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
  • Politics & Law
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  • Science
  • Religion
  • Sports
  • Music
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Showing 92 of 916 notable people

0002 POLITICIAN

Yitzhak Rabin

1922 - 1995

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0016 POLITICIAN

Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 1974

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0030 POLITICIAN

Reuven Rivlin

Born 1939

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0037 POLITICIAN

Rehavam Ze'evi

1926 - 2001

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0041 POLITICIAN

Avraham Burg

Born 1955

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0050 POLITICIAN

Mustafa Barghouti

Born 1954

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0059 POLITICIAN

Mordechai Gur

1930 - 1995

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0070 POLITICIAN

Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni

1907 - 1948

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0075 POLITICIAN

Nir Barkat

Born 1959

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0079 POLITICIAN

Dan Meridor

Born 1947

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0083 POLITICIAN

Uri Davis

Born 1943

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0093 POLITICIAN

Benny Begin

Born 1943

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0103 POLITICIAN

Musa Alami

1897 - 1984

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0126 POLITICIAN

Dalia Itzik

Born 1952

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0129 POLITICIAN

Miklós Haraszti

Born 1945

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0130 POLITICIAN

Tzachi Hanegbi

Born 1957

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0134 POLITICIAN

Einat Wilf

Born 1970

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0141 POLITICIAN

Eli Yishai

Born 1962

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0148 POLITICIAN

Binyamin Elon

1954 - 2017

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0151 POLITICIAN

Menachem Porush

1916 - 2010

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0157 POLITICIAN

Raghib al-Nashashibi

1881 - 1951

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0169 POLITICIAN

Bassam Abu Sharif

Born 1946

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0182 POLITICIAN

Muhammad Najati Sidqi

1905 - 1979

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0185 POLITICIAN

Matan Vilnai

Born 1944

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0186 POLITICIAN

Uzi Baram

Born 1937

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0209 POLITICIAN

Gideon Ezra

1937 - 2012

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0212 POLITICIAN

Ze'ev Boim

1943 - 2011

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0221 POLITICIAN

Yair Tzaban

Born 1930

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0231 POLITICIAN

Avi Gabbay

Born 1967

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0245 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Yosef

1946 - 2013

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0247 POLITICIAN

Eli Cohen (politician born 1949)

Born 1949

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0255 POLITICIAN

Eliezer Cohen

Born 1934

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0257 POLITICIAN

Yisrael Eichler

Born 1955

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0268 POLITICIAN

Menachem Hacohen

Born 1932

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0270 POLITICIAN

Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin

Born 1941

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0271 POLITICIAN

Khouloud Daibes

Born 1965

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0274 POLITICIAN

Musa al-Husayni

1853 - 1934

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0277 POLITICIAN

Gideon Patt

1933 - 2020

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0285 POLITICIAN

Tzvia Greenfeld

Born 1945

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0296 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Katz (politician born 1951)

Born 1951

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0303 POLITICIAN

Moshe Nissim

Born 1935

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0328 POLITICIAN

Mossi Raz

Born 1965

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0333 POLITICIAN

Haim Corfu

1921 - 2015

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0339 POLITICIAN

Hazem Nuseibeh

Born 1922

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0351 POLITICIAN

Eliyahu Elyashar

1899 - 1981

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0360 POLITICIAN

Mounir Chafiq

Born 1936

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0380 POLITICIAN

Yosef Ba-Gad

Born 1932

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0401 POLITICIAN

Ofer Berkovitch

Born 1983

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0412 POLITICIAN

Meir Yitzhak Halevi

Born 1953

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0419 POLITICIAN

Yitzhak Aharonovich

Born 1950

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0420 POLITICIAN

Yehezkel Flomin

1935 - 2019

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0424 POLITICIAN

Meshulam Nahari

Born 1951

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0430 POLITICIAN

Jamal al-Husayni

1893 - 1982

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0434 POLITICIAN

Yahya Hammuda

1908 - 2006

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0443 POLITICIAN

Meir Avizohar

1923 - 2008

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0453 POLITICIAN

Ze'ev Bielski

Born 1949

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0459 POLITICIAN

Elazar Granot

1927 - 2013

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0465 POLITICIAN

Dudi Amsalem

Born 1960

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0481 POLITICIAN

Nissim Ze'ev

Born 1951

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0485 POLITICIAN

Hussein al-Husayni

Died 1918

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0489 POLITICIAN

David Coren

1917 - 2011

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0492 POLITICIAN

Otniel Schneller

Born 1952

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0511 POLITICIAN

Adi Koll

Born 1976

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0522 POLITICIAN

Orit Noked

Born 1952

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0524 POLITICIAN

Binyamin Avniel

1906 - 1993

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0527 POLITICIAN

Esterina Tartman

Born 1957

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0529 POLITICIAN

Zuhdi Labib Terzi

1924 - 2006

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0532 POLITICIAN

Aref al-Dajani

1856 - 1930

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0585 POLITICIAN

Yehoshua Sagi

Born 1933

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0597 POLITICIAN

Orit Strook

Born 1960

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0604 POLITICIAN

Avraham Elmalih

1885 - 1967

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0611 POLITICIAN

Yousef al-Khalidi

1829 - 1907

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0612 POLITICIAN

Binyamin Shahor

1916 - 1979

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0619 POLITICIAN

Nabeel Kassis

Born 1945

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0621 POLITICIAN

Mickey Levy

Born 1951

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0675 POLITICIAN

Emil Ghuri

1907 - 1984

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0683 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Shamai

1940 - 2016

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0684 POLITICIAN

Samir Ghawshah

1937 - 2009

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0697 POLITICIAN

Nily Rozic

Born 1986

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0707 POLITICIAN

Ariel Weinstein

1932 - 1996

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0713 POLITICIAN

Avraham-Haim Shag

1887 - 1958

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0731 POLITICIAN

Michael Malchieli

Born 1982

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0783 POLITICIAN

Abu Maher Ghneim

Born 1937

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0807 POLITICIAN

Menachem Cohen (politician)

1922 - 1975

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0826 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Frank

1913 - 1993

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0830 POLITICIAN

Avraham Leizerson

1943 - 2020

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0844 POLITICIAN

Ya'akov Gil (politician born 1931)

1931 - 2007

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0853 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Gohl

1896 - 1958

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0863 POLITICIAN

Amin Yunis al Husseini

1929 - 2016

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0873 POLITICIAN

Walid Muaqqat

Born 1953

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0902 POLITICIAN

Lamis al-Alami

Born 1943

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0910 POLITICIAN

Hisham Hammad

Born 1951

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