List of Famous people born in Jerusalem Governorate

Rony Brauman is a French physician specializing in tropical diseases.

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz was an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi, teacher, philosopher, social critic, author, translator and publisher.

Mili Avital is an Israeli actress, writer and director. Avital built an international career, starting in her native Israel, starring on stage, film and television. She won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1991, moved to New York in 1993 to study theater in English, was discovered by an agent while working in a restaurant, and started acting in Hollywood almost immediately. She has maintained her career in both countries since.

Meir Pa'il was a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, an Israeli politician, and military historian.

Rehavam Ze'evi was an Israeli general and politician who founded the right-wing nationalist Moledet party, mainly advocating population transfer.

Edward Wadie Said was a professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies. A Palestinian American born in Mandatory Palestine, he was a citizen of the United States by way of his father, a U.S. Army veteran.

Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, also spelled Abd al-Qader al-Husseini was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and fighter who in late 1933 founded the secret militant group known as the Organization for Holy Struggle, which he and Hasan Salama commanded as the Army of the Holy War during the 1936–39 Arab revolt and during the 1948 war.

David Grossman is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

Ruth Gavison was an Israeli expert of human rights, Professor of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and recipient of the Israel Prize.

Salomón Cohen Levy was an Jewish Palestianian-Venezuelan civil engineer and real estate businessman. He was the founder and owner of the construction company Sambil.