Jerusalem

Jerusalem ({{coor dm|31|46|N|35|14|E|}}; Hebrew: {{Audio|He-Jerusalem.ogg|יְרוּשָׁלַיִם }}; Yerushalayim; Arabic: {{Audio|ArAlquds.ogg|??????}} al-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is the capital of the State of Israel.

Born in Jerusalem

• Saint Angelus (Catholic saint)
• Fathi Arafat (physician)
• Suha Arafat (public figure)
• Mili Avital (actress)
• Yosef Avni (activist)
• Chaim Joseph David Azulai (author)
• Elisha Ben Abuyah (heretic)
• Saeb Erekat (politician)
• Yuval Gabay (drummer)
• Mordechai Gur (general)
• David Grossman (author)
• Tzahi Hanegbi (politician)
• Amira Hass (journalist)
• Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (commander)
• Amin al-Husayni (public figure)
• Eliahu Inbal (orchestral conductor)
• Flavius Josephus (historian)
• Yousef Al-Khalidi (politician)
• George Khouri (victim)
• Elias Khouri (lawyer)
• Isaac Luria (scholar)
• Raphael Maklouf (sculptor)
• al-Muqaddasi (geographer)
• Nathan (son of David) (prince)
• Yitzhak Navon (president)
• Sari Nusseibeh (academic)
• Amos Oz (author)
• Natalie Portman (actress)
• ibn Qudamah (Islamic jurist)
• Yitzhak Rabin (prime-minister)
• Reuven Rivlin (politician)
• Edward Said (literary theorist)
• Adin Steinsaltz (religious scholar)
• Sirhan Sirhan (murderer)
• Ayelet Waldman (author)
• William of Tyre (archbishop)
• Yigael Yadin (archeologist)
• A. B. Yehoshua (novelist)
• Eli Yishai (politician)
• Munib Younan (bishop)
• Nissim Zeev (politician)
• Rehavam Zeevi (politician)