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.

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0032 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Daphne Koller

Born 1968

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0033 NOVELIST

Ayelet Waldman

Born 1964

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0048 FILM

Noam Murro

Born 1961

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0060 SINGER

Meir Banai

1961 - 2017

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0068 SCULPTOR

Sigalit Landau

Born 1969

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0073 MATHEMATICIAN

Oded Schramm

1961 - 2008

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0078 WRITER

Yotam Ottolenghi

Born 1968

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0080 FOOTBALL

Eli Ohana

Born 1964

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0111 WRITER

Gadi Taub

Born 1965

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0127 MATHEMATICIAN

Yuval Peres

Born 1963

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0141 POLITICIAN

Eli Yishai

Born 1962

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0189 MOSSAD

Yossi Cohen

Born 1961

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0215 RADIO

Avri Gilad

Born 1962

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0222 HISTORIAN

Hillel Cohen

Born 1961

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0228 FILM

Dror Moreh

Born 1961

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0231 POLITICIAN

Avi Gabbay

Born 1967

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0240 AUTHOR

Pearl Abraham

Born 1960

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0241 FILM

Saar Klein

Born 1967

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0251 WRITER

Michael Blum (artist)

Born 1966

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0258 PLAYER

Eli Elezra

Born 1960

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0262 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Sarit Kraus

Born 1960

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0271 POLITICIAN

Khouloud Daibes

Born 1965

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0278 PLAYER

Brendan Mullin

Born 1963

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0284 RABBI

Eliezer Melamed

Born 1961

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0293 PAINTER

Shy Abady

Born 1965

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0295 ACTIVIST

Miko Peled

Born 1961

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0299 MATHEMATICIAN

Yair Minsky

Born 1962

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0312 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Oded Lipschits

Born 1963

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0328 POLITICIAN

Mossi Raz

Born 1965

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0341 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ran Raz

Born 1966

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0355 MATHEMATICIAN

Asher Kravitz

Born 1969

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0357 FILM

Anat Zuria

Born 1961

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0359 WRITER

Nissim Amon

Born 1963

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0362 PHYSICIST

Daniel Lidar

Born 1968

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0367 RABBI

David Stav

Born 1960

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0376 SCREENWRITER

Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Born 1969

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0384 FILM

Yossi Madmoni

Born 1967

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0390 BUSINESS

Gil Shwed

Born 1968

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0399 ARTIST

Oreet Ashery

Born 1966

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0422 WRITER

Yael Hedaya

Born 1964

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0425 ARTIST

Danny Rozin

Born 1961

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0432 PAINTER

Mosh Kashi

Born 1966

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0438 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Avi Nir

Born 1961

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0454 BASKET

Doron Shefa

Born 1961

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0455 SPORT

Guy Starik

Born 1965

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0456 RABBI

Shlomo Helbrans

1962 - 2017

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0465 POLITICIAN

Dudi Amsalem

Born 1960

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0477 RABBI

Zamir Cohen

Born 1965

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0478 ENTREPRENEUR

Avner Halperin

Born 1968

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0504 COMPOSER

Ayal Adler

Born 1968

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0505 JOURNALIST

Nitzan Chen

Born 1963

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0507 ACTOR

Kamel El Basha

Born 1962

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0515 PHILOSOPHER

Rachel Albeck-Gidron

Born 1960

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0530 PHOTOGRAPHER

Shimon Lev

Born 1962

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0550 FOOTBALL

Avi Cohen (footballer, born 1962)

Born 1962

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0564 GOVERNMENT

Yoav Mordechai

Born 1964

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0567 MUSIC

Jonathan Bar Giora

Born 1962

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0581 PIANIST

Oded Zehavi

Born 1961

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0596 PSYCHOLOGIST

Avshalom Caspi

Born 1960

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0597 POLITICIAN

Orit Strook

Born 1960

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0603 INSTRUCTOR

Ezri Tarazi

Born 1962

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0610 MANAGER

Orna Angel

Born 1962

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0625 LAWYER

Nurit Koren

Born 1960

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0665 POLICE

Roni Alsheikh

Born 1963

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0666 MILITAR

Herzi Halevi

Born 1967

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0673 RABBI

Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (Mir Jerusalem rosh yeshiva)

Born 1965

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0680 BUSINESS

Yakir Gabay

Born 1966

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0685 BUSINESS

Alon Nisim Cohen

Born 1968

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0686 FILM

Uri Rosenwaks

Born 1965

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0687 SCHOLAR

Yuval Lapide

Born 1961

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0692 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Bassem Awadallah

Born 1964

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0695 RABBI

Kotel Da-Don

Born 1967

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0709 MINISTER

Eyal Gabbai

Born 1967

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0710 WARRIOR

Mickey Edelstein

Born 1967

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0719 BUSINESS

Ran Poliakine

Born 1967

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0732 DIPLOMAT

Mattanya Cohen

Born 1965

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0733 PHILANTHROPIST

Mordechai Kahana

Born 1968

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0735 BUSINESS

Joachim Wenning

Born 1965

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0741 COMPOSER

Tal Balshai

Born 1969

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0744 BOMBMAKER

Mohiyedine Sharif

1966 - 1998

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0745 DIPLOMAT

Rafael Harpaz

Born 1962

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0746 PAINTER

Raphael Perez

Born 1965

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0762 EXECUTIVE

Yizhar Hess

Born 1967

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0774 PHOTOGRAPHER

Naomi Tereza Salmon

Born 1965

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0778 FOOTBALL

Michele Dayan

Born 1961

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0785 RABBI

Hillel Weinberg

Born 1961

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0806 BUSINESS

Frank Evers (CEO)

Born 1965

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0811 RABBI

Shmuel Bornsztain (sixth Sochatchover rebbe)

Born 1961

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0812 MUSIC

Yuval Gabay

Born 1963

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0849 INNOVATOR

Ami Dar

Born 1961

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0864 FOOTBALL

Rafi Cohen (football manager)

Born 1965

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0884 RABBI

Moshe Silberhaft

Born 1967

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0898 SCIENTIST

Yuval Golan

Born 1962

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0905 SOCIOLOGIST

Ayelet Giladi

Born 1964

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0906 DIPLOMAT

Issa Kassissieh

Born 1964

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0914 DIPLOMAT

Gil Haskel

Born 1965

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0916 JOURNALIST

Salwa Abu Libdeh

Born 1966

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