List of Famous people born in Jerusalem, Israel

Shmuel Auerbach

First Name Shmuel
Born on September 21, 1931
Died on February 24, 2018 (aged 86)

Shmuel Auerbach was a Haredi rabbi in Jerusalem. Rav Auerbach led a large portion of more radical elements of the non-Hasidic Haredi community. His followers formed a political party known as the Jerusalem Faction. In 2013, as the Israeli government launched a campaign to draft Ultra Orthodox men into the IDF, the Jerusalem Faction adopted a controversial policy of demonstrations and incitement against efforts to draft Haredi men into military service.

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Alexander Levitzki

First Name Alexander
Last Name Levitzki
Born on August 13, 1940 (age 85)

Alexander Levitzki is an Israeli biochemist who is a professor of biochemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Menelik I

Born on January 1, -1000
Died on January 1, -1000

Menelik I, or Menilek was the first emperor of Ethiopia. According to Kebra Nagast, a 12th century record, in the 10th century BC he is said to have inaugurated the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia, so named because Menelik I was the son of the biblical King Solomon of ancient Israel and of Makeda, the Ethiopian Queen of Sheba.

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Adin Steinsaltz

First Name Adin
Born on July 11, 1937
Died on August 7, 2020 (aged 83)

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

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Yaʿel Ronen

First Name Yaʿel
Born on September 16, 1976 (age 49)
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Yair Netanyahu

First Name Yair
Last Name Netanyahu
Born on July 26, 1991 (age 34)

Yair Netanyahu is the son of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, known for defending his father on social media.

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Sami Samir

First Name Sami
Last Name Samir
Born on January 1, 1972 (age 54)
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Baldwin V of Jerusalem

First Name Baldwin
Last Name Jerusalem
Born on July 31, 1177
Died on August 1, 1186 (aged 9)

King Baldwin V, was King of Jerusalem together with his uncle, King Baldwin IV, from 1183 to 1185; upon his uncle's death, he was the sole ruler from 1185 to 1186 under the regency of Count Raymond III of Tripoli. He was succeeded by his mother Sibylla and stepfather Guy of Lusignan.

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Rony Brauman

First Name Rony
Born on June 19, 1950 (age 76)

Rony Brauman is a French physician specializing in tropical diseases.

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Samir Shihabi

First Name Samir
Last Name Shihabi
Born on May 27, 1925
Died on August 25, 2010 (aged 85)

Samir al Shihabi, served as President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1991 to 1992.

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