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, born in Russia, immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, c.1924
- Sholem Aleichem born in Russia, left for New York after witnessing the 1905 pogroms; advocated Zionism in his writings
- Shulamit Aloni, born in Poland, active in Zionist youth movement, later Israeli politician
- Chaim Arlosoroff, born in Romny, leader of the Yishuv during the British Mandate for Palestine
- David Baazov, public and religious figure involved in the Zionist movement in Georgia/Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Meir Bar-Ilan, born in Volozhin, rabbi and leader of Religious Zionists
- Shulamit Bat-Dori
- Menachem Begin, leader of the militant Irgun group, later prime minister of Israel
- David Ben-Gurion, born in Congress Poland, founder and first prime minister of Israel
- Mordechai Bentov
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda born in the Vilna Governorate, Hebrew lexicographer and language revivalist
- Hugo Bergmann born in Austria-Hungary, immigrated to Palestine in 1920
- Max Bodenheimer, German-born lawyer and associate of Theodor Herzl, settled in Palestine in 1935
- Dov Ber Borochov, born in Zolotonosha, involved in founding Poale Zion party, Yiddish philogist
- Max Brod, born in Prague, settled in Palestine in 1939
C–H
- tzahi Cohen, South African-Israeli Zionist, volunteer and missionary
- Rachel Cohen-Kagan
- Abba Eban, born in South Africa, active in the Youth movement and the World Zionist Organization, later Israeli politician
- Albert Einstein, born in the German Empire, scientist who supported the Zionist movement. Albert Einstein's political views#Zionism
- Israel Eldad, Galician-born Revisionist Zionist, follower of Ze'ev Jabotinsky
- Paul Friedmann, German philanthropist, founded the short-lived Midian colony as a safe haven for Russian Jews
- Nahum Goldmann born in Vishnevo, Russian Empire, founder and president of the World Zionist Congress
- Shulamit Goldstein
- Romana Goodman
- A. D. Gordon, Born in the Russian Empire, Labor/Practical Zionist, founded Hapoel Hatzair
- Uri Zvi Greenberg, Galician-born poet writing in Yiddish and Hebrew; Labor, later Revisionist Zionist
- Dov Gruner, Hungarian-born, active in Mandatory Palestine, member of the Irgun paramilitary group
- Ahad Ha'am, Russian Empire-born, Cultural Zionist
- Theodor Herzl, born in the Austrian Empire, founding father of modern political Zionist movement
- Arthur Hertzberg, Polish-born Rabbi, lived in the United States, scholar of Zionism
- Moses Hess, French-born philosopher, Labor Zionist
J–R
- Zeev Jabotinsky, publicist, leader of Revisionist Zionism
- Senta Josephtal, born in Germany, joined the HaBonim movement in 1933, immigrated to Palestine in 1938, later Israeli politician
- Zvi Hirsch Kalischer, one of Zionism's earliest pioneers in Germany.
- Berl Katznelson
- Abraham Isaac Kook, pro-Zionist first pre-state Chief Rabbi
- Moshe Leib Lilienblum
- Emma Levine-Talmi
- Golda Meir
- Samuel Mohilever
- Max Nordau
- Erna Patak, Austrian social worker and women's activist
- Leon Pinsker
- Ruth Popkin, led Hadassah and the Jewish National Fund
- Haviva Reik
- Isaac Rülf
- Arthur Ruppin
- Pinhas Rutenberg
S–Z
- Solomon Schechter, spokesman for Zionism within Conservative Judaism
- Rebecca Vera Schweitzer
- Moshe Sharett
- Abraham Stern
- Nahum Syrkin
- Hannah Szenes
- Henrietta Szold, Zionist leader and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America
- Bernice Tannenbaum, activist with Hadassah
- Joseph Trumpeldor
- Menahem Ussishkin
- Chaim Weizmann
- Felix Weltsch
- Robert Weltsch
- Orde Wingate, non-Jewish British army officer who trained the Haganah
- L. L. Zamenhof
- Israel Zangwill
- A. L. Zissu
- Baruch Zuckerman, American-Israeli Zionist, Yad Vashem proponent