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
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0010 RABBI

Isaac Luria

1534 - 1572

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0062 RABBI

Elisha ben Abuyah

Born 70

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0084 RABBI

Mordechai Eliyahu

1929 - 2010

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0089 RABBI

Gamaliel II

Died 114

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0112 RABBI

Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

1910 - 1995

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0147 RABBI

Moshe Levinger

1935 - 2015

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0162 RABBI

Yitzhak Yosef

Born 1952

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0163 RABBI

Avraham Shapira

1914 - 2007

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0166 RABBI

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel

1880 - 1953

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0207 RABBI

Eliezer Waldenberg

1915 - 2006

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0210 RABBI

Yisrael Ariel

Born 1939

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0213 RABBI

She'ar Yashuv Cohen

1927 - 2016

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0225 RABBI

Ben Zion Abba Shaul

1924 - 1998

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0227 RABBI

Sholom Schwadron

1912 - 1997

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0230 RABBI

Meir Porush

Born 1955

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0244 RABBI

Shmuel Rabinovitch

Born 1970

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0246 RABBI

Moses Hagiz

1671 - 1750

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0248 RABBI

Amram ben Diwan

1743 - 1782

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0284 RABBI

Eliezer Melamed

Born 1961

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0286 RABBI

Shalom Dov Wolpo

Born 1948

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0305 RABBI

Chaim Hezekiah Medini

1832 - 1904

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0307 RABBI

Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach

1886 - 1954

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0315 RABBI

Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron

1941 - 2020

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0332 RABBI

Yehuda Tzadka

1910 - 1991

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0338 RABBI

Yaakov Meir

1856 - 1939

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0345 RABBI

Amram Blau

1894 - 1974

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0350 RABBI

Mordechai Elon

Born 1959

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0367 RABBI

David Stav

Born 1960

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0369 RABBI

Yaakov Shaul Elyashar

1817 - 1906

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0383 RABBI

Yaakov Ades

1898 - 1963

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0408 RABBI

Eliezer Shlomo Schick

1940 - 2015

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0418 RABBI

Yaaqov Medan

Born 1950

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0428 RABBI

Hayim David HaLevi

1924 - 1998

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0431 RABBI

Pinchas David Horowitz

1876 - 1941

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0436 RABBI

Rafi Peretz

Born 1956

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0452 RABBI

Rabbi Bana'ah

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0456 RABBI

Shlomo Helbrans

1962 - 2017

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0472 RABBI

Yaakov Moshe Charlap

1882 - 1951

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0475 RABBI

Yaakov Shapira

Born 1950

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0477 RABBI

Zamir Cohen

Born 1965

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0484 RABBI

Shimon Gershon Rosenberg

1949 - 2007

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0496 RABBI

Yitshak Ehrenberg

Born 1950

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0498 RABBI

Levi ben Japheth

900 - 950

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0502 RABBI

Avigdor Nebenzahl

Born 1935

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0506 RABBI

Yisroel Yaakov Fisher

1928 - 2003

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0513 RABBI

Shem Tob Gaguine

1884 - 1953

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0523 RABBI

Benzion Yadler

1871 - 1962

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0544 RABBI

Zundel Kroizer

1924 - 2014

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0546 RABBI

Shmuel Auerbach

1931 - 2018

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0547 RABBI

Re'em Ha'Cohen

Born 1957

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0559 RABBI

Abba Saul ben Batnit

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0577 RABBI

Gedaliah Aharon Koenig

1921 - 1980

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0580 RABBI

Yitzhak Arieli

1896 - 1974

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0600 RABBI

Eliyahu Boruch Finkel

1947 - 2008

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0646 RABBI

Jehuda Mualam

1921 - 2010

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0670 RABBI

Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik

Born 1949

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0673 RABBI

Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (Mir Jerusalem rosh yeshiva)

Born 1965

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0677 RABBI

Yitzhak Kovo

1770 - 1854

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0695 RABBI

Kotel Da-Don

Born 1967

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0703 RABBI

Shalom Cohen (rabbi)

Born 1931

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0705 RABBI

Eliyahu Ben Haim

Born 1940

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0706 RABBI

Aharon Mordechai Rokeach

Born 1975

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0724 RABBI

Baruch Ben Haim

1921 - 2005

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0748 RABBI

Yitzchok Ezrachi

Born 1934

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0759 RABBI

Menachem Shlomo Bornsztain

1934 - 1969

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0764 RABBI

Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas

1738 - 1805

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0780 RABBI

Moshe Havlin

Born 1948

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0784 RABBI

Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht

1924 - 1994

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0785 RABBI

Hillel Weinberg

Born 1961

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0799 RABBI

Eliezer Igra

Born 1954

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0802 RABBI

Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach

1925 - 2008

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0804 RABBI

Shimon Elituv

Born 1937

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0811 RABBI

Shmuel Bornsztain (sixth Sochatchover rebbe)

Born 1961

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0825 RABBI

Arie Zeev Raskin

Born 1976

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0837 RABBI

Amram Zaks

1926 - 2012

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0858 RABBI

Einat Ramon

Born 1959

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0861 RABBI

Zalman I. Posner

1927 - 2014

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0865 RABBI

Elazar Mordechai Koenig

1945 - 2018

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0868 RABBI

Yitzhak Israeli

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0884 RABBI

Moshe Silberhaft

Born 1967

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0889 RABBI

Shlomo Bistritzky

Born 1977

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