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.
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- Filtered to 1920s Clear ×
Yitzhak Rabin
1922 - 1995
Yitzhak Navon
1921 - 2015
Rehavam Ze'evi
1926 - 2001
Uzi Narkiss
1925 - 1997
Shaike Ophir
1929 - 1987
Shlomo Argov
1929 - 2003
Walid Khalidi
Born 1925
Mordechai Eliyahu
1929 - 2010
Joseph Agassi
Born 1927
Shimshon Amitsur
1921 - 1994
Seth Holt
1923 - 1971
Meir Pa'il
1926 - 2015
Mordechai Hod
1926 - 2003
Shlomo Moussaieff (businessman)
1925 - 2015
David Shahar
1926 - 1997
Hanna Batatu
1926 - 2000
Meir Feinstein
1927 - 1947
Shmuel Tamir
1923 - 1987
She'ar Yashuv Cohen
1927 - 2016
Ben Zion Abba Shaul
1924 - 1998
Michael Maschler
1927 - 2008
Nahum Admoni
Born 1929
David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel
1922 - 2014
Paul Guiragossian
1925 - 1993
Yossi Yadin
1920 - 2001
Issa J. Boullata
1929 - 2019
Ohan Durian
1922 - 2011
Serene Husseini Shahid
1920 - 2008
Uzzi Ornan
Born 1923
Haim Corfu
1921 - 2015
Hazem Nuseibeh
Born 1922
Godfrey Quigley
1923 - 1994
Samir Shihabi
1925 - 2010
Meir Nakar
1926 - 1947
Yisrael Galil
1923 - 1995
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2016
Eliezer Schweid
Born 1929
Hayim David HaLevi
1924 - 1998
Meir Avizohar
1923 - 2008
Boaz Evron
1927 - 2018
Elazar Granot
1927 - 2013
Amos Hakham
1921 - 2012
Elad Peled
Born 1927
Alexander Rubowitz
1929 - 1947
Yisroel Yaakov Fisher
1928 - 2003
Bezalel Narkiss
1926 - 2008
Sara Smilansky
1922 - 2006
Zuhdi Labib Terzi
1924 - 2006
Abraham Yakin
1924 - 2020
Noga Hareuveni
1924 - 2007
Yehuda Lapidot
Born 1928
Zundel Kroizer
1924 - 2014
Gavriel Cohen
Born 1928
Gedaliah Aharon Koenig
1921 - 1980
Yosef Harish
1923 - 2013
Amos Horev
Born 1924
Yosef Shapira
1926 - 2013
Nazik Saba Yared
Born 1928
Salomón Cohen Levy
1927 - 2018
William A. Smalley
1923 - 1997
Jehuda Mualam
1921 - 2010
Yuval Elizur
Born 1927
P. J. Vatikiotis
1928 - 1997
Nisim Elmaliah
1928 - 1989
Adi Bitar
1924 - 1973
Daniel Zohary
1926 - 2016
Géula Dagan
1925 - 2008
Yehuda Perah
1924 - 1998
Ariel Absalón
1923 - 2006
Baruch Ben Haim
1921 - 2005
Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht
1924 - 1994
Siman-Tov Ganeh
1924 - 1968
Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach
1925 - 2008
Menachem Cohen (politician)
1922 - 1975
Dov Ben-Dov
1927 - 2020
Yaakov Blau
1929 - 2013
Allen Bartholomew
1925 - 2004
Amram Zaks
1926 - 2012
Sholom Rivkin
1926 - 2011
Zalman I. Posner
1927 - 2014
Amin Yunis al Husseini
1929 - 2016
Cy Leslie
1922 - 2008
Nijmeddin Dajani
Born 1928