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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in West Jerusalem during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 153 notable births.

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 rabbi79.1× the global rate.

West Jerusalem under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician92
  2. Rabbi81
  3. Football50
  4. Writer40
  5. Singer33
  6. Film28
  7. Actor27
  8. Journalist25
  1. Rabbi8179.1×
  2. Educator912.4×
  3. Scholar1110.9×
  4. Computer Scientist118.6×
  5. Activist94.5×
  6. Mathematician163.5×
  7. Diplomat183.4×
  8. Photographer143.2×
  1. Football500.5×
  2. Actor270.6×

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.

155016001650170017501800185019001950
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Showing 32 of 916 notable people

0022 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Yigael Yadin

1917 - 1984

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0023 ACTOR

Nehemiah Persoff

Born 1919

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0049 ACTOR

Tsilla Chelton

1919 - 2012

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0112 RABBI

Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

1910 - 1995

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0138 COMMANDER

Yossi Harel

1918 - 2008

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0151 POLITICIAN

Menachem Porush

1916 - 2010

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0163 RABBI

Avraham Shapira

1914 - 2007

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0205 PHYSICIST

José Enrique Moyal

1910 - 1998

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0207 RABBI

Eliezer Waldenberg

1915 - 2006

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0227 RABBI

Sholom Schwadron

1912 - 1997

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0232 COMPOSER

Sara Levi-Tanai

1910 - 2005

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0273 PAINTER

Hanna Ben Dov

1919 - 2009

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0281 CONDUCTOR

Emanuel Vardi

1915 - 2011

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0308 CONSPIRACY

Yousef Beidas

1912 - 1968

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0309 SURVIVOR

Hind al-Husseini

1916 - 1994

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0311 SINGER

Bracha Tzfira

1910 - 1990

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0313 GOVERNMENT

Anwar Nusseibeh

1913 - 1986

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0332 RABBI

Yehuda Tzadka

1910 - 1991

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0382 WRITER

Oded Burla

1915 - 2009

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0403 PAINTER

Zahara Schatz

1916 - 1999

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0414 HISTORIAN

Emile Touma

1919 - 1985

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0489 POLITICIAN

David Coren

1917 - 2011

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0555 PHYSICIAN

Aaron Valero

1913 - 2000

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0612 POLITICIAN

Binyamin Shahor

1916 - 1979

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0648 PHYSICIAN

Kalman Mann

1912 - 1997

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0652 POLITICAL

Ismail Khalidi

1916 - 1968

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0668 COLLECTOR

Ayala Zacks-Abramov

1912 - 2011

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0702 PUBLISHER

Shlomo Lewin

1911 - 1980

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0742 MUSIC

Nahum Sarig

1914 - 1999

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0821 SUNNI

Saad al-Alami

1911 - 1993

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0826 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Frank

1913 - 1993

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0899 PARASITOLOGIST

Brouria Feldman-Muhsam

Born 1916

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