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, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament Abdi-Heba (c. 1350 BC), Canaanite ruler of Jerusalem under Egyptian patronage, one of the authors of the Amarna lettersCline, 2004, pp. 6, 8. Adonizedek (c. 12th century BC), Amorite King of Jerusalem who resisted Israelite invasion, according to the Book of JoshuaCline, 2004, p. 314. King David (c. 1040 BCE – c. 970 BCE), first King of the united Kingdom of Israel who conquered Jerusalem, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament Zadok, Levitical High Priest of Israel during the reigns of David and Solomon, according to the Hebrew Bible. Araunah, Jebusite landowner who sold a plot at Mount Moriah to David who constructed an altar to God, according to the Hebrew Bible Solomon the Great (c. 1011 BCE – c. 931 BCE), son of David, who inherited his throne and ruled Jerusalem, according to the Hebrew BibleGrabbe, Lester. The Dawn of Israel: A History of Canaan in the Second Millennium BCE. 2023. T&T Clark. p. 255-259. "It is essentially a folktale about an Eastern potentate – it is royal legend or Königsnovelle." "Thus, it looks difficult to discover much in the Solomon story that strikes the critical reader as likely to be historical." "[T]he temple story has been inflated into a legendary extravaganza." "[T]he Solomon story is the most problematic of those relating to the early Israelite kings, providing the thickest cloud of obscurity over the history that lies behind it." Hezekiah (c. 739 - c. 687 BC), king of Judah, the first Israelite/Judaean king whose rule is attested extrabiblically 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 Ben Sira (c. 2nd century BC), Hellenistic Jewish scribe, author of the Book of Sirach Judas Maccabeus (d. 160 BCE), leader of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire Herod the Great, (d. 4 BCE), 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), famous Jewish religious leader and one of the most important figures in Jewish history, associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud Jesus (c. 6-4 BC - 30-33 AD), crucified in Jerusalem, making it a holy city to Christians Josephus (37–100), Jewish-Roman historian James the Just (d. 69), Jewish-Christian Bishop of Jerusalem Zacchaeus of Jerusalem, one of the Early bishops of Jerusalem, venerated as a saint by both Western and Eastern Churches Matthias of Jerusalem (d. 120), early Bishop of Jerusalem and Catholic saint Simon bar Kokhba (d. 135), leader of the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE Alexander of Jerusalem (d. 252), considered the earliest verifiable Bishop of Jerusalem Procopius of Scythopolis (c. 270), Palestinian Christian martyr Helena, mother of Constantine I (d. 330), buried in the Mausoleum of Helena Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386), theologian and bishop of Jerusalem, exiled more than once, buried in the city Juvenal of Jerusalem (d. 458), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (422-458) Elias I of Jerusalem (d. 518), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (494-516) Modestus of Jerusalem (d. 638), saint and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Sophronius of Jerusalem (d. 638), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (632-634) Umar (d. 644), Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate who conquered the city in 637 and cleared the ground for the Dome of the Rock Ubadah ibn al-Samit (583-655), one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammed who was buried in Bab al-Rahma Cemetery Shaddad ibn Aws (d. 677/8), another of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammed buried in Bab al-Rahma Cemetery Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (d. 705), Caliph who oversaw the building of the Dome of the Rock, the earliest archaeologically attested religious monument built by a Muslim ruler Anastasius II of Jerusalem (d. 706), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem John V of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (706-735)

Medieval Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (882-946), Ikhshidid dynasty governor over Jerusalem and other parts of the Levant on behalf of the Abbasid Caliphate who was buried in JerusalemMax Van Berchem, MIFAO 44 - Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.2 Jérusalem Haram (1927), p13-14 (no.146): “L’émir Muhammad mourut à Damas en 334 (946) et son corps fut transporté et inhumé à Jérusalem. L’émir Unūdjūr mourut en 349 (960) et son corps fut porté à Jérusalem et inhumé à côté de celui de son père. L’émir ‘Ali mourut en 355 (966) et son corps fut transporté à Jérusalem et inhumé à côté de ceux de son père et de son frère. Enfin l'ustādh Kāfūr mourut en 357 (968) et son corps fut transporté et inhumé à Jérusalem, sans doute auprès de ceux de ses maîtres. Ainsi les Ikhshidides avaient leur caveau funéraire à Jérusalem. Bien plus, un auteur contemporain précise que «l'émir Ali fut transporté dans un cercueil à Jérusalem et enterré, avec son frère et son père, ce tout près du Bāb al-asbāt ou porte des Tribus (1). Ce nom désignait et désigne encore la porte du Haram désigne encore la porte du Haram qui s'ouvre dans l'angle nord-est de l'esplanade (2), et précisément derrière le n° 146, à l'intérieur du mur d’enceinte.” Al-Tamimi (physician) (d. 990), author of several medical works, pharmacist and personal physician to the governor of Ramla al-Muqaddasi (946–1000), Arab geographer Aaron of Jerusalem, (c. 11th century) Karaite scholar and Judeo-Arabic author Ibn al-Qaisarani (1056–1113), Arab historian Ibn Tahir (1057-1113), Islamic scholar and historian

