31.7792° N, 35.2250° E
WEST JERUSALEM
Most Famous People Born in West Jerusalem, Israel
- Notable people
- 916
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1946
- Most distinctive
- Rabbi 79.1×
The most religiously over-indexed city on earth — the Rabbi bench runs at nearly eighty times the global baseline, an unbroken line from the ancient yeshivot through the Old Yishuv to today's seminaries. The thick Scholar and Computer Scientist depth belongs to the Hebrew University and the Givat Ram campus, where ancient textual study and modern cryptography share the same hilltop.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in West Jerusalem during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What West Jerusalem Is Known For
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Politician is West Jerusalem's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (92).
West Jerusalem over-indexes on rabbi — 79.1× the global rate.
West Jerusalem under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of West Jerusalem's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Science
- Religion
- Sports
- Music
- Other
Natalie Portman
Born 1981
Yitzhak Rabin
1922 - 1995
Josephus
37 - 100
Edward Said
1935 - 2003
Amos Oz
1939 - 2018
Solomon
-1011 - -931
David Grossman
Born 1954
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
1161 - 1185
Hezekiah
Died -697
Isaac Luria
1534 - 1572
Cyril of Jerusalem
313 - 386
William of Tyre
1130 - 1186
Asaf Avidan
Born 1980
Mili Avital
Born 1972
Ada Yonath
Born 1939
Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 1974
Sirhan Sirhan
Born 1944
A. B. Yehoshua
Born 1936
Ezekiel
-621 - -569
Daniel (biblical figure)
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Herodias
-15 - 39
Yigael Yadin
1917 - 1984
Nehemiah Persoff
Born 1919
Yasmin Levy
Born 1975
Yitzhak Navon
1921 - 2015
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
1947 - 2011
Armand Amar
Born 1953
Saharon Shelah
Born 1945
Amalric of Jerusalem
1136 - 1174
Reuven Rivlin
Born 1939
Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem
1160 - 1190
Daphne Koller
Born 1968
Ayelet Waldman
Born 1964
Amira Hass
Born 1956
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
1105 - 1161
Etan Cohen
Born 1974
Rehavam Ze'evi
1926 - 2001
Baldwin III of Jerusalem
1130 - 1162
Al-Maqdisi
945 - 1000
Eliahu Inbal
Born 1936
Avraham Burg
Born 1955
Elon Lindenstrauss
Born 1970
Rehoboam
-972 - -914
Brian George
Born 1952
Tom Segev
Born 1945
Adin Steinsaltz
1937 - 2020
Yehoram Gaon
Born 1939
Noam Murro
Born 1961
Tsilla Chelton
1919 - 2012
Mustafa Barghouti
Born 1954
Uzi Narkiss
1925 - 1997
Daniella Kertesz
Born 1989
Rika Zaraï
Born 1938
Eran Riklis
Born 1954
Gideon Raff
Born 1973
Chaim Yosef David Azulai
1724 - 1806
Makram Khoury
Born 1945
Shahar Pe'er
Born 1987
Mordechai Gur
1930 - 1995
Meir Banai
1961 - 2017
Nathan of Gaza
1644 - 1680
Elisha ben Abuyah
Born 70
Myriam Harry
1869 - 1958
Pope Theodore I
Died 649
Josiah
-648 - -609
Shaike Ophir
1929 - 1987
Cemal Reşit Rey
1904 - 1985
Sigalit Landau
Born 1969
Theodore Zeldin
Born 1933
