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.

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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0007 WRITER

David Grossman

Born 1954

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0027 COMPOSER

Armand Amar

Born 1953

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0034 WRITER

Amira Hass

Born 1956

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0041 POLITICIAN

Avraham Burg

Born 1955

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0044 ACTOR

Brian George

Born 1952

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0050 POLITICIAN

Mustafa Barghouti

Born 1954

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0054 FILM

Eran Riklis

Born 1954

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0075 POLITICIAN

Nir Barkat

Born 1959

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0097 PASTOR

Munib Younan

Born 1950

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0100 FOOTBALL

Uri Malmilian

Born 1957

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0113 PHYSICIAN

Rony Brauman

Born 1950

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0115 WRITER

Liana Badr

Born 1950

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0126 POLITICIAN

Dalia Itzik

Born 1952

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0130 POLITICIAN

Tzachi Hanegbi

Born 1957

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0137 DIPLOMAT

Carmi Gillon

Born 1950

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0143 FOOTBALL

Christos Ardizoglou

Born 1953

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0148 POLITICIAN

Binyamin Elon

1954 - 2017

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0161 SPY

Tamir Pardo

Born 1953

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0162 RABBI

Yitzhak Yosef

Born 1952

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0175 SCIENTIST

Menachem Ben-Sasson

Born 1951

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0177 SINGER

Ehud Banai

Born 1953

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0184 PLAYWRIGHT

Iddo Netanyahu

Born 1952

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0187 SINGER

Riki Gal

Born 1950

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0188 CARTOONIST

Dudu Geva

1950 - 2005

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0197 ACADEMIC

Eyal Benvenisti

Born 1959

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0202 DESIGNER

Elie Tahari

Born 1952

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0216 SINGER

Izhar Ashdot

Born 1958

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0230 RABBI

Meir Porush

Born 1955

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0250 DIPLOMAT

Afif Safieh

Born 1950

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0257 POLITICIAN

Yisrael Eichler

Born 1955

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0266 PHYSICIST

Avishai Dekel

Born 1951

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0283 SCHOLAR

Meir Shahar

Born 1959

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0296 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Katz (politician born 1951)

Born 1951

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0297 EDITOR

Dorrit Moussaieff

Born 1950

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0301 FILM

Renen Schorr

Born 1952

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0319 FOOTBALL

Elisha Levy

Born 1957

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0329 CONDUCTOR

Asher Fisch

Born 1958

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0331 COMPOSER

Amnon Wolman

Born 1955

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0348 FILM

Haim Bouzaglo

Born 1952

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0350 RABBI

Mordechai Elon

Born 1959

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0364 JOURNALIST

Yoav Kutner

Born 1954

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0365 DIPLOMAT

Uri Savir

Born 1953

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0370 FILM

Michal Aviad

Born 1955

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0374 ACTIVIST

Ezra Nawi

Born 1952

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0387 PHYSICIAN

Eli Schwartz

Born 1950

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0389 ACTOR

Shmil Ben Ari

Born 1952

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0391 BRIGADIER

Ido Nehoshtan

Born 1957

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0412 POLITICIAN

Meir Yitzhak Halevi

Born 1953

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0418 RABBI

Yaaqov Medan

Born 1950

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0419 POLITICIAN

Yitzhak Aharonovich

Born 1950

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0421 SINGER

Yosi Piamenta

1951 - 2015

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0424 POLITICIAN

Meshulam Nahari

Born 1951

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0436 RABBI

Rafi Peretz

Born 1956

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0439 DIPLOMAT

Sallai Meridor

Born 1955

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0450 THEATRE

Micah Lewensohn

1952 - 2017

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0462 WRITER

Emuna Elon

Born 1955

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0464 ACADEMIC

Boaz Huss

Born 1959

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0467 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ron Shamir

