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 1950s Clear ×
David Grossman
Born 1954
Armand Amar
Born 1953
Amira Hass
Born 1956
Avraham Burg
Born 1955
Brian George
Born 1952
Mustafa Barghouti
Born 1954
Eran Riklis
Born 1954
Nir Barkat
Born 1959
Munib Younan
Born 1950
Uri Malmilian
Born 1957
Rony Brauman
Born 1950
Liana Badr
Born 1950
Dalia Itzik
Born 1952
Tzachi Hanegbi
Born 1957
Carmi Gillon
Born 1950
Christos Ardizoglou
Born 1953
Binyamin Elon
1954 - 2017
Tamir Pardo
Born 1953
Yitzhak Yosef
Born 1952
Menachem Ben-Sasson
Born 1951
Ehud Banai
Born 1953
Iddo Netanyahu
Born 1952
Riki Gal
Born 1950
Dudu Geva
1950 - 2005
Eyal Benvenisti
Born 1959
Elie Tahari
Born 1952
Izhar Ashdot
Born 1958
Meir Porush
Born 1955
Afif Safieh
Born 1950
Yisrael Eichler
Born 1955
Avishai Dekel
Born 1951
Meir Shahar
Born 1959
Ya'akov Katz (politician born 1951)
Born 1951
Dorrit Moussaieff
Born 1950
Renen Schorr
Born 1952
Elisha Levy
Born 1957
Asher Fisch
Born 1958
Amnon Wolman
Born 1955
Haim Bouzaglo
Born 1952
Mordechai Elon
Born 1959
Yoav Kutner
Born 1954
Uri Savir
Born 1953
Michal Aviad
Born 1955
Ezra Nawi
Born 1952
Eli Schwartz
Born 1950
Shmil Ben Ari
Born 1952
Ido Nehoshtan
Born 1957
Meir Yitzhak Halevi
Born 1953
Yaaqov Medan
Born 1950
Yitzhak Aharonovich
Born 1950
Yosi Piamenta
1951 - 2015
Meshulam Nahari
Born 1951
Rafi Peretz
Born 1956
Sallai Meridor
Born 1955
Micah Lewensohn
1952 - 2017
Emuna Elon
Born 1955
Boaz Huss
Born 1959
Ron Shamir
Born 1953
Yaakov Shapira
Born 1950
Nissim Ze'ev
Born 1951
Dror Green
Born 1954
Gannit Ankori
Born 1958
Otniel Schneller
Born 1952
Ehud Havazelet
1955 - 2015
Yitshak Ehrenberg
Born 1950
Yishai Beer
Born 1956
Orit Noked
Born 1952
Esterina Tartman
Born 1957
Kenny Young
1950 - 2020
Re'em Ha'Cohen
Born 1957
Richard Douieb
Born 1956
Yossi Mizrahi
Born 1953
Ran Morin
Born 1958
Sara Shilo
Born 1958
Shefi Yishai
Born 1954
Jamal Dajani
Born 1957
Gadi Shamni
Born 1959
Ilana Eliya
Born 1955
Irit Meir
1957 - 2018
Yoni (chanteur)
Born 1951
Shulamit Elizur
Born 1955
Danny Neuman
Born 1955
Itzik Kala
Born 1953
Naftali Tishby
Born 1953
Oren Schmuckler
Born 1954
Mickey Levy
Born 1951
Anat Biletzki
Born 1952
Vidi Bilu
Born 1959
Bassam Zuamut
1951 - 2004
Moshe Onana
Born 1950
Shmuel Barzilai
Born 1957
Anat Hoffman
Born 1954
Zeev Gourarier
Born 1953
Ra'anan Levy
Born 1954
Yehuda Green
Born 1959
Nadav Shragai
Born 1959
Gideon Tomaschoff
Born 1956
Zion Merili
Born 1957
Efrat Shvily
Born 1955
Nachum Erlich
Born 1959
Shimshon Rozen
1952 - 2011
Yossi Gal
Born 1950
Menahem Blondheim
Born 1954
Orna Ostfeld
Born 1952
Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin
Born 1958
Munther Dajani Daoudi
Born 1951
Amitai Ziv
Born 1958
Eliezer Igra
Born 1954
Manuel Hassassian
Born 1953
Edit Doron
1951 - 2019
Einat Ramon
Born 1959
Walid Muaqqat
Born 1953
Yuval Shahar
Born 1958
Mazen Sinokrot
Born 1954
Amnon Albeck
Born 1958
Vered Slonim-Nevo
Born 1953
Lemel Yossi
Born 1957
Hisham Hammad
Born 1951