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni
1907 - 1948
Shlomo Argov
1929 - 2003
Mor Karbasi
Born 1986
Oded Schramm
1961 - 2008
Ehud Netzer
1934 - 2010
Nir Barkat
Born 1959
Moshe Castel
1909 - 1991
Kutiman
Born 1982
Yotam Ottolenghi
Born 1968
Dan Meridor
Born 1947
Eli Ohana
Born 1964
Walid Khalidi
Born 1925
Reuven Shiloah
1909 - 1959
Uri Davis
Born 1943
Mordechai Eliyahu
1929 - 2010
Nurit Peled-Elhanan
Born 1949
Leigh Bardugo
Born 1975
Ron Ben-Yishai
Born 1943
Rucka Rucka Ali
Born 1987
Gamaliel II
Died 114
Ruth Gavison
1945 - 2020
Eshkol Nevo
Born 1971
Khalil al-Sakakini
1878 - 1953
Benny Begin
Born 1943
Ariel Harush
Born 1988
Joseph Agassi
Born 1927
Amos Kollek
Born 1947
Munib Younan
Born 1950
Alice of Champagne
1196 - 1246
Nurit Zarchi
Born 1941
Uri Malmilian
Born 1957
Baldwin V of Jerusalem
1177 - 1186
Gabriel Gorodetsky
Born 1945
Musa Alami
1897 - 1984
Aref al-Aref
1891 - 1973
Yossi Banai
1932 - 2006
Uzziah
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Hesychius of Jerusalem
Died 433
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
1843 - 1927
Shimshon Amitsur
1921 - 1994
Seth Holt
1923 - 1971
Gadi Taub
Born 1965
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
1910 - 1995
Rony Brauman
Born 1950
Pini Balili
Born 1979
Liana Badr
Born 1950
Angelus of Jerusalem
1185 - 1225
Ram Karmi
1931 - 2013
Buky Schwartz
1932 - 2009
Meron Benvenisti
1934 - 2020
Nir Baram
Born 1976
Eitan Tibi
Born 1987
Ofer Bar-Yosef
1937 - 2020
Yoav Gelber
Born 1943
Idan Tal
Born 1975
Judas Cyriacus
300 - 363
Dalia Itzik
Born 1952
Yuval Peres
Born 1963
Sami Hadawi
1904 - 2004
Miklós Haraszti
Born 1945
Tzachi Hanegbi
Born 1957
Aviram Baruchyan
Born 1985
Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne
1905 - 1992
Adèle Geras
Born 1944
Einat Wilf
Born 1970
Omer Fast
Born 1972
Shlomo Havlin
Born 1942
Carmi Gillon
Born 1950
Yossi Harel
1918 - 2008
Meir Zarchi
Born 1937
Meir Pa'il
1926 - 2015
Eli Yishai
Born 1962
Amaziah of Judah
-802 - -776
Christos Ardizoglou
Born 1953
Moshe Zimmermann
Born 1943
Shani Boianjiu
Born 1987
Reymond Amsalem
Born 1978
Moshe Levinger
1935 - 2015
Binyamin Elon
1954 - 2017
Or Sasson
Born 1990
Mordechai Hod
1926 - 2003
Menachem Porush
1916 - 2010
Shlomo Moussaieff (businessman)
1925 - 2015
Avi Issacharoff
Born 1973
Ahmet Kutsi Tecer
1901 - 1967
Yitzhak Yedid
Born 1971
Dan Einbinder
Born 1989
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1881 - 1951
Daphni Leef
Born 1986
Itamar Rabinovich
Born 1942
Gili Cohen
Born 1991
Tamir Pardo
Born 1953
Yitzhak Yosef
Born 1952
Avraham Shapira
1914 - 2007
Dudu Gerstein
Born 1944
Yael Ronen
Born 1976
Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel
1880 - 1953
Iftach Spector
Born 1940
Daniel Friedmann
Born 1936
Bassam Abu Sharif
Born 1946
David Shahar
1926 - 1997
Itamar Ben-Avi
1882 - 1943
Hanna Batatu
1926 - 2000
Rachel Elior
Born 1949
Guy Oseary
Born 1972
Menachem Ben-Sasson
Born 1951
David Greilsammer
Born 1977
Ehud Banai
Born 1953
Dotan (singer)
Born 1986
Abraham Yahuda
1877 - 1951
Yehuda Burla
1886 - 1969
Meir Feinstein
1927 - 1947
Muhammad Najati Sidqi
1905 - 1979
