Famous People with Name Yossi

Yossi Shekel            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yossi Shekel: an Israeli footballer who currently plays for Maccabi Herzliya.

Yossi Shivhon            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yossi Shivhon: an Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C..

Yossi Banai            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yossi Banai: was an Israeli performer, singer and dramatist.Banai was one of the first members of the IDF's famous troupe of performers, the Nahal troupe. He dropped out of school in sixth grade to join the theatre, studied acting under Fanny Lovitch and eventually joined the company of Habima theatre. Throughout his lifetime he collaborated with most of the active theatre companies in Israel performing in countless productions. He had a particularly close relationship with playwright Nissim Aloni, and starred in the premiers of many of Aloni's plays. Banai also inaugurated famous roles in the plays of Hanoch Levine and Yaakov Shabtai.

Yossi Sarid            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yossi Sarid: is a left-wing Israeli news commentator and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment, Ratz and Meretz between 1974 and 2006. A former Minister of Education and Minister of the Environment, he led Meretz between 1996 and 2003.

Yossi Klein Halevi            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yossi Klein Halevi: is an author, journalist and researcher of Israeli culture and society.In 1985, the documentary film "Kaddish", produced by Steve Brand, which focuses on his relationship with his father, a Holocaust survivor, was released. The "Village Voice" called it one of the best ten films of the year.