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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- Field: Politician Clear ×
Yitzhak Rabin
1922 - 1995
Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 1974
Reuven Rivlin
Born 1939
Rehavam Ze'evi
1926 - 2001
Avraham Burg
Born 1955
Mustafa Barghouti
Born 1954
Mordechai Gur
1930 - 1995
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni
1907 - 1948
Nir Barkat
Born 1959
Dan Meridor
Born 1947
Uri Davis
Born 1943
Benny Begin
Born 1943
Musa Alami
1897 - 1984
Dalia Itzik
Born 1952
Miklós Haraszti
Born 1945
Tzachi Hanegbi
Born 1957
Einat Wilf
Born 1970
Eli Yishai
Born 1962
Binyamin Elon
1954 - 2017
Menachem Porush
1916 - 2010
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1881 - 1951
Bassam Abu Sharif
Born 1946
Muhammad Najati Sidqi
1905 - 1979
Matan Vilnai
Born 1944
Uzi Baram
Born 1937
Gideon Ezra
1937 - 2012
Ze'ev Boim
1943 - 2011
Yair Tzaban
Born 1930
Avi Gabbay
Born 1967
Ya'akov Yosef
1946 - 2013
Eli Cohen (politician born 1949)
Born 1949
Eliezer Cohen
Born 1934
Yisrael Eichler
Born 1955
Menachem Hacohen
Born 1932
Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin
Born 1941
Khouloud Daibes
Born 1965
Musa al-Husayni
1853 - 1934
Gideon Patt
1933 - 2020
Tzvia Greenfeld
Born 1945
Ya'akov Katz (politician born 1951)
Born 1951
Moshe Nissim
Born 1935
Mossi Raz
Born 1965
Haim Corfu
1921 - 2015
Hazem Nuseibeh
Born 1922
Eliyahu Elyashar
1899 - 1981
Mounir Chafiq
Born 1936
Yosef Ba-Gad
Born 1932
Ofer Berkovitch
Born 1983
Meir Yitzhak Halevi
Born 1953
Yitzhak Aharonovich
Born 1950
Yehezkel Flomin
1935 - 2019
Meshulam Nahari
Born 1951
Jamal al-Husayni
1893 - 1982
Yahya Hammuda
1908 - 2006
Meir Avizohar
1923 - 2008
Ze'ev Bielski
Born 1949
Elazar Granot
1927 - 2013
Dudi Amsalem
Born 1960
Nissim Ze'ev
Born 1951
Hussein al-Husayni
Died 1918
David Coren
1917 - 2011
Otniel Schneller
Born 1952
Adi Koll
Born 1976
Orit Noked
Born 1952
Binyamin Avniel
1906 - 1993
Esterina Tartman
Born 1957
Zuhdi Labib Terzi
1924 - 2006
Aref al-Dajani
1856 - 1930
Yehoshua Sagi
Born 1933
Orit Strook
Born 1960
Avraham Elmalih
1885 - 1967
Yousef al-Khalidi
1829 - 1907
Binyamin Shahor
1916 - 1979
Nabeel Kassis
Born 1945
Mickey Levy
Born 1951
Emil Ghuri
1907 - 1984
Ya'akov Shamai
1940 - 2016
Samir Ghawshah
1937 - 2009
Nily Rozic
Born 1986
Ariel Weinstein
1932 - 1996
Avraham-Haim Shag
1887 - 1958
Michael Malchieli
Born 1982
Abu Maher Ghneim
Born 1937
Menachem Cohen (politician)
1922 - 1975
Ya'akov Frank
1913 - 1993
Avraham Leizerson
1943 - 2020
Ya'akov Gil (politician born 1931)
1931 - 2007
Wilhelm Gohl
1896 - 1958
Amin Yunis al Husseini
1929 - 2016
Walid Muaqqat
Born 1953
Lamis al-Alami
Born 1943
Hisham Hammad
Born 1951