Famous People with Name Shamir

Shamirrudinshah            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Shamirrudinshah: is the stage name of Muhammad Shamirrudin Shah Bin Rashid.He is a Singaporean dangdut singer and performance artist from the People's Association since 2002. He is well-known locally, his high-pitched voice being his signature trademark. He is nicknamed Putra Dangdut (Dangdut Prince).

Yitzhak Shamir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yitzhak Shamir: was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992.In 1935 he immigrated to Mandate Palestine, changing his surname to Shamir in the same year. He joined the Irgun Zvai Leumi, an underground Jewish militia organization directed against the British control of Palestine and inspired by the views of Vladimir Jabotinsky. When the Irgun split in 1940, Shamir sided with the most militant faction, Lehi, headed by Avraham Stern. This group has been described as a terrorist organization. In secret contacts with German representatives at Beirut the group offered to open up a military front against the British in the Middle East in return for the expulsion (rather than extermination) of the Jewish population of Europe to Palestine.

Adi Shamir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Adi Shamir: is an Israeli cryptographer. He was one of the inventors of the RSA algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman), one of the inventors of the Feige-Fiat-Shamir Identification Scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.

Israel Shamir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Israel Shamir: is a controversial writer and journalist. He is a citizen of Sweden, where his legal name is Adam Ermash[2] (previously Jöran Jermas). Shamir's critics -- including several pro-Palestinian activists -- have accused Shamir of antisemitism, and of misrepresenting his background and career.[

Moshe Shamir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Moshe Shamir: was an Israeli author, playwright, opinion writer, and public figure. He was one of the most important Israeli writers of modern times.In the Israeli War of Independence he served in Palmach. He began his political career as a member of the movement Hashomer Hatzair, in which he filled a leadership role. He was one of the editors of their official newspaper Al Ha-Homa from 1939 to 1941.