List of people from Jerusalem
This is a list of notable people who were born, lived or are/were famously associated with Jerusalem.
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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
- Judas Maccabeus (d. 160 BCE), leader of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire
- Herod the Great, (d. 4 BCE), a Roman client king of Judea who expanded the Second Temple in Jerusalem and built the fortress at Masada
- Hillel the Elder (110 BCE – 10 CE), a famous Jewish religious leader and one of the most important figures in Jewish history, associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud
- Josephus (37–100), Jewish-Roman historian
- James the Just (d. 69), Jewish-Christian Bishop of Jerusalem
- Simon bar Kokhba (d. 135), leader of the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE
Medieval
- al-Muqaddasi (946–1000), Arab geographer
- Aaron of Jerusalem, was a Karaite scholar of the eleventh century
- Ibn al-Qaisarani (1056–1113), Arab historian
- Judah Halevi (1075–1141), Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher
- Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1131–1143), King of the Crusader State in Jerusalem
- Nahmanides (1194–1270), prominent medieval Jewish rabbi and physician
Modern
- born 1820–1849
- William Holman Hunt (1827–1910), English painter, cofounder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Conrad Schick (1822–1901), German architect, archaeologist and Protestant missionary
- Yousef Al-Khalidi (1829–1907), Mayor of Jerusalem and Member of the Ottoman Parliament
- Haim Aharon Valero (1845–1923), banker, entrepreneur and a prominent figure in the Jewish community of 19th century Jerusalem
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858–1922), Litvak lexicographer and newspaper editor credited for the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era
- born 1850–1879
- Shlomo Moussaieff (1852–1922), a founder of the Bukharim neighborhood
- Herbert Plumer (1857–1932), senior British Army officer of the First World War
- Menachem Ussishkin (1863–1941), Zionist leader and head of the Jewish National Fund
- Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935), first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine
- Khalil al-Sakakini (born 1878), Palestinian Christian scholar and Arab nationalist
- 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 (born 1898), Sephardi Hakham, Rosh Yeshiva, and Rabbinical High Court judge
- born 1910s
- Teddy Kollek (1911–2007), mayor of Jerusalem and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation
- Ruhi al-Khatib (1914–1994), Palestinian nationalist and politician
- Ruchoma Shain (1914–2013), teacher and author
- Ephraim Katzir (1916–2009), biophysicist and fourth President of Israel
- Yigael Yadin (1917–1984), Israeli archeologist, politician, and second Chief of Staff of the IDF
- Menachem Lewin (1918–2011) Israeli chemist working in polymer, fiber and nanotechnology research
- 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 (born 1922), Austrian Jewish archaeologist in Israel
- Yitzchok Scheiner (born 1922), rabbi
- Shlomo Hillel (born 1923), 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
- 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 (born 1930), 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 (born 1936), Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright
- Shlomo Aronson (born 1936), Israeli landscape architect
- Yehoram Gaon (born 1939), Israeli singer, actor, director, producer, TV and radio host, and public figure
- Amos Oz (born 1939) Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
- Reuven Rivlin (born 1939), former Minister of Communications and Speaker of the Knesset, current 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, former United Nations diplomat, Ambassador of Sovereign Military Order of Malta, author
- Saeb Erekat (born 1955), 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
- Guy Starik (born 1965), Olympian shooter with world record in 50 m rifle prone
- Elisha Abas (born 1971), Israeli pianist, composer, and former professional soccer player
- Natalie Portman (born 1981), Israeli-American actress, lived in Jerusalem until she was three years old
- Shahar Pe'er (born 1987), Israeli tennis player, highest world singles ranking # 11, highest world doubles ranking # 14
- Or Sasson (born 1990), Israeli Olympic medalist judoka
Honorary citizens
People awarded the honorary citizenship of Jerusalem are:
| Date | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 29 November 2015 | Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) | 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Winner.[1] |
See also
External links
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