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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Isaac Luria
1534 - 1572
Elisha ben Abuyah
Born 70
Mordechai Eliyahu
1929 - 2010
Gamaliel II
Died 114
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
1910 - 1995
Moshe Levinger
1935 - 2015
Yitzhak Yosef
Born 1952
Avraham Shapira
1914 - 2007
Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel
1880 - 1953
Eliezer Waldenberg
1915 - 2006
Yisrael Ariel
Born 1939
She'ar Yashuv Cohen
1927 - 2016
Ben Zion Abba Shaul
1924 - 1998
Sholom Schwadron
1912 - 1997
Meir Porush
Born 1955
Shmuel Rabinovitch
Born 1970
Moses Hagiz
1671 - 1750
Amram ben Diwan
1743 - 1782
Eliezer Melamed
Born 1961
Shalom Dov Wolpo
Born 1948
Chaim Hezekiah Medini
1832 - 1904
Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach
1886 - 1954
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron
1941 - 2020
Yehuda Tzadka
1910 - 1991
Yaakov Meir
1856 - 1939
Amram Blau
1894 - 1974
Mordechai Elon
Born 1959
David Stav
Born 1960
Yaakov Shaul Elyashar
1817 - 1906
Yaakov Ades
1898 - 1963
Eliezer Shlomo Schick
1940 - 2015
Yaaqov Medan
Born 1950
Hayim David HaLevi
1924 - 1998
Pinchas David Horowitz
1876 - 1941
Rafi Peretz
Born 1956
Rabbi Bana'ah
-
Shlomo Helbrans
1962 - 2017
Yaakov Moshe Charlap
1882 - 1951
Yaakov Shapira
Born 1950
Zamir Cohen
Born 1965
Shimon Gershon Rosenberg
1949 - 2007
Yitshak Ehrenberg
Born 1950
Levi ben Japheth
900 - 950
Avigdor Nebenzahl
Born 1935
Yisroel Yaakov Fisher
1928 - 2003
Shem Tob Gaguine
1884 - 1953
Benzion Yadler
1871 - 1962
Zundel Kroizer
1924 - 2014
Shmuel Auerbach
1931 - 2018
Re'em Ha'Cohen
Born 1957
Abba Saul ben Batnit
-
Gedaliah Aharon Koenig
1921 - 1980
Yitzhak Arieli
1896 - 1974
Eliyahu Boruch Finkel
1947 - 2008
Jehuda Mualam
1921 - 2010
Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik
Born 1949
Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (Mir Jerusalem rosh yeshiva)
Born 1965
Yitzhak Kovo
1770 - 1854
Kotel Da-Don
Born 1967
Shalom Cohen (rabbi)
Born 1931
Eliyahu Ben Haim
Born 1940
Aharon Mordechai Rokeach
Born 1975
Baruch Ben Haim
1921 - 2005
Yitzchok Ezrachi
Born 1934
Menachem Shlomo Bornsztain
1934 - 1969
Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas
1738 - 1805
Moshe Havlin
Born 1948
Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht
1924 - 1994
Hillel Weinberg
Born 1961
Eliezer Igra
Born 1954
Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach
1925 - 2008
Shimon Elituv
Born 1937
Shmuel Bornsztain (sixth Sochatchover rebbe)
Born 1961
Arie Zeev Raskin
Born 1976
Amram Zaks
1926 - 2012
Einat Ramon
Born 1959
Zalman I. Posner
1927 - 2014
Elazar Mordechai Koenig
1945 - 2018
Yitzhak Israeli
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Moshe Silberhaft
Born 1967
Shlomo Bistritzky
Born 1977