Jonah Lotan
Born 1973
Iddo Netanyahu
Born 1952
Matan Vilnai
Born 1944
Uzi Baram
Born 1937
Riki Gal
Born 1950
Dudu Geva
1950 - 2005
Yossi Cohen
Born 1961
Amnon Dankner
1946 - 2013
Asa Kasher
Born 1940
Isaac Berger
Born 1936
Tarif Khalidi
Born 1938
Shwekey
Born 1977
Abijah of Judah
Died -911
Shmuel Tamir
1923 - 1987
Eyal Benvenisti
Born 1959
Naomi Chazan
Born 1946
Uri Segal
Born 1944
Alexander Levitzki
Born 1940
Marie of Brienne
1224 - 1275
Elie Tahari
Born 1952
Amit Ben Shushan
Born 1985
Nechama Hendel
1936 - 1998
José Enrique Moyal
1910 - 1998
Yair Auron
Born 1945
Eliezer Waldenberg
1915 - 2006
Eden Ben Zaken
Born 1994
Gideon Ezra
1937 - 2012
Yisrael Ariel
Born 1939
David Yellin
1864 - 1941
Ze'ev Boim
1943 - 2011
She'ar Yashuv Cohen
1927 - 2016
Yitzhak Katznelson
Born 1934
Avri Gilad
Born 1962
Izhar Ashdot
Born 1958
Haim Be'er
Born 1945
Shimon Ullman
Born 1948
Miriam Naor
Born 1947
Amit Tamir
Born 1979
Yair Tzaban
Born 1930
Hillel Cohen
Born 1961
Shmuel Safra
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Najwan Darwish
Born 1978
Ben Zion Abba Shaul
1924 - 1998
Joel Moses
Born 1941
Sholom Schwadron
1912 - 1997
Dror Moreh
Born 1961
Amnon Kapeliouk
1930 - 2009
Meir Porush
Born 1955
Avi Gabbay
Born 1967
Sara Levi-Tanai
1910 - 2005
David Ussishkin
Born 1935
Michael Maschler
1927 - 2008
Nahum Admoni
Born 1929
Sami Samir
Born 1972
Menachem Zilberman
1946 - 2014
David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel
1922 - 2014
Haim Harari
Born 1940
Pearl Abraham
Born 1960
Saar Klein
Born 1967
Dan Wolman
Born 1941
Elinor Carucci
Born 1971
Shmuel Rabinovitch
Born 1970
Ya'akov Yosef
1946 - 2013
Moses Hagiz
1671 - 1750
Eli Cohen (politician born 1949)
Born 1949
Amram ben Diwan
1743 - 1782
David Kroyanker
Born 1939
Afif Safieh
Born 1950
Michael Blum (artist)
Born 1966
Yuval Avital
Born 1977
Adi Ulmansky
Born 1989
Shmulik Kraus
1935 - 2013
Eliezer Cohen
Born 1934
Dan Alon
1945 - 2018
Yisrael Eichler
Born 1955
Eli Elezra
Born 1960
Husayn Al-Khalidi
1895 - 1966
Alexander of Judaea
-100 - -49
Avner Falk
Born 1943
Sarit Kraus
Born 1960
Paul Guiragossian
1925 - 1993
Yisrael Poliakov
1941 - 2007
Mujir al-Din
1456 - 1522
Avishai Dekel
Born 1951
Yossi Yadin
1920 - 2001
Menachem Hacohen
Born 1932
Michael Ohana
Born 1995
Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin
Born 1941
Khouloud Daibes
Born 1965
David Strajmayster
Born 1972
Hanna Ben Dov
1919 - 2009
Musa al-Husayni
1853 - 1934
Issa J. Boullata
1929 - 2019
Tsvi Misinai
Born 1946
Gideon Patt
1933 - 2020
Brendan Mullin
Born 1963
Orli Shaham
Born 1975
Roni Shuruk
Born 1946
Emanuel Vardi
1915 - 2011
Berenice (daughter of Salome)
Died 23
Meir Shahar
Born 1959
Eliezer Melamed
Born 1961
Tzvia Greenfeld
Born 1945
Shalom Dov Wolpo
Born 1948
Salah Hamouri
Born 1985
Edna Arbel
Born 1944
Hanania Baer
Born 1943
Michael Druks
Born 1940
Ofir Kriaf
Born 1991
Ohan Durian
1922 - 2011
Shy Abady
Born 1965
Eli Shamir
Born 1934
Miko Peled
Born 1961
Ya'akov Katz (politician born 1951)
Born 1951
Dorrit Moussaieff
Born 1950
Serene Husseini Shahid
1920 - 2008
Yair Minsky
Born 1962
Nissim Behar
1848 - 1931