved series…
- Yehoram Gaon1939Iconic Israeli singer, actor, and cultural figure who preserved Ladino song and starred…
- Yehoshua Bar-Hillel1915Israeli linguist and philosopher, pioneer of machine translation and formal semantics.
- Yehuda Amichai1924Israel's foremost modern Hebrew poet
- Yehuda Barkan1945Beloved Israeli actor, director and producer central to popular Israeli comedy cinema.
- Yehudi Menuhin1916Violinist and humanitarian who founded a renowned music school
- Yehudit ArnonAfter surviving the Holocaust and immigrating to Palestine, Yehudit Arnon played an…
- Yehudit Ben-NatanYehudit Ben-Natan is most known for her time as the head of the Israel Defense Forces’…
- Yehudit KarpYehudit Karp is widely acknowledged for her determined pursuit of truth and justice.
- Yehudit Ornstein1911Dancer and choreographer Yehudit Ornstein followed her mother, Israeli dance pioneer…
- Yehudit Ravitz1956Influential Israeli singer-songwriter and one of the country's leading female musicians.
- Yehudith Birk1926In 1977, biochemist Yehudith Birk became the first woman to serve as a dean at the Hebrew…
- Yelena Bonner1976Soviet dissident and founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group
- Yemima Tchernovitz-AvidarYemima Tchernovitz-Avidar was a passionate educator and author of Hebrew literature.
- Yente Serdatsky1877Proud, independent, enterprising, and contentious, Yente Serdatsky exemplifies the…
- Yeshayahu LeibowitzIsraeli philosopher, scientist and public intellectual.
- Yeshivat MaharatFounded by Rabba Sara Hurwitz and Rabbi Avi Weiss, Yeshivat Maharat is the first Orthodox…
- Yigal Allon1948Palmach commander-in-chief and leading general of the 1948 War of Independence
- Yigal Azrouël1998Fashion designer, founder of the Yigal Azrouël label
- Yisrael AharoniPioneering Israeli chef who introduced Asian cuisine to Israel.
- Yisrael DubovChabad figure featured in independent documentary film.
- Yisrael Meir LauHolocaust survivor who served as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel.
- Yitzhak 'Antek' Zuckerman1943Deputy commander of the ZOB who armed the Warsaw Ghetto fighters and organised the sewer…
- Yitzhak Halevi Herzog1888Distinguished rabbinic scholar who served as first Chief Rabbi of Ireland and later…
- Yitzhak Katznelson1934Harmonic analysis and ergodic theory
- Yitzhak Rabin1974Fifth Prime Minister of Israel and IDF Chief of Staff in 1967
- Yitzhak Sadeh1941Founder and first commander of the Palmach
- Yitzhak Shamir1983Seventh Prime Minister of Israel and veteran of the pre-state underground
- Yoav Freund2003Israeli co-inventor of AdaBoost, a cornerstone of machine learning
- Yoav PazIsraeli filmmaker who co-directed the genre films Jeruzalem and Plan A.
- Yoav Talmi1943Conductor and composer
- Yocheved (Judith) Herschlag Muffs1927After living in Palestine briefly and serving in the War of Independence, Yocheved…
- Yoel Levi1950Orchestra conductor
- Yohanan bar Nappahac. 250Amoraic sage traditionally credited with compiling the Jerusalem Talmud
- Yohanan ben Zakkaic. 70Founded the academy at Yavneh, preserving Judaism after the destruction of the Temple
- Yokheved Bat-Miriam (Zhelezhniak)Yokheved Bat-Miriam was part of a group of pioneering Hebrew women poets in the 1920s.
- Yon Tumarkin1989Israeli actor known for leading roles in Israeli youth and drama series.
- Yona MetzgerRabbi who served as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel.
- Yona Wallach1944Regarded by many of her friends and colleagues as the most important among the young…
- Yonatan Netanyahu1976Sayeret Matkal commander killed leading the Entebbe hostage rescue (1976)
- Yoni RechterCelebrated Israeli composer and pianist central to Israeli pop and art music.
- Yonit Levi1977Leading Israeli television news anchor.
- Yoram Hazony1995Israeli philosopher
- Yoram Kaniuk1930Award-winning Israeli novelist regarded as one of the country's foremost writers.
- Yoram Moses1997Israeli computer scientist
- Yosef Imry2016Israeli father of mesoscopic physics
- Yosef Trumpeldor1920Soldier killed defending Tel Hai (1920)
- Yoshua Bengio1964Pioneer of deep learning and Turing Award laureate.
- Yossi Azar2020Israeli theorist of online algorithms (Tel Aviv University)
- Yossi Benayoun2007Israel's most-capped football captain
- Yossi Matias2005Israeli co-creator of streaming algorithms
- Yuli Khariton1904Physicist
- Yuri Averbakh1922Soviet chess grandmaster and preeminent endgame theorist
- Yuri Bashmet1953Violist and conductor
- Yuri Golfand1922Physicist
- Yuri Linnik1915Number theory and probability
- Yuri LotmanLiterary & drama critic
- Yuri Manin1937Algebraic geometry and number theory
- Yuri TrifonovAuthor
- Yuri TynyanovLiterary & drama critic
- Yuriy Lotman1922Founder of the Tartu school of cultural semiotics
- Yuval Banai1962Israeli rock musician and frontman of the band Mashina.
- Yuval Ne'eman1925Physicist
- Yuval Noah Harari1976Israeli historian and author of the global bestseller Sapiens, shaping public…
- Yuval Shem-TovIsraeli actor.
- Yvan Attal2001French actor and director born in Tel Aviv to Algerian-Jewish parents (Ma femme est une…