List of Famous people born in Central District, Israel

Yehoshua Kenaz was an Israeli novelist who studied at the Hebrew University and at the Sorbonne. Kenaz is best known for his novel Infiltration, published in 1986. He died in October 2020.

Giorgi Tsitaishvili is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for FC Dynamo Kyiv.

Tzipi Hotovely is an Israeli former politician. She served as Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Minister of Settlement Affairs and as a member of the Knesset for the Likud.

Ronen Rubinstein is an Israeli-American actor, writer, director, environmentalist, and activist, best known for his roles as Nathan in the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black and as T.K. Strand in Fox series 9-1-1: Lone Star created by Ryan Murphy.

Ahmad Tibi is an Arab-Israeli politician. The leader of the Ta'al party, he has served as a member of the Knesset since 1999. Tibi was acknowledged as a figure in the Israeli-Palestinian arena after serving as a political advisor to the late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat (1993–1999). He describes himself as Arab-Palestinian in nationality, and Israeli in citizenship.

Shlomo "Moni" Moshonov is an Israeli actor, comedian, and theater director.

Neta Rivkin is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast.

Gila Almagor Agmon is an Israeli actress, film star, and author. In Israel, she is known as "queen of the Israeli cinema and theatre".