Shimon Peres
Birthday: 2 August 1923, Wiszniewo, Poland [now Vishnyeva, Belarus]
Birth Name: Szymon Persky
Shimon Peres was born on August 2, 1923 in Wiszniewo, Poland as Szymon Persky. He was an actor, known for Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh (2008), In Search of Peace (2001) and Yitzhak Rabin: Warrior/Peacemaker (1998). He was married to Sonya Gelman. He died on September 28, 2016 in Ramat Gan, Israel.