List of sons and daughters of the city of Jerusalem
The following list contains personalities born in Jerusalem , listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Jerusalem
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1100 to 1900
- Wilhelm von Tire (1130–1186), Archbishop of Tire and historian
- Angelus of the Carmelite (1185-1220), Carmelite
- Nathan of Gaza (1643–1680), religious philosopher
- Isaak Luria (1534–1572), Kabbalist
- Chaim Joseph David Azulai (1724–1806), scholar, decisor, Kabbalist and bibliographer
- Theodor Valentiner (1854–1913), superintendent in Eutin, provost in Husum and state superintendent of the district of Lauenburg
- Pinchas David Horovitz (1876–1941), Grand Rabbi and Kabbalist
- Theodor Schneller (1856–1935), German theologian
- Ludwig Schneller (1858–1953), Protestant theologian
- Wilhelm Gohl (1896–1958), German politician
- Musa Alami (1897–1984), Palestinian nationalist and politician
1901 to 1930
- Ahmet Kutsi Tecer (1901–1967), Turkish poet and politician
- Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985), Turkish composer
- Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini (1907–1948), Palestinian nationalist
- Mosche Kastel (1909–1991), painter
- Re'uwen Schiloach (1909–1959), director of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad
- Sarah Levy-Tanai (1911–2005), composer and choreographer
- Shlomo Lewin (1911–1980), German publisher and rabbi
- Anwar Nusseibeh (1913–1986), Palestinian nationalist and politician
- Menachem Porusch (1916–2010), rabbi and politician
- Jigael Jadin (1917–1984), archaeologist, politician and Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
- Jossi Harel (1918–2008), officer
- Nehemiah Persoff (* 1919), American film and theater actor and painter
- Shimshon Amitsur (1921-1994), mathematician
- Jitzchak Nawon (1921–2015), politician and president
- Yitzchak Rabin (1922–1995), Chief of Staff of the Israeli Armed Forces as well as Defense Minister and Prime Minister of Israel
- Shmuel Tamir (1923–1987), politician
- Uzi Narkiss (1925–1997), General
- Meir Pa'il (1926–2015), officer (colonel), military historian and politician
- Rechaw'am Ze'ewi (1926–2001), general, politician and historian
- Joseph Agassi (* 1927), academic
- She'ar Yashuv Cohen (1927-2016), rabbi
- Nachum Admoni (* 1929), director of the Israeli secret service Mossad
- Schlomo Argov (1929-2003), diplomat
- Mordechai Elijahu (1929-2010), scholar and Kabbalist
- Shai K. Ophir (1929–1987), actor
- Alexander Rubowitz (1929–1947), member of the Jewish underground organization Lechi
- Schulamit König (* 1930), founder of the People's Movement for Human Rights
1931 to 1940
- Joschua Maza (* 1931), politician
- Buky Schwartz (1932–2009), sculptor and video artist
- Gideon Patt (1933–2020), politician, minister
- Yitzhak Katznelson (* 1934), mathematician
- Jecheskel Flomin (1935–2019), legal scholar and politician
- Haim Hanegbi (1935–2018), politician and publicist
- Mosche Levinger (1935–2015), rabbi
- Moshe Nissim (* 1935), politician
- Edward Said (1935–2003), American literary theorist and critic
- Menahem E. Yaari (* 1935), economist
- Isaac Berger (born 1936), American weightlifter
- Eliahu Inbal (* 1936), conductor
- Abraham B. Jehoshua (born 1936), writer
- Abu Daoud (1937-2010), mastermind behind the hostage situation in Munich in 1972
- Uzi Bar'am (* 1937), politician, minister
- Raphael Maklouf (* 1937), British sculptor, creator of a coin portrait of Elizabeth II.