Baldwin I of Jerusalem (d. 1118), Crusader King who banned Jews from Jerusalem Judah Halevi (1075–1141), Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161–1185), King of the Crusader State in Jerusalem Abu Sulayman Da'ud (c. 12th century), Arab Christian physician and astrologer Aymar the Monk (d. 1202), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Angelus of Jerusalem (1185-1220), Catholic convert from Judaism, a priest with the Carmelites, beatified as a saint Nahmanides (1194–1270), prominent medieval Jewish rabbi and physician Tanhum of Jerusalem (d. 1291), Judeo-Arabic author and Hebrew lexicographer Tankiz (d. 1340), Mamluk viceroy of Syria who commissioned the building of the Tankiziyya, Cotton Merchants' Gate, and several other projects in the Old City Nikon of Jerusalem (d. 15th century), Serbian writer of a travelogue to Jerusalem and the Holy Land Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi, (d. 1519), Palestinian historian and author of al-Uns al-Jalil bi-tarikh al-Quds wal-Khalil ("The glorious history of Jerusalem and Hebron") (c. 1495)

Ottoman era Mehmed Pasha Kurd Bayram, Ottoman statesman who served as district governor of the Jerusalem Sanjak (1701-1703) Procopius I of Jerusalem (d. 1788), Greek Orthodox Patriach of Jerusalem Ahmad Agha Duzdar, mayor and governor of the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem (1838-1863) Procopius II of Jerusalem (d. 1880), Greek Orthodox Patriach of Jerusalem Abdelrahman al-Dajani, mayor of Jerusalem (1863-1882) Faidi al-Alami (d. 1924), mayor of Jerusalem (1906-1909) Hussein al-Husayni (d. 1918), mayor of Jerusalem (1907-1917), the last years of Ottoman Palestine rule

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 Mohammed Tahir al-Husayni (1842-1908), Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (1865-1908) Yousef Al-Khalidi (1842–1906), Mayor of Jerusalem and only Palestinian elected Member of the Ottoman Parliament Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (1843–1927), Palestinian nun beatified as a saint 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 Musa al-Husayni (1853-1934), mayor of Jerusalem (1918-1920), head of Palestine Arab Congress Herbert Plumer (1857–1932), senior British Army officer of the First World War Yosef Navon (1858-1934), Sephardic Jewish businessman who financed the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway 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 Kamil al-Husayni (1867-1921), Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Joseph Klausner (1874–1958), Israeli historian and professor of Hebrew literature Khalil al-Sakakini (1878–1953), Palestinian Christian scholar and Arab nationalist

born 1880–1909 Mahmoud al-'Askari al-Falaki, Sufi sheikh, professional astrologer and amulet-maker Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953), Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and Israel Raghib al-Nashashibi (1881-1951), Palestinian notable who served as the Mayor of Jerusalem (1920-1935 Kamel al-Budeiri (1882-1923), Palestinian Arab nationalist, founded of Jerusalem-based Al Sabah newspaper Tawfiq Canaan (1882-1964), Palestinian physician, medical researcher and ethnographer Boulos Shehadeh (1882-1943), Palestinian journalist. and politician Hussam ad-Din Jarallah (1884-1954), Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970), Israeli Nobel Prize in Literature laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fictionBar-Am, Aviva; and Bar-Am, Shmuel. "On a small Jerusalem street, a historic literary rivalry Nobel laureate S. Y. Agnon and historian Josef Klausner were once grouchy neighbors in Jerusalem’s Talpiot. And they’re not the only major figures with echoes in the leafy neighborhood", The Times of Israel, December 24, 2016. Accessed May 10, 2026. Helena Kagan (1889–1978), physician, Israeli pioneer in pediatrics Rachel Bluwstein (1890–1931), Hebrew poet Aref al-Aref (born 1891) Palestinian historian, journalist, and politician Nathan Michael Gelber (1891–1966), Austrian-Israeli historian Ludwig Blum (1891–1975), Czechoslovakia-born Israeli painter, known as "the painter of Jerusalem" Daniel Auster (1893–1963), three time Mayor of Jerusalem Jamal al-Husayni (1894-1984), Palestinian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hussein Khalidi (1895-1962), mayor of Jerusalem (1935-1937), Palestinian minister of Health (1948), Jordanian Minister and PM, briefly in 1956 and 1957 Musa Alami (born 1897), Palestinian nationalist politician Wasif Jawhariyyeh (born 1897), Palestinian oud artist and composer 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 Najib Albina (1901-1983), Palestinian master photographer for the Palestine Archaeological Museum Anastas Hanania (1903-1995), Palestinian-Jordanian lawyer, judge, minister and diplomat Sami Hadawi (1904-2004), Palestinian scholar and author Henry Cattan (1906-1992), Palestinian jurist and author Abdul Qadir al-Husayni (1907-1948), Palestinian revolutionary and guerilla leader Dimitri Baramki (1909-1984), Palestinian archaeologist, chief archaeologist for the Department of Antiquities (Mandatory Palestine)

born 1910s Saad al-Alami (1911-1993), Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek (1911–2007), mayor of Jerusalem and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation Yousef Beidas (1912-1968), Palestinian founder of Intra Bank Sulaiman Ja'abari (1912-1994), Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Ruhi al-Khatib (1914–1994), Palestinian nationalist and politician, last mayor of East Jerusalem Ruchoma Shain (1914–2013), teacher and author