People who played important roles in the definition, development and growth of the modern Zionist movement:
- Chaim Arlosoroff
- David Ben-Gurion
- Dov Ber Borochov
- Abba Eban
- Aaron David Gordon
- Theodor Herzl - Founding father of modern political Zionist movement
- Arthur Hertzberg
- Moshe Hess
- Ahad Ha'am (Asher Ginsberg)
- Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky
- Berl Katznelson
- Moshe Leib Lilienblum
- Samuel Mohilever
- Max Nordau
- Leon Pinsker
- Arthur Ruppin
- Solomon Schechter - Prominent spokesman for Zionism within Conservtive Judaism
- Moshe Sharett
- Nachman Syrkin
- Menachem Ussishkin
- Chaim Weizmann
- Israel Zangwill
