List of Famous people born in Jerusalem, Israel
Shmuel Auerbach
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.
Alexander Levitzki
Alexander Levitzki is an Israeli biochemist who is a professor of biochemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Menelik I
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.
Adin Steinsaltz
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz was an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi, teacher, philosopher, social critic, author, translator and publisher.
Yaʿel Ronen
Yair Netanyahu
Yair Netanyahu is the son of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, known for defending his father on social media.
Sami Samir
Baldwin V of Jerusalem
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.
Rony Brauman
Rony Brauman is a French physician specializing in tropical diseases.
Samir Shihabi
Samir al Shihabi, served as President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1991 to 1992.