List of Famous people born in Jerusalem Governorate

Or "Ori" Sasson is an Israeli Olympic judoka. He won a bronze medal in the +100 kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd was, according to the Quran, a Malik and Nabī (Prophet) of the Israelites. Islamic tradition generally holds that he was the third King of Jewish people, and wise ruler for the nation.

Etan Cohen is an Israeli-American screenwriter and film director, best known for writing the scripts to Tropic Thunder, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Men in Black 3, and Rumble.

Titus Flavius Josephus, born Yosef ben Matityahu, was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry.

Bassem I. Awadallah is a Jordanian public figure. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Tomoh Advisory, based in Dubai, UAE and serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Al Baraka Banking Group in Bahrain. In 2006 Awadallah was appointed as the Director of the Office of King Abdullah II and was appointed Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan in 2007.

Ariel Weil is a French politician who has been the Socialist Party mayor of Paris Centre since 2020. He is also an economist.

Ayelet Waldman is an Israeli-American novelist and essayist. She has written seven mystery novels in the series The Mommy-Track Mysteries and four other novels. She has also written autobiographical essays about motherhood. Waldman spent three years working as a federal public defender and her fiction draws on her experience as a lawyer.

Baldwin III was King of Jerusalem from 1143 to 1163. He was the eldest son of Melisende and Fulk of Jerusalem. He became king while still a child, and was at first overshadowed by his mother Melisende, whom he eventually defeated in a civil war. During his reign Jerusalem became more closely allied with the Byzantine Empire, and the Second Crusade tried and failed to conquer Damascus. Baldwin captured the important Egyptian fortress of Ascalon, but also had to deal with the increasing power of Nur ad-Din in Syria. He died childless and was succeeded by his brother Amalric.

Daniella Kertesz is an Israeli actress. She played Segen in the film World War Z, and starred as Onie in the psychological thriller film AfterDeath.

Myriam Harry was the pen name of Maria Rosette Shapira, a French journalist and writer.