List of people from Jerusalem

List

Ancient

• Melchizedek, Jebusite King of Salem and priest who blesses Abram
• Abdi-Heba, Hurrian chieftain
• Zadok, Levitical High Priest
• King David, second King of the united Kingdom of Israel
• Araunah, Jebusite vendor of land
• Solomon the Great, 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, prophet of ancient Israel, the second of the twelve minor prophets

Antiquity

• Judas Maccabeus, leader of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire
• Herod the Great,, Roman client king of Judea who expanded the Second Temple in Jerusalem and built the fortress at Masada
• Hillel the Elder, 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, Jewish-Roman historian
• James the Just, Jewish-Christian Bishop of Jerusalem
• Simon bar Kokhba, leader of the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE

Medieval

• al-Muqaddasi, Arab geographer
• Aaron of Jerusalem, Karaite scholar of the eleventh century
• Ibn al-Qaisarani, Arab historian
• Judah Halevi, Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher
• Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, King of the Crusader State in Jerusalem
• Nahmanides, prominent medieval Jewish rabbi and physician

Modern

• William Holman Hunt, English painter, cofounder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
• Conrad Schick, German architect, archaeologist and Protestant missionary
• Yousef Al-Khalidi, Mayor of Jerusalem and Member of the Ottoman Parliament
• Haim Aharon Valero, banker, entrepreneur and a prominent figure in the Jewish community of 19th century Jerusalem
• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Litvak lexicographer and newspaper editor credited for the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era

• Shlomo Moussaieff, a founder of the Bukharim neighborhood
• Herbert Plumer, senior British Army officer of the First World War
• Menachem Ussishkin, Zionist leader and head of the Jewish National Fund
• Abraham Isaac Kook, first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine
• Khalil al-Sakakini, Palestinian Christian scholar and Arab nationalist

• Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli Nobel Prize in Literature laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction
• Helena Kagan, physician, Israeli pioneer in pediatrics
• Rachel Bluwstein, Hebrew poet
• Nathan Michael Gelber, Austrian-Israeli historian
• Ludwig Blum, Czechoslovakia-born Israeli painter, known as "the painter of Jerusalem"
• Daniel Auster, three time Mayor of Jerusalem
• Haj Amin al-Husayni, Palestinian Arab nationalist and influential Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine
• Yaakov Ades, Sephardi Hakham, Rosh Yeshiva, and Rabbinical High Court judge

• Teddy Kollek, mayor of Jerusalem and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation
• Ruhi al-Khatib, Palestinian nationalist and politician
• Ruchoma Shain, teacher and author
• Ephraim Katzir, biophysicist and fourth President of Israel
• Yigael Yadin, Israeli archeologist, politician, and second Chief of Staff of the IDF
• Menachem Lewin, Israeli chemist working in polymer, fiber and nanotechnology research

• Yitzhak Navon, politician, diplomat, and author
• Yitzhak Rabin, general, the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, and Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Trude Dothan, Austrian Jewish archaeologist in Israel
• Yitzchok Scheiner, rabbi
• William A. Smalley, American linguist who developed the Romanized Popular Alphabet for the Hmong language
• Shlomo Hillel, Israeli diplomat, Speaker of the Knesset, Minister of Police and Minister of Internal Affairs
• Zundel Kroizer, rabbi
• Walid Khalidi, Palestinian historian
• Uzi Narkiss, Israeli general and commander of the Israel Defense Forces units in the Central Region during the Six-Day War
• Georgette Rizek, Palestinian philanthropist and activist
• Rehavam Ze'evi, assassinated Israeli general, historian, founder of the Moledet party, and Minister of Tourism
• Yaakov Blau, rabbi

• Reuven Adiv, Israeli and international actor, director and drama teacher
• Robert Aumann, 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, Palestinian scholar and activist
• Edward Said, Palestinian author and political theorist
• Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi, Palestinian militant
• A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright
• Shlomo Aronson, Israeli landscape architect
• Yehoram Gaon, Israeli singer, actor, director, producer, TV and radio host, and public figure
• Waled Muhammed Sadi, Palestinian ambassador to Jordan
• Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
• Reuven Rivlin, former Minister of Communications and Speaker of the Knesset, former President of Israel
• Ada Yonath, Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009

• Matan Vilnai, Minister of Science, Culture & Sport, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister for Home Front Defense, Ambassador to China, IDF Major General
• Hatem Ishaq Husseini, Palestinian academic and first president of Al-Quds University
• Makram Khoury, Israeli Arab actor and winner of the Israel Prize
• Ehud Olmert, former mayor of Jerusalem and Prime Minister of Israel
• Mahmoud al-Zahar, co-founder of Hamas
• Yoni Netanyahu, commander of Sayeret Matkal; killed in action during Operation Entebbe
• Esther Farbstein, Holocaust scholar
• Nahman Shai, Israeli journalist, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, IDF spokesman
• Dan Meridor, Israeli Minister of Justice, Minister of Finance, and Deputy Prime Minister

• Munib Younan, president of the Lutheran World Federation
• Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian physician, activist, and PLO politician
• Anat Hoffman, 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, Palestinian negotiator of the Oslo Accords with Israel
• Sallai Meridor, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization
• Jamal Dajani, Palestinian-American journalist and producer, co-founder of Arab Talk Radio
• Uri Malmilian, Israeli soccer player with most appearances for Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
• Eli Ohana, all-time top-scorer for Israel's Beitar Jerusalem F.C.

• Elisha Abas, Israeli pianist, composer, and former professional soccer player
• Rami Kashou, Palestinian fashion designer
• Zvi Kogan, Israeli-Moldovan rabbi killed in the United Arab Emirates
• Jonah Lotan, actor
• Timna Nelson-Levy, Olympic judoka
• Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress, lived in Jerusalem until she was three years old
• Rucka Rucka Ali, Israeli-American parody rapper and musical artist
• Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player, highest world singles ranking # 11, highest world doubles ranking # 14
• Or Sasson, Olympic medalist judoka
• Guy Starik, Olympian shooter with world record in 50 m rifle prone
• Asaf Yasur, Paralympic champion and world champion taekwondo athlete

• Meche Marchand, Puerto Rican actress and writer

Honorary citizens