List of Famous people born in Jerusalem Governorate

Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach was a Haredi rabbi and roshei yeshiva of Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva, a landmark Jerusalem institution specializing in Talmudic and kabbalah studies for Ashkenazi scholars that he helped found in 1906. The yeshiva still exists today. Known for his great love and personal sacrifice for Torah and Torah scholars, Auerbach raised sons who also became great scholars — including his eldest son, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, a preeminent posek of the mid- to late-twentieth century.

Dan Meridor is an Israeli politician and minister. A longtime member of the Likud party, in the late 1990s he became one of the founders of the Centre Party. He rejoined Likud a decade later, and returned to the Knesset following the 2009 elections. Meridor served at various times as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy in the Israeli Cabinet. In 2014, Meridor succeeded Avi Primor as president of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, an institute of international affairs which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress.

Moshe Lion, or Moshe Leon, is an Israeli politician who is currently the Mayor of Jerusalem. He previously served as a member of the Jerusalem City Council, director-general of the Prime Minister's Office, Chairman of the Israel Railways, and head of the Jerusalem Development Authority.

Ja'afar Tuqan (also spelled Jafar Tukan; was a Palestinian-Jordanian architect.

Itamar Ben-Avi was the first native speaker of Hebrew in modern times. He was a journalist and Zionist activist.

Nahum Admoni is a former Israeli intelligence officer who served as the Director-General of the Mossad from 1982 to 1989.

Ishaq Al Farhan was a Jordanian politician and educator of Palestinian origin, studied chemistry at the American University of Beirut then he got a Ph.D. of Science Education from Columbia University and he spoke two languages Arabic and English. Moreover, Is'haq was a politician, thinker, teacher, and educator, so he was one of the leaders of the Islamic Action Front. Also, he was a key figure of the Jordanian advisory council and Is'haq was a believer in the direction of Wasfi Al-Tal, so he entered the government of Wasfi Al-Tal in 1970 then he broke away from the Islamic movement during while holding the position of Minister of Education and Islamic Endowments in 1973, where he supervised the formulation of educational curricula of the government of Ahmed Al-Lozi.In addition, he was the President of the Scientific Association, and he was the president of the University of Jordan. Also, he strongly came back to manage the Islamic movement receiving the secretariat of the Islamic Action Front. Moreover, he was a member of the House of Senates from 1989 to 1993 and he became head of the Zarqa Private University from 1994 to 2007. Furthermore, His meeting on Al_Jazeera at "Bela Hoodod" television program showed the effect of changing curricula on the identity in mother tongue education, 18 February 2004, and he also showed the Nakba memory and lack of empathy with the Israeli_ Palestinian conflict_ May 16, 2001.

Ze'ev Boim was an Israeli politician. He was the mayor of Kiryat Gat before becoming a Knesset member for Likud and later Kadima. Boim was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Housing and Construction, and Minister of Immigrant Absorption.