• Source: List of people from Safed

This is a list of notable people from Safed.




Born in Safed



Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935), Palestinian president since 2005
Jussuf Abbo (1890–1953), Jewish sculptor and printmaker who was successful in Germany in the 1920s
Modi Alon (1921–1948), Israeli fighter pilot
Moshe Amar (1922–2015), politician who served as a member of Knesset between 1977 and 1981
Elazar ben Moshe Azikri (1533–1600), kabbalist and poet
Yehoshua Bar-Yosef (1912–1992), writer
Giovanni Giuda Giona Battista (1588–1668), rabbi who converted to Catholicism
Fazil Bey (1789–1810), author of Zenanname (The Book of Women)
Yehuda Cohen (1914–2009), Israeli Supreme Court justice
Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (1817–1906), Sephardi Chief Rabbi
Wadie Haddad (1927–1978), also known as Abu Hani, the Palestinian leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's armed wing
Chaim Hirschensohn (1857–1935), rabbi
Salma Jayyusi (1925–2023), Palestinian-Jordanian poet and translator
Subhi al-Khadra (1895–1954), Palestinian Arab politician, lawyer, and newspaper columnist
Baruch Maman (born 1955), Israeli footballer
Meir Meivar (1918–2000), the Haganah commander of Safed during 1948 and mayor of Safed between 1965 and 1966
Chava Mond (born 1984), Israeli model
Israel ben Moses Najara (c. 1555–c. 1625), Jewish poet
Shalom Moskovitz (c. 1887–1980), painter and artist
Itay Ne'eman, UCLA mathematics professor and logician
Abi Ofarim (1937–2018)), musician and dancer
Esther Ofarim (born 1941), folk singer
Yogev Ohayon (born 1987), basketball player
Samir al-Rifai (1901–1965), politician who served six times as Jordanian prime minister
Moshe Roas (born 1981), artist
Nabil Shaath (born 1938), negotiator for the Palestinian National Authority and its first foreign minister
Khalīl b. Aybak al-Ṣafadī (1296–1363), author and historian
Al-Khalidi al-Safadi (died 1625), Ottoman historian and the Hanafi mufti of Safed
The Shadow (born 1977), rapper
Moshe Shamir (1921–2004), author
Khen Shish (born 1970), painter and installation artist
Ilan Shohat (born 1974), mayor of Safed from 2008 to 2018
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1542–1620), Jewish rabbi and disciple of Isaac Luria




Notable residents of Safed



Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz (c. 1500–1576), rabbi, kabbalist and poet perhaps best known for his composition of the song "Lecha Dodi"
Moshe Alshich (1508–1593), rabbi, preacher, and biblical commentator
Jacob Alyashar (1730–c. 1790), Talmudist and emissary
Jacob Berab (1474–1546), rabbi and talmudist best known for his attempt to reintroduce rabbinic ordination
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (1522–1570), leader of mystical school
Shmuel Eliyahu (born 1956), Chief Rabbi of Safed
Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel (1899–1981), father of Israeli modern art. Important Jewish artist of the Ecole de Paris, influenced and taught many notable artists. Amongst the founders of the Artists Colony/Quarter of Tzfat and amongst the first artists to settle in Safed.
Mohamed Anwar Hadid (born 1948), American real estate developer and Olympic speed skier. Remains the only person to have represented Jordan in the Winter Olympics. Known for being the father of Gigi and Bella Hadid, American models and television personalities.
Shimshon Holzman (1907–1986), artist
Joseph Karo (1488–1575), rabbi and author of the great codification of Jewish law, the Shulchan Aruch
Lior Lubin (1979–2024), basketball player and coach
Isaac Luria (1534–1572), rabbi and Jewish mystic, considered the father of contemporary Kabbalah.
Miriam Mehadipur (born 1960), Dutch-born artist, resident of Safed since 1999, owner of Mehadipur + Collection
Moshe of Trani (1500–1580), rabbi of Safed from 1525 until 1535
Possibly the Biblical Woman with seven sons whose tomb is often said to be an ancient tomb discovered in the old cemetery of the city




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