Famous People with Name Naftali

Naftali Temu            Origin/Culture/Country: Kenyan

Naftali Temu: was a Kenyan athlete, who won the 10.000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.He won 5000 metres silver medal at the inaugural All-Africa Games in 1965, the race was won by Kipchoge Keino. He burst onto the international long distance running

Naftali Bezem            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Naftali Bezem: is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor who was born in Essen, Germany. His early adolescence was spent under Nazi oppression, in constant fear for the safety of his parents, who died in Auschwitz concentration camp. Naftali immigrated to Israel in 1939, at the age of fourteen with a Youth Aliyah group.

Peretz Naftali            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Peretz Naftali: was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician who served in several ministerial portfolios in the 1950s.In 1925 he had joined the Zionism movement, and in 1931 was a delegate to the Zionist Congress. He made aliyah in 1933, initially working as a lecturer at the Technion, before becoming director general of Bank Hapoalim in 1938, a post he held until 1949.

Arthur Naftalin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Naftalin: was an American political scientist and politician. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party DFL, he served as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota from 3 July 1961 to 6 July 1969. He was the city's only Jewish mayor. Naftalin came to Minneapolis to atten