Born 1953

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0475 RABBI

Yaakov Shapira

Born 1950

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0481 POLITICIAN

Nissim Ze'ev

Born 1951

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0482 WRITER

Dror Green

Born 1954

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0483 ART HISTORIAN

Gannit Ankori

Born 1958

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0492 POLITICIAN

Otniel Schneller

Born 1952

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0495 WRITER

Ehud Havazelet

1955 - 2015

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0496 RABBI

Yitshak Ehrenberg

Born 1950

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0503 LAWYER

Yishai Beer

Born 1956

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0522 POLITICIAN

Orit Noked

Born 1952

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0527 POLITICIAN

Esterina Tartman

Born 1957

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0536 SONGWRITER

Kenny Young

1950 - 2020

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0547 RABBI

Re'em Ha'Cohen

Born 1957

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0554 THÉÂTRE

Richard Douieb

Born 1956

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0560 FOOTBALL

Yossi Mizrahi

Born 1953

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0563 SCULPTOR

Ran Morin

Born 1958

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0572 AUTHOR

Sara Shilo

Born 1958

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0573 SINGER

Shefi Yishai

Born 1954

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0576 FILM

Jamal Dajani

Born 1957

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0583 MILITAR

Gadi Shamni

Born 1959

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0588 SINGER

Ilana Eliya

Born 1955

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0591 LINGUIST

Irit Meir

1957 - 2018

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0592 SINGER

Yoni (chanteur)

Born 1951

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0593 SCHOLAR

Shulamit Elizur

Born 1955

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0601 FOOTBALL

Danny Neuman

Born 1955

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0607 SINGER

Itzik Kala

Born 1953

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0609 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Naftali Tishby

Born 1953

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0614 FILM

Oren Schmuckler

Born 1954

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0621 POLITICIAN

Mickey Levy

Born 1951

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0622 PHILOSOPHER

Anat Biletzki

Born 1952

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0624 FILM

Vidi Bilu

Born 1959

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0627 ACTOR

Bassam Zuamut

1951 - 2004

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0628 FOOTBALL

Moshe Onana

Born 1950

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0631 SINGER

Shmuel Barzilai

Born 1957

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0637 ACTIVIST

Anat Hoffman

Born 1954

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0645 CURATOR

Zeev Gourarier

Born 1953

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0650 PAINTER

Ra'anan Levy

Born 1954

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0659 SINGER

Yehuda Green

Born 1959

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0679 JOURNALIST

Nadav Shragai

Born 1959

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0688 PAINTER

Gideon Tomaschoff

Born 1956

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0696 FOOTBALL

Zion Merili

Born 1957

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0700 PHOTOGRAPHER

Efrat Shvily

Born 1955

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0708 MUSIC

Nachum Erlich

Born 1959

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0736 AIR FORCE

Shimshon Rozen

1952 - 2011

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0740 DIPLOMAT

Yossi Gal

Born 1950

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0750 ACADEMIC

Menahem Blondheim

Born 1954

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0756 BASKET

Orna Ostfeld

Born 1952

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0757 LECTURER

Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin

Born 1958

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0782 DEAN

Munther Dajani Daoudi

Born 1951

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0797 PAEDIATRICIAN

Amitai Ziv

Born 1958

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0799 RABBI

Eliezer Igra

Born 1954

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0817 DIPLOMAT

Manuel Hassassian

Born 1953

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0820 ACADEMIC

Edit Doron

1951 - 2019

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0858 RABBI

Einat Ramon

Born 1959

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0873 POLITICIAN

Walid Muaqqat

Born 1953

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0876 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Yuval Shahar

Born 1958

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0879 BUSINESS

Mazen Sinokrot

Born 1954

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0882 ACADEMIC

Amnon Albeck

Born 1958

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0886 SCIENTIST

Vered Slonim-Nevo

Born 1953

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0907 GRAPHISTE

Lemel Yossi

Born 1957

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0910 POLITICIAN

Hisham Hammad

Born 1951

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