Famous People with Name Alon

Alon Weisberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Alon Weisberg: an Israeli-Nigerian football player. His unusual surname is the result of being adopted by his step father who is Russian and moved him and his mother from Nigeria to Israel after getting married.

Alon Greenfeld            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Alon Greenfeld: is an Israeli chess grandmaster (GM).More recently, Alon has concentrated in the fields of chess coaching. His most famous pupil has been Emil Sutovsky (ironically, Emil himself is now [2008] working as a second for Gata Kamsky). He travels regularly to India, and works with a number of promising young Indian players e.g Vidit. Asked what his best game was Greenfeld unhesitatingly replied: "My game against GM Boyce at Jersey 2004."

Alon Pinkas            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Alon Pinkas: was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. A signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence, he was the country's third Minister of Transport.In 1944 he became a member of the Assembly of Representatives, and between 1947 and 1948 served as a member of the Jewish National Council's directorate. In 1948 he was one of the people to sign the Israeli declaration of independence.

Alon Mandel            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Alon Mandel: is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Alon Lochinsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Alon Lochinsky: is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s.