- Adin Steinsaltz (1937–2020), rabbi and Jewish scholar
- Ulrich Bienzle (1939–2008), German tropical medicine specialist
- Yehoram Gaon (* 1939), singer and actor
- Amos Oz (1939–2018), writer and co-founder of the Peace Now political movement
- Reuven Rivlin (* 1939), lawyer and politician
- Faris Yahya (1939–2004), author and historian
- Ada Yonath (* 1939), structural biologist
- Haim Harari (* 1940), elementary particle physicist and science organizer
- Yossi Mar-Chaim (* 1940), composer
1941 to 1950
- Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1941–2020), Sephardic Chief Rabbi in Israel
- Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin (* 1941), German politician
- Nurit Zarchi (* 1941), writer
- Shlomo Havlin (* 1942), theoretical physicist
- Itamar Rabinovich (* 1942), historian and politician
- Ron Ben-Yishai (* 1943), journalist
- Edna Brocke (* 1943), Judaist
- Moshe Zimmermann (* 1943), historian and publicist
- Edna Arbel (* 1944), lawyer
- David Gerstein (* 1944), artist
- Ruth Herz (* 1944), German judge, specialist author and actress
- Sirhan Sirhan (* 1944), convicted murderer of the US Senator Robert F. Kennedy
- Matan Vilnai (* 1944), politician
- Ruth Gavison (1945–2020), law professor
- Tzvia Greenfeld (* 1945), politician
- Miklós Haraszti (* 1945), Hungarian writer, dissident, journalist and politician
- Makram Khoury (* 1945), Palestinian actor
- Tom Segev (* 1945), historian and journalist
- Saharon Shelah (* 1945), mathematician
- Abi Wallenstein (* 1945), German blues interpreter
- Hannah M. Cotton (* 1946), epigraphist and ancient historian
- Eliahu López (* 1946), diplomat
- Amos Kollek (* 1947), film director and writer
- Dan Meridor (* 1947), politician
- Nice Thobi (born 1947), singer
- Shimon Ullman (* 1948), cognitive scientist and computer scientist
- Riki Gal (born 1950), singer
- Afif Safieh (* 1950), Palestinian Roman Catholic political scientist and diplomat
- Munib Younan (* 1950), Evangelical Lutheran bishop
1951 to 1960
- Hisham Hammad (* 1951), politician
- Ariel Rubinstein (* 1951), economist
- David Aldous (* 1952), British mathematician
- Dalia Itzik (* 1952), politician
- Yitzchak Josef (* 1952), Sephardic Chief Rabbi in Israel
- Iddo Netanyahu (* 1952), radiologist, author and playwright
- Mustafa Barghuthi (* 1954), Palestinian politician, doctor and civil rights activist
- Benjamin Elon (1954–2017), politician and Orthodox rabbi
- David Grossman (born 1954), writer
- Eran Riklis (* 1954), film director
- Oren Schmuckler (* 1954), director, filmmaker and photographer
- Avraham Burg (* 1955), author and politician
- Meir Porusch (* 1955), politician
- Amnon Wolman (* 1955), composer
- Amira Hass (* 1956), journalist and book author
- Tzachi Hanegbi (* 1957), politician
- Sara Shilo (* 1958), author
- Nir Barkat (* 1959), businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem
- Nachum Erlich (* 1959), violin virtuoso
- Eli Elezra (* 1960), Israeli-American poker player
- Nurit Koren (* 1960), Israeli politician
- Sarit Kraus (* 1960), computer scientist and university lecturer
1961 to 1970
- Yuval Lapide (* 1961), religious scholar
- Oded Schramm (1961–2008), mathematician and physicist
- Eli Jischai (* 1962), politician
- Yair Minsky (* 1962), mathematician
- Gilad Atzmon (* 1963), British jazz musician and author
- Oded Lipschits (* 1963), lecturer in history
- Yuval Peres (* 1963), mathematician
- Suha at-Tawil (* 1963), widow of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat
- Yael Hedaya (* 1964), writer
- Shy Abady (born 1965), artist
- Mattanya Cohen (* 1965), ambassador
- Gadi Taub (* 1965), historian, writer, political columnist
- Michael Blum (* 1966), artist and author
- Ra'anan Alexandrowicz (* 1969), director and screenwriter
- Daphne Koller (* 1968), computer scientist
- Sigalit Landau (* 1969), sculptor, video artist and installation artist
- Yariv Levin (* 1969), lawyer and politician
- Dana Berger (* 1970), songwriter and actress
- Elon Lindenstrauss (* 1970), mathematician
1971 to 2000
- Elisha Abas (* 1971), pianist
- Yitzhak Yedid (* 1971), pianist and composer
- Mili Avital (* 1972), film and theater actress
- Leigh Bardugo (* 1975), American writer
- Yasmin Levy (* 1975), singer
- Rachel Azaria (* 1977), politician
- Amit Tamir (* 1979), basketball player
- Natalie Portman (* 1981), Israeli-American actress
- Shlomi Edri (* 1982), soccer player
- Yoni Kretzmer (* 1982), jazz musician
- Sivan Klein (* 1984), model
- Amit Ben-Shushan (* 1985), soccer player
- Anat Kam (* 1987), journalist
- Shahar Peer (* 1987), tennis player
- Eden Alene (* 2000), singer