Famous People with Name Yehiel

Yehiel Tzagai            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yehiel Tzagai: an Israeli footballer who currently plays for Maccabi Petah Tikva

Yehiel De-Nur            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Yehiel De-Nur: was a Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor best known for his 1955 novel The House of Dolls, which he claimed was inspired by his time as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.De-Nur presented his writings as an attempt to chronicle his time at Auschwitz. He wrote using the name Ka-Tzetnik 135633 (which he denied was a pseudonym or pen name but was what his time in Auschwitz had made him) for some time before his civic identity was revealed at the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann at court session 68 of the trial on 7 June 1961.[2] After an opening statement in which De-Nur described Auschwitz as the "planet of the ashes", but before he was able to answer the general questions about Auschwitz that the prosecuting Attorney-General had prepared for him, De-Nur fainted and was subsequently unable to resume his testimony.

Avi Yehiel            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Avi Yehiel: an Israeli footballer who currently plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv[1].