List of Zionists

People who played important roles in the definition, historical development and growth of the modern Zionist movement:

A–B
  • Sarah Aaronsohn
  • Abba Ahimeir (1897–1962), born in Russia, immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, c.1924
  • Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) born in Russia, left for New York after witnessing the 1905 pogroms; advocated Zionism in his writings
  • Shulamit Aloni (1928–2014), born in Poland, active in Zionist youth movement, later Israeli politician
  • Chaim Arlosoroff (1899–1933), born in Romny (Ukraine/Russian Empire), leader of the Yishuv during the British Mandate for Palestine
  • David Baazov (1883–1947), public and religious figure involved in the Zionist movement in Georgia/Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
  • Meir Bar-Ilan (1880–1949), born in Volozhin (Russian Empire), rabbi and leader of Religious Zionists (National Religious Party)
  • Shulamit Bat-Dori
  • Menachem Begin (1913–1992), leader of the militant Irgun group, later prime minister of Israel
  • David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), born in Congress Poland (then Russian Empire), founder and first prime minister of Israel
  • Mordechai Bentov
  • Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858–1922) born in the Vilna Governorate (Russian Empire), Hebrew lexicographer and language revivalist
  • Hugo Bergmann (1883–1975) born in Austria-Hungary, immigrated to Palestine in 1920
  • Max Bodenheimer (1865–1940), German-born lawyer and associate of Theodor Herzl, settled in Palestine in 1935
  • Dov Ber Borochov (1881–1917), born in Zolotonosha (Russian Empire/Ukraine), involved in founding Poale Zion party, Yiddish philogist
  • Max Brod (1884–1968), born in Prague (then in Bohemia), settled in Palestine in 1939

C–H
  • Rachel Cohen-Kagan
  • Abba Eban (1915–2002), born in South Africa, active in the Youth movement and the World Zionist Organization, later Israeli politician
  • Albert Einstein (1879–1955), born in the German Empire, scientist who supported the Zionist movement. Albert Einstein's political views#Zionism
  • Israel Eldad (1910–1996), Galician-born Revisionist Zionist, follower of Ze'ev Jabotinsky
  • Paul Friedmann (1840-c. 1900), German philanthropist, founded the short-lived Midian colony as a safe haven for Russian Jews
  • Nahum Goldmann (1895–1982) born in Vishnevo, Russian Empire, founder and president of the World Zionist Congress
  • Shulamit Goldstein[1]
  • Romana Goodman[2]
  • A. D. Gordon (Aaron David Gordon, 1856–1922), Born in the Russian Empire, Labor/Practical Zionist, founded Hapoel Hatzair
  • Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896–1981), Galician-born poet writing in Yiddish and Hebrew; Labor, later Revisionist Zionist
  • Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Hungarian-born, active in Mandatory Palestine, member of the Irgun paramilitary group
  • Ahad Ha'am (1856–1927), Russian Empire-born, Cultural Zionist
  • Theodor Herzl (1860–1904), born in the Austrian Empire, founding father of modern political Zionist movement
  • Arthur Hertzberg (1921–2006), Polish-born Rabbi, lived in the United States, scholar of Zionism
  • Moses Hess (1812–1875), French-born philosopher, Labor Zionist

J–R

S–Z

References
  1. "Shulamit Goldstein | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  2. "Romana Goodman | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  3. "Emma Levine-Talmi | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
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