Famous People with Name Michael

Michael Roiz            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Michael Roiz: is an Israeli chess Grandmaster.He learned to play chess at the age of 7. At the age of 9, he finished 2nd in the national championship under-10 category. In 1995 he moved to Israel, becoming an IM in 1999 at the age of 16, and a GM in 2003.

Michael Oser Rabin            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Michael Oser Rabin: is an Israeli computer scientist and a recipient of the Turing Award.Rabin was born as the son of a rabbi in what was then known as Breslau (it became Wroclaw, and part of Poland, after the Second World War). He received an M.Sc. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1953 and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1956.

Michael Burstein            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Michael Burstein: is an actor known onstage as Mike Burstyn. He is the son of the late Yiddish-language actors, Pesach Burstein and Lillian Lux. He is no relation to Ellen Burstyn (who was born Edna Rae Gilhooley and is of Irish descent).

Michael Eitan            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Michael Eitan: is an Israeli politician, Minister of Improvement of Government Services and member of the Knesset for Likud. He served as Minister of Science & Technology between July 1997 and July 1998. Alongside Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Eitan is the joint longest-serving MK, and as such was appointed temporary Knesset speaker following the Israeli legislative election, 2009.

Michael Harish            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Michael Harish: is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Industry and Trade between 1992 and 1996.A member of the Labor Party, he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list in 1973. He was re-elected in 1977 and became chairman of the subcommittee on energy, a role he retained after retaining his seat in the 1981 elections.

Sami Michael            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Sami Michael: is an Israeli author and the president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel. He was born as Sallah Menasse in Baghdad, Iraq.In some books, Michael draws on the excitement of his own formative experiences. Sufa ben ha-D'kalim (meaning "Storm Among the Palms") is a book for young readers about the life of a young Jew in the alleys of Baghdad. It is a world of magic and hazard, of pranks, streetfights, gloomy love, and standing up to hooligans.