Famous People with Name Adiv

Dr. Ehud 'Udi' Adiv            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Dr. Ehud 'Udi' Adiv: is an Israeli social scientist and political activist who was accused of spying for Syria.He was the son of one of the kibbutz founders. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was a political activist. He belonged to the far left of the Israeli political spectrum. After a trip to Damascus where he met members of the PLO he was sentenced to 17 years in prison for spying and membership in a hostile organization. After 12 years, in 1985, he was released. Today Adiv works for the Open University of Israel.

Halide Edip Adivar            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Halide Edip Adivar: a Turkish novelist and feminist political leader. Best known for her novels criticizing the low social status of Turkish women and what she saw as the disinterest of most women in changing their situation, she also served as a soldier in the Turkish milit

Ratnadeep Gopal Adivrerkar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ratnadeep Gopal Adivrerkar: a contemporary artist from India. Born in 1974, he is the son of famous artist Gopal S. Adivrekar. He received his BFA in painting with first class from the Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai. He has had several important solo exhibitions Like "Memoirs of the Unreal city", "Refraction of Ideas", and has participated in many important group exhibitions like Pictures of Asia, Larasati, Singapore, ‘Indian contemporary art’, Chelsea Art College, U.K., Ao~rta Project, BBK Kunst Forum, Dusseldorf and Ausstellungshalle Innenhafen, Duisburg, Germany.