Sir Flinders Petrie

Sir Flinders Petrie

Archaeologist specialising in Egypt.  Born Charlton, near Greenwich.  His maternal grandfather was Captain Matthew Flinders.  Petrie was a self-taught surveyor with minimal university education. St...

Person, History, Egypt, Israel/Palestine

1 memorial
King Richard I

King Richard I

Richard the Lionheart.  Born Oxford, son of Henry II. King of England 6 July 1189 - death. Also ruled parts of France. More French than English, he spent much of his live in Southern Europe, mainly...

Person, Royalty, Cyprus, France, Israel/Palestine

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Yosef Romano

Yosef Romano

Weightlifter. Also known as Yossef, Yossi or Joseph. Born in Benghazi, Libya. He was the Israeli weight-lifting champion in the light and middle-weight divisions for nine years. He started to compe...

Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Libya

1 memorial
Anat Rosenberg

Anat Rosenberg

Anat Rosenberg was born on 22 July 1965 in Hadera, Israel and came to London in 1990. She was an administrator for the charity NCH Action for Children (now called Action for Children) and lived in ...

Person, Tragedy, Israel/Palestine

3 memorials
Amizur Shapira

Amizur Shapira

Long jumper and sprinter. Also called Amitzur. Born in Israel. He was the head coach for the Israeli track and field team for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He was murdered by Palestinian terror...

Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine

1 memorial
Kehat Shorr

Kehat Shorr

Shooting coach. Born in Romania. An expert marksman, he moved to Israel in 1963, training many young marksmen. He also trained the national team for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where along wi...

Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Romania

1 memorial
Daniel Silver

Daniel Silver

London-based sculptor. Born London, raised in Jerusalem.

Person, Sculpture, Israel/Palestine

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Mark Slavin

Mark Slavin

Wrestler. Born in Minsk, Belarus SSR. Winner of the Soviet Greco-Roman wrestling middleweight junior championship in 1971. He moved to Israel to join their Olympic team. Murdered by Palestinian ter...

Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine

1 memorial
Dr. Nahum Sokolow

Dr. Nahum Sokolow

President of the world Zionist Organisation, statesman and author. Born in Russian Poland, Sokolow was a prolific writer and campaigner on behalf of the world Zionist movement. The city of Tel Avi...

Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Israel/Palestine, Poland, Russia

1 memorial
Andre Spitzer

Andre Spitzer

Fencing master and coach. Born in Timișoara, Romania. In 1956 he moved to Israel where he served in the air force and attended the National Sport Academy, where he studied fencing. Representing Isr...

Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Romania

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