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 1960s Clear ×
Daphne Koller
Born 1968
Ayelet Waldman
Born 1964
Noam Murro
Born 1961
Meir Banai
1961 - 2017
Sigalit Landau
Born 1969
Oded Schramm
1961 - 2008
Yotam Ottolenghi
Born 1968
Eli Ohana
Born 1964
Gadi Taub
Born 1965
Yuval Peres
Born 1963
Eli Yishai
Born 1962
Yossi Cohen
Born 1961
Avri Gilad
Born 1962
Hillel Cohen
Born 1961
Dror Moreh
Born 1961
Avi Gabbay
Born 1967
Pearl Abraham
Born 1960
Saar Klein
Born 1967
Michael Blum (artist)
Born 1966
Eli Elezra
Born 1960
Sarit Kraus
Born 1960
Khouloud Daibes
Born 1965
Brendan Mullin
Born 1963
Eliezer Melamed
Born 1961
Shy Abady
Born 1965
Miko Peled
Born 1961
Yair Minsky
Born 1962
Oded Lipschits
Born 1963
Mossi Raz
Born 1965
Ran Raz
Born 1966
Asher Kravitz
Born 1969
Anat Zuria
Born 1961
Nissim Amon
Born 1963
Daniel Lidar
Born 1968
David Stav
Born 1960
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Born 1969
Yossi Madmoni
Born 1967
Gil Shwed
Born 1968
Oreet Ashery
Born 1966
Yael Hedaya
Born 1964
Danny Rozin
Born 1961
Mosh Kashi
Born 1966
Avi Nir
Born 1961
Doron Shefa
Born 1961
Guy Starik
Born 1965
Shlomo Helbrans
1962 - 2017
Dudi Amsalem
Born 1960
Zamir Cohen
Born 1965
Avner Halperin
Born 1968
Ayal Adler
Born 1968
Nitzan Chen
Born 1963
Kamel El Basha
Born 1962
Rachel Albeck-Gidron
Born 1960
Shimon Lev
Born 1962
Avi Cohen (footballer, born 1962)
Born 1962
Yoav Mordechai
Born 1964
Jonathan Bar Giora
Born 1962
Oded Zehavi
Born 1961
Avshalom Caspi
Born 1960
Orit Strook
Born 1960
Ezri Tarazi
Born 1962
Orna Angel
Born 1962
Nurit Koren
Born 1960
Roni Alsheikh
Born 1963
Herzi Halevi
Born 1967
Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (Mir Jerusalem rosh yeshiva)
Born 1965
Yakir Gabay
Born 1966
Alon Nisim Cohen
Born 1968
Uri Rosenwaks
Born 1965
Yuval Lapide
Born 1961
Bassem Awadallah
Born 1964
Kotel Da-Don
Born 1967
Eyal Gabbai
Born 1967
Mickey Edelstein
Born 1967
Ran Poliakine
Born 1967
Mattanya Cohen
Born 1965
Mordechai Kahana
Born 1968
Joachim Wenning
Born 1965
Tal Balshai
Born 1969
Mohiyedine Sharif
1966 - 1998
Rafael Harpaz
Born 1962
Raphael Perez
Born 1965
Yizhar Hess
Born 1967
Naomi Tereza Salmon
Born 1965
Michele Dayan
Born 1961
Hillel Weinberg
Born 1961
Frank Evers (CEO)
Born 1965
Shmuel Bornsztain (sixth Sochatchover rebbe)
Born 1961
Yuval Gabay
Born 1963
Ami Dar
Born 1961
Rafi Cohen (football manager)
Born 1965
Moshe Silberhaft
Born 1967
Yuval Golan
Born 1962
Ayelet Giladi
Born 1964
Issa Kassissieh
Born 1964
Gil Haskel
Born 1965
Salwa Abu Libdeh
Born 1966