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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Ron Ben-Yishai
Born 1943
Itamar Ben-Avi
1882 - 1943
Amnon Kapeliouk
1930 - 2009
Adam Baruch
1945 - 2008
Yoav Kutner
Born 1954
Yonit Levi
Born 1977
Anat Kamm–Uri Blau affair
Born 1987
Yosef Ahimeir
Born 1943
Boaz Evron
1927 - 2018
Israel Segal
1944 - 2007
Haim Hanegbi
1933 - 2018
Danny Rubinstein
Born 1937
Joel Moses Salomon
1838 - 1912
Nitzan Chen
Born 1963
Tamar Ish-Shalom
Born 1981
Zvi Yehezkeli
Born 1970
Elan Journo
Born 1976
Yuval Elizur
Born 1927
Nadav Shragai
Born 1959
Miriam Hadar Weingarten
Born 1935
Amotz Asa-El
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Mordechai Lavi
Born 1978
Naomi Gal
Born 1944
Lilly Rivlin
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Salwa Abu Libdeh
Born 1966