Famous People with Name Shmuel

Shmuel Yefimovich Plavnik            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shmuel Yefimovich Plavnik: was a famous Jewish Belarusian poet, prose writer, cultural worker, and political activist in the Belarusian independence movement.Zmitrok Biadula was born Shmuel Yefimovich Plavnik on April 23, 1886 in the small town of Pasadziec in the Province of Vilna

Shmuel Barzilai            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shmuel Barzilai: is the chief cantor of the Viennese Jewish Community (the "Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien", or in its acronym the "IKG"). Barzilai has a lyrical tenor voice, and studied under cantor Moshe Stern in the Tel Aviv Institute for Cantorial Art. He was in the first graduating class of the Institute, which was established under former Tel Aviv mayor Shlomo Lahat. Barzilai has served as the chief cantor in Vienna since 1992, and frequently tours throughout Europe.

Shmuel Avital            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shmuel Avital: is a former Israeli politician who served as a Minister without Portfolio responsible for Social Co-ordination from March 2001 until February 2002.In 1992 he was elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party's list. However, he lost his seat in the 1996 elections. Despite not being a member of the Knesset, in March 2001 he was appointed Minister without Portfolio responsible for Social Co-ordination in Ariel Sharon's national unity government.

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

Shmuel "Mooki" Katz            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shmuel "Mooki" Katz: was an Israeli writer, historian and journalist. He was a member of the first Knesset and is also known for his research on Jewish leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky.