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List of people from Jerusalem
This is a list of notable people who were born, lived or are/were famously associated with Jerusalem. The list is in chronological order.
List
Ancient
- Melchizedek, Jebusite King of Salem and priest who blesses Abram
- Abdi-Heba, Hurrian chieftain
- Zadok, Levitical High Priest
- King David (c. 1040 BCE – c. 970 BCE), second King of the united Kingdom of Israel
- Araunah, Jebusite vendor of land
- Solomon the Great (c. 1011 BCE – c. 931 BCE), third King of Israel
- Hezekiah, thirteenth king of Judah
- Isaiah, a major prophet of ancient Israel living around the time of 8th-century BC Kingdom of Judah
- Joel, a prophet of ancient Israel, the second of the twelve minor prophets
Antiquity
Medieval
Modern
- born 1820–1849
- born 1850–1879
- born 1880–1909
- Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970), Israeli Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction
- Helena Kagan (1889–1978), physician, Israeli pioneer in pediatrics
- Rachel Bluwstein (1890–1931), Hebrew poet
- Ludwig Blum (1891–1975), Czechoslovakia-born Israeli painter, known as "the painter of Jerusalem"
- Daniel Auster (1893–1963), three time Mayor of Jerusalem
- Haj Amin al-Husayni (1897–1974), Palestinian Arab nationalist and influential Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine
- Yaakov Ades (1898–1963), Sephardi Hakham, Rosh Yeshiva, and Rabbinical High Court judge
- born 1910s
- born 1920s
- Yitzhak Navon (1921–2015), politician (fifth President of Israel), diplomat, and author
- Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995), general, the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, and Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Trude Dothan (1922–2016), Austrian Jewish archaeologist in Israel
- Yitzchok Scheiner (1922–2021), rabbi
- William A. Smalley (1923–1997), American linguist who developed the Romanized Popular Alphabet for the Hmong language
- Shlomo Hillel (1923–2021), Israeli diplomat, Speaker of the Knesset, Minister of Police and Minister of Internal Affairs
- Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014), rabbi
- Walid Khalidi (born 1925), Palestinian historian
- Uzi Narkiss (1925–1997), Israeli general and commander of the Israel Defense Forces units in the Central Region during the Six-Day War
- Georgette Rizek (1925-2018), Palestinian philanthropist and activist
- Rehavam Ze'evi (1926–2001), assassinated Israeli general, historian, founder of the Moledet party, and Minister of Tourism
- Yaakov Blau (1929–2013), rabbi
- born 1930s
- Reuven Adiv (1930–2004), Israeli and international actor, director and drama teacher
- Robert Aumann (born 1930), Israeli-American mathematician and game-theorist, received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2005 for his work on conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis
- Naseer Aruri (1934–2015), Palestinian scholar and activist
- Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian author and political theorist
- A.B. Yehoshua (1936–2022), Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright
- Shlomo Aronson (1936–2018), Israeli landscape architect
- Yehoram Gaon (born 1939), Israeli singer, actor, director, producer, TV and radio host, and public figure
- Amos Oz (1939–2018) Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
- Reuven Rivlin (born 1939), former Minister of Communications and Speaker of the Knesset, former President of Israel
- Ada Yonath (born 1939), Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009
- born 1940s
- Matan Vilnai (born 1944), Minister of Science, Culture & Sport, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister for Home Front Defense, Ambassador to China, IDF Major General
- Makram Khoury (born 1945), Israeli Arab actor and winner of the Israel Prize
- Ehud Olmert (born 1945), former mayor of Jerusalem and Prime Minister of Israel
- Mahmoud al-Zahar (born 1945), co-founder of Hamas
- Yoni Netanyahu (1946–1976), commander of Sayeret Matkal; killed in action during Operation Entebbe
- Esther Farbstein (born 1946), Holocaust scholar
- Nahman Shai (born 1946), Israeli journalist, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, IDF spokesman
- Dan Meridor (born 1947) Israeli Minister of Justice, Minister of Finance, and Deputy Prime Minister
- born 1950s
- Munib Younan (born 1950), president of the Lutheran World Federation
- Mustafa Barghouti (born 1954), Palestinian physician, activist, and PLO politician
- Anat Hoffman (born 1954), Israeli activist and director of Women of the Wall
- Francis Martin O'Donnell (born 1954), former United Nations diplomat, Ambassador of Sovereign Military Order of Malta, author
- Saeb Erekat (1955–2020), Palestinian negotiator of the Oslo Accords with Israel
- Sallai Meridor (born 1955), Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization
- Jamal Dajani (born 1957), Palestinian-American journalist and producer, co-founder of Arab Talk Radio
- Uri Malmilian (born 1957), Israeli soccer player with most appearances for Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
- Eli Ohana (born 1957), all-time top-scorer for Israel's Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
- born since 1960
- Elisha Abas (born 1971), Israeli pianist, composer, and former professional soccer player
- Zvi Kogan (1996-2024), Israeli-Moldovan rabbi killed in the United Arab Emirates
- Jonah Lotan (born 1973), actor
- Timna Nelson-Levy (born 1994), Olympic judoka
- Natalie Portman (born 1981), Israeli-American actress, lived in Jerusalem until she was three years old
- Rucka Rucka Ali (born 1987), Israeli-American parody rapper and musical artist
- Shahar Pe'er (born 1987), Israeli tennis player, highest world singles ranking # 11, highest world doubles ranking # 14
- Or Sasson (born 1990), Olympic medalist judoka
- Guy Starik (born 1965), Olympian shooter with world record in 50 m rifle prone
- Asaf Yasur (born 2002), Paralympic champion and world champion taekwondo athlete
- unknown date of birth
Honorary citizens
People awarded the honorary citizenship of Jerusalem are:
See also
References
External links
 Media related to People of Jerusalem at Wikimedia Commons
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