Famous People with Name Tamir

Tamir Cohen            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Tamir Cohen: an Israeli football midfielder who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is the son of former Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool FC player Avi Cohen.Cohen started his career in Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team where in 2001-02 he won the double. His first game in Ligat ha'Al was in November of 2002 during Maccabi's 1-0 win over Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, when he came on as a substitute. He scored his first goal against Maccabi Petah Tikva in a 2-1 in the Toto Cup, where he scored the winning goal.Cohen made 7 appearances for the Israel national under-21 football team. His first appearance on the U-21 team was on the losing side to Cyprus.

Tamir Goodman            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Tamir Goodman: is a prominent retired Orthodox Jewish basketball player. Goodman went on to serve in the Israeli Defense Force, a requirement for all Israeli citizens. He suffered a knee injury that required surgery. After nine months of physical therapy, he went back

Tamira Shelah Paszek            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Tamira Shelah Paszek: is a professional tennis player from Austria. As of September 13, 2008, she is the second ranked tennis player from Austria in the WTA ranking, at No. 85.As a junior, she was a two time finalist in the 2005 Girl's Singles Championship at Wimbledon and at the US Open - Girls' Singles in 2006.

Shmuel M. Tamir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shmuel M. Tamir: was a prominent Israeli independence fighter, lawyer, Knesset member from 1965 to 1980, and Minister of Justice in the government of Menachem Begin from 1977 until 1980

Yael "Yuli" Tamir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yael "Yuli" Tamir: is an Israeli academic, politician and former Minister of Immigrant Absorption and former Minister of Education and represents the Labor Party in the Knesset.Tamir was one of the founders of Peace Now in 1978, and between 1980 and 1985, she was an activist for Ratz. From 1998 until 1999, she was chairwoman of the Israeli Association for Civil Rights.

Amit Yosef Tamir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Amit Yosef Tamir: is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is a 2.10 m (6 ft 10 in) tall center/forward and he currently plays for APOEL. Tamir started to play on Hapoel Jerusalem's youth team in 1997, and got the chance to play in the professional team from 1998 u

Akim Tamiroff            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Akim Tamiroff: was the first Golden Globe Award-winning actor for Best Supporting Actor. He was born of Armenian ethnicity, trained at the Moscow Art Theatre drama school.