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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Saharon Shelah
Born 1945
Elon Lindenstrauss
Born 1970
Oded Schramm
1961 - 2008
Shimshon Amitsur
1921 - 1994
Yuval Peres
Born 1963
Yitzhak Katznelson
Born 1934
Michael Maschler
1927 - 2008
Eli Shamir
Born 1934
Yair Minsky
Born 1962
Asher Kravitz
Born 1969
Micha Perles
Born 1936
Shiri Artstein
Born 1978
Lily Serna
Born 1986
Emmanuel David Tannenbaum
1978 - 2012
Jerry Kevorkian
Born 1933
Elchanan Mossel
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